refit
/ˈɹiːfɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The ship required a refit before setting out again."
- "At the start, the team removed the sides and the ceiling panels, alongside the seats. They then stripped out the cabling that runs through the carriage. Once that was done, the carriage would be ready for the refit."
- "1677, Philip Meadows, A Narrative of the Principal Actions Occurring in the Wars Betwixt Sueden and Denmark, London: A.C. and H. Brome, pp. 122-123, The truth is they made no great scruple, at least for that one time, to come under the Stern of their Neighbouring Common-wealth, thereby to have better leisure to recollect and refit the scattered planks and pieces of their own broken Republic."
- "[…] I have seen a Man ride with both his feet upon the Saddle, take off his Saddle, and at his return take it up again, refit, and remount it, riding all the while full speed;"
- "Michelangelo took a group outside and in full view of the papal troops refitted the fallen, shattered stone into the walls."
- "[…] for the next half-hour I looked on, fascinated, while his large soft hands took apart the entire pump and refitted the parts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English fit? English fit English refit From re- + fit.