repealing
repealing is the present participle and gerund of repeal.
Meaning of repeal
Verb
repeal (third-person singular simple present repeals, present participle repealing, simple past and past participle repealed)
- To cancel, invalidate, annul.
- to repeal a law
- 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...
- There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald,
- 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...
- Whence Adam soon repeal’d
Noun
repealing (plural repealings)
- The act by which something is repealed.
Forms of repealing
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Words that rhyme with repealing
- ceiling
- feeling
- healing
- concealing
- dealing
- Eling
- glass ceiling
- peeling
- revealing
- shieling
- stealing
- wheeling
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Questions about repealing
- What does repealing mean?
- Repealing means the act by which something is repealed.
- What is repealing the present participle and gerund of?
- Repealing is the present participle and gerund of repeal.
- What part of speech is repealing?
- Repealing is a noun.
- What is the plural of repealing?
- The plural of repealing is repealings.
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