repromote

R1E1P3R1O1M3O1T1E1

verb

To promote again or anew.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbrepromote (third-person singular simple present repromotes, present participle repromoting, simple past and past participle repromoted)

present singular third person repromotes · participle present repromoting · participle past repromoted · past repromoted

  1. 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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  10. Proto-Italic*pro-
  11. Latinprō-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*moweō
  15. Latinmoveō
  16. Latinprōmoveō
  17. Latinprōmōtus
  18. Englishpromote
  19. Englishrepromote

From re- + promote.

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Chicago

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