To repair or patch something by attaching pieces to it; to assemble from pieces.
From 'be-' prefix + 'piece'. This suggests putting something together from pieces or reinforcing something with additional pieces attached.
This verb captures the medieval and Renaissance art of patchwork repair—before mass production, everything precious was 'bepieced' back together again and again.
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