refitn.

Brit.

/ˈriːfɪt/, U.S.

/ˈriˌfɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: refit v.

Etymology: < refit v. Compare earlier refitting n.

An act of refitting something, esp. a ship; (also occasionally) the action or process of refitting something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying > equipping or fitting out > afresh > instance of

refit1779

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > anew > instance of

refitment1707

refit1779

1779 B. Franklin Let. 2 Mar. in Papers (1992) XXIX. 19 I shall be glad to hear how your Refit goes on.

1799 Ld. Nelson Let. 12 Sept. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 11 The Seahorse, whose state requires docking and a thorough re-fit.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xvi. 211 Your vessel is strained to pieces,..no orders for a refit.

1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xvi. 123 A large number of whaling vessels resorted to Lahaine for their annual refit.

1916 Eng. Hist. Rev. 31 415 Blake's fleet was in a bad state, and a refit was urgent.

1945 Jane's Fighting Ships 1944–5 432 A contract was signed..for the repair and refit of this battle-cruiser.

1975 Drive New Year 28/2 Is it more economical to write off a damaged car and pay the client out or make him wait for a re-fit?

1976 Gramophone Sept. 453/3 The Canterbury instrument is now in need of a refit.

1994 Meat Trade Jrnl. 5 May 4/5 The company will close its town centre shop for a refit. It will feature a fresh meat counter with individual cuts.

2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) iv. 93 Between 1924 and 1934 they [sc. battleships] were given substantial refits, a process which included trunking the funnels into one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

refitv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈfɪt/, U.S.

/riˈfɪt/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle refitted, refit;

Forms: see re- prefix and fit v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, fit v.¹

Etymology: < re- prefix + fit v.¹ With sense 2 compare fit v.¹ 11. With sense 3 compare fit v.¹ 6. Slightly earlier currency in sense 2 may be implied by refitting n.

1. transitive. To fit (something) back into a previous position; to replace or refix. Frequently with to, into.Rare before 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > again or in previous position

restorec1425

repone?1440

repose?1440

remise1481

replace1587

recollocate1598

reimplace1611

to put backa1625

refit1649

retroduce1659

relodge1660

reposit1800

reship1804

reshift1822

reset1829

1649 Elegie Meekest of Men 1 Can you unweave the Nerves, then twist their thred, And to th'unravell'd corps re-fit the head?

1815 Second Brutus v. iii, in C. Lloyd tr. V. Alfieri Trag. III. 409 That day, when he feigning the guilty crown Was his abhorrence, three times made the hand Of Anthony refit it on his head.

1853 Ladies' Compan. Apr. 200/2 She took up the separated urn and pedestal, and noticed the large fracture at the back of the former... [She] set about refitting the urn to the pedestal.

1862 F. Freeman Adam's Little by Little iv. 37 First he repaired the worn-out sail, then made a new sprit, and refitted the tiller to the rudder head.

1900 N.Y. Tribune 14 Jan. (Illustr. Suppl.) 12/2 Carefully refitting the pumpkin's open door, and the old brick oven having been propitiated with an extra faggot,..[he] popped in his ‘pie’.

1951 Pop. Sci. Apr. 195/1 The cot must be shortened by cutting off one end and refitting the cross brace.

1970 Chicago Tribune 28 Feb. 20/3 Ask someone to hold the door unit in place... Place a row of magazines on the floor in the door opening and refit the door unit.

2001 T. Tomosy Nikon Camera Repair Handbk. ii. 27/1 Reassembly: Release the shutter before refitting it into the body.

a. transitive. To restore to serviceable condition (in early use esp. a ship, in later use also a room or a building); to re-equip, repair, refurbish. Also figurative.In quot. 1666 reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself > renew supplies

resupply1579

refresh1625

refit1652

restock1735

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit > afresh

new-furnish1611

reaccommodate1612

refit1652

re-equip1737

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish > in specific manner

refit1652

new-fronta1657

relimb1821

reseat1836

pike1871

resurface1894

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > anew

refit1652

1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 118. 1862 Our ships are now re-fitted, and stay a little while only for the taking in of Provisions.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 4 July (1972) VII. 194 Ships, when they are a little shattered, must..refit themselfs the best they can.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F^v When it shall come out new vamp'd and refitted, it will be a question.., whether it be the same sermon.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 220 Permit our Ships a Shelter on your Shoars, Refitted from your Woods with Planks and Oars.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 422 Ulysses on the coast of Crete Staid but a season to re-fit his fleet.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ix. 119 That all possible expedition might be used in refitting the other chaise for their reception.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. vi. 64 Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 324 To prepare for our closing struggle with the ice-fields..it was determined to refit the Rescue.

