"re-fuse" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: re-fuses [present, singular, third-person], re-fusing [participle, present], re-fused [participle, past], re-fused [past]
Etymology: re- + fuse. The hyphen is to avoid confusion with refuse. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|fuse}} re- + fuse, {{m|en|refuse}} refuse Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-fuse (third-person singular simple present re-fuses, present participle re-fusing, simple past and past participle re-fused)
  1. (transitive) To fit with another fuse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-re-fuse-en-verb-rxE804WD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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