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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Re-fōrm'a-tive, a. p. 1106Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. (Good.)Re-fōrm'a-to-ry, a. p. 1106Tending to produce reformation; reformative.Re-fōrm'a-to-ry, n. p. 1106An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc.Re-fōrmed', p. a. p. 1106Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the church formed as the result of the Reformation, and of the members of that church; also, in a more restricted sense…Re-fōrm'er, n. p. 1106One who effects a reformation or amendment; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther…Re-fôrm’ist, n. p. 1106One who is of the reformed religion. Howell. 2. One who proposes or favors a political reform.Rē-fôr'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1106A fortifying anew, or a second time. Mitford.Rē-fôr'ti-fy, v. t. p. 1106To fortify anew.Re-fōs'sion, n. p. 1106The act of digging up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Rē-found', v. t. p. 1106To found or cast anew. Warton. 2. To found or establish again; to re-establish.Rē-found'er, n. p. 1106One who refounds.Re-frāct′, v. t. p. 1106To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off. 2. (Opt.) To break the natural course of, as rays of light; to cause to deviate from a direct course; as, a dense medium refracts the rays of light as…Re-frăct'ed, p. a. p. 1106(Opt.) Turned from a direct course; as, refracted rays of light. 2. (Bot. & Conch.) Bent back at an acute angle; bent suddenly as if broken; as, a refracted corolla. Martyn. Humble.Re-frāct'ing, p. a. p. 1106Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. Refracting dial, a dial in which the hour is shown by means of some transparent refracting fluid. Hutton.—Refracting telescope. See TELESCOPE.Re-frac'tion, n. p. 1106The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. (Opt.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that…Re-frăct′ive, a. p. 1106Serving or having power to refract or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive powers. Refractive index, or index of refraction, of a substance, the ratio of the sine of…Rē/frae-tŏm'e-ter, n. p. 1106A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.Re-frăct'o-ri-ly, adv. p. 1106In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.Re-frăc't'o-ri-ness, n. p. 1106The quality or condition of being refractory; perverse or sullen obstinacy in opposition or disobedience; resistance to management or treatment; unmanageableness. I never allowed any man's…Re-frăct'o-ry, a. p. 1106Sullen or perverse in opposition or disobedience; obstinate in non-compliance; contumacious; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and…Re-frâct'o-ry, n. p. 1106A person obstinate in opposition or disobedience. Bp. Hall. 2. Obstinate opposition; refractoriness. [Obs. and rare.] Bp. Taylor.Rēf'ra-ga-ble, a. p. 1106Capable of being refuted; refutable. [Rare.]Re-frāin’, v. t. p. 1106To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. Nor from the Holy One of heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton. 2. To keep one’s self from; to abstain from.…Re-frāin', v. i. p. 1106To keep from action or interference; to forbear; to abstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. Syn.—To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.Re-frāin′, n. p. 1106The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate divisions of a poetic composition.Re-frāin'er, n. p. 1106One who refrains.Re-frâin'ment, n. p. 1106The act of refraining. [Obs.]Re-frāme', v. t. p. 1106To frame again.Re-frān'/ġi-bil'/i-ty, n. p. 1106The quality of being refrangible; a disposition of rays of light to be refracted or turned out of a direct course, in passing out of one transparent body or medium into another.Re-frăn'gi-ble, a. p. 1106Capable of being refracted or turned out of a direct course in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.Re-frān'gi-ble-ness, n. p. 1106The quality of being refrangible; refrangibility.Rēf're-nā'tion, n. p. 1106The act of restraining. [Obs.]Re-frēsh', v. t. p. 1106To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to re-invigorate; to enliven anew; to re-animate. For they have refreshed my…Re-frēsh', n. p. 1106The act of refreshing. [Obs.] Daniel.Re-frĕsh'er, n. p. 1106One who, or that which, refreshes, revives, or invigorates. I took care that he should receive a refresher, as lawyers call it — a new and revised brief. De Quincy.Re-frēsh'ing, p. a. p. 1106Cooling; invigorating; reviving; reanimating.Re-frēsh'ing-ly, adv. p. 1106In a refreshing manner; so as to refresh, or give new life.Re-frĕsh'ing-ness, n. p. 1106The quality of being refreshing.Re-frēsh'ful, a. p. 1106Full of power to refresh; refreshing. They spread their breathing harvest to the sun, That throws refreshful round a rural smell. Thomson.Re-frĕsh'ment, n. p. 1106The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes…Re-frēt', n. p. 1107The burden of a song; refrain. [Obs.] Bailey.Re-frīg'er-ant, a. p. 1107Cooling; allaying heat. Bacon.Re-frīg'er-ant, n. p. 1107That which abates heat, or cools; hence, that which tends to allay excited feeling. “Unctuous liniments or salves . . . devised as lenitive and refrigerant.” Holland.Re-frig'er-āte, v. t. p. 1107To allay the heat of; to cool; to refresh.Re-frig'er-ā'tion, n. p. 1107The act of cooling; the abatement of heat; state of being cooled.Re-frĭg'er-a-tive, a. p. 1107Allaying heat; cooling. Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor.Re-frĭg'er-a-tīve, n. p. 1107A remedy that allays heat; a cooling medicine.Re-frĭg'er-ā'tor, n. p. 1107That which refrigerates, or keeps cool; as, (a.) A box for keeping articles cool in summer by means of ice. (b.) An apparatus for rapid cooling, connected with a still, &c.Re-frig'er-a-to-ry, a. p. 1107Mitigating heat; cooling.Re-frĭg'er-a-to-ry, n. p. 1107That which refrigerates or cools; as, in distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, through which the worm passes, by which means the vapors are condensed as they pass through the worm.Rĕf'ri-gĕr'i-ăm, n. p. 1107Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South.Re-frin'gen-cy, n. p. 1107(Physics.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies. Nichol.Re-frīn’gent, a. p. 1107Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. Nichol.Rĕft, imp. & p. p. p. 1107of reave. See REAVE. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn, Mourn, widowed queen, forgotten Sion, mourn. Heber.Rĕf'ūge, n. p. 1107[Fr. réfuge, Pr. refug, refugi, Sp. & Pg. refugio, It. refugio, rifugio, Lat. refugium, from refugere, to flee back, from re, back, and fugere, to flee. 1. Shelter or protection from danger or…Réf'ûge, v. t. p. 1107To shelter; to protect.Rĕf'ū-gēe', n. p. 1107One who flies to a shelter or place of safety. 2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees, who…Re-fúl'gence or Re-fúl'gen-cy, n. p. 1107The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splendor; radiance.Re-făl'gent, a. p. 1107Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams; refulgent light; refulgent arms. “A conspicuous and refulgent truth.” Boyle.Re-fúl'gent-ly, adv. p. 1107With a flood of light; with great brightness.