retoss en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + toss.
Meanings
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To toss again; to throw back.
Compare unto him the vulgar troupes of our men, stupide, base, servile, wavering, and continually floting on the tempestuous ocean of divers passions which tosse and retosse the same, wholy depending of others.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| retosses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| retossed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| retossed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| retossing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |