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Definition of Repoints
1. repoint [v] - See also: repoint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repoints
Literary usage of Repoints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transition Period by George Gregory Smith (1900)
"... in the others, of which the Falls of Princes is rhythmically the least jarring,
he wearily repoints the mediaeval moral to human folly. ..."
2. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"A person engaged exclusively in that process, visits his table from time to time,
repoints the pencils lying on his right, and replaces them on his left. ..."
3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"... repoints the pencils lying on his right, and replaces them on his left.
This person passes round the telegraph office, from table to table, ..."
4. The Electric Telegraph by Dionysius Lardner, Edward Brailsford Bright (1867)
"A person engaged exclusively in that process, visits his table from time to time,
repoints the pencils lying on his right, and replaces them on his left. ..."
5. Periods of European Literature by George Saintsbury (1900)
"... in the others, of which the Falls of Princes is rhythmically the least jarring,
he wearily repoints the mediaeval moral to human folly. ..."
6. The Electric Telegraph Popularised by Dionysius Lardner (1855)
"A person engaged exclusively in that process, visits his table from time to time,
repoints the pencils lying on his right, and replaces them on his left. ..."
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