new-model en · VERB
Etymology
From new model, apparently with reference to the reorganisation of the English Parliament 1644–45.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To give a new form to; to remodel.
Over and above the oddities I have mentioned, he is so unsteady in his œconomy, that he is always new modelling his affairs, and exhausting his fortune, by laying out ten pounds, in order to save a shilling […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| new-modelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| new-modelled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| new-modelled | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |
| new-modeled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| new-modeled | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| new-modeling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| new-models | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| newmodel | alternative | lexicographic |