restem

English

Etymology

re- +‎ stem

Verb

restem (third-person singular simple present restems, present participle restemming, simple past and past participle restemmed)

  1. To force back against the current.
    • Shakespeare
      to restem their backward course
  2. To stem, or move against.
    to restem a current

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for restem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

restem

  1. first-person plural present indicative form of restar
  2. first-person plural present subjunctive form of restar
  3. first-person plural imperative form of restar

Latin

Verb

rēstem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of rēstō

Portuguese

Verb

restem

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of restar
  2. third-person plural imperative of restar
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