Refounds

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Sets up an organization, institution or community again on a new basis after it has ceased or been destroyed
2. Establishes anew something that once existed, typically by building it up from its foundations once more
3. Re-establishes an institution or enterprise on a fresh footing, often with a new charter or purpose

Etymology: "Refounds" is the third-person singular form of "refound", which means to found again or to establish anew. The verb is built from the prefix "re-", meaning again, and "found", the verb meaning to establish or set up. "Found" itself reaches English through Old French "fonder" from Latin "fundare", to lay a base, a word rooted in "fundus", meaning bottom or base, which is why founding a city or institution is at heart a matter of laying a foundation. The prefix "re-" came into English from Old French "re-", ultimately from Latin "re-", so the whole word is a straightforward English compound of two inherited parts.

Synonyms: reestablish, reconstitute, reorganize, rebuild

Antonyms: dissolve, disband