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
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |