renail

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verb

To nail something again.

OriginEnglish nail ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrenail (third-person singular simple present renails, present participle renailing, simple past and past participle renailed)

present singular third person renails · participle present renailing · participle past renailed · past renailed

  1. To nail something again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishnail
  7. Englishrenail

From re- + nail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

renail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renail

MLA

“renail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renail.

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