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reblock en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + block.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To block, prevent, or hamper again.
    • It is not just bad news about Dubai that gets blocked from the Internet; […] a whole range of other social networking sites have been blocked, unblocked and reblocked. 2010, Syed Ali, Dubai: gilded cage, page 58:
  2. (transitive) To remould (a hat) into its original shape.
    • Reputable dry cleaners can clean and reblock a hat. 1951, Bernice Gertrude Chambers, Color and design: fashion in men's and women's clothing and home furnishings:
  3. (transitive) To block, or specify the position of, (actors on the stage) again.
    • In less than five hours the actors will perform the ballroom scene, rewritten and reblocked. 2013, Susan Letzler Cole, Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company, page 81:

Forms

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reblocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reblocked Tense=Past lexicographic
reblocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reblocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic