Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reslay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: reslay
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"They delight to refight the battles and reslay the slain."
"In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in it.""

Etymology

From re- + slay.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

reslays (present, singular) reslaying (participle, present) reslew (past) reslain (participle, past)

Questions

What does reslay mean?: To slay again.
Where does reslay come from?: From re- + slay.

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