refection
noun/ɹɪˈfɛkʃən/
Etymology
From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).
- derived from refectiōnem
- derived from réfection
Definitions
Mental or spiritual refreshment.
Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]
A meal, especially a light meal.
- [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
The neighborhood
- neighborrefectory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for refection. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA