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Etymology

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From re- +‎ pile.

Verb

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repile (third-person singular simple present repiles, present participle repiling, simple past and past participle repiled)

  1. (transitive) To pile again; to restack.
    • 1961, Hamlin Garland, Boy Life on the Prairie, page 49:
      Afterwards these pieces, split into small sticks ready for the stove, were thrown into a conical heap, which it was Lincoln's business to repile in shapely ricks.
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