REPAINT

repaint

(verb) paint again; “He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce”

repaint

(verb) paint again; “He repainted the same scenery many times during his life”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

repaint (third-person singular simple present repaints, present participle repainting, simple past and past participle repainted)

To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

(computing) To draw or render again on the display.

Noun

repaint (plural repaints)

The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.

(computing) The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.

Anagrams

• Painter, Parenti, apterin, painter, pertain, pine tar, terapin

Source: Wiktionary


Re*paint" (r-pnt"), v. t.

Definition: To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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