recopy

R1E1C3O1P3Y4

verb

To copy again.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbrecopy (third-person singular simple present recopies, present participle recopying, simple past and past participle recopied)

present singular third person recopies · participle present recopying · participle past recopied · past recopied

  1. transitiveTo copy again.

    Their manuscripts, copied and recopied, have been handed down from generation to generation.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 212

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincōpiō
  7. Old Frenchcopier
  8. Middle Englishcopien
  9. Englishcopy
  10. Englishrecopy

From re- + copy.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recopy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recopy.

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