1893 Daily News 6 Feb. 6/3 The Cunard steamer Umbria..will be placed in the graving dock..and refitted with new thrust shaft.

1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Sept. 526/1 During the past year the Bacteriological Laboratory has been enlarged and entirely refitted.

1954 H. M. Colvin Biogr. Dict. Eng. Architects 154 He refitted the chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1830-35.

1985 R. Huntford Shackleton xix. 187 Shackleton had counted on that money to pay the wages of Nimrod's crew, and to refit her for his relief.

2008 Irish Indepedent (Nexis) 22 Feb. The kitchen, which has been refitted recently, is full size.

b. intransitive. Esp. of a ship: to get refitted; to undergo repairs, re-equipment, etc. Also: to refit something or oneself. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [verb (intransitive)] > be refitted

refit1669

1669 H. Salesbury in St. Papers, Dom. 175 The Portland has come in to refit, having lost her masts.

1703–4 London Gaz. No. 3880/1 The Captains of Our Ships of War, which are come into Port to Clean and Refit.

1776 T. Paine Common Sense v. 52 We..had three or four thousand miles to sail over, before they could attack us, and the same distance to return in order to refit and recruit.

1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 261 I want to go and refit at Cheltenham; and thence I shall vagabondize somewhere or other.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 252 We anchored in Gibraltar Bay, and the ship was stripped to refit.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. x. ii. 405 The exhausted condition of the army..compelled Aurangzíb..to halt and refit at Cábul.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 847/2 Though he had no port in which to refit and no ally save Hyder Ali, he kept the sea.

1925 J. Buchan John Macnab iii. 47 It seemed to him that he had better equip himself..by some simple disguise, so..he returned to his bedroom to refit.

1975 Mil. Affairs 39 174 Their striking power was substantially less than it had been and could go nowhere but down without a long pause to replenish and refit.

2004 A. Field Royal Navy Strategy in Far East viii. 220 Churchill envisaged the force operating from Singapore, returning periodically to refit and replenish their supplies.

†3. transitive. To make fit or ready again. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > make or select as appropriate to > make suitable > again

