reface

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verb

To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer.

“They decided to reface their cabinets, putting new doors and fresh paint just on the fronts.”

OriginEnglish face ← Middle English face ← Old French face →
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Meanings

verbreface (third-person singular simple present refaces, present participle refacing, simple past and past participle refaced)

present singular third person refaces · participle present refacing · participle past refaced · past refaced

  1. transitiveTo replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer.

    They decided to reface their cabinets, putting new doors and fresh paint just on the fronts.

  2. transitiveTo face or confront again.

    He winked before refacing his audience.

    2022, Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe, Game of Gravestones

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinfaciēs
  7. Late Latinfacia
  8. Old Frenchface
  9. Middle Englishface
  10. Englishface
  11. Englishreface

From re- + face.

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Translations

Bulgarian подновявам облицовката
  • подновявам облицовката (podnovjavam oblicovkata)to create a new outer layer
Czech předělat
  • předělatto create a new outer layer
Finnish pintaremontoida
  • pintaremontoidato create a new outer layer

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

reface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reface

MLA

“reface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reface.

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