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Definition of "refit" [re•fit]

  • To prepare and equip for additional use. (verb-transitive)
  • To be made fit again. (verb-intransitive)
  • Repair of damage or wear: "a house . . . in need of a major refit” ( Nancy Holmes). (noun)
  • A secondary or subsequent preparation of supplies and equipment. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "refit" in a sentence
  • "In December, 1941, my ship HMCS Assiniboine was in refit in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, across the harbour from Halifax."
  • "The support structure took him and his brother 3 days to weld, and lest any of you should question his Trekkie status, he also tells me the ship design is the NCC-1701 "refit" used in the first three movies."
  • "I shall have to do what Captain Snow, my grandfather, calls 'refit' here in New York."