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repile

repile verb: to pile again; to restack.

Verb

repile (third-person singular simple present repiles, present participle repiling, simple past and past participle repiled)

  1. (transitive) To pile again; to restack.
    • Afterwards these pieces, split into small sticks ready for the stove, were thrown into a conical heap, which it was Lincoln's business to repile in shapely ricks.1961, Hamlin Garland, Boy Life on the Prairie, page 49

Forms of repile

third-person singular presentrepiles
present participlerepiling
past participlerepiled
pastrepiled

Origin of repile

From re- + pile.

Questions about repile

What does repile mean?
Repile means to pile again; to restack.
What part of speech is repile?
Repile is a verb.
What is the past tense of repile?
The past tense of repile is repiled.

Words near repile in the dictionary

  1. repigment
  2. repigmentation
  3. repigmented
  4. repigmenting
  5. repigments
  6. repile
  7. repiled
  8. repiles
  9. repiling
  10. repilot
  11. repiloted

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