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verbrespue (third-person singular simple present respues, present participle respuing, simple past and past participle respued)
present singular third person respues · participle present respuing · participle past respued · past respued
- formalobsoleteraretransitiveTo reject.
[…] teaching him to respue this effeminate style of versification.
1824, Spirit of the English Magazines, page 362
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APA
respue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respue
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“respue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respue. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respue.
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