rearrangev.
/ˌriːəˈreɪn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˌriəˈreɪndʒ/ 1. transitive. To arrange again, or in a different (esp. better) way.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrange [verb (transitive)] > afresh
redispose1635
re-lay1700
rearrange1778
reshift1822
1778 J. Priestley Free Discuss. Doctr. Materialism ii. i. 88 At the resurrection they [sc. parts of the body] will be re-arranged, in the same, or similar manner, as before.
1824 T. De Quincey Historico-crit. Inq. Rosicrucians & Free-masons in London Mag. Jan. 5/2 I have therefore abstracted, re-arranged, and in some respects..have improved, the German work on this subject.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps 4 Is it meant that these particles, each taken as a whole, were re-arranged after deposition?
1891 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 23 141 Women are seen, crofter's wives and daughters, rearranging the peat-stacks, that line the trenches.
1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. vii. 79 Marriage had undeniably wrought changes in Kirk Winfield. It had blown up, decentralised, and rearranged his entire scheme of life.
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Feb. 143/1 The Book of Durrow..was taken to pieces,..rearranged, refoliated, repaired, reconditioned and..superbly rebound.
2007 Australian (Nexis) 4 June 9 When something is a necessity, people just rearrange their spending patterns to accommodate it.
2. Chemistry.
a. transitive and reflexive. To cause the structural rearrangement of (a molecule or compound). Cf. rearrangement n. 2.
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1890 Proc. Royal Soc. 47 180 Roberts-Austen..has also satisfied himself that gold-silver alloys do not rearrange themselves on cooling.
1907 Mem. Coll. Sci. & Engin. Kyōto Imperial Univ. 1 255 The amount of the oxime to be rearranged is not dependent upon the amount of acetyl chloride.
1933 Chem. Rev. 12 216 Even chloral has been found capable of rearranging benzophenone oxime.
1994 C. M. Thompson Dianion Chem. in Org. Synthesis ii. 58 Warming rearranges the molecule to afford a ɣ,δ-unsaturated ester.
b. intransitive. Of a molecule or compound: to undergo a structural rearrangement. Frequently with to.
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1898 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 20 658 Gabriel states that cyan-o-toluic acid does not rearrange to give an imid.
1928 C. W. Porter Molecular Rearrangements iii. 93 Tetramethyl pinacol rearranges at 100°C. in the presence of 5% oxalic acid.
1990 Carcinogenesis 11 1279/1 The carcinogenic compound vinyl chloride..is metabolized..to 2-chloroethylene oxide, which can rearrange to 2-chloroacetaldehyde.
2002 Sci. Amer. May 103/1 These acids, in turn, rearrange to form syn-propanethial-S-oxide, which triggers tears.
Derivatives
reaˈrrangeable adj.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [adjective] > arranged > able to be > afresh
rearrangeable1867
1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. xiii. §102. 297 Its parts are no longer appreciably re-arrangeable by any save violent actions.
1937 Times 29 May 3/3 (advt.) The beautifully made oak units are arrangeable and re-arrangeable in endless combinations.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 26 May (Weekend Suppl.) 100 The car was responsible for..the strange desirability of infinitely re-arrangeable seating configurations.
reaˈrranged adj.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [adjective] > arranged > anew
rearranged1830
the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged > rearranged or rescheduled
rearranged1830
1830 S. Hibbert Hist. Found. in Manch. I. xix. 341 Instead of giving the reader..the results of the labours of Mr. Greswell in a re-arranged form.
1988 A. Brookner Latecomers i. 13 Fibich, as gaunt as ever, but with expensively rearranged teeth.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Jan. b5/6 In Mr. Prieto's own music, rearranged danzons jostle against experiments in meter and harmony.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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