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newmodel en · VERB

Etymology

Possibly from New Model Army (at Wikipedia) (1645-1660), equivalent to new- + model.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete, transitive) Alternative form of new-model; to give a new form to; remodel; rearrange in a new way.
   alt of new-model
   • Congress newmodels the proposal, and sends it forth again. 1784, letter Hazard to Belknap, Philadelphia, January 24, 1784 in "The Belknap Papers" Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1877)
   • He said however that the variances of opinion & indecision of Congress were alarming & required that something should be done; that it wd [sic] be better to newmodel the Confederation, or attempt any thing rather than do nothing. c. 1783, James Madison, "Notes on Debates 27 February 1783", in William Thomas Hutchinson, William Munford Ellis Rachal (editors), The papers of James Madison, Volume 6, (1969)
   • When, on the eve of the Restoration, the general commenced his march from Scotland, a measure pregnant with such important consequences, he newmodelled his troops, and more especially those immediately about his person, in order that they might consist entirely of individuals devoted to himself. 1831, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord: Volume 2:
   • His brother, about the same time, having been sent to newmodel the Spanish government, and to complete the conquest of the French in that quarter, signalized his arrival by the exhibition of a splendid triumph over that people. 1810, Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, The Edinburgh review: or critical journal: Volume 15:

Forms

Deriveds

newmodelling · new modelize