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单词 refind
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refindv.

Brit. /riːˈfʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌriˈfaɪnd/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle refound;
Forms: see re- prefix and find v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, find v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + find v.
transitive. To find (something or someone) again. Also intransitive.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > again
findOE
recovera1387
refind1499
rediscover1625
retrieve1647
1499 Contempl. Synners (de Worde) sig. Dvv That though men wolde theyr lost lyf refounde Euyll vsage maketh..grete Impedyment.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. v. sig. H4v If found, thou maist refinde, because thou hadst her.
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies iv. 17 Ægypt, that once did feel heauen's scourge,..would now refinde it.
1796 S. J. Arnold Creole II. xvi. 141 The consideration of soon again seeing his friend Alcovan;..and the hope of re-finding Cozmin, afforded infinite satisfaction to his feelings and his heart.
1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. viii. 154 Tomlinson..was glad to re-find a person who had known him in his beaux jours.
1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 42 Maw refound the plant in 1869.
1933 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 58 27 Some of these old garden plants have been refound in a wild state.
1955 A. M. Lindbergh Gift from Sea iv. 69 Only a refound person can refind a personal relationship.
1993 S. Faulks Birdsong (1994) 33 There were still rooms in the house..which, having once glanced into, he could not refind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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