Refaced

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have given a new face or surface to something, like a structure or an object
2. to have altered the outer appearance or covering of an item, enhancing its visual appeal or functionality
3. to have updated or refurbished a surface to restore or improve its condition and look

Etymology: "Reface" is about as transparent as English verbs get: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "anew", attached to "face". The face in question is the Latin "facies", meaning the face, form, or outward appearance, which reached English through Old French "face" and entered Middle English as "face", with the sense of a visible surface or front. Put together, "reface" means to give a surface a fresh front, which is exactly what happens when a worn cabinet door or a tired wall is given new veneer or cladding. The idea is literal and physical. A "face" in English long meant the front or outward side of almost anything, a clock face, a cliff face, or the front of a building, so a "reface" job restores that outward side without rebuilding the object underneath. The term is a plain compound, formed in the same way as "rebuild" or "retype", so there is little more to uncover than the sense of "face" itself.

Synonyms: renovated, restored, redone, recovered

Antonyms: damaged, defaced