restem

English

Etymology

Verb

restem (third-person singular simple present restems, present participle restemming, simple past and past participle restemmed)

To force back against the current.
- Shakespeare
  to restem their backward course
To stem, or move against.
to restem a current

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for restem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Emerts, Mester, S meter, Tesmer, merest, mester, meters, metres, termes

Catalan

Verb

restem

first-person plural present indicative form of restar
first-person plural present subjunctive form of restar
first-person plural imperative form of restar

Latin

Verb

rēstem

first-person singular present active subjunctive of rēstō

Portuguese

Verb

restem

third-person plural present subjunctive of restar
third-person plural imperative of restar

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