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recouple

recouple verb: to couple or join again.

Verb

recouple (third-person singular simple present recouples, present participle recoupling, simple past and past participle recoupled)

  1. To couple or join again
    • Mr. Giuliani […] tapped into the struggles of millions of American families who have to regroup when a new marriage, or recoupling, follows a divorce or breakup.2007 March 11, Mireya Navarro, “A Family Feud That Is Familiar”, in New York Times

Forms of recouple

third-person singular presentrecouples
present participlerecoupling
past participlerecoupled
pastrecoupled

Origin of recouple

From re- + couple.

Words formed from recouple

Questions about recouple

What does recouple mean?
Recouple means to couple or join again.
What part of speech is recouple?
Recouple is a verb.
What is the past tense of recouple?
The past tense of recouple is recoupled.

Words near recouple in the dictionary

  1. recouper
  2. recoupers
  3. recoupes
  4. recouping
  5. recoupings
  6. recouple
  7. recoupled
  8. recoupler
  9. recouplers
  10. recouples
  11. recoupling

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