Definition of regrate Regrate
re•grate
We found 6 definitions of regrate from 3 different sources.
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What does regrate mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- regrate (v. t.)
To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. - regrate (v. t.)
To offend; to shock. - regrate (v. t.)
To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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regrate
rē-grāt′, v.t. in masonry, to remove the outer surface so as to give a fresh appearance -
regrate
rē-grāt′, v.t. to buy and sell again in the same market, thus raising the price—once a criminal offence in England.—ns. Regrā′ter, -tor, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same fair; Regrā′ting. [O. Fr. regrater—Low L. recatare, to retail—L. re-, back, captāre, to catch.]
