Repristination
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Restoration to an original or pure state. countable, uncountable
"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!"
Example
More examples"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!"
Etymology
From re- + pristine + -ation.
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