Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-FRAM-ING, ppr.

Framing again.

RE-FRAN-GI-BIL'I-TY, n. [from refrangible.]

The 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. – Newton.

RE-FRAN'GI-BLE, a. [L. re and frango, to break.]

Capable of being refracted or turned out of a direct course in passing from one medium to another; as rays of light. – Locke.

REF-RE-NA'TION, n. [See Refrain.]

The act of restraining. [Not used.]

RE-FRESH', n.

Act of refreshing. [Not used.] – Daniel.

RE-FRESH', v.t. [Fr. rafraîchir; re and fraîchir, from fraîche, fresh; It. rinfrescare; Sp. and Port. refrescar. See Fresh.]

1. To cool; to allay heat. A dew coming after a heat refresheth. – Ecclus.
2. To give new strength to; to invigorate; to relieve after fatigue; as, to refresh the body. A man or a beast is refreshed by food and rest. – Exod. xxiii.
3. To revive; to reanimate after depression; to cheer; to enliven. For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. – 1 Cor. xvi.
4. To improve by new touches any thing impaired. The rest refresh the scaly snakes. – Dryden.
5. To revive what is drooping; as, rain refreshes the plants.

RE-FRESH'ED, pp.

Cooled; invigorated; revived; cheered.

RE-FRESH'ER, n.

He or that which refreshes, revives or invigorates. – Thomson.

RE-FRESH'ING, n.

Refreshment; relief after fatigue or suffering. – Mortimer.

RE-FRESH'ING, ppr. [or adj.]

Cooling; invigorating; reviving; reanimating.

RE-FRESH'ING-LY, adv.

So as to refresh, or give new life.

RE-FRESH'ING-NESS, n.

The quality of refreshing.

RE-FRESH'MENT, n.

1. Act of refreshing; or new strength or vigor received after fatigue; relief after suffering; applied to the body.
2. New life or animation after depression; applied to the mind or spirits.
3. That which gives fresh strength or vigor, as food or rest. – South. Sprat.

RE-FRET', n.

The burden of a song. – Dict.

RE-FRIG'ER-ANT, a. [Fr. See Refrigerate.]

Cooling; allaying heat. – Bacon.

RE-FRIG'ER-ANT, n.

Among physicians, a medicine which abates heat or cools.

RE-FRIG'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. refrigero; re and frigus, cold.]

To cool; to allay the heat of; to refresh. – Bacon.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TED, pp.

Cooled.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TING, ppr.

Allaying heat; cooling.

RE-FRIG-ER-A'TION, n.

The art of cooling; the abatement of heat; state of being cooled. Bacon.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TIVE, a.

Cooling.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TIVE, n.

A remedy that allays heat.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TO-RY, a.

Cooling; mitigating heat.

RE-FRIG'ER-A-TO-RY, n.

1. 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.
2. Any thing internally cooling. – Mortimer.

RE-FRI-GE'RI-UM, n. [L.]

Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Not in use.] – South.