rebend

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ bend

Verb[edit]

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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