to refound

Examples

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• The charity was refound after several years of inactivity to support the local community again.

• Yet, the conflict issued in something sublime: the Union was saved and refounded on the fundamental principle of emancipation.

  Academic text (2002)

• In a sense, Mexico's institutions need to be refounded.

  Academic text (2006)

• Aimed at "refounding the tools of our cultural policy," the mission will exchange with both actors of the cultural world and internet users in France and abroad.

  Blog text (18)

• The separation of religion and politics, and power and opinion, is the crucial precondition for refounding the political world around the idea of human rights.

  Academic text (2002)

• Her old-fashioned frugality, born from the necessities of her youth, is newly refound in countrywide recycling programs born from environmental necessity.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Yet, blocked by a shaky government pact, internal dissension, and rivalries with other indigenous and popular leaders, the MAS's legislative efforts to "refound the country" have instead foundered.

  Academic text (2004)

• In 31 B.C., after his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at the nearby Battle of Actium, Augustus refounded Butrint as a Roman veterans' colony, signaling the beginning of a long period of impressive public building at the site.

  Academic text (2006)

• After reflecting on my previous experiences, I successfully refound my motivation for studying art.

• In 2021, the organization aimed to refound its mission of protecting endangered species.

Synonyms

R

to revive

vsto refound

104 4.2

Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten

establish it again when it no longer existed rather than only restoring activity

R

to resurrect

vsto refound

42 6.8

Bring something back into use after it was forgotten

create or start it again when it had fully ceased to exist

R

to reestablish

vsto refound

37 4.3

To bring back something that stopped or was lost

establish it again as a new foundation rather than restoring previous form

R

to reconstitute

vsto refound

18 7.0

Form something again after it has been destroyed or changed

establish it again without focusing on creating a new structure

R

to relaunch

vsto refound

7 3.9

To start something again after it stops or after you change it

establish it again fully rather than merely reintroducing or marketing it again

R

to reinstitute

vsto refound

6 6.1

To start again a rule or practice that stopped

establish things again more generally, not only formal rules or practices

R

to reinitiate

vsto refound

1 5.9

To start a process or system again after it stopped

start it again after it has fully ended rather than after brief interruptions

Antonyms

A

to abolish

112 4.1

To officially end a law, system, or practice

How Restored

to rebuild

485 2.8

to refound

1 6.2

to reestablish

37 4.3

to reconstitute

18 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology