REGRATE

Etymology

Verb

regrate (third-person singular simple present regrates, present participle regrating, simple past and past participle regrated)

To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.

(masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

To offend; to shock.

Anagrams

• Traeger, greater

Source: Wiktionary

Re*grate" (r*grt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.] Etym: [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]

1. (Masonry)

Definition: To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.

Re*grate", v. t. Etym: [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law)

Definition: To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition