Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refashion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: re-fash-ion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fashion again or anew.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Subsequently, the GDR’s antifascist tradition would be diluted, distorted, and refashioned into an ahistorical national origins myth in which the citizens of East Germany were officially proclaimed the “victors of history,” but where little space remained for the real and complicated history, not to mention ambivalent role of Stalinized Communism, behind it."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fashion English refashion From re- + fashion.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

refashions (present, singular) refashioning (participle, present) refashioned (participle, past) refashioned (past)

Derived Forms

refashionable refashioner refashionment

Synonyms

remake redo make over

Questions

What does refashion mean?: To fashion again or anew.
Where does refashion come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fashion English refashion From re- + fashion.

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