recarry en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + carry.
Meanings
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To carry back.
Pigeons are then related to carry and recarry letters.
1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recarried | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recarried | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recarries | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recarrying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |