REGRATE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

2.
v.

To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.

3.
v.

To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.


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