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English
Etymology
From re- + toss.
Verb
retoss (third-person singular simple present retosses, present participle retossing, simple past and past participle retossed)
- To toss again; to throw back.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 42, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:Compare unto him the vulgar troupes of our men, stupide, base, servile, wavering, and continually floting on the tempestuous ocean of divers passions which tosse and retosse the same, wholy depending of others.
Anagrams
- RTOSes, Restos, Sostre, restos, rosest, rosets, sorest, sortes, stores, torses, tosser, tsores