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单词 respell
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respellv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈspɛl/, U.S. /riˈspɛl/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle respelt, respelled;
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, spell v.2
Etymology: < re- prefix + spell v.2
transitive. To spell again; to give another spelling of (a word), esp. as a means of indicating pronunciation.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > spell [verb (transitive)] > spell again, esp. phonetically
respell1806
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 613 Yuhidthiton might be respelt into the familiar English phrase ‘You hit the tone’.
1819 Analectic Mag. July 20 If the word former be re-spelt faur-mur, the combination au must be admitted as an archetype into the key.
1865 Philol. Soc. Trans. 254 Each word is respelt in such a manner as to represent what the author supposes to be the correct pronunciation.
1910 Sewanee Rev. 18 196 All our Greek proper names appear re-spelled as Latin and pronounced as English.
1983 P. Gzowski Unbroken Line ii. 91 When Tiger Tasker..would ask me to spell and respell my name, I would bite my tongue.
2006 S. Fitzgerald in D. Gibbs & K.-L. Krause Cyberlines 2.0 ii. 43 In print dictionaries pronunciation is often represented by..a systematic method of respelling the headwords.

Derivatives

reˈspelling n. the action of respelling; an instance of this; a word which has been respelt.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > spelling again, according to pronunciation
respelling1816
1816 Edinb. Rev. Dec. 417 The only alteration we make is..the re-spelling of such words as are common at this day.
1859 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. p. xxiii/2 In giving the authorities for pronunciation.., neither the respelling nor the notation of the orthoepists cited has generally been exhibited.
1935 Amer. Speech 10 205/1 This name [sc. Crestone] is probably a respelling of the Spanish Crestón.
1998 Eng. Today July 8/2 A phonemic respelling of English would abandon final silent e altogether, and mark the long value of vowels by other means.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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