Repile

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pile again; to restack. transitive

    "Afterwards these pieces, split into small sticks ready for the stove, were thrown into a conical heap, which it was Lincoln's business to repile in shapely ricks."

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"Afterwards these pieces, split into small sticks ready for the stove, were thrown into a conical heap, which it was Lincoln's business to repile in shapely ricks."

Etymology

From re- + pile.

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