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refection

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re·fec·tion  (r-fkshn)
n.
1. Refreshment with food and drink.
2. A light meal or repast.

refection [rɪˈfɛkʃən]
n
refreshment with food and drink
[from Latin refectiō a restoring, from reficere to remake, from re- + facere to make]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.refection - a light meal or repast
meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time


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That tickled the lads immensely, and nothing but the appearance of a slight refection would have induced them to stop chaffing the poor Worm, who could not see anything funny in the beautiful resignation he had shown on this trying occasion.
You will see that he hath refection, and such a purse of gold as may defray his charges, for indeed it is great honor to any court to have within it so noble and gentle a cavalier.
The hoarse messenger, uncomfortably seated on a form after taking that refection, had dropped into a doze, when a loud murmur and a rapid tide of people setting up the stairs that led to the court, carried him along with them.
 
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