Resell vs Respell - What's the difference?
resell | respell |
Spell again.
* 1864 , Henry Barnard ed., The American Journal of Education , v 14, Hartford: H. Barnard, p 293:
# Spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
* 1860 , Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language , Boston: Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, p 19:
As verbs the difference between resell and respell
is that resell is to sell again while respell is spell again.respell
English
Verb
- A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell', and ' respell , until spelled aright, every misspelled word.
- It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g .