▪ I. refound, v.1
(riːˈfaʊnd)
[f. re- 5 a + found v.2; cf. OF. refonder (12th c.).]
trans. To found (a town, etc.) again; to re-establish. Also fig.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xxxviii. 28 The grit victour agane is rissin on hicht..; our fayth is now refoundit. 1641 W. Cartwright Lady-Errant v. ii, Her service hath Preserv'd the Kingdom, and refounded Cyprus. 1702–3 Atterbury Let. Misc. Wks. 1739 I. 159 The other bill is to enable the Queen to re-found the Savoy. 1761 London & Environs IV. 296 This hospital was..suppressed by Henry V and re⁓founded by Edward IV. 1869 Goldw. Smith Lect. Mod. Hist. iv. 16 This Colony did not..require to be refounded. 1879 Farrar St. Paul I. 505 Cassander had re-founded it, and changed its name from Therma to Thessalonica. |
Hence reˈfounding vbl. n.
| 1754 Pococke Trav. (Camden) II. 112 The first foundation of the church by Wilfrid, and the refounding by K. H. 8th. 1893 Malleson (title) The Refounding of the German Empire. |
▪ II. refound, v.2
(riːˈfaʊnd)
[f. re- 5 a + found v.3; cf. F. refondre (12th c.).]
trans. To cast (objects of metal) again; to recast.
| a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 60 Why..when these old medalls were defaced..he might not refound them,..he thought no sufficient reason could be given. 1781 Warton Hist. Kiddington 8 Perhaps they are all antient bells refounded. 1865 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xxi. ii. (1872) IX. 265 All our Cannon..needed to be refounded. |
▪ III. † reˈfound, v.3 Sc. Obs.
[var. of refund v.1; cf. confound, infound.]
1. trans. To refund, restore.
| 1546 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 41 The saidis Eirle and Lord..oblissis thame..to refound and deliver the samin agane to the persone fra quhame the samin hapins to be taikin. 1572–3 Ibid. II. 186 For warrandice to the said Archibald..and refounding to him of the pryces thairof acclamit be him. 1632 Lithgow Trav. x. 476 Thy money and Patents shall be refounded. |
b. To make good, repair, redress.
| a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 42 Cause all enormities and crymes committet..to be refoundit and randerit witht in ȝour boundis. Ibid. 82 To refound the skaythtis and iniurieis done be thame of befoir. |
2. To cast the blame of (something) on or upon a person or thing.
| a 1653 Binning Serm. (1845) 438 They do not refound it upon God, Who is righteous in all His ways, but retort it upon themselves. c 1680 MacWard Contend. (1723) 144 The want whereof is to be refounded on this court stratagem. Ibid. 147 The marring of that unity..is to be refounded upon that intimacy. |