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refigere

refigere [CL =to unfasten] 1 to drive in, fix in again. 1167 si dominus Pictavensis ad alicujus preces clavum ~at in oculum [cf. Num. xxxiii 55] latusque sagitta perforet J. Sal. Ep. 254 (221); visceraque ejus patefacta palo in terram refixo circumligantes M. Par. Maj. I 153; clientum ‥ cordas [tentorii] ‥ †refigencium [ed.: defigencium] G. Hen. V 24 (v. defigere 5a). 2 to fasten, fix (person in place). s1306 suspensus eminus quia latro, truncatus capite ut homicida, refixusque eculeo per dies viginti igne quoque finaliter est combustus Flor. Hist. III 134.

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