re

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[[t]reɪ[/t]]

n.

mad the musical syllable used for the second tone in the ascending diatonic scale

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Etymology: 1400–50; late ME; see gamut II

re

[[t]ri, reɪ[/t]] prep.

bus with reference to; regarding

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Etymology: 1700–10; < L rē (in the) matter, affair, thing (abl. of rēs)