RE-


Meaning of RE- in English

prefix

Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin re-, red-

1. : again : anew

re do

re tell

— usually joined to the second element by a hyphen when (1) the word (as re-create ) would otherwise be confused with another word (as recreate ) of different meaning, or (2) the word (as re-recover ) has a second element beginning with re-, or (3) the second element begins with a capital letter (as re-Christianization )

2. : back : backward

re call

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