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refection

[ ri-fek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. refreshment, especially with food or drink.
  2. a portion of food or drink; repast.


refection

/ ɪˈɛʃə /

noun

  1. refreshment with food and drink
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ڱt adjective
  • ·ڱ·ٴ·· [ree-fek-, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of refection1

1300–50; Middle English refeccioun < Latin ڱ𳦳پō- (stem of ڱ𳦳پō ) restoration, equivalent to refect ( us ) ( refect ) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of refection1

C14: from Latin ڱ𳦳پō a restoring, from reficere to remake, from re- + facere to make
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The jitters in stocks caused only a brief ripple in bonds with Treasury yields actually rising late last week, perhaps a refection of the tidal wave of borrowing underway.

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Hence, this data is not a good refection of the true picture either, says the Resolution Foundation, because it includes furloughed workers who initially made a claim when the crisis first struck.

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This kind of dramaturgy deserved a stage to match, a stadium that was grand and contemporary, a refection of the country’s might and the promise of its future.

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His words are a refection of his personal experience and the dynamics he’s established with the women in his life, including the wife he says he only recently realized he doesn’t entirely trust.

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I have been their confessor for so many years, yet nought do I receive from them, save one or two refections in three or four weeks.

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