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redefect en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin dēficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dēfectusbor. English defect English redefect From re- + defect.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To defect again.
    • Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale." 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redefected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redefected Tense=Past lexicographic
redefecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-defect alternative lexicographic
redefects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic