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repristination en · NOUN

Etymology

From re- + pristine + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Restoration to an original or pure state.
   • That trick is, the artificer melts up wax / With honey, so to speak; he mingles gold / With gold's alloy, and, duly tempering both, / Effects a manageable mass, then works: / But his work ended, once the thing a ring, / Oh, there's repristination! 1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC:

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