refight

refight

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English fight
English refight

    From re- + fight.

    Verb

    refight (third-person singular simple present refights, present participle refighting, simple past and past participle refought)

    1. To fight again.
      • 1859, Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, page 665:
        They delight to refight the battles and reslay the slain.

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