restem
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English
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[edit]restem (third-person singular simple present restems, present participle restemming, simple past and past participle restemmed)
- To force back against the current.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- to restem their backward course
- To stem, or move against.
- to restem a current
References
[edit]“restem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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- inflection of restar:
Latin
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Portuguese
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- inflection of restar: