restrike

Meanings

Noun

• The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
• 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

• To strike again.
• To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
• To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.

Origin

• From re- + strike.