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rifacimento

[ ri-fah-chi-men-toh; Italian ree-fah-chee-men-taw ]

noun

plural rifacimenti
  1. a recast or adaptation, as of a literary or musical work.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rifacimento1

1765–75; < Italian, derivative of rifare to make over, equivalent to ri- re- + fare (≪ Latin facere to do 1 ) + -mento -ment
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Example Sentences

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Rifacimento, rÄ“-f�-chi-men′tÅ, n. a recasting of literary works:—pl.

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The final product is a masterpiece of refined art, retaining something of the French-429- originals, something of the popular Italian rifacimento, but superadding the wisdom, the irony, and the poetry of one of the world's brightest geniuses.

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This rifacimento was published in 1541, after his death.

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The critics of the last century rediscovered Berni's rifacimento, and began to quote Boiardo's poem under his name, treating the real author as an ignorant and uncouth writer of a barbarous dialect.

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Since the two originals differed in character, his rifacimento retained their divers peculiarities, notwithstanding those master-touches which betray the same hand in both of its main sections.

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