repone

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verb

To replace.

OriginLatin reponere →
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Meanings

verbrepone (third-person singular simple present repones, present participle reponing, simple past and past participle reponed)

present singular third person repones · participle present reponing · participle past reponed · past reponed

  1. To replace.

    On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition to be reponed, and the Sheriff pronounced an interlocutor reponing them.

    1852, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court
  2. To reply.

Origin

  1. Latinreponere
  2. Englishrepone

Borrowed from Latin reponere; prefix re- (“re-”) + ponere (“to place”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

openerreopenperone
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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