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reearn en · VERB

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1. Alternative form of re-earn. ▸ To earn back something one has lost.
   • The pattern was first to isolate the child physically and emotionally when he experienced parental disapproval; second, to allow the child to reearn parental love by insisting that he comply unconditionally to the parents' will. 1998, Marnie Jones, Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of "Golden Rule" Jones:
   • Carl commented on the need he and Ginny had to reearn one another's trust through a series of successes. 2000, Bill Farrel, Pam Farrel, Love, Honor & Forgive: A Guide for Married Couples, →ISBN, page 128:
   • When they paused to rest the wind immediately drove them backward, and they had to reearn the distance. 2004, William Longyard, A Speck on the Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels, →ISBN:
   • Well done! You have reearnt my respect! 1999 August 10, Christopher Hill, “Is this a good video card?”, in 3dfx.products.voodoo2 (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
2. Alternative form of re-earn. ▸ To repeat the process of earning; to renew one's status as deserving.
   • Few, if any, companies will have to reearn a certificate from scratch. 2001, Impact of the Application of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on Selected Industrial Sectors:
   • One consequence is the need for those in positions of authority to recognize the necessity to earn, reearn, and reearn the trust of their constituency. 2001, Lyle E. Schaller, What Have We Learned?: The Best Thinking on Congregational Life, →ISBN:
   • Third, this example demonstrates that earning activism at one time is insufficient for sustaining progressive social change against the forces of rhetorical decay; progressives, that is, must not merely earn activism but also continually reearn it. 2014, Paul Feigenbaum, Collaborative Imagination: Earning Activism Through Literacy Education, →ISBN:

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