r'echauff'e

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r'echauff'e - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  R'echauff'e \R['e]`chauf`f['e]"\, n. [F., orig. p.p. of
     r['e]chauffer 8warm over. See Chafe, v. t.]
     A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig.,
     something made up from old material; a rehash.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
           It is merely a r['e]chauff['e] of ancient philosophies.
                                                    --F. W. H.
                                                    Myers.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]