Meanings
verbrefile (third-person singular simple present refiles, present participle refiling, simple past and past participle refiled)
present singular third person refiles · participle present refiling · participle past refiled · past refiled
- transitiveTo file again or differently.
Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.
1 more example
U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday on Friday struck the complaint and gave the president's lawyers 28 days to refile their lawsuit.
2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2025
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishfile
- Englishrefile
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with refile
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Cite this entry
APA
refile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refile
MLA
“refile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refile.
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