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recharacterize

recharacterize verb: to characterize again or anew.

Verb

recharacterize (third-person singular simple present recharacterizes, present participle recharacterizing, simple past and past participle recharacterized)

  1. (transitive) To characterize again or anew.

Forms of recharacterize

third-person singular presentrecharacterizes
present participlerecharacterizing
past participlerecharacterized
pastrecharacterized
alternative formrecharacterise

Origin of recharacterize

From re- + characterize.

Words formed from recharacterize

Questions about recharacterize

What does recharacterize mean?
Recharacterize means to characterize again or anew.
What part of speech is recharacterize?
Recharacterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of recharacterize?
The past tense of recharacterize is recharacterized.

Words near recharacterize in the dictionary

  1. recharacterised
  2. recharacterises
  3. recharacterising
  4. recharacterization
  5. recharacterizations
  6. recharacterize
  7. recharacterized
  8. recharacterizes
  9. recharacterizing
  10. rechargable
  11. rechargables

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