refingerv.
/ˌriːˈfɪŋɡə/, U.S. /riˈfɪŋɡər/ transitive. To finger again or differently.
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1871 Indiana School Jrnl. July 266 They..oblige us to pay twice that amount for the support of a set of lazy profligates to finger and refinger the money of free men.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 118 Lucie, much solaced, I re-finger you, The medium article.
1961 H. Kenner Samuel Beckett 97 So we are invited to refinger the smoothed formulations of Watt.
1995 J. Partington Making Music ii. 31 World-famous pianists and violinists..have refingered passages that are famous and difficult to make them go more smoothly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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