Meanings
verbrebracket (third-person singular simple present rebrackets, present participle rebracketing, simple past and past participle rebracketed)
present singular third person rebrackets · participle present rebracketing · participle past rebracketed · past rebracketed
- transitivegrammarTo cause to undergo rebracketing.
In Middle English, a naperon was rebracketed to an aperon.
Origin
Back-formation from rebracketing. By surface analysis, re- + bracket.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
rebracket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebracket
MLA
“rebracket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebracket. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebracket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebracket.
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