relickv.
/ˌriːˈlɪk/, U.S. /riˈlɪk/ transitive. To lick again.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > lick
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a1618 J. Sylvester Funeral Elegie M. Wyts in G. de S. Du Bartas Divine Weekes & Workes (1621) 1167 Wee see the Wicked..Live long and lusty,..Though never turning or returning quick (As Swine, or Dogs) their vomit to re-lick.
1817 H. Neuman New Dict. Sp. & Eng. Langs. (ed. 3) i. at Relamér To relick, to lick again.
1958 A. Thirkell Close Quarters iv. 139 He did penance by opening the letter..and adding a postscript... He then relicked the letter.
2000 Times (Nexis) 15 Nov. She lost track and had to re-lick her thumb and start counting all over again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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