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retease en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + tease.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of re-tease.
   alt of re-tease
   • Distribute teased stuffing over the seat to the roll by holding the stuffing in your left hand while the right hand pulls, reteases, interweaves, and distributes the stuffing smoothly in place, the left hand helping in the process. 1949, Blanche Romick Pope, Upholstering Home Furniture, page 44:
   • .Practically all of the woolen rags are sold at auction or direct to manufacturers in Yorkshire (England), who retease the wool and remake it into cloth (called " shoddy”). 1921, Commerce Reports - Volume 1, page 179:
   • She had a small butt and long thighs, and she had her arms raised to retease her hair that spread up and out like tongues of flame. 1981, Meredith Sue Willis, Higher Ground, →ISBN, page 1086:

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