repatch

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verb

To patch again.

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

verbrepatch (third-person singular simple present repatches, present participle repatching, simple past and past participle repatched)

present singular third person repatches · participle present repatching · participle past repatched · past repatched

  1. To patch again.

    This bleak circle of asphalt has been patched and repatched, and looks it.

    2009 January 11, Charles Delafuente, “Nothing but Dead Ends”, in New York Times

Origin

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

From re- + patch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chapterpatcherPerchta
Cite this entry
APA

repatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repatch

MLA

“repatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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