rehash

[verb ree-hash; noun ree-hash]

verb (used with object)

to work up (old material) in a new form.

noun

the act of rehashing.
something rehashed.

Origin of rehash

First recorded in 1815–25; re- + hash¹

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Related Words for rehashed

restate, reuse, reiterate, repeat, rewrite, rephrase, rework, discuss, change

Examples from the Web for rehashed

Contemporary Examples of rehashed

Photo ops and the rehashing of decade old initiatives that rehashed decades older resolutions is not going to do it.
Same Process, No Progress
Yousef Munayyer
May 3, 2013
Instead he mocked them and rehashed old ideas with retread rhetoric.
Paul Begala on Mitt Romney’s Epic Fail in His GOP Convention Speech
Paul Begala
August 31, 2012

Historical Examples of rehashed

With everything set and ready to go, the revised and rehashed Red Flight prepared to take a little outing.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.
Rutherford G. Montgomery
Rehashed departmental reports become mere braggadocio when the human interest is lacking.
Fighting Byng
A. Stone
But all that same stuff has been hashed and rehashed to the people through the sources I have already mentioned.
Quacks and Grafters
Unknown
Mr. Magee broke away from the mayor's rehashed history, and hurried to Miss Norton.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Earl Derr Biggers
We've hashed and rehashed this before, Nadine and now we're too busy to debate further.
Mercenary
Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for rehashed

rehash

verb (riːˈhæʃ)

(tr) to rework, reuse, or make over (old or already used material)

noun (ˈriːˌhæʃ)

something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material

Word Origin for rehash

C19: from re- + hash 1 (to chop into pieces)

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Word Origin and History for rehashed

rehash

1822, from re- "again" + hash (v.). Related: Rehashed; rehashing.

rehash

1849, from rehash (v.); "old material worked up anew," usually of literary productions.