regift

regift
1. verb
To give as a gift something which the giver previously received as a gift.

I do not wish to keep the centerpiece my employer gave me, so I plan to regift it to my mother.

2. noun
A gift which has been given to a second or subsequent recipient.

My blanket was a regift that my mother had previously given my sister.

See Also: regiftable

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