redefect

English

Alternative forms

• re-defect

Etymology

re- +‎ defect

Verb

redefect (third-person singular simple present redefects, present participle redefecting, simple past and past participle redefected)

1. (intransitive) To defect again.
   • 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 563:

     Asked if she was surprised when Svetlana redefected, Sinyavsky's wife was quoted as saying "Princesses are always capricious. In every fairy tale."

Anagrams

• refected