Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repursuit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-pur-suit
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of pursuing again.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"On the other hand, even if Highway’s hard-drinking, bar-fighting, recruit-abusing figure is also a cliché, his grieving over Heartbreak Ridge is not, and neither is his emotional isolation and repursuit of his ex-wife, whatever its conventional romanticcomedy affinities."
"So much so that he leaves open the possibility that the “socially responsible" role he'll soon emerge to try may involve the repursuit of eloquence through the spoken word"
"Fair tradewinds — hoisted all sails & went in repursuit of our island."

Etymology

re- + pursuit

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does repursuit mean?: The act of pursuing again.
Where does repursuit come from?: re- + pursuit

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