re-fusionn.2
/ˌriːˈfjuːʒn/, U.S. /riˈfjuʒ(ə)n/ The action or process of re-fuse v.2; (also) an instance or result of this.
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the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > [noun] > again
remelting1622
re-fusion1811
the world > space > shape > [noun] > that which is shaped > again
refounta1859
re-fusion1863
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 460 This tumefaction usually accompanies a refusion, in our fires, of solid glasses and volcanic enamels.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xii. 308 Leonato is a re-fusion of old Capulet, but without his fussiness and dollying.
1879 Proc. Royal Soc. 30 56 The contraction continues,..and causes the re-fusion of drops that have at one time been separate.
1901 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 271 Re-fusion of coarse copper brings to it the quality of blistered copper.
1965 Biol. Bull. 128 129 The re-fusion of fragmented chromosomes.
1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) xix. 349 Fervid grooming..as the glossy happy chimps effected their refusion as a group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.21811- to tie neck and heels
- to tie off
- to tie one on
- to tie someone to the stake
- to tie the bridal knot
- to tie the hands of
- to tie the knot
- to tie the rap on
- to tie to
- to tie to the stake
- to tie up
- to tie up in a knot
- to tie up in knots
- to tie up into a knot
- to tie up into knots
- to tie up one's hands, one's tongue
- to tie with st mary's knot
- to tig and tar
- to tighten one's belt
- to tilt up
- to time
- to time it out
- to time out
- to time that
- to tine one's ears