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▪ I. refection, n.|rɪˈfɛkʃən|
Forms: 5 refeccioun(e, reffecio(u)n, refectioun (-tyon), 5–6 refeccion (-cyon), 4– refection, (6 -e).
[a. F. réfection (12th c. in Littré), ad. L. refectiōn-em, n. of action f. reficĕre: see prec.]
1. a. Recreation or refreshment received through some spiritual or intellectual influence. (Freq. transf. from 2 or 3.)
a1340Hampole Psalter lix. 8 Moab, þat is, ill men, that tourments me, are potte, þat is refection of my hope. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. iii. 94 The vision of the good lord, that is al their ioye, theyr reste, and their refection. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 87 He..hathe ordeyned vs to haue hymselfe to our endeles refeccyon in blysse. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. (Percy Soc.) 37 To the artyke eres swete and dylycious The golden rethoryke is good refeccion. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 109 The comfort of Gods spirite shoulde coole it to his euerlasting refection. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 4 The only sight of God is the true food and refection of our minds. 1717L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 170 It is the true and solid Refection of the holy Mind. 1858Neale Bernard de M. (1864) 30 O sacred, sweet refection.
b. Refreshment or relief due to some sensuous or physical cause. Now rare or Obs.
1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. 24 Whan the spirit hath take refeccioun in good odoures. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 20 There is no greater refection to the eies than the sight of this. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 40 At night I cast vp much choler, after the eiection whereof, I felt such a refection [etc.]. 1725Pope Odyss. vi. 261 Since this worn frame refection knew, What scenes have I survey'd of dreadful view?
2. a. The action of refreshing or partaking of refreshment: the fact of being refreshed, or of refreshing oneself, with food or drink after hunger or fatigue. Also, an instance or case of this.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P. R. ix. xxxi. (Bodl. MS.), Ester daie is a tyme..of ioiful refeccion and fedinge. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xviii. 20 For gret swetnes of contemplacion som tyme was foryeten þe necessite of bodely refeccion. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour M iv, She..toke only for her refection brede and water. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 109 Melchizedech..for refection as well of him, as of his warriours, brought forth breade and wine. 1615Crooke Body of Man 121 From these veines come those sodaine refections of the spirits by sweete and strong Wine, Broths, and Cordials. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 196 After a draught of wine a man may seeme lighter in himselfe from sudden refection, although he be heavier in the balance. 1720Pope Iliad xxiv. 754 Now the peaceful hours of sacred night Demand refection, and to rest invite. 1820Scott Monast. xvi, Sorrow it were..if we were now either to advance or retard the hour of refection. 1872R. F. Burton Zanzibar I. 150 The cocoa-nut, manioc, and broiled fish, offered by squatting negresses for their refection.
†b. In phr. to take (one's) refection. Obs.
c1440Cast. Persev. (E.E.T.S.) 1828 In abstinens lede þi lyf! take but skylful refeccyon. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour D viij b, After they had taken their refection and wel dronken. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 823 He was so diseased in his stomacke that skant he could take eyther refection or rest. 1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 375 They would rather haue perished with hunger and thirst, then haue taken their refection at any mans hand but mine. 1634Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 276 When he was armed, she prayed him for to take his refection.
Comb.1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxxvii. 158 Yf they may knowe that theyre aduersaryes be not upon theyre warde or that they be at theyre refeccyon taking.
c. Entertainment with food and drink; the right of demanding, or duty of supplying, such entertainment. Now only Hist.
1601Holland Pliny I. 240 They deserued a better reward than one daies refection and victuals. 1635Quarles Embl. v. vi. 5 Without thy presence Earth gives no refection, Without thy presence Sea affords no treasure. 1689R. Cox Hist. Irel. i. Expl. Index, Refection, is a priviledge the Lord has of claiming Entertainment for one Meal, and no more. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., Refection is also used, in antient authors, for a duty or service incumbent on any person to provide meals, for ecclesiastics, or even for princes. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. vi. 161 This ‘right of refection’ and liability to it are among the most distinctive features of ancient Irish custom.
d. The eating of fæcal pellets, practised by rabbits and some other animals.
1939Nature 10 June 982/1 The pellets frequently constitute more than one third of the stomach contents [of the rabbit] and refection to such a degree seemed too improbable. 1952L. H. Matthews Brit. Mammals vi. 136 In 1939 the habit of ‘refection’ was rediscovered in the rabbit. 1964R. M. Lockley Private life of Rabbit x. 102 Many animals, including insects as well as hares and rabbits, have this habit of refection. 1973Bk. Brit. Countryside (Automobile Assoc.) 367/2 Feeding is by refection, a similar method to chewing the cud. Food is eaten then excreted in semi-digested form as soft moist pellets. These are eaten again and passed through the intestines to be fully digested.
3. a. An occasion of partaking of food; a meal.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 43 Herynge that Cristen men usede diversites of meytes at oon refeccion. 1542Boorde Dyetary xii. (1870) 265 Eatynge of moche butter at one refection is not commendable. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 94 After this refection we went the rest of our iourney through pleasant fields. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. iv. §2 At a publick refection of those Ministers together..the next time of their meeting was appointed. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. x. (1858) II. 435 One of the brethren, at every refection, was to read aloud a chapter of the Old or New Testament.
b. A portion of food or drink; a meal or repast, esp. a slight one.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 27 With a ful litil refeccion ther of he brake his faste. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. xxi, A man..shall in the mornyng..with a litle refection,..haue his inuencion quicker, his iugement perfecter, his tonge rediar. 1542Boorde Dyetary ix. (1870) 252 The last refeccyon or meale wyll let the dygestyon of the fyrste. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis ii. xx. 130 With these words, the Herald was led aside to take a short refection. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xviii. 69 Birds..that ever smel out a comfortable refection from the fall of every such Carcass. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Refection, among monks and ecclesiastics, a spare meal or repast, just sufficing for the support of life. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. xvi. 88 Though our little refection was just brought in. 1856Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 295 A miserable refection of weak tea and tough toast. 1870Disraeli Lothair l, The cheerful fire, the judicious refection on a side table.
†c. A particular form of food or refreshment.
1502Ord. Crysten Men i. iii. (W. de W. 1506) C iiij b, In tastynge this fyrst refeccion of salte. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 54 The sonnes which he begat..he nourisheth with a peculiar refection and food, and meat and drink.
4.
†a. Resetting of a dislocation. Obs. rare.
1646T. Whitaker Uzziah 40 Till..it..gangrene, and then after far greater pain, no hope of cure but by refection.
b. Repair, restoration. rare.
1656Blount Glossogr., Refection,..a repairing or mending a thing that is worn and decayed. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 659 When Patients stand in need of refection of their strength. 1845–56Bouvier Law Dict., Refection, reparation, reëstablishment of a building.
5. attrib., as Refection Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, Refreshment Sunday.
1872Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms.
▪ II. † reˈfection, v. Obs.
Also refeccion, etc.
[ad. F. réfectionner (15th c. in Godef.), f. réfection: see prec.]
trans. To refresh, furnish with a refection.
a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 97 In the whiche arke was manna where with the children of israel were refeccioned. 1502Ord. Crysten Men i. iv. (W. de W. 1506) D ij b, The baptem refeccyoneth the soule and kepeth it..from deth. 1550Veron Godly Sayings (1846) 62 Thou art so refectyoned, that thou canste not lacke, whereof to be refectioned. 1629Wadsworth Pilgr. iii. 11 After they had been well refectioned by the Rector, thay tooke their leaue. |