repunctuate

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ punctuate.

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• repunctuation