refasten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Transitive verb

"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."

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

refastens (present, singular) refastening (participle, present) refastened (participle, past) refastened (past)

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What does refasten mean?

To fasten again.

Where does refasten come from?

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

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