refight

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verb

To fight again.

OriginEnglish fight ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrefight (third-person singular simple present refights, present participle refighting, simple past and past participle refought)

present singular third person refights · participle present refighting · participle past refought · past refought

  1. To fight again.

    They delight to refight the battles and reslay the slain.

    1859, Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, page 665

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishfight
  7. Englishrefight

From re- + fight.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

freightfighter
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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