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English
Etymology
Possibly from New Model Army (at Wikipedia) (1645-1660), equivalent to new- + model.
Verb
newmodel (third-person singular simple present newmodels, present participle newmodelling or newmodeling, simple past and past participle newmodelled or newmodeled)
- (transitive) Alternative form of new-model; to give a new form to; remodel; rearrange in a new way.
- c. 1783, James Madison, "Notes on Debates 27 February 1783", in William Thomas Hutchinson, William Munford Ellis Rachal (editors), The papers of James Madison, Volume 6, (1969):
- He said however that the variances of opinion & indecision of Congress were alarming & required that something should be done; that it wd be better to newmodel the Confederation, or attempt any thing rather than do nothing.
- 1784, letter Hazard to Belknap, Philadelphia, January 24, 1784 in "The Belknap Papers" Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1877)
- Congress newmodels the proposal, and sends it forth again.
1810, Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, The Edinburgh review: or critical journal: Volume 15:His brother, about the same time, having been sent to newmodel the Spanish government, and to complete the conquest of the French in that quarter, signalized his arrival by the exhibition of a splendid triumph over that people.
1831, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord: Volume 2:When, on the eve of the Restoration, the general commenced his march from Scotland, a measure pregnant with such important consequences, he newmodelled his troops, and more especially those immediately about his person, in order that they might consist entirely of individuals devoted to himself.
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