Refection
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Mental or spiritual refreshment. countable, uncountable
- 2 a light meal or repast wordnet
- 3 Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink. countable, uncountable
"For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]"
- 4 A meal, especially a light meal. countable, uncountable
"[T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust."
Example
More examples"For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]"
Etymology
From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).