refasten

verb

Definition of refastennext
as in to reattach

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  1. reattach
  2. resecure
  3. reconnect
  4. rejoin
  5. reunite
  6. reunify
  7. connect
Verb
  • After draining the barrel, detach your barrel from your downspout, reattach the downspout to your gutter, and then rinse the barrel with your hose.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Doctors were able to reattach part of her skull sooner than planned because of how much the swelling in her brain had subsided, her husband said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of reattach
Verb
  • If a data breach does happen, the Ultimate Security suite offers a white-glove service to guide you through steps to resecure your information.
    Advertising Content From Bitdefender, PCMAG, 1 May 2023
  • The grant will provide hands-on consulting to help small and medium-sized manufacturers restart their production, relaunch using new technologies, refocus on growing industries, reconnect with customers, reskill their workers, reshore their supply chains, and resecure their businesses.
    Laura Hancock, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2021
Definition of resecure
Verb
  • Use it to reflect on your leadership journey, reconnect with your values, and set a vision for the year ahead.
    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Fortunately, in recent years, there have been promising moves to reconnect habitat, even within an increasingly fragmented landscape.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of reconnect
Verb
  • The Saudis invited Syria to repudiate Iran and rejoin the Arab bloc.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Next year, My Chemical Romance will perform a stadium tour celebrating The Black Parade; Bryar was not slated to rejoin, having officially retired from drumming in 2021.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of rejoin
Verb
  • Hallmark Channel stars Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell are reuniting for another onscreen romance!
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The two reunited after previously ending their first engagement in 2004.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of reunite
Verb
  • The report also outlined recommendations for healing communities wracked by the social ills wrought by the schools, for revitalizing language and cultural support, for reunifying families, for reforms in tribal community education and for steps to reduce violence in tribal communities.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Barnes said all students were reunified with their parents.
    Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of reunify
Verb
  • Pets complete families, positively affect our mental and physical well-being, connect us socially and also contribute to the economy.
    Julie Castle, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This caused a culinary case of mistaken identity once the Overseas Highway connecting the Keys to the Florida mainland opened in 1912, and visitors from around the nation increasingly started traveling there.
    Chadd Scott, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of connect
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