Meanings
present singular third person repromotes · participle present repromoting · participle past repromoted · past repromoted
- transitiveTo promote again or anew.
1 more example
In the mid-’90s, Time Out magazine held that ‘‘remix albums are generally a pretty tawdry way to repromote old material,” but a decade later, a Bloomberg reviewer of the Beatles’ “Love” had a happier view of the magpie medium: “The Beatles’ ‘new’ CD remixes the group’s masterpieces, with surprisingly enchanting results.”
2009 February 15, William Safire, “Rifacimento”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinprōmoveō
- Latinprōmōtus
- Englishpromote
- Englishrepromote
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Cite this entry
repromote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repromote
“repromote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repromote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repromote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repromote.
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