restitchv.
/riːˈstɪtʃ/, U.S. /ˌriˈstɪtʃ/ transitive. To stitch or sew again.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Ripunto, repricked. Also restiched.
1661 J. Evelyn tr. G. Naudé Instr. conc. Erecting of Libr. viii. 84 You may have recourse..to the Binder, to repair the backs and peeled covers, restitch them, accommodate the transpositions [etc].
1862 S. Lucas Secularia 386 No number of bayonets can restitch the rent which runs across an immense continent.
1887 Missionary Herald (Boston) Mar. 122 Nearly all of them show signs of having been taken to pieces and restitched.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 67 When the macaque was removed to quiet quarters, the incision restitched, and the patient given a soft diet, the wound soon healed.
1998 Church Times 15 May 15/1 Stuffed with balsamic powder and lint, it [sc. a head] had to be restitched several times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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