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repressure en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure English repressure From re- + pressure.

Meanings

  1. To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure
    • But rather than repressuring the Ukrainian pipeline system for exports, Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, ordered a single test shipment to see if it would pass through Ukraine to Europe, through a pipeline that was being used to supply the Ukrainian city of Odessa. 2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times:

Forms

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repressuring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
repressured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
repressured Tense=Past lexicographic
repressures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic