restyle

verb

re·​style (ˌ)rē-ˈstī(-ə)l 

restyled; restyling

transitive verb

1

: to change or restore the style of (something or someone)

completely restyled the car's front end

restyled his hair

In her sixties, a youthful-looking [Ching] Hai has restyled herself as a blonde in patterned flowing gowns.

—Candace Sutton

2

: to call or designate (someone or something) by a new or different name

… his clever heroine, who grew up in Brooklyn as "Katya," restyles herself in 1930s Manhattan as … "Katey,"…

—Liesl Schillinger

… those doctor-scientists who were still called "alienists," eventually to be restyled as clinical psychiatrists.

—Simon Winchester

Examples of restyle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the most fabulous outfits were restyled from the February show’s runway. —Violet Goldstone, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024

The controls and layout are the same as before, but some of the buttons have been restyled to match the rest of the app. —PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024

But for most companies, restyling an ERP can be extremely risky. —Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Photographed by Caroline Tompkins Many of these archival wigs get restyled and repurposed season to season. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1