English Explanatory Dictionary

regrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to grate again
  2. To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
  3. To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
  4. To offend; to shock.

Word forms

regrate regrates regrating regrated

Etymology

French regratter (“to scrape again”).

Derived words

regrater regratery regrator
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