repopularize

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verb

To make popular again.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

verbrepopularize (third-person singular simple present repopularizes, present participle repopularizing, simple past and past participle repopularized)

present singular third person repopularizes · participle present repopularizing · participle past repopularized · past repopularized · alternative repopularise

  1. UStransitiveTo make popular again.

Origin

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

From re- + popularize.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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