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单词 regyre
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regyrev.

Forms: 1600s regyre, 1600s reiyre.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin regȳrāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin regȳrāre to turn about < re- re- prefix + gȳrus gyre n. Compare post-classical Latin gyrare gyrate v. Compare earlier ingyre v.2, and also earlier ingyre v.1, which may have influenced the sense.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To return (a retort or rejoinder); to riposte.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply
returna1500
reply1526
snap1550
pat1575
retort1597
regyre1606
regest1614
retaliate1632
snap1647
repartee1677
riposte1823
to shoot back1974
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vi. sig. B4v Diogenes..being admonished,..did reiyre a taunt.
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2v But this reason I may rightly regyre: that sen the first followers of that foly in buriall Apostasie..did lawlesly leaue the auncient laire of their better aduysed elders, they are vnworthy of imitation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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