repaste

R1E1P3A1S1T1E1

verb

To paste again.

OriginEnglish paste ← Middle English paste ← Old French paste →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

repaste1

nounrepaste (plural repastes)

plural repastes

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of repast.

repaste2

verbrepaste (third-person singular simple present repastes, present participle repasting, simple past and past participle repasted)

present singular third person repastes · participle present repasting · participle past repasted · past repasted

  1. To paste again.

    Allow each sheet to soak for five minutes or more then unfold, repaste and trim.

    1932, The Painter and Decorator
    1 more example

    But text typefaces were still a problem if Lubalin was to fully realize his vision. You couldn't cut and repaste every letter there.

    2006, Simon Loxley, The Secret History of Letters

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Ancient Greekπάσσω (pássō)
  7. Ancient Greekπαστός (pastós)
  8. Ancient Greekπαστά (pastá)
  9. Late Latinpasta
  10. Old Frenchpaste
  11. Middle Englishpaste
  12. Englishpaste
  13. Englishrepaste

From re- + paste.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

PatresePresteaaperestsperate
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: repaste on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.