"retease" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reteases [present, singular, third-person], reteasing [participle, present], reteased [participle, past], reteased [past]
Etymology: re- + tease Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|tease}} re- + tease Head templates: {{en-verb}} retease (third-person singular simple present reteases, present participle reteasing, simple past and past participle reteased)
  1. Alternative form of re-tease Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: re-tease
    Sense id: en-retease-en-verb-uLhspZVq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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