Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reburnish
nounreburnishing (plural reburnishings)
plural reburnishings
- A second or new burnishing
At the same time, the story that he wants to tell the American people demands a reburnishing of traditional notions of American exceptionalism, mission and leadership.
2009 January 22, Timothy Garton Ash, “Obama's grand narrative may unite his country but divide the world”, in The Guardian
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