Refection

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Refection \Re*fec"tion\ (r?*f?k"sh?n), n. [L. refectio: cf. F.
     r['e]fection. See {Refect}, {Fact}.]
     Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
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           [His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. --Spenser.


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           Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods.
                                                    --Curran.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  refection
       n : a light meal or repast

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "refection":
     aliment, alimentation, board, bracer, bracing, chow, cordial,
     enlivenment, entertainment, exhilaration, feed, invigoration, keep,
     meal, meat, mess, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, pabulum, pap,
     pick-me-up, reanimation, recreation, refreshing, refreshment,
     regale, regalement, reinvigoration, renewal, repas, repast,
     revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, spread,
     stimulation, support, sustenance, table, tonic, treat,
     vivification
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REFECTION, civil law. Reparation, reestablishment of a building. Dig. 19, 1, 
  6, 1.