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unrepealing

unrepealing is the present participle and gerund of unrepeal.

Meaning of unrepeal

Verb

unrepeal (third-person singular simple present unrepeals, present participle unrepealing, simple past and past participle unrepealed)

  1. To reverse a repeal; to restore a ruling or law that was repealed.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

Questions about unrepealing

What is unrepealing the present participle and gerund of?
Unrepealing is the present participle and gerund of unrepeal.

Words near unrepealing in the dictionary

  1. unrepeal
  2. unrepealability
  3. unrepealable
  4. unrepealably
  5. unrepealed
  6. unrepealing
  7. unrepeals
  8. unrepeatability
  9. unrepeatable
  10. unrepeatableness
  11. unrepeatably

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