restage

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verb

To stage (a production) again; to bring (a production) to the stage again.

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revive
OriginEnglish stage ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrestage (third-person singular simple present restages, present participle restaging, simple past and past participle restaged)

present singular third person restages · participle present restaging · participle past restaged · past restaged

  1. transitiveentertainmentTo stage (a production) again; to bring (a production) to the stage again.

    In 2006 the Wrong Gallery restaged this work at the Frieze Art Fair to much less outcry but with its disturbing questions intact.

    2009 January 2, Roberta Smith, “Widely Known for Obscurity”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: revive

  2. transitivemedicineTo stage (a disease, especially a cancer) again; to revise the staging of a case as its course varies.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo stage (a production) again; to bring (a production) to the stage again.

Similar
revive

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstage
  7. Englishrestage

From re- + stage.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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