Rewove

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To weave again; to rework fabric or material by intertwining threads once more; to mend or alter by putting threads back into a woven structure
2. The process of weaving material anew; repairing or restructuring fabric by inserting threads again; reconstructing woven patterns by threading back through existing textile
3. Engaging in the act of weaving a cloth one more time; reintroducing threads to restore or modify woven fabric; revitalizing the textile by interlacing yarns in a repeated manner

Etymology: "Rewove" is the simple past of "reweave," so it is the form used when the act of weaving again has already happened: a weaver rewove the torn tapestry last spring. The verb itself is a plain formation, built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, attached to "weave." Its ancestry runs through Latin "re-", which passed into English by way of Old French, and "weave" comes down from Old English, where the word was "wefan." The prefix did most of the work. Its path into English was through Old French "re-" and Middle English "re-" forms, and English speakers then freely attached it to native verbs, so "reweave" follows the same pattern as countless other re- compounds. The past tense "rewove" is simply the regular change of the strong verb "weave," which had its own irregular forms: "wove" and "woven" for the past and past participle of "weave" itself.

Synonyms: reweave past tense, reknit, mended, rethreaded