readept

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verb

To regain; to recover.

OriginLatin adeptus →
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Meanings

verbreadept (third-person singular simple present readepts, present participle readepting, simple past and past participle readepted)

present singular third person readepts · participle present readepting · participle past readepted · past readepted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo regain; to recover.

    Henrie the sixt had by their means readepted the kingdome

    1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinadeptus
  2. Englishreadept

From re- + Latin adeptus, past participle of adipisci (“to obtain”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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