noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act in which something is reworked.

   "What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of rework form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"What is ancient for us was in its own time a reworking of what was ancient for the ancients."

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