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To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

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  1. v. t. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
  2. v. t. To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
  3. n. A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
  4. v. give retouches to (hair)
  5. v. alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
  6. 1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay. 2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork. A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
  7. n:19/v:81 v. give retouches to (hair)