refit1760

1760 F. Douglas Earl of Douglas i. i. 8 An undisturb'd repose Refits him for the labours of to-morrow.

1792 F. Burney Diary Jan. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 110 An old attendance I was so little re-fitted for renewing.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 232 We refreshed ourselves with hashed fish and beans..while our legs were refitted to coast the back-side.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	refit
释义	refitn. Brit. /ˈriːfɪt/, U.S. /ˈriˌfɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: refit v. Etymology: < refit v. Compare earlier refitting n. An act of refitting something, esp. a ship; (also occasionally) the action or process of refitting something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying > equipping or fitting out > afresh > instance of refit1779 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > anew > instance of refitment1707 refit1779 1779 B. Franklin Let. 2 Mar. in Papers (1992) XXIX. 19 I shall be glad to hear how your Refit goes on. 1799 Ld. Nelson Let. 12 Sept. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 11 The Seahorse, whose state requires docking and a thorough re-fit. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xvi. 211 Your vessel is strained to pieces,..no orders for a refit. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xvi. 123 A large number of whaling vessels resorted to Lahaine for their annual refit. 1916 Eng. Hist. Rev. 31 415 Blake's fleet was in a bad state, and a refit was urgent. 1945 Jane's Fighting Ships 1944–5 432 A contract was signed..for the repair and refit of this battle-cruiser. 1975 Drive New Year 28/2 Is it more economical to write off a damaged car and pay the client out or make him wait for a re-fit? 1976 Gramophone Sept. 453/3 The Canterbury instrument is now in need of a refit. 1994 Meat Trade Jrnl. 5 May 4/5 The company will close its town centre shop for a refit. It will feature a fresh meat counter with individual cuts. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) iv. 93 Between 1924 and 1934 they [sc. battleships] were given substantial refits, a process which included trunking the funnels into one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). refitv. Brit. /ˌriːˈfɪt/, U.S. /riˈfɪt/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle refitted, refit; Forms: see re- prefix and fit v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, fit v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + fit v.¹ With sense 2 compare fit v.¹ 11. With sense 3 compare fit v.¹ 6. Slightly earlier currency in sense 2 may be implied by refitting n. 1. transitive. To fit (something) back into a previous position; to replace or refix. Frequently with to, into.Rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > again or in previous position restorec1425 repone?1440 repose?1440 remise1481 replace1587 recollocate1598 reimplace1611 to put backa1625 refit1649 retroduce1659 relodge1660 reposit1800 reship1804 reshift1822 reset1829 1649 Elegie Meekest of Men 1 Can you unweave the Nerves, then twist their thred, And to th'unravell'd corps re-fit the head? 1815 Second Brutus v. iii, in C. Lloyd tr. V. Alfieri Trag. III. 409 That day, when he feigning the guilty crown Was his abhorrence, three times made the hand Of Anthony refit it on his head. 1853 Ladies' Compan. Apr. 200/2 She took up the separated urn and pedestal, and noticed the large fracture at the back of the former... [She] set about refitting the urn to the pedestal. 1862 F. Freeman Adam's Little by Little iv. 37 First he repaired the worn-out sail, then made a new sprit, and refitted the tiller to the rudder head. 1900 N.Y. Tribune 14 Jan. (Illustr. Suppl.) 12/2 Carefully refitting the pumpkin's open door, and the old brick oven having been propitiated with an extra faggot,..[he] popped in his ‘pie’. 1951 Pop. Sci. Apr. 195/1 The cot must be shortened by cutting off one end and refitting the cross brace. 1970 Chicago Tribune 28 Feb. 20/3 Ask someone to hold the door unit in place... Place a row of magazines on the floor in the door opening and refit the door unit. 2001 T. Tomosy Nikon Camera Repair Handbk. ii. 27/1 Reassembly: Release the shutter before refitting it into the body. 2. a. transitive. To restore to serviceable condition (in early use esp. a ship, in later use also a room or a building); to re-equip, repair, refurbish. Also figurative.In quot. 1666 reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself > renew supplies resupply1579 refresh1625 refit1652 restock1735 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit > afresh new-furnish1611 reaccommodate1612 refit1652 re-equip1737 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish > in specific manner refit1652 new-fronta1657 relimb1821 reseat1836 pike1871 resurface1894 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > anew refit1652 1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 118. 1862 Our ships are now re-fitted, and stay a little while only for the taking in of Provisions. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 4 July (1972) VII. 194 Ships, when they are a little shattered, must..refit themselfs the best they can. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F^v When it shall come out new vamp'd and refitted, it will be a question.., whether it be the same sermon. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 220 Permit our Ships a Shelter on your Shoars, Refitted from your Woods with Planks and Oars. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 422 Ulysses on the coast of Crete Staid but a season to re-fit his fleet. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. ix. 119 That all possible expedition might be used in refitting the other chaise for their reception. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. vi. 64 Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit? 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 324 To prepare for our closing struggle with the ice-fields..it was determined to refit the Rescue. 1893 Daily News 6 Feb. 6/3 The Cunard steamer Umbria..will be placed in the graving dock..and refitted with new thrust shaft. 1903 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Sept. 526/1 During the past year the Bacteriological Laboratory has been enlarged and entirely refitted. 1954 H. M. Colvin Biogr. Dict. Eng. Architects 154 He refitted the chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1830-35. 1985 R. Huntford Shackleton xix. 187 Shackleton had counted on that money to pay the wages of Nimrod's crew, and to refit her for his relief. 2008 Irish Indepedent (Nexis) 22 Feb. The kitchen, which has been refitted recently, is full size. b. intransitive. Esp. of a ship: to get refitted; to undergo repairs, re-equipment, etc. Also: to refit something or oneself. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [verb (intransitive)] > be refitted refit1669 1669 H. Salesbury in St. Papers, Dom. 175 The Portland has come in to refit, having lost her masts. 1703–4 London Gaz. No. 3880/1 The Captains of Our Ships of War, which are come into Port to Clean and Refit. 1776 T. Paine Common Sense v. 52 We..had three or four thousand miles to sail over, before they could attack us, and the same distance to return in order to refit and recruit. 1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 261 I want to go and refit at Cheltenham; and thence I shall vagabondize somewhere or other. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xvi. 252 We anchored in Gibraltar Bay, and the ship was stripped to refit. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. x. ii. 405 The exhausted condition of the army..compelled Aurangzíb..to halt and refit at Cábul. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 847/2 Though he had no port in which to refit and no ally save Hyder Ali, he kept the sea. 1925 J. Buchan John Macnab iii. 47 It seemed to him that he had better equip himself..by some simple disguise, so..he returned to his bedroom to refit. 1975 Mil. Affairs 39 174 Their striking power was substantially less than it had been and could go nowhere but down without a long pause to replenish and refit. 2004 A. Field Royal Navy Strategy in Far East viii. 220 Churchill envisaged the force operating from Singapore, returning periodically to refit and replenish their supplies. †3. transitive. To make fit or ready again. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > make or select as appropriate to > make suitable > again refit1760 1760 F. Douglas Earl of Douglas i. i. 8 An undisturb'd repose Refits him for the labours of to-morrow. 1792 F. Burney Diary Jan. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 110 An old attendance I was so little re-fitted for renewing. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 232 We refreshed ourselves with hashed fish and beans..while our legs were refitted to coast the back-side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779v.1649
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