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repealeth

repealeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repeal.

Meaning of repeal

Verb

repeal (third-person singular simple present repeals, present participle repealing, simple past and past participle repealed)

  1. (transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
    • to repeal a law
  2. To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
    • There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald,
      Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
  3. To suppress; to repel.
    • Whence Adam soon repeal’d
      The doubts that in his heart arose.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Origin of repealeth

repeal + -eth

Questions about repealeth

What is repealeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Repealeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of repeal.

Words near repealeth in the dictionary

  1. repealable
  2. repealed
  3. repealer
  4. repealers
  5. repealest
  6. repealeth
  7. repealing
  8. repealings
  9. repealism
  10. repealist
  11. repealists

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