fix
verb (used with object)
to repair; mend.
refix
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a word derived from
fix.
Example Sentences
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Invert the barrels, muzzle downwards, while you refix your dry tow on the rod.
From The Dog by Dinks
He took his hat from the peg which he had been intending to unship and refix at a lower level for the last fifteen years, and followed her meekly into the garden.
From The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman
Engines, classification of, rotative, definition of; rotatory, definition of; single acting, definition of; double acting, definition of; mode of erecting in a vessel; how to refix if they have become loose.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
All black cockades are ruthlessly plucked off: one individual picks his up again; kisses it, attempts to refix it; but a 'hundred canes start into the air,' and he desists.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
I foresaw her intention to refix herself, and sent for a surgeon, enquiring how many hours it would require to restore her from her agitation; and he named the time.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
