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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-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.Re-fūnd′, v. t. p. 1107To pour back. [Rare.] Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. Ray. 2. To return in payment or compensation for what has been taken; to…Rē-fūnd′, v. t. p. 1107To fund again or anew.Re-fūnd'er, n. p. 1107One who refunds.