resleeve

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verb

To replace in a sleeve, or fit a new sleeve to.

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Meanings

verbresleeve (third-person singular simple present resleeves, present participle resleeving, simple past and past participle resleeved)

present singular third person resleeves · participle present resleeving · participle past resleeved · past resleeved

  1. transitiveTo replace in a sleeve, or fit a new sleeve to.

    The museum set about indexing and resleeving the negatives, and once that process was complete, the next step was to duplicate the negatives so that they would be accessible to the public.

    1995, Humanities, page 25
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    Rebuilding aluminum master cylinders may require resleeving using the usual machine shop processes. If it is determined that a master cylinder requires reconditioning without resleeving, the following general procedure can be used: […]

    2010, Sean Bennett, Heavy Duty Truck Systems, page 976

Origin

From re- + sleeve.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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