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recross

verb

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cross English recross From re- + cross.

  1. An examination of a witness, following redirect, by the opposing party.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cross English recross From re- + cross.

  1. To cross again.

    The doctor recrossed his legs and followed her impassive gaze which was fixed on the long bread-knife that suddenly appeared to fill the room.

    At North Queensferry Station, a short distance beyond the end of the bridge, we left the railway, and made our way down the hill to the pier, to recross the firth by the ferry.