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re-fuse

re-fuse verb: to fit with another fuse.

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.
    • The plugs are made of porcelain in one piece, and can readily be re-fused, as with these boards it is not necessary to open a circuit switch to re-fuse a circuit[…]1897, American Electrician: Volume 9
    • It incorporates the same simple re-fusing device as is used in the standard Ediswan Clix BS 1363 Fused Plug, and the adaptor outlet is shuttered.1953, The Electrical Journal: Volume 150

Forms of re-fuse

third-person singular presentre-fuses
present participlere-fusing
past participlere-fused
pastre-fused

Origin of re-fuse

From re- + fuse. The hyphen is to avoid confusion with refuse.

Questions about re-fuse

What does re-fuse mean?
Re-fuse means to fit with another fuse.
What part of speech is re-fuse?
Re-fuse is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-fuse?
The past tense of re-fuse is re-fused.

Words near re-fuse in the dictionary

  1. re-forms
  2. re-frame
  3. re-framed
  4. re-frames
  5. re-framing
  6. re-fuse
  7. re-fused
  8. re-fuses
  9. re-fusing
  10. re-gay
  11. re-gayed

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