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reinsulate

reinsulate verb: to insulate again or anew.

Verb

reinsulate (third-person singular simple present reinsulates, present participle reinsulating, simple past and past participle reinsulated)

  1. (transitive) To insulate again or anew.
    • Still, we are wondering whether now is the time to replace some windows or invest in the bigger job of reinsulating the older parts of our 1914 house.2008 June 14, M. P. Dunleavey, “Winter Worries Come Early”, in New York Times

Forms of reinsulate

third-person singular presentreinsulates
present participlereinsulating
past participlereinsulated
pastreinsulated

Origin of reinsulate

From re- + insulate.

Questions about reinsulate

What does reinsulate mean?
Reinsulate means to insulate again or anew.
What part of speech is reinsulate?
Reinsulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reinsulate?
The past tense of reinsulate is reinsulated.

Words near reinsulate in the dictionary

  1. reinstrumentation
  2. reinstrumentations
  3. reinstrumented
  4. reinstrumenting
  5. reinstruments
  6. reinsulate
  7. reinsulated
  8. reinsulates
  9. reinsulating
  10. reinsult
  11. reinsulted

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