re-cover

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ cover.

Verb

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re-cover (third-person singular simple present re-covers, present participle re-covering, simple past and past participle re-covered)

  1. To cover again.
    • 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 51:
      The seats are the same type as fitted to the FGW sets. It's worth remembering that refurbishment of the First Class seats by FGW a few years previously was excellent (if you like leather seats). I assume they have been re-covered in this latest refurbishment.

Usage notes

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The use of a hyphen is preferred to avoid confusion with the other meanings of recover.

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