refounder

[Eng. refound (2); -er.] One who refounds or reestablishes. rě-frăct, v . t . [Latin refract us , pa. par. of re fringo to break up: re -back, again, and frango = to break; Fr. réfracter .] 1. Ord. Lang.: To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off. 2. Optics : To break the natural course of, as of a ray of light; to deflect or cause to deviate from a direct course in pa ing from one medium into another of a different density. [REFRACTION, 2.] "Refracting and reflecting the sunbeams in such an angle."- Cudworth : Intell . System , p. 9.