restrike

English edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ strike.

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun edit

restrike (plural restrikes)

The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
(numismatics) A coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
The reignition of the arc in an arc lamp.

Verb edit

restrike (third-person singular simple present restrikes, present participle restriking, simple past restruck, past participle restruck or restricken)

(transitive) To strike again.
- 1928, Julien Green, The Closed Garden, page 62:
  She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box.
To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.