refashion

re·fash·ion | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈfa-shən

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refashioned; refashioning; refashions

Definition of refashion

transitive verb

: remake, alter

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refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook

Recent Examples on the Web Why this dusty, 19th-century ditty needed to be refashioned this way is unclear. — Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle, "‘Gretel & Hansel’ is a real horror — as in horrible," 31 Jan. 2020 Why this dusty, 19th-century ditty needed to be refashioned this way is unclear. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, "‘Gretel & Hansel’ puts the dread in dreadful," 30 Jan. 2020 Under its CEO Chip Bergh, the San Francisco company has been refashioning its brand and further expanding online. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Levi Strauss’s 3Q profits drop 4.1%," 8 Oct. 2019 In her capacity as a Catonsville Neighborhood Association member, Sweeney Smith won a $54,000 county grant to clear and refashion the #8 into a walkable trail. — Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, "Catonsville Rails to Trails celebrates 20 years of preservation," 3 Oct. 2019 Rebuilding all the steelworks; refashioning the cement works; recycling or replacing the plastics; transforming farms on all continents. — The Economist, "The past, present and future of climate change," 21 Sep. 2019 The factory, owned by Rwandan company Mara Group, was a major milestone for Kigali, which has spent a generation emerging from the ashes of the nation’s genocide in 1994 by refashioning itself as a tech hub. — Richard Morgan, Fortune, "Rwanda Is Bringing Tech Buzz to Africa," 30 Dec. 2019 The composer belongs to a Danish new-music tradition that has refashioned simple-seeming tonal materials into a language of gleaming freshness. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "Opera Against the Patriarchy," 30 Dec. 2019 Boitnott, who remains under legal supervision for life with Dakota County Community Corrections, has since refashioned himself as a defender of the disabled. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "Serial plaintiff may get $45,000 from St. Paul taxpayers, new parking meters citywide," 3 Dec. 2019

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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refashion. Accessed 22 Feb. 2020.

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