redefect

redefect

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Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin de-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin facio
Latin dēficiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin dēfectusbor.
English defect
English redefect

    From re- + defect.

    Verb

    redefect (third-person singular simple present redefects, present participle redefecting, simple past and past participle redefected)

    1. (intransitive) To defect again.
      • 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563:
        Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale."

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