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🧻 To cover again 📄 To redo documents
to repaper

to repaper

6.1
To cover a wall again with new wallpaper
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpeɪpər/
translation icon : volver a empapelar
  • After years of wear and tear, she plans to repaper the hallway to match the new decor.

Examples

  • At first, he meant to repaper the room, but afterward he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Really, mother, she said to Gusta, surely you're not going to repaper that kitchen all by yourself.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • They decided to repaper the living room with bright floral wallpaper to refresh its look.

  • He hired a professional to repaper the master bedroom, choosing a luxurious design for a cozy feel.

Synonyms

to wallpaper
vsto repaper
6 3.4

To put decorative paper on room walls

is done again using fresh paper rather than a first time covering
to reface
vsto repaper
1 6.7

To put new material on the surface of something so it looks new

is done again with paper rather than by using other materials

Antonyms

to strip
42 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

Surface Forms

repaper infinitive
repapered past
repapered past participle
repapering present participle
repapers third person singular

Morphology

repaper = paper (transparent) = re + paper

The meaning is directly and productively derived from the verb 'paper' with the prefix 're-' meaning 'again'.

Etymology

Repaper comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and paper, the material you hang on walls or write on. So to repaper a room is to put new paper on the walls again, like giving the room fresh wallpaper.