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remelt en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English melt English remelt From re- + melt.

Meanings

  1. To melt again.
    • The next stage is remelting: the affined sugar is dissolved in hot water and the syrup formed is made alkaline by adding milk of lime. 2016, Romain Jeantet, Thomas Croguennec, Pierre Schuck, Handbook of Food Science and Technology 3, page 360:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
remelted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remelted Tense=Past lexicographic
remelting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remelts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

remeltable