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redefect

redefect verb: to defect again.

Verb

redefect (third-person singular simple present redefects, present participle redefecting, simple past and past participle redefected)

  1. (intransitive) To defect again.
    • Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale."2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563

Forms of redefect

third-person singular presentredefects
present participleredefecting
past participleredefected
pastredefected
alternative formre-defect

Origin of redefect

From re- + defect.

Questions about redefect

What does redefect mean?
Redefect means to defect again.
What part of speech is redefect?
Redefect is a verb.
What is the past tense of redefect?
The past tense of redefect is redefected.

Words near redefect in the dictionary

  1. redefaults
  2. redefeat
  3. redefeated
  4. redefeating
  5. redefeats
  6. redefect
  7. redefected
  8. redefecting
  9. redefection
  10. redefections
  11. redefects

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