reweed

present singular third person reweeds · participle present reweeding · participle past reweeded · past reweeded

1. To weed again.

   Buckingham stated that first we must weed, then plan, then reweed.

   1987, Library Insights, Promotion & Programs

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   And no matter how thoroughly you do this job you may always count upon having to reweed later for seeds abound and weeds you do not find at first cleaning will mock you when once the area has been cleared.

   1949, The American Horticultural Magazine - Volumes 28-30, page 113

   Precipitation works to their advantage in two ways: a) workers are forced to extend their working day to its limits given the constant possibility of rains forcing them to reweed; and b) wage laborers are usually intent on finishing each guwaal as soon as possible given the abbreviated periods of time in which their labor is in demand.

   1998, Johnathan Bascom, Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa, →ISBN

   Instead, I find myself having to reweed areas in my spiritual life. I find myself facing the same lesson many times over.

   2001, Laurie Ostby Kehler, Gardening Mercies: Finding God in Your Garden, →ISBN