repaint

verb

re·​paint (ˌ)rē-ˈpānt How to pronounce repaint (audio)
repainted; repainting

transitive verb

: to apply paint to (something) again
repaint a house
repainted the room/walls blue

Examples of repaint in a Sentence

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The doors were repainted a lacquered robin’s-egg blue. Justine Harman, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025 Fast forward to 1981 when it was bought by collector Jon Masterson of Long Beach, Calif. Masterson immediately commissioned a full restoration that included repainting the car in Rosso Corsa red with a tan leather interior. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2025 No subsequent owner felt the need to repaint it, and surely nobody will now. Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2025 Also, tens of thousands of courts would have to be repainted. Todd Boss, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repaint 

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of repaint was in 1600

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“Repaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repaint. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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