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Definition of Restem
1. v. t. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course.
Definition of Restem
1. Verb. To force back against the current. ¹
2. Verb. To stem, or move against. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Restem
1. to force against the current [v RESTEMMED, RESTEMMING, RESTEMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restem
Literary usage of Restem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Latin-English Dictionary Printed from the Unfinished Ms. of the Late by Thomas Hewitt Key (1888)
"12, 32, 20; also the stalk of garlic, Plin. 20, 51; в. met. ш а fisherman's mouth,
Paulisper remitte restem (stop the rope) dum concedo et ..."
2. The Ormulum by Robert Meadows White (1852)
"r eis qui trahunt peccata velut restem longam. 111! autem trahunt peccata sicut
restem longam, qui addunt peccata pec- catis ; qui cum fecerint unum ..."
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