rebuiltadj.
/(ˌ)riːˈbɪlt/, U.S. /riˈbɪlt/ That has been built again or differently; reconstructed; reassembled. Also figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating or constructing again > created or constructed again
re-edificate?a1475
regenerate?1536
re-exstruct1594
re-edified1595
recreated1612
rebuilt1647
recomposed1658
regenerated1758
reconstructed1834
recreate1855
recompact1868
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built > again
rebuilt1647
1647 C. Wyvill Certaine Serious Thoughts 18 Ev'n by her distresses rear a frame, That Zions re-built glory may proclaime.
1692 London Gaz. No. 2761/3 Two rebuilt Ships, the Prince,..and the Dunkirk.
1751 W. Warburton Julian (ed. 2) i. iv. 89 This story of a rebuilt Temple, shews he had his materials neither from Pagan nor Christian writers.
1856 P. Fairbairn Prophecy ii. ii. 268 A restoration to the Land of Canaan, and a rebuilt Jerusalem.
1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross vii. 124 A rebuilt typewriter I had been using broke down.
1991 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Mag. Oct. 92/3 Even with rebuilt credit, bankruptcy never goes away entirely.
2002 Jewish Chron. 2 Aug. 17/5 The rebuilt synagogue incorporated a Talmud Torah to give religious and Hebrew lessons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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