reread

[ verb ree-reed; noun ree-reed ]

verb (used with object)

, re·read [ree-, red], re·read·ing [ree-, ree, -ding].

1. to read (something) again.

noun

1. the act of reading something again.

reread

/ riːˈriːd /

verb

1. to read (something) again

Word History and Origins

Origin of reread¹

re- + read ¹

Example Sentences

The thorniest bits are most appropriate for amateur physics aficionados who desire a deeper understanding, and those bits may require a reread before sinking in.

From Science News

I reread the above two paragraphs and I see that I sound a bit like a textbook, and a quaint one at that, one printed long ago.

From The Daily Beast

The uproar over Ferguson's off-the-cuff quip sent me back to reread it.

From The Daily Beast

I love nothing more than to reread what I wrote the night before.

From The Daily Beast

I reread it often: Oates invokes dread so beautifully it makes me weep.

From The Daily Beast

Breathlessly, I told him that I had reread his Foundation books several times.

From The Daily Beast

I read and reread this letter ten times over; then the thought of the pain it would give to Marguerite calmed me a little.

From Project Gutenberg

When she had read and reread it many times, she blushingly kissed it, and hid it in her bosom.

From Project Gutenberg

I have some packets of letters preserved to-day that I read and reread.

From Project Gutenberg

Also there were certain articles in old numbers of the Atlantic that they read and reread.

From Project Gutenberg

Robespierre went off in bitter resentment to the club of his supporters, and reread his speech to them!

From Project Gutenberg

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