recouple

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verb

To couple or join again

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

verbrecouple (third-person singular simple present recouples, present participle recoupling, simple past and past participle recoupled)

present singular third person recouples · participle present recoupling · participle past recoupled · past recoupled

  1. To couple or join again

    Mr. Giuliani […] tapped into the struggles of millions of American families who have to regroup when a new marriage, or recoupling, follows a divorce or breakup.

    2007 March 11, Mireya Navarro, “A Family Feud That Is Familiar”, in New York Times

Origin

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

From re- + couple.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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