† refloatn.

Forms: 1500s reflot, 1600s refloat, 1600s reflote.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, float n.

Etymology: < re- prefix + float n. (compare float n. 2), probably after Middle French, French †reflot (1515). Compare refloat v.¹, and also reflow n.

Obsolete. rare.

A flowing back, ebbing (of the tide).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out

ebba1000

ebbingc1000

fresha1552

fall1571

vale-water1589

refloat1594

reflow1610

downtide1668

recurrency1724

out1756

retroposition1836

ebb-tide1837

recurrence1857

1594 Gesta Grayorum in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1807) III. 317 Cynthias rays, Whose drawing virtues govern and direct The flots and re-flots of the ocean.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §907 The Maine Float and Refloat of the Sea..which is..Part of the Diurnal Motion.

1797 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. Refloat,..ebb, reflux.

1844 A. Reid Dict. Eng. Lang. Re-float, ebb; reflux.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† refloatv.¹

Forms: 1500s reflote, 1700s refloat.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: refloat n.

Etymology: < refloat n., after French †reflotter, refloter (c1510 in Middle French). Compare float v., and earlier reflow v.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To flow back, ebb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > flow back

regurgitate1578

reflow1609

refloat1632

regorge1654

re-streama1711

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb

falleOE

ebbOE

wanec1290

reflow1429

to go out1595

to run out1608

refloat1632

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To reflote, refloter.

1777 W. Hurn Heath-Hill ii. 8 Breaking waves refloat from side to side.

Derivatives

refloating n.

ΚΠ

1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 293 But as to the Ocean in general, the same Compass of Time, relating to its Floating and Refloating is usually expended.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

refloatv.²

Brit.

/riːˈfləʊt/, U.S.

/ˌriˈfloʊt/

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

Etymology: < re- prefix + float v. Compare earlier refloat v.¹

I. Literal senses.

1. transitive. To float or set afloat again.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > again

refloat1875

relaunch1885

1812 tr. H. L. J. B. Bertin & J. B. J. Breton China (ed. 2) III. 120 The ingenuity and difficulty consists in floating and refloating the ribbon by different movements in every kind of form.

1844 Times 2 Sept. 3/6 Buoys..require to be cleaned, painted, and refloated from their sand-bank moorings, once a-year.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1764/1 Ponton,..a water-tight structure..placed beneath a submerged vessel and then filled with air to assist in refloating the vessel.

1883 Manch. Examiner 24 Oct. 7/1 The company undertook to refloat, at their own expense, any vessel that went ashore in the canal.

1955 Times 20 Aug. 9/3 The motor vessel Star of Malta, which ran aground..and was refloated last Monday, left Malta this afternoon.

1977 Audubon Mar. 142/3 Captains manage to dump enough of their oily cargo to lighten and refloat their ships.

1993 Aquarist & Pondkeeper Oct. 8/1 Other front-page news..was..the general disappointment when attempts to refloat the [beached] whale failed and it died.

2. intransitive. Of a vessel: to float again after running aground.

ΚΠ

1884 A. W. Stiffe Return of Wrecks & Casualties Indian Waters 1883 150 She remained aground until next tide, when, having pumped out the after ballast tank, she refloated and proceeded on her voyage.

1906 Daily Chron. 23 June 6/3 On the rising tide the Talisman refloated.

1945 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 108 53 Disablement may be rectified on board, a fire may be put out by the crew, a vessel refloat by her own means, a leak be stopped.

2007 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 20 Aug. b3 The ship refloated as the tide came in and by 2 p.m. was headed back to Whittier.

II. Extended senses (Business and Finance).

a. transitive. To relaunch, regenerate, or restabilize (a failing business, economy, etc.). Cf. float v. 12.

ΚΠ

1880 [see refloating n. at Derivatives].

1890 Times 14 Jan. 3/4 It was proposed ‘to refloat the company in England’.

1954 Polit. Sci. Q. 69 74 The Dutch were compelled to follow an inflationary policy of cheap money and credit in order to refloat their national economy.

