Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-PU'DI-ATE
RE-PU'DI-ATE, v.t. [Fr. repudier; L. repudio; re and one of the roots in Class Bd, which signifies to send or thrust.]
- To cast away; to reject; to discard. Atheists … repudiate all title to the kingdom of heaven. – Bentley.
- Appropriately, to put away; to divorce; as a wife.
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