retouch
verb (used with object)
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
has retouched
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present perfectof retouch (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The late Doctor Akenside has retouched this passage with all the colours of a sublime imagination.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus
