unrepeal
unrepeal verb: to reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.
Verb
unrepeal (third-person singular simple present unrepeals, present participle unrepealing, simple past and past participle unrepealed)
- To reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.
- Mr. Chairman, the Stark amendment, as I see it, is a last-ditch effort to resurrect the cat, the catastrophic care bill, and to unrepeal the repeal which we just passed.1989, Congressional Record
- But the one important reform would be to unrepeal Glass Steagall.2010, Paul Christopherson, Pants on Fire: Cutting through the Biggest Lies of Twenty-first-Century American Plutocracy, →ISBN
Forms of unrepeal
| third-person singular present | unrepeals |
|---|---|
| present participle | unrepealing |
| past participle | unrepealed |
| past | unrepealed |
Origin of unrepeal
From un- + repeal.
Questions about unrepeal
- What does unrepeal mean?
- Unrepeal means to reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.
- What part of speech is unrepeal?
- Unrepeal is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unrepeal?
- The past tense of unrepeal is unrepealed.
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