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verbreest (third-person singular simple present reests, present participle reesting, simple past and past participle reested)
present singular third person reests · participle present reesting · participle past reested · past reested · alternative reist
- EnglandScotlandalternativeobsoleteAlternative form of rest (“to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish); (of a horse) to stop or refuse to go, balk”).
Gay Garland had carried my father over long to reest with him at the hinderend.
1895, S. R. Crockett, The Men of the Moss-Hags
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APA
reest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reest
MLA
“reest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reest. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reest.
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