remake

[ verb ree-meyk; noun ree-meyk ]

/ verb riˈmeɪk; noun ˈriˌmeɪk /

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verb (used with object), re·made, re·mak·ing.

to make again or anew.

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

noun

Movies. a more recent version of an older film.

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

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Origin of remake

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

He could be remade into a defender of the environment, a preserver of habitats and champion of rainforest ecology.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?|Ted Gioia|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Game Boy Advance saw four different Mario games remade with the Super Mario Advance series.
Video Games Go Wild for Reboots|Alec Kubas-Meyer|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, considered by some to be the best game of all time, was remade for the 3DS in 2011.
Video Games Go Wild for Reboots|Alec Kubas-Meyer|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So it's a good thing, I suppose, that Lifetime has now stepped in and remade Flowers in the Attic for television.
Lifetime’s ‘Flowers in the Attic’ Review: The Incest Is There, The Strange Magic Is Not|Andrew Romano|January 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Or maybe it's a kind of remade readymade, and gets its power from using Disney as "serious" contemporary art.
Disney Meets Duchamp|Blake Gopnik|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.|John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for remake

remake

noun (ˈriːˌmeɪk)

something that is made again, esp a new version of an old film

the act of making again or anew

verb (riːˈmeɪk) -makes, -making or -made

(tr) to make again or anew

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