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rehyphenate

rehyphenate verb: to hyphenate again or anew.

Verb

rehyphenate (third-person singular simple present rehyphenates, present participle rehyphenating, simple past and past participle rehyphenated)

  1. (transitive) To hyphenate again or anew.

Forms of rehyphenate

third-person singular presentrehyphenates
present participlerehyphenating
past participlerehyphenated
pastrehyphenated

Origin of rehyphenate

From re- + hyphenate.

Questions about rehyphenate

What does rehyphenate mean?
Rehyphenate means to hyphenate again or anew.
What part of speech is rehyphenate?
Rehyphenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of rehyphenate?
The past tense of rehyphenate is rehyphenated.

Words near rehyphenate in the dictionary

  1. rehydrogenation
  2. rehydrogenations
  3. rehydroxylation
  4. rehydroxylations
  5. rehymenate
  6. rehyphenate
  7. rehyphenated
  8. rehyphenates
  9. rehyphenating
  10. rehypnosis
  11. rehypnotise

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