What does refigure mean?
Refigure means (transitive) To figure again or anew..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To figure again or anew..
The hookworm campaign […] was far more effective in creating and legitimating powerful new social boundaries. Through the rhetoric of the hookworm campaign, poor white trash were partially refigured as pure white Americans, a group that deserved higher status and greater prestige than that accorded to southern blacks.
"I'm taking a step back to refigure out my own career, as is Sweet Talk," Ms. Gallo said.
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art, If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee ...
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Refigure means (transitive) To figure again or anew..
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The hookworm campaign […] was far more effective in creating and legitimating powerful new social boundaries. Through the rhetoric of the hookworm campaign, poor white trash were partially refigured as pure white Americans, a group that deserved higher status and greater prestige than that accorded to southern blacks.
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