单词 | refect |
释义 | † refectadj. Obsolete. As past participle: refreshed, restored. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] > refreshed or invigorated fresha1387 refetc1400 breatheda1425 refect?a1425 restedc1425 well-rested1525 refreshed1552 enlivened1640 renovated1650 invigorate1720 refreshened1764 recreated1832 reanimated1871 reanimate1885 pepped-up1916 perked-up1930 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 27 Alle þe hole digestion..is of 16 houres after þe olde precept or commaundement þat in 2 daiez þe bodie be thriez refecte [?c1425 Paris refresched; L. reficiatur]. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) iv. pr. vi. l. 8 Tak thanne this drawht, and whan þou art wel refressched and refect [?c1400 BL Add. 10340 refet; L. refectus], thow shal be moore stydefast. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 50 Quhen he was wele refect, he passit jn Affrik to mak were on hanyball. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). refectv. 1. a. transitive. To refresh (another, oneself), esp. with food or drink; to restore from weariness or fatigue. Now rare (archaic and humorous in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] akeleOE restOE comfort1303 ease1330 quickc1350 recurea1382 refresha1382 refetec1384 restorec1384 affilea1393 enforcec1400 freshc1405 revigour?a1425 recomfortc1425 recreatec1425 quicken?c1430 revive1442 cheerc1443 refection?c1450 refect1488 unweary1530 freshen1532 corroborate1541 vige?c1550 erect?1555 recollect?1560 repose1562 respite1565 rouse1574 requicken1576 animate1585 enlive1593 revify1598 inanimate1600 insinew1600 to wind up1602 vigorize1603 inspiritc1610 invigour1611 refocillate1611 revigorate1611 renovate1614 spriten1614 repaira1616 activate1624 vigour1636 enliven1644 invigorate1646 rally1650 reinvigorate1652 renerve1652 to freshen up1654 righta1656 re-enlivena1660 recruita1661 enlighten1667 revivify1675 untire1677 reanimate1694 stimulate1759 rebrace1764 refreshen1780 brisken1799 irrigate1823 tonic1825 to fresh up1835 ginger1844 spell1846 recuperate1849 binge1854 tone1859 innerve1880 fiercen1896 to tone up1896 to buck up1909 pep1912 to zip up1927 to perk up1936 to zizz up1944 hep1948 to zing up1948 juice1964 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > refresh with food fremeOE refection?c1450 refect1488 hearten1586 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (reflexive)] resteOE ease1330 roa1400 ronea1400 refreshc1405 recomfortc1425 breathea1470 unweary1530 recreate1542 aira1616 recruit1646 refect1646 regale1682 unfatigue1734 renew1783 cheer1784 delassitude1807 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (reflexive)] > refresh with food or drink to take (one's, some, etc.) refectionc1440 refect1646 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 9 Fyscheis in flude refeckit realye Till mannys fude. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Diiiv/1 To Refect, reficere. 1613 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Epist. in tr. Seneca Wks. (1614) 259 So like~wise ought we sometimes to recreate our spirit, and refect the same with some delights. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vii. 196 A man in the morning is lighter in the scale,..and is also lighter unto himselfe, because he is refected . View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. vi. 241 After which they commonly retired to bed, and refected themselves with repast. View more context for this quotation 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. Diss. p. iii The world itself is refected and nourished by a perpetual accession of these corpuscles. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian iii. 40 The knight and the friar..proceeded to refect themselves after their ride. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 195 I remember once refecting myself at a public dinner. 1899 Harper's Mag. Apr. 746/2 We were ushered up stairs into a sitting-room lined with divans, and were copiously refected on cognac, coffee and cigarettes. a1973 W. H. Auden Coll. Poems (1994) xiii. 887 Refected by a sapid Supper and regaled by wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] eatc825 to break breadeOE baitc1386 feeda1387 to take one's repast?1490 to take repast1517 repast1520 peck?1536 diet1566 meat1573 victual1577 graze1579 manger1609 to craw it1708 grub1725 scoff1798 browse1818 provender1819 muckamuck1853 to put on the nosebag1874 refect1882 restaurate1882 nosh1892 tucker1903 to muck in1919 scarf1960 snack1972 1882 C. Du Val With Show through Southern Afr. I. xxi. 270 A well-moistened piece of sugar-cane on which he or she [sc. a child] is refecting. 1886 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 27 Mar. 312/1 While you are refecting in the saloon. 2. Zoology. a. transitive. To cause (a laboratory animal) to exhibit refection (refection n. 5a). Now disused. ΚΠ 1928 Lancet 7 Jan. 37/1 When carbohydrate other than starch was given to rats already refected, a decline in weight began at once. 1938 Jrnl. Hygiene 38 5 The authors failed to refect two young rats placed in individual cages. b. intransitive and transitive. Of an animal (esp. a rabbit or hare): to ingest (its own freshly passed and partially digested faeces) for redigestion. Cf. refection n. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > eat specific substances or food [verb (transitive)] > eat excrement or faecal pellets reingest1870 refect1953 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > feed on or forage for (of animals) [verb (transitive)] > eat faecal pellets refect1953 1953 Times 5 Nov. 9/7 It was only recently rediscovered..that the rabbit chews the cud, sagely refecting..in the security of the burrow that which it had grazed warily in the open. 1960 M. Burton Wild Animals Brit. Isles 60 The droppings refected are different from those discarded. 1964 R. M. Lockley Private Life Rabbit x. 102 Termites may refect food as much as six times. 1997 D. Bellamy Poo, You & Potoroo's Loo 18/1 They [sc. rabbits] refect. That means they eat their fresh poo, giving their friendly bacteria another chance at cellulose bashing. 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