rebend

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ bend.

Verb

rebend (third-person singular simple present rebends, present participle rebending, simple past and past participle rebent)

1. To bend again.
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:

     These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.

Anagrams

• Bender, Berden, bender, berend