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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: old material that is slightly reworked and used again; "merely a dull rehash of his first novel" v
1: present or use over, with no or few changes
2: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: retrograde, rehash, hash over]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: circa 1822 1. to talk over or discuss again 2. to present or use again in another form without substantial change or improvement II. noun Date: 1849 1. something that is rehashed 2. the action or process of rehashing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. put (old material) into a new form without significant change or improvement. --n. 1 material rehashed. 2 the act or an instance of rehashing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rehash Re*hash" (r?*h?sh"), v. t. To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rehash Re*hash", n. Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rehashed) 1. If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new. The Observer found the play 'a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes'... N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n [disapproval] 2. If you say that someone rehashes old ideas, facts, or accusations, you disapprove of the fact that they present them in a slightly different way so that they seem new or original. They've taken some of the best bits out of the best things and rehashed them... VERB: V n [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

battologize, copy, critique, dwelling upon, elaboration, fill, give an encore, go over, go through, going over, iterate, iteration, pad, paraphrase, practice, practicing, reaffirm, reaffirmation, rearrange, rearrangement, reassert, recap, recapitulate, recapitulation, recital, recite, recount, recountal, recounting, redo, redoing, rehearsal, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, reiteration, rephrase, reprint, reshuffle, reshuffling, restate, restatement, resume, retail, retell, retelling, reuse, review, reword, rewording, rework, run over, say over, say over again, sum up, summarize, summary, summing up, tautologize