recenter

R1E1C3E1N1T1E1R1

verb

To center (something) again.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

recenter1

verbrecenter (third-person singular simple present recenters, present participle recentering, simple past and past participle recentered)

present singular third person recenters · participle present recentering · participle past recentered · past recentered · alternative recentre

  1. transitiveTo 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.

    1 more example

    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

recenter2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of recent: more recent

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincentrum
  7. Middle Frenchcentre
  8. Middle Englishcenter
  9. Englishcenter
  10. Englishrecenter

From re- + center.

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APA

recenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recenter

MLA

“recenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recenter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recenter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recenter.

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