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reˈface, v.
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans. To put a new face or surface on (a building, stone, etc.).
1852C. Brontë in Mrs. Gaskell Life (1857) II. xi. 225 On Friday I..visited the churchyard and stone. It must be re⁓faced and relettered. 1886Willis & Clark Cambridge II. 155 The tower had been repaired, refaced, and strengthened.
2. (See face v. 15.)
1887Pall Mall G. 5 Oct. 5/1 Of late years there has been a tremendous deterioration in Chinese tea... No doubt spent leaves have been refaced in quantities.
3. To face (a person, a concept) again.
1906Daily Chron. 18 Apr. 3/4 Rather than re-face Mag McGhie..David prefers to ‘face an angry Maker’. 1979R. Rendell Make Death love Me xii. 106 It would teach her to assume responsibility and re-face reality.
Hence reˈfacing vbl. n.
1883Pall Mall G. 29 Sept. 3/1 The great refacing of the Schools quad. 1898J. T. Fowler Durh. Cath. 26 Modern ‘restorations’ and refacings. |