re-dress

[ ree-dres ]

verb (used with object)

1. to dress again.

re-dress

/ riːˈdrɛs /

verb

1. tr to dress (something) again

Word History and Origins

Origin of re-dress¹

First recorded in 1730–40; re- + dress

Example Sentences

Miss Fancy had apparently to re-dress herself, judging from the length of her absence.

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With that he hastily slipped on a scanty covering of clothes and set to work to re-dress Tom's wounds.

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We have to re-dress the septic things with H2O2, which keeps them going till they can be specially treated at the base.

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(b) When the following vowel is an accented syllable; o-blige, re-dress.

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