Repen
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To rewrite. transitive
"[…] for this talented and unscrupulous cheat played double as before, accepting the hush-money, and then going to press, once, twice, thrice, and yet again, with her memoirs, penned and repenned in perpetually new and more fabulous forms."
Example
More examples"[…] for this talented and unscrupulous cheat played double as before, accepting the hush-money, and then going to press, once, twice, thrice, and yet again, with her memoirs, penned and repenned in perpetually new and more fabulous forms."
Etymology
From re- + pen.
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