repone

See also: reponé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reponere; prefix re- (“re-”) ponere (“to place”).

Verb

repone (third-person singular simple present repones, present participle reponing, simple past and past participle reponed)

1. To replace.
   • 1852, Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court:

     On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition to be reponed, and the Sheriff pronounced an interlocutor reponing them.

2. To reply.

Anagrams

• -perone, Perone, opener, pereon, perone, poneer, reopen

Latin

Verb

repōne

1. second-person singular present active imperative of repōnō

Spanish

Verb

repone

1. third-person singular present indicative of reponer