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repunctuate

repunctuate verb: to punctuate in a new, different manner.

Verb

repunctuate (third-person singular simple present repunctuates, present participle repunctuating, simple past and past participle repunctuated)

  1. (transitive) To punctuate in a new, different manner.
    • The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.

Forms of repunctuate

third-person singular presentrepunctuates
present participlerepunctuating
past participlerepunctuated
pastrepunctuated

Origin of repunctuate

From re- + punctuate.

Words formed from repunctuate

Questions about repunctuate

What does repunctuate mean?
Repunctuate means to punctuate in a new, different manner.
What part of speech is repunctuate?
Repunctuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of repunctuate?
The past tense of repunctuate is repunctuated.

Words near repunctuate in the dictionary

  1. repumps
  2. repunch
  3. repunched
  4. repunches
  5. repunching
  6. repunctuate
  7. repunctuated
  8. repunctuates
  9. repunctuating
  10. repunctuation
  11. repunctuations

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