"recomment" meaning in All languages combined

See recomment on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: recomments [present, singular, third-person], recommenting [participle, present], recommented [participle, past], recommented [past]
Etymology: From re- + comment. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|comment}} re- + comment Head templates: {{en-verb}} recomment (third-person singular simple present recomments, present participle recommenting, simple past and past participle recommented)
  1. (transitive, programming) To convert (a portion of source code, configuration, etc.) back to a comment, so that it no longer takes effect. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, programming) To convert (a portion of source code, configuration, etc.) back to a comment, so that it no longer takes effect."
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