refigure

See also: refiguré

English

Etymology

re- + figure

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)

Verb

refigure (third-person singular simple present refigures, present participle refiguring, simple past and past participle refigured)

  1. (transitive) To figure again or anew.
    • 2007 November 29, Marci Alboher, “Like Marriage, Business Takes Work”, in New York Times:
      "I'm taking a step back to refigure out my own career, as is Sweet Talk," Ms. Gallo said.
  2. (transitive) To duplicate.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 6:
      Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
      If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee ...
  3. (transitive, astronomy) To restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.

Spanish

Verb

refigure

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refigurar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refigurar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of refigurar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refigurar.
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