remake

[ verb ree-meyk; noun ree-meyk ]
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verb (used with object),re·made, re·mak·ing.
  1. to make again or anew.

  2. Movies. to film again, as a picture or screenplay.

noun
  1. Movies. a more recent version of an older film.

  2. anything that has been remade, renovated, or rebuilt: The tailor is offering a special price on remakes.

Origin of remake

1
First recorded in 1625–35; re- + make1

Other words from remake

  • re·mak·er, noun

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How to use remake in a sentence

  • The girl leaned over and remade my monastic white cot, giving the pillow a final pat to smooth it.

    The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
  • Her husband might have developed powers of eloquence, but would have to be remade to talk in that fashion of any land.

    The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot Smith
  • With the courteous help of one of the deskmen, she remade the front page of the noon edition.

    Ghost Beyond the Gate | Mildred A. Wirt
  • Whistler remade his brushes, heating them over a candle, melting the glue and pushing the hair into the shape he wanted.

    The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • He had not looked at it for over eighteen years, not since he remade his Will when his father died and Fleur was born.

British Dictionary definitions for remake

remake

noun(ˈriːˌmeɪk)
  1. something that is made again, esp a new version of an old film

  2. the act of making again or anew

verb(riːˈmeɪk) -makes, -making or -made
  1. (tr) to make again or anew

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