re-ally

/ɹiːˈælaɪ//ɹiːəˈlaɪ/

verb

To bring together again.

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Meanings

verbre-ally (third-person singular simple present re-allies, present participle re-allying, simple past and past participle re-allied)

present singular third person re-allies · participle present re-allying · participle past re-allied · past re-allied · alternative really

  1. transitiveTo bring together again.

    Before they could new counsels re-allie

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo ally anew; to re-form an alliance.

Origin

From re- + ally.

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APA

re-ally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-ally

MLA

“re-ally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-ally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-ally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-ally.

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