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repenning

repenning is the present participle and gerund of repen.

Meaning of repen

Verb

repen (third-person singular simple present repens, present participle repenning, simple past and past participle repenned)

  1. (transitive) To rewrite.
    • […] for this talented and unscrupulous cheat played double as before, accepting the hush-money, and then going to press, once, twice, thrice, and yet again, with her memoirs, penned and repenned in perpetually new and more fabulous forms.1933, Stefan Zweig, translated by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, London: Cassell and Company, page 197

Questions about repenning

What is repenning the present participle and gerund of?
Repenning is the present participle and gerund of repen.

Words near repenning in the dictionary

  1. repenetrates
  2. repenetrating
  3. repenetration
  4. repenetrations
  5. repenned
  6. repenning
  7. repens
  8. repent
  9. repentable
  10. repentance
  11. Repentance Creek

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