rebend

rebend

English

Etymology

    From re- + bend.

    Verb

    rebend (third-person singular simple present rebends, present participle rebending, simple past and past participle rebent)

    1. To bend again.
      • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
        These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.

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