Lewis & Short

dif-fingo, ĕre, v. a., to form differently, to remodel, to make anew (very rare; perh. only in the foll. passages).

  1. I. Prop.: ferrum incude, Hor. C. 1, 35, 39.
  2. II. Trop.: neque diffinget infectumque reddet, Quod fugiens semel hora vexit, to alter, Hor. C. 3, 29, 47 (but in id. S. 2, 1, 79 read diffindere).