Regrated vs Regrafted - What's the difference?
regrated | regrafted |
(regrate)
To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
(masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
To offend; to shock.
(regraft)
A second or subsequent graft.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 8, author=Nicholas Bakalar, title=Vision: Study Sees Value in Older Cornea Donors, work=New York Times
, passage=Five-year graft survival rates —? defined as needing a regraft or having a cloudy cornea that compromised vision ?— was 86 percent for the group of donors under 65 and exactly the same for the group older than 65. }}
As verbs the difference between regrated and regrafted
is that regrated is past tense of regrate while regrafted is past tense of regraft.regrated
English
Verb
(head)regrate
English
Verb
(regrat)- (Derham)
Derived terms
* regraterregrafted
English
Verb
(head)regraft
English
Noun
(en noun)citation