recenter en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center English recenter From re- + center.
Meanings
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(transitive) To center (something) again.
18.1 Scrolling C-l (recenter-top-bottom) is a basic scrolling command. It recenters the selected window, scrolling it so that the current screen line is exactly in the center of the window, or as close to the center as possible.
Now I recenter my immortal mind / In the deep sabbath of meek self-content; / Cleans'd from the vaporous passions that bedim / God's Image, sister of the Seraphim.
1796 December 24–26 (date written), S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Ode on the Departing Year”, in Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, London: Rest Fenner, […], published 1817, →OCLC, stanza IX, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recenters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recentered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recentered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recentre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| recentering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |