Meanings
verbrebend (third-person singular simple present rebends, present participle rebending, simple past and past participle rebent)
present singular third person rebends · participle present rebending · participle past rebent · past rebent
- To bend again.
These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.
1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*bindaną
- Proto-Germanic*bandijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*bandijan
- Old Englishbendan
- Middle Englishbenden
- Englishbend
- Englishrebend
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Cite this entry
APA
rebend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebend
MLA
“rebend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebend.
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