recrown

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re- +‎ crown

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recrown (third-person singular simple present recrowns, present participle recrowning, simple past and past participle recrowned)

  1. (transitive) To crown again; to provide with another crown.
    Synonym: recoronate
    • 2007 January 7, Christopher Gray, “Along Broadway, Jettisoned Cornices Are Being Rebuilt”, in New York Times[1]:
      As a result, many buildings scalped of their cornices in the mid-20th century have been recrowned in the last decade.

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