| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·pos·it |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -p z t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·pos·it·ed, re·pos·it·ing, re·pos·its
1. To put away; store. 2. To put back; replace. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin rep nere, reposit- : re-, re- + pnere, to place; see apo- in Appendix I.
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