reshape

[ ree-sheyp ]

/ riˈʃeɪp /

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verb (used with object), re·shaped, re·shap·ing.

to shape again or into different form.

Nearby words

reservoir rock, reset, resettle, resettlement, resh, reshape, reshevsky, reship, resht, reshuffle, reside

Origin of reshape

First recorded in 1820–30; re- + shape

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Examples from the Web for reshape

Already, we see how that innovation could reshape this region.
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Republicans should not try to reshape the government of the United States from the House of Representatives.
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Instead of retiring from public life, he may reshape it and save the lives of thousands and ultimately tens of thousands.
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Hartman came to Israel to reshape and rethink Jewish peoplehood, emphasizing modernity and its place in religion.
The Tragedy And Success Of Rabbi David Hartman|Elisheva Goldberg|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It represented an attempt to use government investment to reshape the U.S. economy, especially the energy sector.
The Green Stimulus' Red Ink|David Frum|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Reshape in original Camembert form, dust thickly with the crumbs and there you are.
The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown
Instead of embodying its ideals in persons, the moral seeks to reshape them continually.
Ethics|John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
Some will need to reorganize and reshape their methods of administration--as we are doing.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
I will help to reshape and modify her ideals of enjoyment to some degree.
A Woman of the World|Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We may wander over his lawns, and reshape to ourselves his reveries.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876|Various

British Dictionary definitions for reshape

reshape

/ (riːˈʃeɪp) /

verb (tr)

to shape (something) again or differently

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Word Origin and History for reshape

reshape

also re-shape, 1798, from re- + shape (v.). Related: Reshaped; reshaping.

reshape

verb (used with object), re·shaped, re·shap·ing.

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reshape

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