retumblev.
/ˌriːˈtʌmbl/, U.S. /riˈtəmb(ə)l/ rare.
transitive. To tumble or roll over again.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to fall back again
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. i. 67 As if a..Leviathan himselfe had been cast a-shore, and could not retumble his vast hulk into the maine Sea againe.
1769 Muse's Blossoms 4 Frowning he tumbled and retumbled o'er Of pliant birch a well selected store.
1987 P. D. Kraus Introd. to Lapidary i. ii. 13 Set aside any stones that have been chipped..and retumble them with the next batch of rough stones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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