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. It is merely a r['e]chauff['e] of ancient philosophies. --F. W. H. Myers.