n. [ See Refection. ] Recompense; atonement; retribution. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] (Card Playing) A drawn game;
v. t. [ Cf. F. refaire to do over again. ] To go over again; to repeat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To him therefore this wonder done refar. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time. MacKnight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned. [ R. ] Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fasten again. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. refectus, p. p. of reficere; pref. re- re- + facere to make. ] To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh. [ Archaic ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. refectio: cf. F. réfection. See Refect, Fact. ] Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ His ] feeble spirit inly felt refection. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Refreshing; restoring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which refreshes. [ 1913 Webster ]