"redigress" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: redigresses [present, singular, third-person], redigressing [participle, present], redigressed [participle, past], redigressed [past]
Etymology: re- + digress Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|digress}} re- + digress Head templates: {{en-verb}} redigress (third-person singular simple present redigresses, present participle redigressing, simple past and past participle redigressed)
  1. To digress again, especially to digress from a digression.
    Sense id: en-redigress-en-verb-BVscW~on Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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