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▪ I. refound, v.1|riːˈfaʊnd|
[f. re- 5 a + found v.2; cf. OF. refonder (12th c.).]
trans. To found (a town, etc.) again; to re-establish. Also fig.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxviii. 28 The grit victour agane is rissin on hicht..; our fayth is now refoundit. 1641W. Cartwright Lady-Errant v. ii, Her service hath Preserv'd the Kingdom, and refounded Cyprus. 1702–3Atterbury Let. Misc. Wks. 1739 I. 159 The other bill is to enable the Queen to re-found the Savoy. 1761London & Environs IV. 296 This hospital was..suppressed by Henry V and re⁓founded by Edward IV. 1869Goldw. Smith Lect. Mod. Hist. iv. 16 This Colony did not..require to be refounded. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 505 Cassander had re-founded it, and changed its name from Therma to Thessalonica.
Hence reˈfounding vbl. n.
1754Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 112 The first foundation of the church by Wilfrid, and the refounding by K. H. 8th. 1893Malleson (title) The Refounding of the German Empire.
▪ II. refound, v.2|riːˈfaʊnd|
[f. re- 5 a + found v.3; cf. F. refondre (12th c.).]
trans. To cast (objects of metal) again; to recast.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 60 Why..when these old medalls were defaced..he might not refound them,..he thought no sufficient reason could be given. 1781Warton Hist. Kiddington 8 Perhaps they are all antient bells refounded. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xxi. ii. (1872) IX. 265 All our Cannon..needed to be refounded.
▪ III. † reˈfound, v.3 Sc. Obs.
[var. of refund v.1; cf. confound, infound.]
1. trans. To refund, restore.
1546Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 41 The saidis Eirle and Lord..oblissis thame..to refound and deliver the samin agane to the persone fra quhame the samin hapins to be taikin. 1572–3Ibid. II. 186 For warrandice to the said Archibald..and refounding to him of the pryces thairof acclamit be him. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 476 Thy money and Patents shall be refounded.
b. To make good, repair, redress.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 42 Cause all enormities and crymes committet..to be refoundit and randerit witht in ȝour boundis. Ibid. 82 To refound the skaythtis and iniurieis done be thame of befoir.
2. To cast the blame of (something) on or upon a person or thing.
a1653Binning Serm. (1845) 438 They do not refound it upon God, Who is righteous in all His ways, but retort it upon themselves. c1680MacWard Contend. (1723) 144 The want whereof is to be refounded on this court stratagem. Ibid. 147 The marring of that unity..is to be refounded upon that intimacy. |