reprune

verb

reprune

verb

Etymology From re- + prune.

1

To prune again or anew.

  • Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew.1745, [Edward Young], “Night the Ninth and Last. The Consolation. Containing, among Other Things, I. A Moral Survey of the Nocturnal Heavens. II. A Night-address to the Deity. To which are Annex’d, Some Thoughts, Occasioned by the Present Juncture: […]”, in [The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality], London: […] G[eorge] Hawkins, […]; [a]nd sold by M[ary] Cooper, […], →OCLC:

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