rebracket

English

Etymology

Back-formation from rebracketing. By surface analysis, re- +‎ bracket.

Verb

rebracket (third-person singular simple present rebrackets, present participle rebracketing, simple past and past participle rebracketed)

  1. (grammar, transitive) To cause to undergo rebracketing.
    In Middle English, a naperon was rebracketed to an aperon.

Anagrams

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