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reraise en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

Forms

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reraises Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

limp reraise

reraise en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. To raise again or anew.
    • I have reraised these points here because we now have at least this piece of theoretical apparatus to work with... 1981, Arthur Coleman Danto, The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art:
    • If any kind of exception is raised, a rollback() operation is performed and the exception is reraised. 2009, David M. Beazley, Python Essential Reference:
  2. To raise another raise.

Forms

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reraised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reraised Tense=Past lexicographic
reraises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reraising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

limp reraise

Translations (2)

fr rehausser (to raise again or anew) · fr relancer ((poker) to raise another raise)