rebottle

verb

re·​bot·​tle (ˌ)rē-ˈbä-tᵊl 

rebottled; rebottling; rebottles

transitive verb

1

: to bottle or bottle up (something) again or anew

If you're happy with the flavor, strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer and rebottle your flavored rum.

—Christina Jordan

Disclosure of a trade secret compromises its protection and trade secret status. And once lost, this status is gone forever—you cannot rebottle a known secret.

—Jim Adams

2

: to put (something) into a new form : repackage

Atheists and agnostics have long tried to rebottle religion: to get the community and the good works without the supernatural stuff.

—Mark Oppenheimer

The result is old music rebottled for new times: brief pieces in dizzying sequence for an age of narrow attention spans …

—Anand Giridharadas

Examples of rebottle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eventually, other shoe companies realized that World Athletics wasn’t going to rebottle the genie. —Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1