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re⋅touch
[v. ree-tuhch; n. ree-tuhch, ree-tuhch]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup. |
| 2. | Photography. to alter (a negative or positive) after development by adding or removing lines, lightening areas, etc., with a pencil, brush, or knife. |
| 3. | to dye, tint, or bleach (a new growth of hair) to match or blend with the color of an earlier and previously dyed growth. |
–noun
| 4. | an added touch to a picture, painting, paint job, etc., by way of improvement or alteration. |
| 5. | an act or instance of dyeing new growth of hair to blend with previously dyed hair. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Retouch
Re*touch"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.]1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay. 2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.Retouch
Re*touch"\, n. (Fine Arts) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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retouch
1650, from Fr. retoucher (13c.) "to touch again" (with a view to improving)," from re- "again" + toucher (see touch).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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