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Etymology

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From re- +‎ punctuate.

Verb

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repunctuate (third-person singular simple present repunctuates, present participle repunctuating, simple past and past participle repunctuated)

  1. (transitive) To punctuate in a new, different manner.
    The editor decided that repunctuating Shakespeare's sonnets risked damaging their meaning.

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