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Definition of Retear
1. tear [v -TORE, -TORN, -TEARING, -TEARS] - See also: tear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retear
Literary usage of Retear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Specimens of Middle Scots by George Gregory Smith (1902)
"... maid haist: 15 many honest man then followed, and maid suche diligence, that
thei caused the frenche ones to retear somewhat ..."
2. Specimens of Middle Scots by George Gregory Smith (1902)
"... maid haist: 15 many honest man then followed, and maid suche diligence, that
thei caused the frenche ones to retear somewhat ..."
3. History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots by Joseph Adolphe Petit (1874)
"... him to retear himself from the furie of the people to some pairt out of the
kingdome, for a small tyme, untill he wrought business in a right posture ..."
4. History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots by Joseph Adolphe Petit (1874)
"... him to retear himself from the furie of the people to some pairt out of the
kingdome, for a small tyme, untill he wrought business in a right posture ..."
5. Revelations of Spain in 1845 by T. M. Hughes (1845)
"... the neighbours say to each other (for Spanish women seem to have nothing to
do but to gaze out of the window): Ahora vase cucha- retear. ..."
6. Revelations of Spain in 1845 by Terence MacMahon Hughes (1845)
"... the neighbours say to each other (for Spanish women seem to have nothing to
do but to gaze out of the window) : Ahora vase cucha- retear. ..."
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