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refinding

refinding is the present participle and gerund of refind.

Meaning of refind

Verb

refind (third-person singular simple present refinds, present participle refinding, simple past and past participle refound)

  1. To find something again.
    • Cardan, in his fifth book of Wisdom, gives an instance in a smith of Milan, a fellow-citizen of his, one Galeus de Rubeis, that being commended for refinding of an instrument of Archimedes, for joy ran mad., vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.300
    Synonyms:
    rediscover

Questions about refinding

What is refinding the present participle and gerund of?
Refinding is the present participle and gerund of refind.

Words near refinding in the dictionary

  1. refinances
  2. refinancing
  3. refinancings
  4. refind
  5. refindable
  6. refinding
  7. refinds
  8. refine
  9. refineability
  10. refineable
  11. refined

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