a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work
Word origin
[1765–75; ‹ It, deriv. of rifare to make over, equiv. to ri-re- + fare (‹‹ L facere to do1) + -mento-ment]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonus, civilization, guidance, mocha, pile driver-ment is a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state (abridgment; refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)