verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To boil or cook again. obsolete, transitive
2. 2
   To make over; to revamp or reconstruct. broadly, obsolete, transitive

   "Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted."

Synonyms

All synonyms

revamp

Example

More examples

"Your olde Crambe of Religionis ergo, so often recocted."

Etymology

From Latin recoctus, past participle of recoquere (“to cook or boil over again”). See re- and cook.

Related phrases

make over

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