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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UralVagonZavod said the tank, which was painted in desert camouflage for display at IDEX 2025, was later returned to Russia, repainted military standard green, and sent into combat. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025 Every night, Blakeney told me, an army of employees filed into Epic Universe to power wash sidewalks, deadhead the plants, repaint dirty walls, and replace lightbulbs. Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025 The cost of repainting a section of exterior wall at a nondenominational Christian church in Euless in order to fully erase a crude political critique in red spray paint is at the heart of a trial underway this week in a state district court in Tarrant County. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025 The parking area will be repaved and repainted, and drainage issues will be addressed. Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for repaint

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 21 Sep. 2025.

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