Transcription
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- [reest]
- /rist/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [reest]
- /rist/
Definition of reist word
- verb without object reist (of a horse) to stop or refuse to go; balk. 1
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Origin of reist
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; dialectal variant of rest1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Reist
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reist popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.