Reprinted

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpɹɪntɪd/

Definitions

1. Published again in a new edition or copy after the original publication
2. Produced and issued once more after an initial release
3. Made available again by duplicating the original version

Etymology: "Reprinted" is the past tense and past participle of "reprint," so it inherits the story of its base verb. "Reprint" is formed from the prefix "re-," meaning "again," attached to "print," so the verb means to print something once more. The combination is transparent, and it works the way many English verbs do: "re-" can be added to almost any verb of making or doing to signal repetition. The base "print" is the older and more interesting part of the chain. It descends from Old French "preindre," meaning to press, which came from Latin "premere," also meaning to press. The sense of pressing an impression onto a surface is the root of the modern meaning, so that when a book is printed, an image or text is pressed onto paper. Reprinting therefore means pressing that same impression onto paper a second time.

Synonyms: republished, issued, reissued, replicated, duplicated