redeckv.
/ˌriːˈdɛk/, U.S. /riˈdɛk/ 1. transitive. Chiefly literary and poetic. To adorn again, to reclothe (a person or thing).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > again
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1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 125 Think what it will be, when summer shall redeck it in its leafy pride.
1822 F. MacDonogh Hermit in Country IV. lxviii. 112 In a few short months we shall see you [sc. a tree] again, redecked in your vernal charms.
1841 Ladies' Repository Apr. 125/2 With renovating freshness thus to bless, and bid the bud of spring redeck the soil?
a1972 E. Pound in M. E. Gibson Epic Reinvented (1995) iii. 90 Let undines hear me, and in cool streams Redeck the muses' gardens.
2005 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 20 Aug. She tells her lover Krishna to redeck her as he was the one responsible for rubbing off her chandan paste and all else that she was adorned with.
2. transitive. To provide (a pier, a boat, a roof, etc.) with a new deck.
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1865 N. Wales Chron. 30 Dec. 4/2 The ‘Selah’ has within a few months been re-decked and thoroughly overhauled.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 20 July 4/1 The Temple landing-stage..has cost about £1,000 to be re-decked.
1937 Times 10 Feb. 12/3 Southport pier is being redecked, and a pavilion, with paths and flower beds, is being constructed.
1988 Philadelphia Museum of Art Bull. 84 40 The old mill house has been stabilized, its interior cleared, its roof redecked.
2002 Mirror 18 Mar. 28/4 The barge is the largest project the team have undertaken and they only have one month to re-deck the vessel before it is due to take part in the first barge race of the year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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