1973 Oxf. Mag. 1 June 1/2 He gallantly accepted the responsibility of re-floating it [sc. the Magazine].

1997 Harper's Mag. Mar. 25/1 The only way to refloat the sinking economies of the Thirties was to start the chain reaction of demand by sharply increasing governmental spending.

b. transitive. To float (a currency, loan, the shares of a company, etc.) again. Cf. float v. 12.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > float a loan again

refloat1925

1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 Feb. 3/3 Arrangements were made during the term to take up the outstanding railway subsidy twenty-year bonds..and refloat them at 6 per cent.

1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 120 61/1 Re-float the extinguished loans by issues of bonds acceptable to the United States.

1927 Econ. Jrnl. 37 46 Declared dividends show a marked difference between those spinning concerns which have been refloated and those which have not.

1941 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 56 153 (note) It is difficult to compare the relative expense of each method, because of..the unknown number of times it may be necessary to refloat a series of short loans.

1974 B. Pearce tr. S. Amin Accumulation on World Scale II. iii. 434 If a slump in cotton sales should occur, the central bank would refloat the producers through an additional issue.

1977 Economist 3 Sept. 67/1 Portugal refloats the escudo downwards.

1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. 17/1 Little more than a month later it refloated 22m Genentech shares at $97 a share.

Derivatives

reˈfloating n.

ΚΠ

1871 Daily News 14 Jan. 3/4 The necessary operations for the refloating of the French war vessel.

1880 D. C. Davies Treat. Metallif. Minerals & Mining 400 The greater share in the mine to be secured by a reconstruction or a refloating of the company, after a preliminary winding-up.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 2/1 The refloating of all the colonial loans.

1939 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 33 (Suppl.) 566 One of the eight, however, was destroyed because it had been accidentally stranded..on the Japanese shore, and its refloating was impossible.

1993 Lloyd's List 9 Feb. 10/1 Vessel still aground and refloating attempts are continuing by Vernicos tugs.

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

n.1594

v.¹1632

v.²1812

单词	refloat
释义	† refloatn. Forms: 1500s reflot, 1600s refloat, 1600s reflote. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, float n. Etymology: < re- prefix + float n. (compare float n. 2), probably after Middle French, French †reflot (1515). Compare refloat v.¹, and also reflow n. Obsolete. rare. A flowing back, ebbing (of the tide). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out ebba1000 ebbingc1000 fresha1552 fall1571 vale-water1589 refloat1594 reflow1610 downtide1668 recurrency1724 out1756 retroposition1836 ebb-tide1837 recurrence1857 1594 Gesta Grayorum in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1807) III. 317 Cynthias rays, Whose drawing virtues govern and direct The flots and re-flots of the ocean. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §907 The Maine Float and Refloat of the Sea..which is..Part of the Diurnal Motion. 1797 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. Refloat,..ebb, reflux. 1844 A. Reid Dict. Eng. Lang. Re-float, ebb; reflux.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † refloatv.¹ Forms: 1500s reflote, 1700s refloat. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: refloat n. Etymology: < refloat n., after French †reflotter, refloter (c1510 in Middle French). Compare float v., and earlier reflow v. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To flow back, ebb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > flow back regurgitate1578 reflow1609 refloat1632 regorge1654 re-streama1711 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb falleOE ebbOE wanec1290 reflow1429 to go out1595 to run out1608 refloat1632 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To reflote, refloter. 1777 W. Hurn Heath-Hill ii. 8 Breaking waves refloat from side to side. Derivatives refloating n. ΚΠ 1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 293 But as to the Ocean in general, the same Compass of Time, relating to its Floating and Refloating is usually expended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). refloatv.² Brit. /riːˈfləʊt/, U.S. /ˌriˈfloʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, float v. Etymology: < re- prefix + float v. Compare earlier refloat v.¹ I. Literal senses. 1. transitive. To float or set afloat again. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > again refloat1875 relaunch1885 1812 tr. H. L. J. B. Bertin & J. B. J. Breton China (ed. 2) III. 120 The ingenuity and difficulty consists in floating and refloating the ribbon by different movements in every kind of form. 1844 Times 2 Sept. 3/6 Buoys..require to be cleaned, painted, and refloated from their sand-bank moorings, once a-year. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1764/1 Ponton,..a water-tight structure..placed beneath a submerged vessel and then filled with air to assist in refloating the vessel. 1883 Manch. Examiner 24 Oct. 7/1 The company undertook to refloat, at their own expense, any vessel that went ashore in the canal. 1955 Times 20 Aug. 9/3 The motor vessel Star of Malta, which ran aground..and was refloated last Monday, left Malta this afternoon. 1977 Audubon Mar. 142/3 Captains manage to dump enough of their oily cargo to lighten and refloat their ships. 1993 Aquarist & Pondkeeper Oct. 8/1 Other front-page news..was..the general disappointment when attempts to refloat the [beached] whale failed and it died. 2. intransitive. Of a vessel: to float again after running aground. ΚΠ 1884 A. W. Stiffe Return of Wrecks & Casualties Indian Waters 1883 150 She remained aground until next tide, when, having pumped out the after ballast tank, she refloated and proceeded on her voyage. 1906 Daily Chron. 23 June 6/3 On the rising tide the Talisman refloated. 1945 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 108 53 Disablement may be rectified on board, a fire may be put out by the crew, a vessel refloat by her own means, a leak be stopped. 2007 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 20 Aug. b3 The ship refloated as the tide came in and by 2 p.m. was headed back to Whittier. II. Extended senses (Business and Finance). 3. a. transitive. To relaunch, regenerate, or restabilize (a failing business, economy, etc.). Cf. float v. 12. ΚΠ 1880 [see refloating n. at Derivatives]. 1890 Times 14 Jan. 3/4 It was proposed ‘to refloat the company in England’. 1954 Polit. Sci. Q. 69 74 The Dutch were compelled to follow an inflationary policy of cheap money and credit in order to refloat their national economy. 1973 Oxf. Mag. 1 June 1/2 He gallantly accepted the responsibility of re-floating it [sc. the Magazine]. 1997 Harper's Mag. Mar. 25/1 The only way to refloat the sinking economies of the Thirties was to start the chain reaction of demand by sharply increasing governmental spending. b. transitive. To float (a currency, loan, the shares of a company, etc.) again. Cf. float v. 12. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > float a loan again refloat1925 1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 Feb. 3/3 Arrangements were made during the term to take up the outstanding railway subsidy twenty-year bonds..and refloat them at 6 per cent. 1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 120 61/1 Re-float the extinguished loans by issues of bonds acceptable to the United States. 1927 Econ. Jrnl. 37 46 Declared dividends show a marked difference between those spinning concerns which have been refloated and those which have not. 1941 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 56 153 (note) It is difficult to compare the relative expense of each method, because of..the unknown number of times it may be necessary to refloat a series of short loans. 1974 B. Pearce tr. S. Amin Accumulation on World Scale II. iii. 434 If a slump in cotton sales should occur, the central bank would refloat the producers through an additional issue. 1977 Economist 3 Sept. 67/1 Portugal refloats the escudo downwards. 1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. 17/1 Little more than a month later it refloated 22m Genentech shares at $97 a share. Derivatives reˈfloating n. ΚΠ 1871 Daily News 14 Jan. 3/4 The necessary operations for the refloating of the French war vessel. 1880 D. C. Davies Treat. Metallif. Minerals & Mining 400 The greater share in the mine to be secured by a reconstruction or a refloating of the company, after a preliminary winding-up. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 2/1 The refloating of all the colonial loans. 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 33 (Suppl.) 566 One of the eight, however, was destroyed because it had been accidentally stranded..on the Japanese shore, and its refloating was impossible. 1993 Lloyd's List 9 Feb. 10/1 Vessel still aground and refloating attempts are continuing by Vernicos tugs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594v.¹1632v.²1812
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† refloatn.

† refloatv.1

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† refloatv.¹

refloatv.²