Refrigerator Re·frig"er·a`tor noun That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically:
(a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. Refrigerator car (Railroad) ,
a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.
Refrigeratory Re·frig"er·a·to·ry adjective [ Latin
refrigeratorius .]
Mitigating heat; cooling.
Refrigeratory Re·frig"er·a·to·ry noun ;
plural -ries (-fr...z). [ CF. French
réfrigératoire .]
That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:
(a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed. (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.
Refrigerium Ref`ri·ge"ri·um noun [ Latin ]
Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [ Obsolete]
South.
Refringency Re·frin"gen·cy noun The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies . Nichol.
Refringent Re·frin"gent (-j
e nt)
adjective [ Latin
refringens , present participle of
refringere . See
Refract .]
Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. Nichol.
Reft Reft imperfect & past participle of
Reave .
Bereft. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn.
Heber.
Reft Reft noun A chink; a rift. See Rift . Rom. of R.
Refuge Ref"uge noun [ French
réfuge , Latin
refugium , from
refugere to flee back; prefix
re- +
figere . SEe
Fugitive .]
1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or refuge .
Milton. We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
Hebrew vi. 18. 2. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy. The high hills are a refuge r the wild goats.
Ps. civ. 18. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed.
Ps. ix. 9. 3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance. Their latest refuge
Was to send him.
Shak. Light must be supplied, among graceful refuges , by terracing ......... story in danger of darkness.
Sir H. Wotton. Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.) ,
certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. xx. --
House of refuge ,
a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted. Syn. -- Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.
Refuge Ref"uge transitive verb To shelter; to protect. [ Obsolete]
Refugee Ref`u·gee" noun [ French
réfugié , from
se réfugier to take refuge. See
Refuge ,
noun ]
1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. 2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.
Refulgence Re·ful"gence (r?*f?l"j
e ns),
Re*ful"gen*cy (-j
e n*s?)
noun [ Latin
refulgentia . See
Refulgent .]
The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.
Refulgent Re·ful"gent adjective [ Latin
refulgens , present participle of
refulgere to flash back, to shine bright; prefix
re- re- +
fulgere to shine. See
Fulgent .]
Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams. --
Re*ful"gent*ly ,
adverb So conspicuous and refulgent a truth.
Boyle.
Refund Re·fund" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
fund .]
To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
Refund Re·fund" transitive verb [ Latin
refundere ; prefix
re- re- +
fundere to pour: confer French
refondre ,
refonder . See
Fuse to melt, and confer
Refound to cast again, 1st
Refuse .]
1. To pour back. [ R. & Obsolete]
Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object.
Ray. 2. To give back; to repay; to restore. A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken.
L'Estrange. 3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [ Obsolete]
Refunder Re·fund"er noun One who refunds.
Refundment Re·fund"ment (-m
e nt)
noun The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded. [ R.]
Lamb.
Refurbish Re·fur"bish transitive verb To furbish anew.
Refurnish Re·fur"nish transitive verb To furnish again.
Refurnishment Re·fur"nish·ment (-m
e nt)
noun The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished. The refurnishment was in a style richer than before.
Latin Wallace.
Refusable Re·fus"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
refusable . See
Refuse .]
Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.
Refusal Re·fus"al (-
a l)
noun 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal , to distress me more?
Milton. 2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
Refuse Re·fuse" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Refused (-f?zd");
present participle & verbal noun Refusing .] [ French
refuser , either from (assumed) Late Latin
refusare to refuse, v. freq. of Latin
refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see
Refund to repay), or. from Latin
recusare to decline, refuse confer
Accuse ,
Ruse ), influenced by Latin
refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Confer
Refute .]
1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. That never yet refused your hest.
Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar... about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use.
Herbert. 4. To disown. [ Obsolete] "
Refuse thy name."
Shak.
Refuse Re·fuse" intransitive verb To deny compliance; not to comply. Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse .
Garth. If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword.
Isa. i. 20.
Refuse Re·fuse" noun Refusal. [ Obsolete]
Fairfax.
Refuse Ref`use noun [ French
refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See
Refuse to deny.]
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. Syn. -- Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross.
Refuse Ref"use adjective Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. Everything that was vile and refuse , that they destroyed utterly.
1. Sam. xv. 9.
Refuser Re·fus"er noun One who refuses or rejects.
Refusion Re·fu"sion noun [ Prefix
re-+ fusion .]
1. New or repeated melting, as of metals. 2. Restoration. "This doctrine of the
refusion of the soul."
Bp. Warbuton.
Refut Ref"ut (rĕf"ut)
noun [ Old French
refuite .]
Refuge. "Thou haven of
refut ." [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Refutability Re·fut`a·bil"i·ty noun The quality of being refutable.
Refutable Re·fut"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
réfutable .]
Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Refutal Re·fut"al noun Act of refuting; refutation.
Refutation Ref`u·ta"tion noun [ Latin
refutatio : confer French
réfutation .]
The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation .
Macaulay.
Refutatory Re·fut"a·to·ry adjective [ Latin
refutatorius : confer French
réfutatoire .]
Tending tu refute; refuting.
Refute Re·fute" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Refuted ;
present participle & verbal noun Refuting .] [ French
réfuter , Latin
refuteare to repel, refute. Confer
Confute ,
Refuse to deny.]
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes.
Addison. Syn. -- To confute; disprove. See
Confute .
Refuter Re·fut"er noun One who, or that which, refutes.
Regain Re·gain" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
gain : confer French
regagner .]
To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again. Syn. -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
Regal Re"gal adjective [ Latin
regalis , from
rex ,
regis , a king. See
Royal , and confer
Rajah ,
Realm ,
Regalia .]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The
regal title."
Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath.
Milton. Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See
Kingly .
Regal Re"gal noun [ French
régale , Italian
regale . CF.
Rigoll .]
(Mus.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Regale Re·ga"le noun [ Late Latin
regale , plural
regalia , from Latin
regalis : confer French
régale . See
Regal .]
A prerogative of royalty. [ R.]
Johnson.
Regale Re·gale" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Regaled (-g?ld");
present participle & verbal noun Regaling .] [ French
régaler , Spanish
regalar to regale, to caress, to melt, perhaps from Latin
regalare to thaw (cff.
Gelatin ), or confer Spanish
gala graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf.
Gala ), or most likely from Old French
galer to rejoice,
gale pleasure.]
To enerta...n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.
Regale Re·gale" intransitive verb To feast; t... fare sumtuously.
Regale Re·gale" noun [ French
régal . See
Regale ,
transitive verb ]
A sumptuous repast; a banquet. Johnson. Cowper. Two baked custards were produced as additions to the regale .
E. E. Hale.
Regalement Re·gale"ment (-m
e nt)
noun The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
Regaler Re·gal"er noun One who regales.
Regalia Re·ga"li·a noun plural [ Late Latin , from Latin
regalis regal. See
Regal .]
1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. 2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc. 3. Sumptuous food; delicacies. [ Obsolete]
Cotton. Regalia of a church ,
the privileges granted to it by kings; sometimes, its patrimony. Brande & C.
Regalia Re·ga"li·a noun A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.
Regalian Re·ga"li·an (-
a n)
adjective Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.
Regalism Re"gal·ism noun The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. [ R.]
Cardinal Manning.
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