new-model

verb

To give a new form to; to remodel.

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remodel
First used 17th c.
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Meanings

verbnew-model (third-person singular simple present new-models, present participle (US) new-modeling or (UK) new-modelling, simple past and past participle (US) new-modeled or (UK) new-modelled)

present singular third person new-models · US participle present new-modeling · UK participle present new-modelling · US participle past new-modeled · US past new-modeled · UK participle past new-modelled · UK past new-modelled · alternative newmodel

  1. archaictransitiveTo give a new form to; to remodel.First known use 17th c.

    Over and above the oddities I have mentioned, he is so unsteady in his œconomy, that he is always new modelling his affairs, and exhausting his fortune, by laying out ten pounds, in order to save a shilling […].

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: remodel

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo give a new form to; to remodel.

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remodel

Origin

From new model, apparently with reference to the reorganisation of the English Parliament 1644–45.

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APA

new-model. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/new-model

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“new-model.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/new-model. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “new-model,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/new-model.

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