Meanings
verbreclothe (third-person singular simple present reclothes, present participle reclothing, simple past and past participle reclothed)
present singular third person reclothes · participle present reclothing · participle past reclothed · past reclothed
- transitiveTo clothe again or anew.
- transitiveTo give a new form or appearance to.
Where do children's rhymes come from? What ancient motif is simply reclothed in a modern story or a children's skip-rope song?
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 11
Origin
Translations
Finnish pukea uudelleen
- pukea uudelleento clothe again
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APA
reclothe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclothe
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“reclothe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclothe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reclothe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclothe.
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