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refection - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun civil law and old English law , repair; restoration to good condition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun refreshment .noun refreshment , especially with food or drink.noun meal , especially a light meal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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From French réfection , from Latin refectiōnem , accusative singular of refectiō ("recovery, refection"), from reficiō ("restore, renew").
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Examples
You see his reflection in a mirror, but the refection is moving and doing the same things he is, about a second after he does it.
The cult of (anti-)personality « Skulls in the Stars 2007
This grateful refection is still used in the harvest-field.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871
For in the composing of this lordly book, I never lost nor bestowed any more, nor any other time than what was appointed to serve me for taking of my bodily refection , that is, whilst I was eating and drinking.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
For in the composing of this lordly book, I never lost nor bestowed any more, nor any other time than what was appointed to serve me for taking of my bodily refection , that is, whilst I was eating and drinking.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
The twofold number of the Eucharistic elements of bread and wine does not interfere with the unity of the sacrament; for the idea of refection embraces both eating and drinking, nor do our meals in consequence double their number.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
For in the composing of this lordly book, I never lost nor bestowed any more, nor any other time than what was appointed to serve me for taking of my bodily refection , that is, whilst I was eating and drinking.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
I declined the offer of what Patten calls "refection " also, tho 'I needed it on coming down stairs; for it had pained me very much to get thro' that interview.
New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893
The latter kind of refection includes only pork and bacon.
American Notes 1842
"refection ," accompanied by much champagne, which always closed these evenings.
The Marriage of William Ashe Humphry Ward 1885
Rather, it has everything to do with numbers on the scale and your refection in the mirror.
Tony Horton: Feel-Good Fitness Tony Horton 2012
rolig commented on the word refection
In Canto XV of Don Juan, Byron describes a sumptous dinner, listing all the dishes. But in the midst of his list, he breaks off with this aside:
But I must crowd all into one grand mess
Or mass; for should I stretch into detail,
My Muse would run much more into excess,
Than when some squeamish people deem her frail.
But though a 'bonne vivante,' I must confess
Her stomach 's not her peccant part; this tale
However doth require some slight refection,
Just to relieve her spirits from dejection.
Of course, what he describes, is hardly "some slight refection".
June 8, 2013
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word refection
In the fifth stanza of Robert Browning's "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"
November 17, 2013