redefect

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verb

To defect again.

OriginEnglish defect ← Latin dēfectus ← Proto-Italic *fakjō →
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Meanings

verbredefect (third-person singular simple present redefects, present participle redefecting, simple past and past participle redefected)

present singular third person redefects · participle present redefecting · participle past redefected · past redefected · alternative re-defect

  1. intransitiveTo defect again.

    Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale."

    2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*de
  7. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  8. Proto-Italic*dē
  9. Latindē
  10. Latinde-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  15. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  16. Latinfacio
  17. Latindēficiō
  18. Latindēfectus
  19. Englishdefect
  20. Englishredefect

From re- + defect.

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APA

redefect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redefect

MLA

“redefect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redefect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redefect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redefect.

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