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refigure

verb

refigure is a verb meaning “To figure again or anew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-I-G-U-R-E, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does refigure mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To figure again or anew.

  2. 2

    To duplicate.

  3. 3

    To restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of refigure

  • refigures present, singular, he/she/it
  • refiguring participle, present
  • refigured participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is refigure?

Refigure appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does refigure come from?

From re- + figure.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).