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† reˈfet(e, v. Obs.
Also 6 reuet.
[f. as refete, refet pa. pple.]
1. trans. To refect, refresh.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 88 As fode hit con me fayre refete. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xlvi. (Anastas) 294 Þat scho suld duel but drink or mete, or ellis ocht mycht hir refete. 1382Wyclif Acts xxviii. 2 Forsoth a fyer kyndlid, thei refetiden, or refreischiden, vs alle. c1400Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 1766 Quhene þat þai ware þaire Sumquhat refettyd, þai gane faire To seike þare lord. c1440[see prec. 1].
2. To nourish, feed, fatten. rare—1.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 245 Vse in this tymes hote mettys..as chykenys well refeted.
3. intr. To recover, recuperate. rare—1.
c1480Henryson Orph. & Eur. 365 Were scho at hame in hir contree of Trace, Scho wald refete [Bann. MS. rewert] full sone in fax and face.
Hence † reˈfeting vbl. n.
c1400Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 1445 And syne þat refectiouns seire Thame prayed he for his refetyne. |