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refasten en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fasten English refasten From re- + fasten.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fasten again.
    • They had to refasten their safety belts before the driver would continue.
    • The chain was removed. Lessingham and I entered. Then the door was refastened and the chain replaced. 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
refastened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refastened Tense=Past lexicographic
refastening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refastens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic