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repristinating

repristinating is the present participle and gerund of repristinate.

Meaning of repristinate

Verb

repristinate (third-person singular simple present repristinates, present participle repristinating, simple past and past participle repristinated)

  1. (transitive) To restore something to an older or original state.
    • Persons lapsed lying under the censure of the Church thus, and so long, it will not be amiss to enquire how they spent their time in this interim, and by what degrees they were repristinated and rendred in their former state.1659, Hamon L’Estrange, “Annotations upon Chapter XI”, in The Alliance of Divine Offices, London: Henry Broom, page 319

Questions about repristinating

What is repristinating the present participle and gerund of?
Repristinating is the present participle and gerund of repristinate.

Words near repristinating in the dictionary

  1. reprises
  2. reprising
  3. repristinate
  4. repristinated
  5. repristinates
  6. repristinating
  7. repristination
  8. repristinations
  9. reprivatisation
  10. reprivatisations
  11. reprivatise

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