Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To spell again or in a new way, especially by using a phonetic alphabet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To spell again; specifically, to spell again in another form, according to some phonetic system (as in this dictionary), so as to indicate the actual or supposed pronunciation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To spell again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb
Spell again.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Sounds, that is: forget that you know that philosophy begins with a ph -, and "respell" it FLSF; ignore your recollection that psychology likewise begins with a p -, and render it SKLJ.
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You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation.
Notice of Revocation of Independence JDsg 2007
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I love frosting on cookies... but to mess this up and refuse to respell "birthday" properly?
Adding Insult to Injury Jen 2008
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You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra'; you may elect to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you find you simply can't cope with correct pronunciation.
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In future people would not be obliged to respell their names before signing a correction on a cheque.
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Having been warned by experience in this respell, I have decided to speak again about it here although I have very often done so elsewhere.
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Who is he, that, notwithstanding the regard and respell he had for me, is in a miserable condition?
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as Pittsberg if you can’t cope with correct pronunciation.
Think Progress » Report: Blair refuses to back Iran strike. 2006
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You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as ‘Pittsberg’ if you can’t cope with correct pronunciation.
Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces 2005
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I will punish her, and make an example of that insolent man, who has presumed to fail in respell to me. "
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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