repile

R1E1P3I1L1E1

verb

To pile again; to restack.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbrepile (third-person singular simple present repiles, present participle repiling, simple past and past participle repiled)

present singular third person repiles · participle present repiling · participle past repiled · past repiled

  1. transitiveTo pile again; to restack.

    Afterwards these pieces, split into small sticks ready for the stove, were thrown into a conical heap, which it was Lincoln's business to repile in shapely ricks.

    1961, Hamlin Garland, Boy Life on the Prairie, page 49

Origin

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