The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regrate \Re*grate"\ (r?*gr?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.] [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]
(Masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
To offend; to shock. [Obs.]
--Derham.
Regrate \Re*grate"\, v. t. [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price. 2 (context masonry English) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 3 To offend; to shock.
Usage examples of "regrate".
They also appeased the general apprehension of a scarcity of bread, by orders to prevent the exportation of corn, and by enforcing the old laws against monopoly, forestalling, and regrating.