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ret

  [ret]
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–verb (used with object), ret⋅ted, ret⋅ting.
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME reten, retten; c. D reten (cf. D roten, G rössen, Sw röta); akin to rot
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ret.

 
1. retain.
2. retired.
3. return.
4. returned.
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ret   (rět)   
v.   ret·ted, ret·ting, rets

v.   tr.
To moisten or soak (flax, for example) in order to soften and separate the fibers by partial rotting.
v.   intr.
To become so moistened or soaked.

[Middle English reten, probably from Middle Dutch reeten.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
ret [rɛt]

  1. n.
    a tobacco cigarette. (Collegiate.) : Give my buddy a ret, will you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ret 
"to soak," c.1440, probably from M.Du. roten (or an unrecorded cognate O.N. word), related to O.E. rotian "to rot" (see rot).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RET
Reticulum (constellation)
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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