Refiles

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To restore items to their rightful positions within an organized system of storage
2. Returns papers or objects to their proper places in a filing system
3. Reorganizes materials by placing them back into their designated folders or locations

Etymology: "Refiles" is the third-person singular form of "refile," a verb meaning to put things back into their proper places within an organized filing system. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back," attached to "file," so the basic idea is simply to file something once more, returning it to the slot it belongs in. The noun "file" in its filing sense comes from Old French "fil," a thread or wire, which was used to string documents together. Over time the sense shifted from the thread itself to the bundle of papers it held, and then to the orderly system of storing them. The "re-" prefix was attached to the English word "file" to make a verb meaning to return something to that system.

Synonyms: reorganizes, rearranges, reclasses