Rehandle

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To handle again. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    To furnish with a new handle; to replace the handle of. transitive

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From re- + handle.

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