new-mint

[ noo-mint, nyoo- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to mint or coin afresh.
2. to give a new meaning or sense to (a word, term, or expression).

Word History and Origins

Origin of new-mint¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

The government is obliged to import Mexican dollars in order to melt and recoin them in the new mint.

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They laid down their boundaries: they called the place the New Mint: they said, 'Within these limits there shall be no arrest.'

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They will consider whether, on establishing a new mint, it will be worth while to buy his machines, if he will furnish them.

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As to disguises, he constantly averred they were never practised in the New Mint.

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A fine new mint is now being erected on a much larger scale in the northwestern section of the city.

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