rehouse

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verb

To give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house.

“The existing collection of paintings will be rehoused in the new gallery.”

OriginEnglish house ← Middle English hous ← Old English hūs →
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Meanings

verbrehouse (third-person singular simple present rehouses, present participle rehousing, simple past and past participle rehoused)

present singular third person rehouses · participle present rehousing · participle past rehoused · past rehoused

  1. transitiveTo give a new house to; to relocate someone to a new house.
  2. transitiveTo store in a new location.

    The existing collection of paintings will be rehoused in the new gallery.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*hūsą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūs
  9. Old Englishhūs
  10. Middle Englishhous
  11. Englishhouse
  12. Englishrehouse

From re- + house.

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Translations

French reloger
  • relogerto rehouse
Portuguese realojar
  • realojarto rehouse

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

huesero
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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