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third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized
(transitive) To alter the size of something. examples
(intransitive) To change in size. examples
plural resizes
(computing) An operation that changes the size of something. examples
(transitive) To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again. quotations examples
If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.
1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 93