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▪ I. redeˈsign, v.
[re- 5 a.]
To design again.
1891Morris in Mackail Life (1899) II. 262 The t does not look well: I shall have to re-design it. 1895Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 2/3 We want our stamps re-designed. 1914Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers LIII. 94/2 It would be safe to re-design on a scientific basis all the cables mentioned in the British Standard Specification. 1930G. B. Shaw Apple Cart p. xxix, Wren was not content to redesign and rebuild St Paul's: he wanted to redesign London as well. 1969Jane's Freight Containers 1968–69 185/1 This berth was re-designed and re-constructed to handle the London-Gothenburg passenger, car and cargo service of the England Sweden Line. 1973Sci. Amer. Apr. 17/1 A further need is to redesign medical education so that physicians and other health personnel are trained and challenged to provide primary care and to deal with the chronic diseases.
Hence redeˈsigned ppl. a., redeˈsigning vbl. n.
1943Mind LII. 63 Though minor improvements and modifications of traditional language and its categories are permissible, any radical ‘redesigning’ of them must necessarily distort reality and be ultimately unintelligible. 1946Nature 21 Dec. 897/2 Many of the re-designed features were not amenable to accepted strength computation methods. 1978Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 10/3 (caption) The 900 series has a 5 cm. longer wheelbase and a completely redesigned chassis.
▪ II. redeˈsign, n.
[f. the vb.]
A fresh design; designing again.
1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 1/4 The re-design of the air⁓ship's hull. 1946Nature 28 Sept. 439/1 Redesign of existing roads and the planning of new roads must serve two purposes, circulation and safety. 1963Guardian 15 May 6/8 This is a redesign..of the regular Tuscan pattern. 1973Sci. Amer. Sept. 69/1 Most of the work being done on the problem of air pollution resulting from the internal-combustion engine is focused on redesign of the engine or on adding emission-control devices to it. 1977Time 15 Aug. 5/2 Our last redesign came in 1971. |