restem

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restem - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Restem \Re*stem"\ (r?*st?m"), v. t.
     1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their
        backward course. --Shak.
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     2. To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.
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