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单词 refect
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refectadj.

Forms: late Middle English refect, late Middle English refecte; Scottish pre-1700 refect.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin refectus, reficere.
Etymology: < classical Latin refectus, past participle of reficere refect v. Compare later refect v. and earlier refet adj.Compare the following for isolated later borrowing of Middle French refaict in the same sense:1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 27 Jan. (1933) 228 Nevertheles he is refaicte and metely wel again.
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.

Brit. /rᵻˈfɛkt/, U.S. /rəˈfɛk(t)/, /riˈfɛk(t)/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– refect; also Scottish pre-1700 refeckit (past participle).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin refect-, reficere.
Etymology: < classical Latin refect-, past participial stem of reficere to restore, repair, to renew, to revive, to refresh ( < re- re- prefix + facere to make: see fact n.), in later use after refection n. Compare earlier refect adj. and also refete v. Compare refection v.The word apparently fell out of use before 1700 and was revived in the 19th cent., but has always been rare and is now somewhat rhetorical in sense 1.
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).
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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.
b. intransitive with reflexive meaning. To take a refection; to feed, eat. Obsolete. rare.
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.
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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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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