reprobe

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verb

To probe again.

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

verbreprobe (third-person singular simple present reprobes, present participle reprobing, simple past and past participle reprobed)

present singular third person reprobes · participle present reprobing · participle past reprobed · past reprobed

  1. To probe again.
  2. molecular biologyTo reapply a chemical probe, usually after a previous probe has been stripped.

    Nylon membranes are more easily stripped and reprobed.

    2001, Alan S. Gerstein, Molecular Biology Problem Solver, →ISBN, page 433

Origin

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

From re- + probe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

probeer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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