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Synonyms for refit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-fit |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈfɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for refit Other synonyms for the word refit
- aid
- amend
- begin again
- better
- brace
- breathe new life into
- bring up to date
- clean up
- cleanse
- condition
- convalesce
- darn
- do
- do up
- doctor
- emend
- exhilarate
- face-lift
- fiddle with
- freshen
- furbish
- gain
- gentrify
- get better
- get well
- give a new look to
- go over
- gussy up
- knit
- look up
- make over
- mend
- overhaul
- patch
- perk up
- re-create
- reactivate
- ready
- reawaken
- rebuild
- recommence
- recondition
- reconstitute
- reconstruct
- recover
- recreate
- rectify
- recuperate
- redo
- redress
- reequip
- reestablish
- refit
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- regenerate
- rehab
- rehabilitate
- reinvigorate
- rejuvenate
- rekindle
- remake
- remedy
- remodel
- renew
- renovate
- reopen
- repair
- repeat
- replace
- replenish
- restate
- restock
- restore
- resume
- resurrect
- resuscitate
- retouch
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- revise
- revitalize
- revive
- revivify
- right
- service
- set to rights
- sew
- spruce
- spruce up
- stimulate
- transform
- update
Définition of refit
Origin :- 1660s, from re- "again" + fit (v.). Originally nautical. Related: Refitted; refitting.
- As in mend : verb correct, improve, fix
- As in refurbish : verb spruce up
- As in renew : verb start over; refurbish
- As in renovate : verb fix up, modernize
- As in re-create : verb renew
- As in recondition : verb renew
- The Kensington was dismasted, and had to return to refit, but we did not part a rope-yarn.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The next morning all hands set to work with a will to refit the schooner.
- Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
- On the other side of the river was a big camp, where troops were sent to refit and rest.
- Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
- Also, is overhauled, or examined, to determine the refit demanded.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- The schooner had only left Guernsey, after a refit, the day before I was taken on board her.
- Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Good wharves have been built, and ships of 700 tons can refit alongside them.
- Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- At last they were compelled to go into harbour, both to refit and to divide their booty.
- Extract from : « Mark Seaworth » by William H.G. Kingston
- We might have to put in to refit, and want spars, etc., from the naval yard.
- Extract from : « Held Fast For England » by G. A. Henty
- In a fortnight, we anchored in Gibraltar Bay, and the ship was stripped to refit.
- Extract from : « Peter Simple » by Frederick Marryat
- I should advise that we bear up, and run back to Table Bay to refit.
- Extract from : « The Phantom Ship » by Frederick Marryat
Antonyms for refit
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