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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
refit
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a refitted shrimp boat
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A variety of area computer stores specialize in refitting older computers with new components.
▪ Both are still locked in commercial combat over the lucrative contract to refit Britain's Trident submarine fleet.
▪ But after her refit it seems there's little to concern the crew.
▪ Defence ministry sources said last night that officials were aware of the tanker refitting scheme.
▪ In 1987 a survey concluded that the theatre should shut immediately, to allow structural repairs, rewiring, refitting and restoration.
▪ Part of the surviving force was left at Kufra, while others were flown back to Kabrit to refit and resupply.
▪ Superdrug will now refit many high street shops with a new perfume counter.
▪ The survivors returned to Alexandria to refit as cavalry and received replacements from the County.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refit

Refit \Re*fit"\ (r?*f?t"), v. t.

  1. To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.
    --Macaulay.

  2. To fit out or supply a second time.

Refit

Refit \Re*fit"\, v. i. To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
refit

1660s, from re- "again" + fit (v.). Originally nautical. Related: Refitted; refitting.

Wiktionary
refit

n. An act of having something fitted again, or replaced. vb. 1 To fit again; to put back into its place. 2 To prepare for use again; to repair or restore. 3 To fit out or supply again.

WordNet
refit
  1. n. outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)

  2. v. fit out again

  3. [also: refitting, refitted]

Wikipedia
Refit

For the boot menu, see rEFIt.

Refitting or refit of boats includes repairing, fixing, restoring, renewing, mending, and renovating an old vessel. Refitting has become one of the most important activities inside a shipyard. It offers a variety of services for an old vessel of any size and kind starting with the construction itself and what is added to it, such as hardware, electric & hydraulic systems, entertainment systems, etc.

Refitting can be divided into several main subjects:

  • Adding or replacing: for example replacing old deck equipment with new or refurbished ones.
  • Modifying: for example modifying a yacht for participating in and winning a regatta.
  • Customizing: for example customizing a yacht for the owner's needs and desires.
  • Modernizing: for example modernizing an old yacht with modern styling, technologies and systems.
  • Restoring: for example restoring an old wooden boat for preservation.

Usage examples of "refit".

Bradford, and are not allowed by Professor Arber to forget--as apart of her refitting in Holland.

The consort was a pinnace--as vessels of her class were then and for many years called--of sixty tons burden, as already stated, having two masts, which were put in--as we are informed by Bradford, and are not allowed by Professor Arber to forget--as apart of her refitting in Holland.

In six months before this latest refit, I am informed, the Biter saw action of a sort just thrice.

Castelnuovo, on the northern tip of the Bocche di Cattaro: Caroline was being repaired and refitted in a perfectly reputable yard just round the headland.

Mac watched the holo display as it enacted the operation, a strobe of light flashing over the capital as the thin red line representing Gyton shot around the planet and encountered the orbiting station refitting the fleet.

The refit of the Hawkbill had been a major accomplishment in this endeavor: the submarine had taken on an impressive array of sonar, seismic equipment, and a battery of other electronics intended for use by academic and governmental researchers.

Twenty-seven thousand of her people had expended their fortunes and risked their lives to refit an ancient Hegira seedship and transport everyone -- men, women, children, pets, livestock -- in a forty-nine-year cold-sleep voyage to nearby Vitus-Gray-Balianus B, where the WorldWeb-era inhabitants had died out after the Fall.

Yaut had squirted a datastream back to Aguilera and Nath at the refit facility for evaluation.

The two contingents, having mustered in Bekla upon the first slackening of the rains and spent several days in equipping and refitting, had been assembled by Kembri at dawn that morning in the Caravan Market.

And by the way, George, all we humans have or will undergo refitting of one kind or another.

Every dozen hours or so you may go to the beach, when clement, or explore this station, as he did, but you should return there to resume the refitting procedure.

I am discovering, dear brother, that the improvements resulting from my refitting depend for their maintenance upon frequent contact with the Errin.

You may invite her to return if you wish after your refitting and after you re-establish an Earth gate, if you do, though I should advise against contacting her.

Kharl was kept busy with the hull work, and, at the end, with refitting the interior timbers and braces against the new hull.

The preparations for refitting and increasing the navy of Spain were carried on with such extraordinary vigour, that other nations believed an expedition was intended against the corsairs of Algiers, who had for some time grievously infested the trade and coasts of the Mediterranean.