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RETRY
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Irregular inflected form: retried
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they retry ... he / she / it retries
Past simple: retried
Past participle: retried
-ing form: retrying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hear or try a court case anew
Synonyms:
rehear; retry
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "retry" is one way to...):
hear; try (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They want to retry the prisoners
Derivation:
retrial (a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors)
