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reimagine, v.
Brit. |ˌriɪˈmadʒɪn|, |ˌriɪˈmadʒnˌ|, U.S. |ˌriɪˈmædʒən|
[‹ re- prefix + imagine v.]
trans. To imagine again; spec. to reinterpret (an event, a work of art, etc.) imaginatively; to rethink.
1868Anthropol. Rev. 6 320 The psyche being the more sensational agent, it will, no doubt, be proved that this ‘principle of being’ was the precursor and originator of this organised matter:—as Aristotle speculated and Stahl reimagined. 1869W. J. Courthope Ludibria Lunae iii. 93 Her passions all astir, With joy and pain reviving, this To reimagine, she'd withdrawn By moonlight on the silent lawn. 1938Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1936 17 29 Brandenstein's little monograph on the first Indo-European migration is a return to the study of comparative vocabulary as a means for re-imagining some aspects of Kulturgeschichte. 1957A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Mus. iii. 78 The enormous task of re-imagining a Shakespearian drama in terms of the screen. 1991S. Heaney Seeing Things 29 Whatever is given Can always be reimagined, however four-square, Plank-thick, hull-stupid and out of its time It happens to be. 2005Daily Tel. 22 July 23/1 When is a horror movie not a horror movie? In the hands of Brazilian director Walter Salles, the answer appears to be: when it's toned down and re-imagined as a psychological thriller.
Derivatives. reimagining n. the action or an act of imagining something again, a reconstruction; a piece of art or literature, etc., which is a reinterpretation of another; a remake.
1911Indianapolis Star 25 June 13/1 There are historical memories clinging to the very walls..vivid and bold enough to make the dullest of us pulse with the *reimagining of them. 1960L. A. Fiedler No! in Thunder iii. 252 Isaac, who, in our reimaginings of the fable of the Sacrifice, has an outward shape and a psychology, is in Genesis a cipher. 2001Dreamwatch Oct. 16/1 Director Tim Burton's ‘reimagining’ of the science fiction classic took a massive $68.5 million over the first weekend. |