† refersev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive (in passive). To stuff, to cram.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > stuff or cram
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cram-jam1880
jam-pack1936
1580 T. M. in Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A.vi/2 So Barret..Hath left behind..This Hiue of his, referst with honie meates.
?1591 H. Barrow Brief Discouerie False Church 90 Purged of all this romish superstition and idolatrie, wherwith nowe yt is refersed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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