re-
Etymology

From Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin re-, red- ("back; anew; again; against"), of uncertain origin but conjectured by Watkins to be from Proto-Indo-European *wret-, a metathetic alteration of *wert- ("to turn").

Pronunciation Prefix
  1. again, anew
    renew, recommit, reheat
  2. a completive or intensification of the base; up, a-, out
    reletter, relead, rebronze (examples from: )
  3. back, backward
    reject, reply, resist
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