newfashion
newfashion verb: to modernise; remodel in the latest style.
Verb
newfashion (third-person singular simple present newfashions, present participle newfashioning, simple past and past participle newfashioned)
- To modernise; remodel in the latest style.
- From the duke they would have taken his birthright; the church and religion they would have cast in a new mould; the bishops and clerks they would have new-fashioned, if not utterly laid aside; banished many of the nobles; …1744, William Oldys, Edward Harley Oxford (Earl of), The Harleian miscellany
- He used to observe that poets and orators abound most in the corruptest times, and we have been fining and newfashioning the English tongue, whilst English manners are become wild.1867, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, Memoirs of the life of Mr. Ambrose Barnes
Adjective
newfashion (comparative more newfashion, superlative most newfashion)
- Recently come into fashion; new-fashioned.
- Killerwhale House already knows what to do in these 'newfashion' times.1957, Margaret Elizabeth Bell, Daughter of Wolf House
- An entirely newfashion concept.1964, Men's wear, volume 149
newfashion meaning in Tamil
newfashion in Tamil
- புதுப்போக்கு
Forms of newfashion
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | newfashions |
| present participle | newfashioning |
| past participle | newfashioned |
| past | newfashioned |
| alternative form | new-fashion |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more newfashion |
| superlative | most newfashion |
Origin of newfashion
From new + fashion.
Questions about newfashion
- What does newfashion mean?
- Newfashion means to modernise; remodel in the latest style.
- What is newfashion in Tamil?
- Newfashion in Tamil is புதுப்போக்கு. See Newfashion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is newfashion?
- Newfashion can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of newfashion?
- The past tense of newfashion is newfashioned.
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Source and license
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