"rereject" meaning in English

See rereject in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rerejects [present, singular, third-person], rerejecting [participle, present], rerejected [participle, past], rerejected [past], re-reject [alternative]
Etymology: From re- + reject. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|reject}} re- + reject Head templates: {{en-verb}} rereject (third-person singular simple present rerejects, present participle rerejecting, simple past and past participle rerejected)
  1. To reject again.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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