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Vinony

repaint

verb

  1. to apply paint on a surface again
  2. to create pictures or works of art with paint again
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Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpeɪnt/ / /ˈɹiːpeɪnt/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English paint English repaint From re- + paint (“verb”).

  1. The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.

    “They didn't like the color so we had to do a repaint.”

    “More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.”

  2. The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.

    “WPF will call your OnRender function when it needs to know what content your visual displays, but the way graphics acceleration works in WPF means that this happens far less often than the equivalent repaints in Win32.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English paint English repaint From re- + paint (“verb”).

  1. To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

    “to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture”

    “Nearly all of their locomotives have never been repainted, which is as much as 24 years in the case of some of the DB Cargo units.”

  2. To draw or render again on the display.

    “To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]”