regrade

present singular third person regrades · participle present regrading · participle past regraded · past regraded

1. transitiveTo grade again, give a new grade or grading to.

   Before the new station could be built, a private overbridge had to be raised, and the railway regraded.

   1951 September, “Notes and News: New Station for Glasgow Zoo”, in Railway Magazine, page 639

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   Two other landslips took place in a cutting where the sides were built too steeply to withstand wet weather. Engineers regraded the slope to make them shallower.

   2020 April 8, “Network News: NR reopens East Grinstead line...”, in RAIL, page 16

2. transitiveTo regroup or reassign.
3. UStransitiveTo change the classification of (potentially secret documentation).
4. obsoleteTo retire or recede.

plural regrades

1. The act or process of grading again.

   There are no regrades in this class: your mark is final.