Repeal, vb. 1) to recall from exile: “r. thee home again,” Gent. V, 4, 143. “whose banished sense thou hast --ed,” All's II, 3, 55. “the banished Bolingbroke --s himself,” R2 II, 2, 49. “if he may be --ed,” IV, 85. IV, 85 H6B III, 2, 349. Cor. V, 5, 5. Caes. III, 1, 51.
2) to restore to honour or place: “when false opinion . . . --s and reconciles thee,” Lr. III, 6, 120. “that she --s him for her body's lust,” Oth. II, 3, 363.
3) to revoke, to abrogate: “my banishment --ed,” R2 III, 3, 40. “until that act of parliament be --ed,” H6C I, 1, 249. “r. daily any wholesome act,” Cor. I, 1, 84.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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