REGRATED

Verb

regrated

simple past tense and past participle of regrate

Anagrams

• Tredegar, garreted, gartered

Source: Wiktionary


REGRATE

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



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