refind en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɹiːˈfaɪnd/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English find English refind From re- + find.
Meanings
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To find something again.
I used to get your paper back in the early '80s but then you burned down and I lost touch with you. Just refound your address!
1987 December 20, Roland Dube, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 14:Clark now sees an opportunity to help Republicans refind their soul and message.
2008 November 22, Brian A. Howey, “The Obama 'Landslide' Impact”, in Howey Politics Indiana:Cardan, in his fifth book of Wisdom, gives an instance in a smith of Milan, a fellow-citizen of his, one Galeus de Rubeis, that being commended for refinding of an instrument of Archimedes, for joy ran mad.
, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.300
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| refound | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| refound | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| refinding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| refinds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |