"refly" meaning in English

See refly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reflies [present, singular, third-person], reflying [participle, present], reflew [past], reflown [participle, past]
Etymology: re- + fly Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|fly}} re- + fly Head templates: {{en-verb|reflies|reflying|reflew|reflown}} refly (third-person singular simple present reflies, present participle reflying, simple past reflew, past participle reflown)
  1. to fly again
    Sense id: en-refly-en-verb-w~ZqAt0e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

Inflected forms

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