Refounded

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Established again after a earlier collapse, often with a new charter, purpose or structure
2. Set up anew on a fresh foundation, as an organization or institution that had ceased to exist
3. Rebuilt from the ground up as a new entity, giving an earlier institution a second start

Etymology: "Refounded" is the past tense and past participle of "refound," which simply means to found again: to establish or set up something anew after it has collapsed, been destroyed, or been abandoned. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning "again," attached to "found," meaning to establish or lay the base of something. "Found" traces back through Middle English "founden" and Old French "fonder" to Latin "fundare," meaning to lay a bottom or base, from "fundus," the bottom or base of something. The same root gives English "foundation" and "fund," so the idea of a firm base sits underneath the whole family of words. The prefix "re-" entered English from Latin and Old French, and it was attached freely to English verbs over the centuries. "Refound" follows that pattern, so the word is best understood as a plain combination of two familiar parts rather than a term with a dramatic history of its own.

Synonyms: reestablished, rebuilt, reconstituted

Antonyms: disbanded, dissolved