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v. To moisten or soak (flax, for example) in order to soften and separate the fibers by partial rotting.

verb-intransitive. To become so moistened or soaked.

abbreviation. retired

v. To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.

v. See aret.

v. To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.

To expose, as the gathered stems of fibrous plants, to moisture, in order, by partial fermentation or rotting, to facilitate the abstraction of the fiber.

To impute; ascribe.

A Middle English contraction of redeth (modern readeth).

n. The process of retting; retting.

v. place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

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rets    retted    retting   

douse    soak    souse    drench    dowse    sop   

retted    retting    aret   

retter   

Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   

helt    umb    klart    ftr    Ister    Viv    cinerary    herskesyg    regne    espanto