Meanings
verbrepaper (third-person singular simple present repapers, present participle repapering, simple past and past participle repapered)
present singular third person repapers · participle present repapering · participle past repapered · past repapered
- transitiveTo apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
"And you bought the house?" "Well, it was re-papered and painted and fumigated, and done up outside."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Anglo-Normanpaper
- Middle Englishpaper
- Englishpaper
- Englishrepaper
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with repaper
papervapordrapertaperscrapershapercaperrapertapirgaperdaily paperdistinctive paperlavvy paperliquid paperneper
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APA
repaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repaper
MLA
“repaper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repaper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repaper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repaper.
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