Restrike

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
  2. 2
    A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
  3. 3
    The reignition of the arc in an arc lamp.
  4. 4
    A new print struck from an old negative.
Verb
  1. 1
    To strike again. transitive

    "She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box."

  2. 2
    To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
  3. 3
    To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.
  4. 4
    To strike a new print from an old negative.

Example

More examples

"She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box."

Etymology

From re- + strike.

Related phrases

arc lamp

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