new-dressv.
/ˌnjuːˈdrɛs/, U.S. /ˈnjuˈdrɛs/ Now poetic and rare.
transitive. To dress again or afresh; to revise or rearrange. Also †intransitive with reflexive meaning (obsolete).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > again
reclothea1513
new-dressa1586
re-array1600
revest1605
reinvest1611
resuit1614
re-dress1739
redeck1771
regarment1814
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > making or fashioning anew > fashion anew [verb (transitive)]
reforge1542
unfashion1569
to make over1582
refashion1613
remodel1660
remake1766
recast1790
new-dress1795
rework1837
rejigger1899
rejig1948
jigger1961
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia iii, in Compl. Wks. (1926) IV. 180 Dere flessh as Softe as Woolle new drest.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster i. iii. sig. B4 Troth, if I liue, I will new dresse the Law, In sprightly Poesyes Acoutrements.
1700 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ Mourning Piece, The wishing Muse new-dresses the fair garden.
1741 Lady Pomfret Lett. (1805) III. 110 I returned home to new dress.
1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. xiii. 118 They returned Home in Chairs, new-dressed themselves, and then took their Seats in Parliament.
1795 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 84 By the time it is revised and new dressed [etc.].
1813 R. Wilson Let. 3 Dec. (1861) II. 240 I have always calculated on your extracting and new dressing the matter if you thought it worth communicating.
1864 Harper's Mag. Feb. 346/1 They..robbed themselves of their own warm woolen garments to new-dress the drowned.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxv. 16 A verse I tender of ancient Battiades, new-drest.
?1972 L. Murray Walking to Cattle Place in Coll. Poems (1991) 62 There is a boy..a blood-porridge eater, his ringlets new-dressed with dung, a spear in his fist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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