repatch

repatch

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English patch
English repatch

    From re- + patch.

    Verb

    repatch (third-person singular simple present repatches, present participle repatching, simple past and past participle repatched)

    1. To patch again.
      • 2009 January 11, Charles Delafuente, “Nothing but Dead Ends”, in New York Times:
        This bleak circle of asphalt has been patched and repatched, and looks it.

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