rehandle

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ handle.

Verb

rehandle (third-person singular simple present rehandles, present participle rehandling, simple past and past participle rehandled)

  1. (transitive) To handle again.
    • 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 21:
      Its author is still concerned primarily with man on earth, rehandling in a new perspective an ancient theme: that man, each man and all men, and all their works shall die.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      Nevertheless, while keeping a close eye on Melissa's sleeping form, he managed to paw her clothing a second time. Only after he'd resqueezed and rehandled each piece of it did he conclude that the Mexican A was in the big zippered outer pocket of her bag.
  2. (transitive) To furnish with a new handle; to replace the handle of.
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