reraise

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ raise.

Pronunciation

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Noun

reraise (plural reraises)

1. (poker) A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.

Derived terms

• limp reraise

Verb

reraise (third-person singular simple present reraises, present participle reraising, simple past and past participle reraised)

1. To raise again or anew.
   • 1981, Arthur Coleman Danto, The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art:

     I have reraised these points here because we now have at least this piece of theoretical apparatus to work with...

   • 2009, David M. Beazley, Python Essential Reference:

     If any kind of exception is raised, a rollback() operation is performed and the exception is reraised.

2. (poker) To raise another raise.

Derived terms

• limp reraise

Translations

to raise again or anew

• French: rehausser (fr)

(poker) to raise another raise

• French: relancer (fr)

Anagrams

• rearise