Repunctuate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To punctuate in a new, different manner. transitive

    "The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning."

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"The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning."

Etymology

From re- + punctuate.

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