refect
/rɪˈfɛkt/verb
1 [with object] To refresh (another, oneself), especially with food or drink; to restore from weariness or fatigue. Now rare ( archaic and humorous in later use).
2 [no object] And with object. Of an animal (especially a rabbit or hare): to ingest (its own freshly passed and partially digested faeces) for redigestion.
Origin
Late 15th century; earliest use found in Hary (c1440–c1492), poet. From classical Latin refect-, past participial stem of reficere to restore, repair, to renew, to revive, to refresh, in later use after refection. Compare earlier refect and also refete.
- go-to-bed-at-noon
- go to court
- go to earth
- go to ground
- go to hell
- go to hell in a handbasket
- go (to) it
- go to law
- go-to-meeting
- go too far
- go to one's reward
- go to (or through) hell and back
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to press
- go to rack (or wrack) and ruin
- go to sea
- go to show (or prove)
- go to sleep
- go to smash
- go to someone's head
- go to the devil!
- go to the dogs
- go to the mat
- go to the pack