refasten
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refasten (third-person singular simple present refastens, present participle refastening, simple past and past participle refastened)
- (transitive) To fasten again.
- They had to refasten their safety belts before the driver would continue.
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- The chain was removed. Lessingham and I entered. Then the door was refastened and the chain replaced.