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reincarcerating

reincarcerating is the present participle and gerund of reincarcerate.

Meaning of reincarcerate

Verb

reincarcerate (third-person singular simple present reincarcerates, present participle reincarcerating, simple past and past participle reincarcerated)

  1. (transitive) To incarcerate again.
    • “I don’t think he’ll kill you over it. He’s not trying to get reincarcerated.”2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 198
    Synonyms:
    reimprison

Questions about reincarcerating

What is reincarcerating the present participle and gerund of?
Reincarcerating is the present participle and gerund of reincarcerate.

Words near reincarcerating in the dictionary

  1. Reinbolds
  2. Reinboth
  3. reincarcerate
  4. reincarcerated
  5. reincarcerates
  6. reincarcerating
  7. reincarceration
  8. reincarcerations
  9. reincarnatable
  10. reincarnate
  11. reincarnated

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