recooper

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verb

To cooper again, to repair a damaged barrel.

OriginEnglish cooper ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrecooper (third-person singular simple present recoopers, present participle recoopering, simple past and past participle recoopered)

present singular third person recoopers · participle present recoopering · participle past recoopered · past recoopered

  1. archaicTo cooper again, to repair a damaged barrel.
  2. To make good any damaged package or container.
  3. To recover or reclaim.
nounrecooper (plural recoopers)

plural recoopers

  1. obsoleteRecovery.

Origin

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

From re- + cooper.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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