repiecev.
/ˌriːˈpiːs/, U.S. /riˈpis/ transitive. To piece together again (literal and figurative); to mend; to restore.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > again or anew
re-edifya1425
repairc1425
new-build1480
rebuilda1525
re-erect1579
re-edificea1601
recompack1602
recompose1611
recast1625
repiece1642
reconstitute1759
restructure1932
1642 ‘T. Decius’ Answer Lord George Digbies Apol. 48 It could not have been in the power of the Devil himself to repiece the poor wormes so dissevered.
1656 J. Fowler Hist. Troubles Suethland & Poland 5 They re-peiced and renewed their former concord, with mutuall force opposing each others enemies.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 398 It will..stop the other thread or threads until the broken thread shall be repieced.
1858 T. W. J. Blake Long Vac. in Continental Picture Galleries 30 This whole picture was cut to pieces by the said Louis of Orleans, but repieced again, and bought by Frederick the Great.
1920 S. Alexander Space, Time, & Deity II. iii. ix. 243 In judgment, unlike perception, we dissect to reunite... We unpiece the world in order to repiece it.
1966 Classical Jrnl. 61 301/2 Although badly damaged and repieced in places, this thin funerary bronze..is rare enough..to merit illustration.
1996 Tempo No. 198. 36/2 The glue which systematically draws together and repieces the whole rain-bedraggled, pock-marked, yet somehow involving edifice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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