re-treat

English

Alternative forms

• retreat (proscribed by several usage guides; compare also re-create/recreate and pre-position/preposition)

Etymology

From re- +‎ treat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈtɹiːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

re-treat (third-person singular simple present re-treats, present participle re-treating, simple past and past participle re-treated)

1. (transitive) To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
2. (transitive) To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again

Anagrams

• treater, tree rat