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regrate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Regrate \Re*grate"\ (r?*gr?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Regrating}.] [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again See {Re}-, and {Grate}, v. t.] 1. (Masonry) To remove the outer surface of as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] --Derham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Regrate \Re*grate"\, v. t. [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again in or near the same place at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
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