Refound

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To set up an organization, institution, or settlement once more after it has collapsed or been dissolved
2. To start over and establish something anew on a fresh footing after its original base was lost
3. Re-establishing a body or community from the ground up after an earlier version ceased to exist

Etymology: "Refound" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again", attached to "found", "to set up or establish." The verb "found" traces back through Old French "fonder" to Latin "fundare," which meant to lay a foundation, and ultimately to "fundus," meaning the bottom or base of something. So the core idea is literal: to put down a base beneath a structure. "Re-" came into English through Old French "re-" from Latin "re-," and it is the same prefix that appears in "rebuild" and "reconsider." Attaching it to "found" gives the simple sense of establishing something a second time, whether a company, a town, or an organization that has collapsed or been dissolved. Because the prefix is productive, "refound" is a transparent coinage that speakers can form and understand at once without a specific inventor or famous first use.

Synonyms: re-establish, restore, rebuild, reconstitute, refound

Antonyms: dissolve, disband, abolish