rewarm

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verb

To warm again; to bring back to a state of warmth.

OriginEnglish warm ← Middle English warmen ← Old English wearmian →
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Meanings

verbrewarm (third-person singular simple present rewarms, present participle rewarming, simple past and past participle rewarmed)

present singular third person rewarms · participle present rewarming · participle past rewarmed · past rewarmed

  1. To warm again; to bring back to a state of warmth.

    Her book has perhaps been a good one; it has refreshed, refilled, rewarmed her heart; […]

    1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Two Lives”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 265

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Germanic*warmaz
  7. Proto-Germanic*warmijaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*warmijan
  9. Old Englishwierman
  10. Proto-West Germanic*warmōn
  11. Old Englishwearmian
  12. Middle Englishwarmen
  13. Englishwarm
  14. Englishrewarm

From re- + warm.

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Translations

Greek αναθερμαίνω
  • αναθερμαίνω (anathermaíno)to warm again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

warmer
Cite this entry
APA

rewarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewarm

MLA

“rewarm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewarm. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rewarm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rewarm.

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