remassage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ massage

Verb[edit]

remassage (third-person singular simple present remassages, present participle remassaging, simple past and past participle remassaged)

  1. (medicine) To massage again.
    • 2008, Clinical Massage in the Healthcare Setting, Sandy Fritz, Leon Chaitow, Glenn Hymel, →ISBN:
      After the area has been drained, remassage in the direction of the smile
  2. (figuratively, of written information, etc.) To manipulate; to reformat.
    • 2007, David Poyer, The Threat: A Novel, →ISBN, page 182:
      That's right. we can't shrink from implementing this project. So we need to remassage these documents so they are professionally presented, provide recommendations acceptable to the budgeteers, and reach conclusions that are not blue-sky like GAO's.