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t. [OF. (and F.) re fonder, found or build again, George II. refounded and reformed the Chair which I have the honour to fill. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 4. refound2 (rē-found'), v. t. [ Perhaps they are all antient bells refounded . T. Warton , Hist. Kidding ton, p. 8. refounder (rē-foun'dėr), n . [ refound1 + -er1 . ] One who refounds, rebuilds, or reëstablishes. Charlemagne, the refounder of that empire which is the ideal of despotism in the Western world. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 142. refract (re-frakt'), v. t. [= F. réfracter, Visual beams refracted through another's eye. Selden, Pref. to Drayton's Polyolbion.