restyle

verb

re·​style (ˌ)rē-ˈstī(-ə)l 

restyled; restyling

transitive verb

1

: to change or restore the style of (something or someone)

completely restyled the car's front end

restyled his hair

In her sixties, a youthful-looking [Ching] Hai has restyled herself as a blonde in patterned flowing gowns.

—Candace Sutton

2

: to call or designate (someone or something) by a new or different name

… his clever heroine, who grew up in Brooklyn as "Katya," restyles herself in 1930s Manhattan as … "Katey,"…

—Liesl Schillinger

… those doctor-scientists who were still called "alienists," eventually to be restyled as clinical psychiatrists.

—Simon Winchester

Examples of restyle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The property reopened its doors in 2021 after an extensive renovation that restored its facade and restyled rooms and corridors. —Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

For holiday dressing, expect to see more fringe, feather, and sequin—on dresses, knits, and outerwear—that can be restyled well after the new year. —Laura Jackson, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024

The Princess of Wales, 42, restyled the asymmetric neckline's corsage-style embellishment on left shoulder to a regal sweep of white chiffon. —Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024

The building that hosts the hotel is from the ‘50s and was restyled following the rationalist architecture by the Italian architect Pietro Lingeri. —Andrea Onate, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1