refind

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Etymology

From re- +‎ find.

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refind (third-person singular simple present refinds, present participle refinding, simple past and past participle refound)

  1. To find something again.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.300:
      Cardan, in his fifth book of Wisdom, gives an instance in a smith of Milan, a fellow-citizen of his, one Galeus de Rubeis, that being commended for refinding of an instrument of Archimedes, for joy ran mad.
    • 1987 December 20, Roland Dube, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 14:
      I used to get your paper back in the early '80s but then you burned down and I lost touch with you. Just refound your address!
    • 2008 November 22, Brian A. Howey, “The Obama 'Landslide' Impact”, in Howey Politics Indiana:
      Clark now sees an opportunity to help Republicans refind their soul and message.

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