reregister

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verb

To register again, or to renew or change one's registration

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

verbreregister (third-person singular simple present reregisters, present participle reregistering, simple past and past participle reregistered)

present singular third person reregisters · participle present reregistering · participle past reregistered · past reregistered · alternative re-register

  1. To register again, or to renew or change one's registration

    Some are refugees who had been in Iran for 25 years and who failed to reregister under a new refugee program.

    2007 May 13, Carlotta Gall, “Afghan Legislators Vote Out Foreign Minister”, in New York Times

Origin

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

From re- + register.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

registerer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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