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refret

verb

Etymology

From Middle English refreit, from Anglo-Norman refreit (“response”), refraindre (“to sing a refrain”); also Old French refreit (“refrain”). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests influence from an unattested Late Latin form, refrangere; compare Latin refractus (past participle). See refrain (noun), refract.

  1. derived from refreit
  2. derived from refreit
  3. inherited from refreit

Definitions

  1. To replace the frets on (a musical instrument).

    • Can you refret my guitar?

  2. A refrain.

    • The refret or burden of the song in ver. 6, 8, 9, 10, “Yet have ye not returned to me,”[…] alludes to Deut. iv. 29(30),

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