Definition

To attach or secure something again after it has been loosened or undone.

Example

Please refasten your seatbelt before the flight takes off.

Tense Forms

Conversation

Can you help me refasten my backpack strap?

Sure! It looks like it came loose again.

I didn't expect it to come undone so easily.

Yeah, we should check if the buckle is still good.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Refasten → It is formed from "re-" (meaning again) and "fasten" (from Old English "fæstan", meaning to make firm or secure). The word "refasten" means to make something secure again or to fasten it once more.

Memory Tip

Think of 'fastening' something 'again' — 're-' means again, and 'fæstan' means to make firm.

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