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rehandle en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + handle.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To handle again.
   • Its author is still concerned primarily with man on earth, rehandling in a new perspective an ancient theme: that man, each man and all men, and all their works shall die. 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 21:
   • Nevertheless, while keeping a close eye on Melissa's sleeping form, he managed to paw her clothing a second time. Only after he'd resqueezed and rehandled each piece of it did he conclude that the Mexican A was in the big zippered outer pocket of her bag. 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
2. (transitive) To furnish with a new handle; to replace the handle of.

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rehandler · rehandling