repot
v.— «Stuart said in an interview Tuesday that his reasons for retirement from the district court bench were many, but he declined to be specific, according to The Associated Press.…“All of us need to be repotted now and then.”» —“Stuart to Be Administrative Law Judge” Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska) Jan. 15, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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