recenter
recenter verb: to center (something) again. Also the comparative form of recent.
Verb
recenter (third-person singular simple present recenters, present participle recentering, simple past and past participle recentered)
- To center (something) again.
- Now I recenter my immortal mind / In the deep sabbath of meek self-content; / Cleans'd from the vaporous passions that bedim / God's Image, sister of the Seraphim.1796 December 24–26 (date written), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Ode on the Departing Year”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC, stanza IX...
- 18.1 Scrolling
C-l (recenter-top-bottom) is a basic scrolling command. It recenters the selected window, scrolling it so that the current screen line is exactly in the center of the window, or as close to the center as possible.
Also used as
recenter is also the comparative form of recent.
Forms of recenter
| third-person singular present | recenters |
|---|---|
| present participle | recentering |
| past participle | recentered |
| past | recentered |
| alternative form | recentre |
Origin of recenter
From re- + center.
Questions about recenter
- What does recenter mean?
- Recenter means to center (something) again.
- What part of speech is recenter?
- Recenter is a verb.
- What is the past tense of recenter?
- The past tense of recenter is recentered.
Words near recenter in the dictionary
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