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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of retouch.

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Examples

  • He had seen it, and praised it; it was again retouched by her, each stroke of her pencil was as a chord of thrilling music, and bore to her the idea of a temple raised to celebrate the deepest and most unutterable emotions of her soul.

    I.7 1826

  • Valérie Boyer is the 47-year-old French Parliament member and mother of three who proposed a law that France label retouched advertising images as such.

    unknown title 2009

  • Just to show how mature my family is, we've already "retouched" Palin's cover photo.

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • [B] By this time (1877) the plates had become considerably worn, and were accordingly "retouched" by Mr. Chas.

    The Harbours of England John Ruskin 1859

  • The last edition of 1877, with its worn and "retouched" plates, [B] was published at twenty-five shillings; less than a third of that sum will suffice to procure a copy of this new issue in which the prints (save for their reduced size) more nearly approach the clearness and beauty of the originals of 1856 than any of the three editions which have immediately preceded it.

    The Harbours of England John Ruskin 1859

  • Royal engagement shots 'retouched' THEY'RE young and glowing with love, but even Prince

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Royal engagement shots 'retouched' THEY'RE young and glowing with love, but even Prince

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • A raw flake with a little bit of work along the edge can hold a fairly sharp edge for small cutting tasks, and be "retouched" with minimal effort to maintain its sharpness to complete a job like butchering small game, cutting edible parts of a useful plant, etc.

    SurvivalBlog.com Rawles James Wesley 2010

  • Their photos are airbrushed, though Stephenson says "retouched" is the proper word to use these days.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • There are thousands of people in those photographs (and none of them are cosmetically "retouched").

    Planet Atheism 2009

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