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re- +‎ spade

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respade (third-person singular simple present respades, present participle respading, simple past and past participle respaded)

  1. (transitive) To spade (turn over soil) again.
    • 1975, The American Rose, volume 23, page 16:
      If unable to get the soil well mixed you may have to respade the turned soil before planting. The second spading will be much easier than the first.

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