reweigh

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verb

To weigh again; to weigh something that has already been weighed.

“Take it out of the box and reweigh it.”

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Meanings

verbreweigh (third-person singular simple present reweighs, present participle reweighing, simple past and past participle reweighed)

present singular third person reweighs · participle present reweighing · participle past reweighed · past reweighed

  1. transitiveTo weigh again; to weigh something that has already been weighed.

    Take it out of the box and reweigh it.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wéǵʰeti
  8. Proto-Germanic*weganą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*wegan
  10. Old Englishwegan
  11. Middle Englishweyen
  12. Englishweigh
  13. Englishreweigh

From re- + weigh.

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Translations

Catalan repesar
  • repesarto weigh again
Finnish punnita uudelleen
  • punnita uudelleento weigh again
Italian ripesare
  • ripesareto weigh again
Portuguese repesar
  • repesarto weigh again
Spanish repesar
  • repesarto weigh again

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APA

reweigh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweigh

MLA

“reweigh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweigh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reweigh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reweigh.

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