recarry

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verb

To carry back.

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Meanings

verbrecarry (third-person singular simple present recarries, present participle recarrying, simple past and past participle recarried)

present singular third person recarries · participle present recarrying · participle past recarried · past recarried

  1. To carry back.

    Pigeons are then related to carry and recarry letters.

    1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN

Origin

From re- + carry.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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