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reretreat en · NOUN

Etymology

From re- + retreat.

Meanings

1. a second retreat.
   • The ice margin had many oscillations, readvances and reretreats, each probably covering many thousands of years. 1920, Science, page 285:
   • Nuruddin feigned reretreat. 1968, Mohammed Akbar Khan, Sultan Salahuddin Yousaf Ayubi versus the crusaders:
   • However, the ice sheet did not pass away by continuous and steady recession but by oscillations, readvances and reretreats; and some of the readvances may have covered considerable territory and have seriously changed the drainage. 1913, New York State Museum, Annual Report, page 145:

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