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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"
2: shape again or shape differently [syn: reshape, remold]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1827 to give a new form or orientation to ; reorganize • reshaper noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. shape or form again or differently.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reshape Re*shape" (r?-sh?p"), v. t. To shape again.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(reshapes, reshaping, reshaped) To reshape something means to change its structure or organization. If they succeed on Europe, then they will have reshaped the political and economic map of the world... VERB: V n • reshaping This thesis led to a radical reshaping of Labour policies. N-SING: also no det, usu N of n

Moby Thesaurus

accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, amend, better, break up, change, convert, copy, deform, denature, diversify, do over, duplicate, fit, improve, make over, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, new-model, overthrow, qualify, re-create, re-form, realign, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, redeem, redesign, redo, reestablish, refashion, refit, reform, refound, regenerate, reinstitute, reissue, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repeat, reprint, reproduce, restore, restore self-respect, restructure, resurrect, revamp, revise, revive, ring the changes, set straight, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, subvert, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, work a change, worsen