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repristinations

repristinations is the plural of repristination.

Meaning of repristination

Noun

repristination (countable and uncountable, plural repristinations)

  1. Restoration to an original or pure state.
    • That trick is, the artificer melts up wax / With honey, so to speak; he mingles gold / With gold's alloy, and, duly tempering both, / Effects a manageable mass, then works: / But his work ended, once the thing a ring, / Oh, there's repristination!1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC

Questions about repristinations

What is repristinations the plural of?
Repristinations is the plural of repristination.

Words near repristinations in the dictionary

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

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