restaff

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verb

To staff again or anew; to supply with new employees.

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

verbrestaff (third-person singular simple present restaffs, present participle restaffing, simple past and past participle restaffed)

present singular third person restaffs · participle present restaffing · participle past restaffed · past restaffed

  1. transitiveTo staff again or anew; to supply with new employees.

Origin

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

From re- + staff.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

staffer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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