Created or made again in a new or different way, often making something seem fresh, modern, or completely different from before.
Prefix 're-' meaning again, plus 'invented' from the Latin 'invenire' (to come upon, to discover). The re- prefix allows us to describe recreating something that already existed.
Artists like David Bowie became famous for 'reinventing' themselves every few years, but the word originally just meant 'invented again'—we've transformed it into a cultural concept about identity and transformation.
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