Redisplayed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Shown again after being hidden or removed; presented anew on a screen or surface; exhibited once more following a prior display
2. Made visible once more after prior concealment; reprised for view on a digital or physical medium; presented again for observation after an initial showing
3. Reappeared for observation after having been previously removed or altered; rendered anew on an electronic or physical display; visible again following an earlier presentation

Etymology: "Redisplayed" is simply "display" with the prefix "re-" (again) and the past-participle ending "-ed," so its history is that of "display" plus a regular English prefix. The core word comes from Old French "despleier" (to unfold, unfurl), descended from Latin "displicare" (to scatter, undo), built from "dis-" (apart) and "plicare" (to fold). The original image was literal: unfolding a cloth or spreading out a sail, opening up something that had been folded away. English borrowed the root in the late 1500s, and the sense of unfolding gradually shifted toward "showing" or "exhibiting," as when a person displayed goods or a ship displayed its flag. "Re-" has been productive in English since the 1600s, letting speakers attach "again" to almost any verb, which is why "redisplay" could arise naturally once screens and other media made showing and reshowing routine. The "-ed" ending simply marks the verb in past or participial form.

Synonyms: reshown, reexhibited