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Vinony

resize

verb

  1. to alter the size of; to make larger or smaller
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

  1. An operation that changes the size of something.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English size English resize From re- + size.

  1. To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.

    “If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.”