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verb re·spell \ (ˌ)rē-ˈspel \

Definition of respell

respelled; respelling; respells
transitive verb
: to spell again or in another way; especially : to spell out according to a phonetic system
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play \(ˌ)rē-ˈspe-liŋ\ noun

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1806

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