rewalt

R1E1W4A1L1T1

verb

To overturn; throw down.

OriginMiddle English *rewalten →
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Meanings

verbrewalt (third-person singular simple present rewalts, present participle rewalting, simple past and past participle rewalted)

present singular third person rewalts · participle present rewalting · participle past rewalted · past rewalted

  1. raretransitiveTo overturn; throw down.

    They say his errand is to see the galleass, that is utterly rewalted and sunk in the sand, never to be recovered; and also to speak with them at Calais that was within the galleass, and now to go into Spain.

    1894, John Knox Laughton, Defeat of the Spanish Armada
  2. obsoleteraretransitiveTo give up; surrender

Origin

  1. Middle English*rewalten
  2. Englishrewalt

From Middle English *rewalten, equivalent to re- + walt.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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