Refastens

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Attaches or secures something once more after it has been undone
2. Closes or fixes back in place an item that was previously opened or loosened
3. Reattaches or tightens an object again after it has been released or detached

Etymology: This is an inflected form: "refastens" is the third-person singular present of "refasten", so the verb itself is the one to trace. "Refasten" is a plain compound made of the prefix "re-", meaning "again", and "fasten", meaning to make something secure or to attach it firmly. The prefix "re-" came into English from Latin "re-", which carried the same sense of repetition or backward motion, and it reached English by way of Old French "re-" and Middle English "re-". The base "fasten" is an older English word, rooted in the notion of holding things firmly together, so "refasten" simply means to fix something in place once more after it has come loose.

Synonyms: reattaches, reclips, resecure