relatch
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relatch (third-person singular simple present relatches, present participle relatching, simple past and past participle relatched)
- To latch again
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sign of the Broken Sword”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:
- They descended the precipitous path, they relatched the rusty gate, and set off at a stamping, ringing walk down the frozen forest road.