re-fusev.2
/ˌriːˈfjuːz/, U.S. /riˈfjuz/ transitive. To fuse or melt for a second or subsequent time.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (transitive)] > again
remelt1626
re-fuse1825
reflow1946
1778 E. Apthorp Lett. Prevalence Christianity 311 The human soul, discerped from the soul of the universe, after death was re-fused into the parent-substance.
1825 R. Phillips Let. 14 Nov. in M. Faraday Corr. (1991) I. 391 I should like very much to have some of the old glass..pulverized mixed—re-fused.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 943 If the fusion has been properly made, the slag will not require..to be re-fused.
1905 Rep. Bureau Mines 14 652 These gneisses..have a peculiar irregular contact with the granite, as if the gneisses had been re-fused.
1955 Analyt. Chem. 27 920/2 The residues obtained from the fusion and water leach were re-fused to determine the amount of fluorine remaining in the residue.
2001 M. Neuwirth & K. Osborn Scoliosis Sourcebk. iv. 132 An osteotomy begins with either a solid bone or a solid fusion, cuts it into multiple segments, and then re-fuses it in a corrected position.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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