reclothe

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ clothe.

Pronunciation

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Verb

reclothe (third-person singular simple present reclothes, present participle reclothing, simple past and past participle reclothed)

1. (transitive) To clothe again or anew.
2. (transitive) To give a new form or appearance to.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 11:

     Where do children's rhymes come from? What ancient motif is simply reclothed in a modern story or a children's skip-rope song?

Translations

to clothe again

• Finnish: pukea uudelleen (fi)