refledgev.
/riːˈflɛdʒ/, U.S. /ˌriˈflɛdʒ/ Chiefly poetic.
transitive. To fledge again. Also reflexive. Frequently in extended use.
ΚΠ
1798 R. Clifford in tr. A. Barruel Mem. IV. p. xi A Sparrow-hawk, who thus re-fledges itself.
1829 R. Southey Pilgrim to Compostella ii, in All for Love 169 In flew the feathers,..And the Cock and the Hen in a trice were refledged.
1850 R. Browning Easter Day xxiv Scared if the South firmament With North-fire did its wings refledge!
1884 R. W. Dixon Odes & Eclogues 6 Hours that shall the naked boughs re-fledge In seasons high.
1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 25/4 He could not refledge his countenance here, where at any moment Wilhelmina Borden might behold him.
1997 M. Bidney Patterns of Epiphany v. 126 The buried fire of ancient art..has descended into the dark mold, which is yet repeatedly refledged..with each imagined, epiphanic portrait.
Derivatives
reˈfledging n.
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1888 W. Pater Gaston de Latour iii, in Macmillan's Mag. 58 259/1 The flush and re-fledging of the black earth itself in that fervent springtide.
1987 G. R. F. Ferrari Listening to Cicadas vi. 161 In terms of the allegorical re-fledging of the lover's soul.
2002 M. S. Athan Parrots 81/2 (heading) Refledging.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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