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rifacimento

[ ri-fah-chi-men-toh; Italian ree-fah-chee-men-taw ]

noun

, plural ri·fa·ci·men·ti [ri-fah-chi-, men, -tee, r, ee-fah-chee-, men, -tee].
  1. a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rifacimento1

1765–75; < Italian, derivative of rifare to make over, equivalent to ri- re- + fare (≪ Latin facere to do 1 ) + -mento -ment

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Example Sentences

This man prefixed sonnets written by himself to the rifacimento; "whence we might conclude that he was the editor."

Still, as Giunta acknowledged, the rifacimento had been irretrievably damaged by some private foe.

He thus justifies the modern rifacimento of an ancient comedy conducted upon classical principles.

We consider then the Compendio as a rifacimento not from Boccaccio's hand.

Rifacimento, a literary work recast to adapt it to a change in the circumstances of the time.

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