reraise

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noun

A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

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

nounreraise (plural reraises)

plural reraises

  1. card gamesA raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.
verbreraise (third-person singular simple present reraises, present participle reraising, simple past and past participle reraised)

present singular third person reraises · participle present reraising · participle past reraised · past reraised

  1. To raise again or anew.

    If any kind of exception is raised, a rollback() operation is performed and the exception is reraised.

    2009, David M. Beazley, Python Essential Reference
    1 more example

    I have reraised these points here because we now have at least this piece of theoretical apparatus to work with...

    1981, Arthur Coleman Danto, The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art
  2. card gamesTo raise another raise.

Origin

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

From re- + raise.

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Translations

French rehausser, relancer
  • rehausserto raise again or anew
  • relancer(poker) to raise another raise

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rearise
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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