re-sew

verb

To sew again.

OriginEnglish sew ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbre-sew (third-person singular simple present re-sews, present participle re-sewing, simple past re-sewed, past participle re-sewed or re-sewn)

present singular third person re-sews · participle present re-sewing · past re-sewed · participle past re-sewed · participle past re-sewn · alternative resew

  1. To sew again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsew
  7. Englishre-sew

From re- + sew.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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