refile

See also: refilé and re-file

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English file

English refile

From re- + file.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪl

Verb

refile (third-person singular simple present refiles, present participle refiling, simple past and past participle refiled)

1. (transitive) To file again or differently.

   Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.

   • 2025 September 19, Peter Charalambous, “Judge tosses Trump's $15B defamation suit against New York Times, Penguin Random House”, in ABC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 September 2025:

     U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday on Friday struck the complaint and gave the president's lawyers 28 days to refile their lawsuit.

Anagrams

• e-filer, relfie, Leifer, relife, relief, liefer, Feiler

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: refilent, refiles

Verb

refile

1. inflection of refiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

refile

1. inflection of refilar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative