Reshapes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Alters the shape or structure of an object or thing
2. Modifies the form or configuration of something
3. Transforms the physical arrangement or appearance of an item

Etymology: "Reshapes" is the third-person singular present form of "reshape", so it is the verb's form for a single subject such as "she" or "it". The verb itself is simple: the prefix "re-", meaning again or anew, joined to "shape". Its ancestry is an unusual one, since the "re-" in "reshape" does not come from Latin directly. It travelled through Old French and Latin from Proto-Italic and an earlier base. The "shape" half is far older and entered English as an inherited Germanic word. Its ancestors include Proto-Germanic "skēpąn", and it is traced back through Old English "sċeap" and "ġesċeap" to a root that originally carried the sense of creating or ordering something into form. Over the centuries the word narrowed from a broad sense of making into the familiar idea of outline or configuration.

Synonyms: molds, reforms, reconfigures, restructures, modifies

Antonyms: destroys, disfigures, ruins, dismantles, disorganizes