Rewarmed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To apply heat to something once more in order to restore its warmth after it has cooled down
2. To elevate the temperature of an item again after it has reached a lower state of warmth
3. To heat an object again after it has lost its initial heat

Etymology: "Rewarmed" is the past tense and past participle of "rewarm", and it is a simple case: the prefix "re-" meaning "again" joined to "warm". The prefix came into English from Old French "re-", which descended from Latin "re-", so the sense of repetition was already built into it. The base word has a much older pedigree. "Warm" goes back through Old English "wearm" and a Proto-Germanic root, and it has been part of English since the earliest recorded period of the language. The verb "warm" has been used in English for centuries to mean making something hot or heating it, and "rewarm" simply adds the idea of doing it a second time. Because the prefix attaches freely to ordinary English verbs, "rewarm" is a transparent formation, meaning exactly what its two parts suggest.

Synonyms: heated, warmed

Antonyms: cooled, chilled