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repen en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + pen.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To rewrite.
    • […] for this talented and unscrupulous cheat played double as before, accepting the hush-money, and then going to press, once, twice, thrice, and yet again, with her memoirs, penned and repenned in perpetually new and more fabulous forms. 1933, Stefan Zweig, translated by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, London: Cassell and Company, page 197:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
re-pen alternative lexicographic
repenned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
repenned Tense=Past lexicographic
repens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
repenning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic