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refile en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To file again or differently.
    • Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.
    • U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday on Friday struck the complaint and gave the president's lawyers 28 days to refile their lawsuit. 2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025:

Forms

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refiled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refiled Tense=Past lexicographic
refiling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refiles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic