Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refigure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: re-fig-ure
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To figure again or anew.

Transitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The hookworm campaign […] was far more effective in creating and legitimating powerful new social boundaries. Through the rhetoric of the hookworm campaign, poor white trash were partially refigured as pure white Americans, a group that deserved higher status and greater prestige than that accorded to southern blacks."
""I'm taking a step back to refigure out my own career, as is Sweet Talk," Ms. Gallo said."
"Ten times thyself were happier than thou art, If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee ..."

Etymology

From re- + figure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

refigures (present, singular) refiguring (participle, present) refigured (participle, past) refigured (past)

Rhymes With

figure bigger trigger nigga nigger digger rigor configure vigour rigour tigger rigger

Questions

What does refigure mean?: To figure again or anew.
Where does refigure come from?: From re- + figure.

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