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re⋅make

  [v. ree-meyk; n. ree-meyk] verb, -made, -mak⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make again or anew.
2. Movies. to film again, as a picture or screenplay.
–noun
3. Movies. a more recent version of an older film.
4. anything that has been remade, renovated, or rebuilt: The tailor is offering a special price on remakes.
Origin:
1625–35; re- + make

Related forms:
re⋅mak⋅er, noun
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re·make   (rē-māk')   
tr.v.   re·made (-mād'), re·mak·ing, re·makes
To make again or anew.
n.   (rē'māk')

  1. The act of remaking.

  2. Something in remade form, especially a new version of an earlier movie or song.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

remake  (v.)
1635, from re- "back, again" + make (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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