retouch
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Etymology
From
retouch (retouches, present participle retouching; simple past and past participle retouched)
- (transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Fourteenth. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Principal Painter to His Majesty.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC ↗, page 201 ↗:
- For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand;
Retouch your figures with his ripening hand;
Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint;
Add every grace, which time alone can grant;
To future ages ſhall your fame convey,
And give more beauties than he takes away.
- (transitive) To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
- (archaeology) To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
Conjugation of retouch
- German: retuschieren
- Italian: ritoccare
- Portuguese: retocar
- Russian: ретуши́ровать
retouch (plural retouches)
- The act of retouching.
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