(verb riˈstraik, noun ˈriˌstraik) (verb-struck, -struck or -stricken, -striking)
transitive verb or intransitive verb
1.
to strike again
noun
2.
a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue
3.
a new print made from an old lithographic stone, metal engraving, woodcut, or the like
Word origin
[1885–90; re- + strike]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, retread, seminar, sensitization, zoomre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert