retillv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈtɪl/, U.S.

/riˈtɪl/

Forms: see re- prefix and till v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, till v.¹

Etymology: < re- prefix + till v.¹

transitive. To till (land, soil, etc.) again. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] > recultivate

retill1614

recultivate1627

1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue i. 187 These fat Fields wee have but now re-tild.

1857 F. Townsend Glimpses of Nineveh v. 74 I pardon thy manifold transgressions, and give thee leave to rebuild thy towns, and retill thy fields.

1876 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 46 195 But now and then a valley appeared which was partially retilled.

1930 K. E. Innes & M. R. Brailsford tr. M. Granet Chinese Civilization i. iii. iii. 141 In the spring, the husbandmen came..and re-tilled their fields.

1985 A. Del Caro in J. Krieg Walt Whitman 205 Whitman and Nietzsche found a more fertile ground for cultivating the Voltairian garden in the soil of becoming than in retilling the arid soils of the status quo.

2005 Weed Technol. 19 149/2 The experimental areas were tilled 8 cm deep..retilled a minimum of 10 d after herbicide application, and then seeded with winter wheat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retill
释义	retillv. Brit. /ˌriːˈtɪl/, U.S. /riˈtɪl/ Forms: see re- prefix and till v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, till v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + till v.¹ transitive. To till (land, soil, etc.) again. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivate or till [verb (transitive)] > recultivate retill1614 recultivate1627 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue i. 187 These fat Fields wee have but now re-tild. 1857 F. Townsend Glimpses of Nineveh v. 74 I pardon thy manifold transgressions, and give thee leave to rebuild thy towns, and retill thy fields. 1876 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 46 195 But now and then a valley appeared which was partially retilled. 1930 K. E. Innes & M. R. Brailsford tr. M. Granet Chinese Civilization i. iii. iii. 141 In the spring, the husbandmen came..and re-tilled their fields. 1985 A. Del Caro in J. Krieg Walt Whitman 205 Whitman and Nietzsche found a more fertile ground for cultivating the Voltairian garden in the soil of becoming than in retilling the arid soils of the status quo. 2005 Weed Technol. 19 149/2 The experimental areas were tilled 8 cm deep..retilled a minimum of 10 d after herbicide application, and then seeded with winter wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1614
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