resignify

English

Etymology

re- +‎ signify

Verb

resignify (third-person singular simple present resignifies, present participle resignifying, simple past and past participle resignified)

1. (transitive) To give a new signification to.
   • 2002, Kim M. Phillips, Barry Reay, Sexualities in history: a reader, page 428:

     Furthermore, sometimes leatherdykes resignify sexed bodily zones.