refanning

Verb

refan (third-person singular simple present refans, present participle refanning, simple past and past participle refanned)

1. To spread again.
   • You flashing star that shines so bright In the pale moon's pallor light, A sullen hope erstwhile now springs, And the lost soul refans its wings; It mounts, falls further down in scorn, A victim for thee, O brother worm.1910, William Scott, Poems, page 22
2. To cause air to blow on again.
   • The heat was great, and the nights were passed in fanning oneself to sleep, awaking, and refanning to sleep again.1872, William Morrison Bell, Other Countries - Volume 2, page 11
3. (figuratively) To revive or reinvigorate.
   • When gaining a victory, visions of further successes buoyed me up and refanned my sinking courage ; a well-contested but lost game caused me to apply myself to renewed study, and so engaged I often passed the midnight hours in solitude over the chess-board.1881, How Mephisto was Caught: A Chess Legend, page 331
4. To winnow again.
   • I know that I am dilating upon a subject that I have already made mention of, but it cannot be too forcibly brought to the attention of planters that the selection of Mother Seed of the very best quality is of vital importance and that no rice ought to be planted that has not gone through a...1916, The Rice Journal ... - Volume 19, Issues 3-12, page 35
5. To retrofit an airplane engine with a turbofan that reduces noise.
   • A new engine would have to be markedly superior not only to the JT8D but also to a JT8D or Rolls-Royce Spey refanned to a higher bypass ration.1998, Robert V. Garvin, Starting Something Big: The Commercial Emergence of GE Aircraft Engines, →ISBN

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