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rez en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɹɛz/

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory).
    • 2016, Kalina Newmark, Nacole Walker, James Stanford, ‘The rez accent knows no borders’: Native American ethnic identity expressed through English prosody, Cambridge University Press, Published online.
  2. (Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of residence; dormitory.
    alt of residence
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of resonance.
    alt of resonance
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, qualifier:roleplaying games) Clipping of resurrection.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of resolution.
    alt of resolution

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rezzes Number=Plur lexicographic
rezes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

go off the rez

Relateds

res · rezzy

wikidata: Q57237926

Source: en.wiktionary, “rez” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

rez en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɹɛz/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, qualifier:roleplaying games) Clipping of resurrect.
    alt of resurrect
    • When you die during the first 3 levels, you rez with food and water. 1999 March 7, Phaedra, “My review of the EQ beta. (Very Long ;-)”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
  2. To spawn or load into the game.
    • Don't rez some enormous prop: it'll lag the server!

Forms

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rezzes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rezs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rezzing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rezzed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rezzed Tense=Past lexicographic
rezed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rezed Tense=Past lexicographic
rezing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic