Remolds

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Shapes or forms something again into a new or different configuration
2. Transforms the shape of an object or material by reshaping it once more
3. Changes the structure or contour of an item through another process of shaping

Etymology: "Remolds" is the third-person singular form of "remold," meaning to shape something again. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning "again" or "back," and "mold," which goes back to Old French "modle" and ultimately Latin "modulus," a small measure or pattern. The prefix comes from Latin "re-," which English received through Old French, and it is one of the most productive word-building elements in the language. The base word "mold" passed into Middle English as "molde" from Old French, and it originally referred to a pattern or model into which a substance was poured to take a particular shape. Its sense of a fungal growth is a separate development that arose later. Because "remold" simply attaches "re-" to this shaping sense, the verb keeps the original idea of pouring or pressing material back into a pattern, so "remolds" describes something being reformed to a form it once had or a new one.

Synonyms: reshapes, reforms