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.
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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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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