refashion

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make or shape something again in a new form, style, or use

   The tailor refashioned the damaged coat into a shorter jacket.

2. 2
   verb

   to transform or reinterpret an idea, institution, identity, or account

   The movement sought to refashion the old custom as a modern civic ritual.

Formed from re-, 'again or anew,' + fashion in its verbal sense 'to shape or make.' The verb applies both to physical objects and to less tangible things such as institutions, narratives, and identities that are given a new form.

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