resay

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verb

To say again, to repeat, to reiterate.

“He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.”

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

verbresay (third-person singular simple present resays, present participle resaying, simple past and past participle resaid)

present singular third person resays · participle present resaying · participle past resaid · past resaid

  1. To say again, to repeat, to reiterate.

    He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.

    1 more example

    If we say something and people reject it because they don't like that it is true then we must resay it, and keep resaying it, until the truth is heard.

Origin

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

From re- + say.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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