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recase

recase verb: to repair (a book) by replacing the case.

Verb

recase (third-person singular simple present recases, present participle recasing, simple past and past participle recased)

  1. (transitive) To repair (a book) by replacing the case.
  2. (transitive) To change (text) from upper case to lower case, or vice versa.

Forms of recase

third-person singular presentrecases
present participlerecasing
past participlerecased
pastrecased

Origin of recase

From re- + case.

Questions about recase

What does recase mean?
Recase means to repair (a book) by replacing the case.
What part of speech is recase?
Recase is a verb.
What is the past tense of recase?
The past tense of recase is recased.

Words near recase in the dictionary

  1. recarts
  2. recarve
  3. recarved
  4. recarves
  5. recarving
  6. recase
  7. recased
  8. recases
  9. recash
  10. recashed
  11. recashes

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