re-treat
USree-TREET/ɹiːˈtɹiːt/
Formsre-treats, re-treating, re-treated
- 1To put treatment on a wound, surface, or other thing again.
Like cleaning a stain again because it did not come out the first time.
The nurse had to re-treat the cut when it got infected.
Dad will re-treat the fence next summer to keep the wood safe.
- 2To talk about or deal with a subject again, or in a new way.
Like telling a story again but in a different way.
The teacher will re-treat the topic so the class understands it better.
Let me re-treat that question in simpler words.
Similarrevisit, reexamine, readdress, reconsider
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Origin
From re- plus treat.