regrate
English
Etymology
French regratter (“to scrape again”).
Verb
regrate (third-person singular simple present regrates, present participle regrating, simple past and past participle regrated)
- To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
- (masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
- To offend; to shock.
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