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replier

Pronunciation: /ʁə.pli.je/

“replier” is a French word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to fold; fold up
  2. to refold; to fold again
  3. to curl up, roll up
  4. to withdraw, retreat, fall back

In French

  1. Plier une chose qui avait été dépliée.
  2. Plier plusieurs fois. — dans cette acception, on l’emploie surtout avec le pronom personnel.
  3. Ramener en bon ordre un corps de troupes en arrière.

Etymology

From re- + plier; cf. also Old French replier, reploier, Latin replicō, replicāre. Compare also reployer and répliquer.

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