reboil

R1E1B3O1I1L1

verb

To boil again.

OriginEnglish boil ← Middle English boillen ← Old French boillir →
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Meanings

verbreboil (third-person singular simple present reboils, present participle reboiling, simple past and past participle reboiled)

present singular third person reboils · participle present reboiling · participle past reboiled · past reboiled

  1. ambitransitiveTo boil again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bew-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-der.?
  8. Latinbulla
  9. Latinbulliō
  10. Old Frenchboillir
  11. Middle Englishboillen
  12. Englishboil
  13. Englishreboil

From re- + boil.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

boilerlibero
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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