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reresearch en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + research.

Meanings

  1. To research again.
    • If the first reading reveals that the meaning of a piece of writing isn't clear, or if it has nothing to say, then it's a waste of time to spend energy reorganizing the piece or polishing the language. In fact, there is no way to choose the right word except by looking at content and meaning. If those elements are wanting, then the writer has to go back to reconsider the subject, reresearch it, refocus. 1989, Donald M[urray] Morison, Expecting the Unexpected: Teaching Myself—and Others—to Read and Write, Portsmouth, N.H.: Boynton/Cook Publishers, →ISBN, page 153:
    • Again, without guidance and good advice, particularly good tax advice, the money from your lump sum payout could be lost in a flash. In my experience, there is so much confusion about retirement benefits and their implications that I found myself second-guessing what I was taught and reresearching the entire subject. 2000, Susan Bradley, Mary Martin, Sudden Money: Managing a Financial Windfall, New York, N.Y. […]: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 4:
    • They said good-bye, and Lucy dragged her laptop into bed and reresearched Will. This time she went past the first couple of pages of links and found some references to William Devi, young performer from the midnineties. 2013, Sara Zarr, The Lucy Variations, New York, N.Y.; Boston, M.A.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 217:

Forms

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reresearched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reresearched Tense=Past lexicographic
re-research alternative lexicographic
reresearching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reresearches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic