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rererua

1. (verb) to be double, in two thicknesses.

Kia whā ōna taha, me rererua; kia kotahi whanganga a te ringa tōna roa, kia kotahi whanganga hoki a te ringa tōna whānui (PT Ekoruhe 28:16). / Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

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2. (modifier) double, folded in two, in two thicknesses.

He tapawha, he rererua te kōuma i hangā e rātou: kotahi whanganga a te ringa te roa, kotahi hoki whanganga te whānui, he mea rererua (PT Ekoruhe 39:9). / It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

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