polish
verb (used with object)
to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction.
repolish
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a word derived from
polish.
Example Sentences
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Training didn’t only happen at the start of production because, for several reasons, the actors needed to repolish their newly learned skills throughout filming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Casting was geared to turn a prostitute into an angel, to repolish a yaking common scold, or curve hard lips into "the kindly weak smiles of a deserving claimant."
From Time Magazine Archive
My attorney hath now his leave of absence from me, to anew paint the green door, and repolish the brass knocker of his country villa.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
Then repolish your job altogether in the usual way.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
In 1814, however, he undertook to repolish the forty-foot mirror, but was obliged to give it over.
From Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works by Edward Singleton Holden
