reimpress

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verb

To impress again or anew.

OriginEnglish impress ← Middle English impressen ← Latin impressus →
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Meanings

verbreimpress (third-person singular simple present reimpresses, present participle reimpressing, simple past and past participle reimpressed)

present singular third person reimpresses · participle present reimpressing · participle past reimpressed · past reimpressed

  1. transitiveTo impress again or anew.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  7. Proto-Italic*en
  8. Proto-Italic*en-
  9. Latinin-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  12. Proto-Italic*pres-
  13. Latinpremō
  14. Latinimprimō
  15. Latinimpressus
  16. Middle Englishimpressen
  17. Englishimpress
  18. Englishreimpress

From re- + impress.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

impresser
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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