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recrown

recrown verb: to crown again; to provide with another crown.

Verb

recrown (third-person singular simple present recrowns, present participle recrowning, simple past and past participle recrowned)

  1. (transitive) To crown again; to provide with another crown.
    • As a result, many buildings scalped of their cornices in the mid-20th century have been recrowned in the last decade.2007 January 7, Christopher Gray, “Along Broadway, Jettisoned Cornices Are Being Rebuilt”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    recoronate

Synonyms of recrown

Forms of recrown

third-person singular presentrecrowns
present participlerecrowning
past participlerecrowned
pastrecrowned

Origin of recrown

From re- + crown.

Questions about recrown

What does recrown mean?
Recrown means to crown again; to provide with another crown.
What part of speech is recrown?
Recrown is a verb.
What is the past tense of recrown?
The past tense of recrown is recrowned.

Words near recrown in the dictionary

  1. recrossings
  2. recrowd
  3. recrowded
  4. recrowding
  5. recrowds
  6. recrown
  7. recrowned
  8. recrowning
  9. recrowns
  10. recrucified
  11. recrucifies

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