recertify

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verb

To certify again.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

verbrecertify (third-person singular simple present recertifies, present participle recertifying, simple past and past participle recertified)

present singular third person recertifies · participle present recertifying · participle past recertified · past recertified

  1. transitiveTo certify again.

    It says that export controls on specific items or technologies should last no longer than 1 year unless the government can recertify them.

    2009 January 16, Eli Kintisch, “EXPORT CONTROLS: Current System Hampers U.S. Innovation, Says Panel”, in Science, volume 323, number 5912

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcertify
  7. Englishrecertify

From re- + certify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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