reargue

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verb

To argue again.

OriginEnglish argue ← Middle English arguen ← Old French arguer →
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Meanings

verbreargue (third-person singular simple present reargues, present participle rearguing, simple past and past participle reargued)

present singular third person reargues · participle present rearguing · participle past reargued · past reargued

  1. To argue again.

    There will always be sports fans ready to relive and reargue the merits of celebrated professional sports teams like the 1995 Dallas Cowboys.

    2009 August 24, Brad Stone, “For Sports Obsessed, a Site Tries to Please Every Fan”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  8. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  9. Latinarguō
  10. Old Frencharguer
  11. Middle Englisharguen
  12. Englishargue
  13. Englishreargue

From re- + argue.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

augerer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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