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refigure, v.|riːˈfɪg(jʊ)ə(r)|
[ad. obs. F. refigurer or late L. refigurāre (Vulgate).]
1. trans. To figure again; to represent anew.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 473 Refigurynge here shape, here womanhede, Wiþ-inne his herte. c1470Harding Chron. xxxiii. iv, His triumphes all..Well wrought about, in ymagerie and scripture, Full royally wrought for to refigure. c1600Shakes. Sonn. vi, Ten times thy selfe were happier then thou art, If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 285 The child doth not more expresly refigure the visage of his Father, then that book resembles the stile of the Remonstrant. 1776Da Costa Elem. Conchol. viii. 171 Plancus describes and figures some very minute Nautili... Gualtieri refigures three species of them. 1867Longfellow tr. Dante, Inferno xxxi. 35 When the fog is vanishing away, Little by little doth the sight refigure Whate'er the mist..conceals.
2. spec. To restore (a metallic speculum) to the original parabolic figure.
1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 146/1 If such a mirror is much exposed,..frequent repolishing will be necessary. This involves refiguring, which is the most delicate and costly process of all. |