re-(word root) againExamples of words with the root re-: remodelAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreere-pref.1. Again; anew: rebuild.2. Backward; back: react.3. Used as an intensive: refine.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin; see re- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.re- prefix 1. indicating return to a previous condition, restoration, withdrawal, etc: rebuild; renew; retrace; reunite. 2. indicating repetition of an action: recopy; remarry. [from Latin] Usage: Verbs beginning with re- indicate repetition or restoration. It is unnecessary to add an adverb such as back or again: This must not occur again (not recur again); we recounted the votes (not recounted the votes again, which implies that the votes were counted three times, not twice)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014re1 (re?) n. the musical syllable used for the second tone in the ascending diatonic scale. [1400?50; late Middle English; see gamut] re2 (ri, re?) prep. with reference to; regarding. [1700?10;