"refasten" meaning in English

See refasten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: refastens [present, singular, third-person], refastening [participle, present], refastened [participle, past], refastened [past]
Etymology: From re- + fasten. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|fasten}} re- + fasten Head templates: {{en-verb}} refasten (third-person singular simple present refastens, present participle refastening, simple past and past participle refastened)
  1. (transitive) To fasten again. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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