Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To paint over (an already painted surface).
  • To paint again, as a picture or a part of a picture.
  • noun In the fine arts, a portion of a picture which has been painted over or repainted; a patch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To paint anew or again

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.
  • verb computing To draw or render again on the display.
  • noun The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.
  • noun computing The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb paint again
  • verb paint again

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

re- + paint (verb)

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Examples

  • As you can see from Listing 1, after we receive a key event from the user, we call the repaint () method to redraw the entire screen and display which user event was received by the application.

    Java Technology Headlines 2009

  • I really want to optimize the graphics rendering, so that minimal processing is required, and I dont want to call repaint for EVERY single little change, and repaint the entire thing.

    DaniWeb IT Discussion Community WargRider 2010

  • Where Ratchet is concerned, he is most likely a straight repaint, which is fine by me, I like the original mold, really. and I know this is late in the game for it, but to me it looks like a photoshopped picture of the original Ratchet toy. maybe a mock-up for the package? aside from heavy shadowing ...

    TFormers.com 2009

  • Where Ratchet is concerned, he is most likely a straight repaint, which is fine by me, I like the original mold, really. and I know this is late in the game for it, but to me it looks like a photoshopped picture of the original Ratchet toy. maybe a mock-up for the package? aside from heavy shadowing ...

    TFormers.com 2009

  • Then Listing 13 calls the repaint method to cause the off-screen image to be copied to the canvas.

    unknown title 2008

  • Then Listing 13 calls the repaint method to cause the off-screen image to be copied to the canvas.

    unknown title 2008

  • Listing 24 also calls the repaint method to copy the off-screen image to the canvas on the computer screen.

    unknown title 2008

  • I did a "repaint" of two smaller battalions and converted them into one larger 60 figure battalion to use in our BAR games.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007

  • Then: I need to have dinner and then pack and do various things to get ready to go visit my boyfriend such as repaint my toenails.

    One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited 2006

  • Have your clients choose other colors and watch as you "repaint" the house over and over again, quickly and easily.

    hotlib.com - New Releases and Updates in All Categories 2010

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