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rechauffe

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ré⋅chauf⋅fé

  [Fr. rey-shoh-fey]
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–noun, plural -fés  [Fr. ‑fey] ,
1. a warmed-up dish of food.
2. anything old or stale brought into service again.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F, ptp. of réchauffer = r(e)- re- + échauffer to warm; see chafe
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ré·chauf·fé   (rā'shō-fā')   
n.  

  1. Warmed leftover food.

  2. Old material reworked or rehashed.


[French, past participle of réchauffer, to reheat, warm over, from Old French rechaufer : re-, re- + echaufer, to warm (from Vulgar Latin *excalefāre : Latin ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin calefacere, to warm; see chafe).]
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