REFRIGERATED
REFRIG'ERATED, participle passive Cooled.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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REFRIGERATING
REFRIG'ERATING, participle present tense Allaying heat; cooling.
REFRIGERATION
REFRIGERA'TION, noun The act of cooling; the abatement of heat; state of being cooled.
REFRIGERATIVE
REFRIG'ERATIVE, adjective Cooling.REFRIG'ERATIVE, noun A remedy that allays heat.
REFRIGERATORY
REFRIG'ERATORY, adjective Cooling; mitigating heat.REFRIG'ERATORY, noun1. In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, through which the worm passes; by which means the vap...
REFRIGERIUM
REFRIGE'RIUM, noun [Latin] Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Not in use.]
REFT
REFT, participle passive of reave.1. Deprived; bereft. [Not in use.]2.preterit tense of reave. Took away. [Not in use.]REFT, noun A chink. [See rift.]
REFUGE
REF'UGE, noun [Latin refugium, refugio; re and fugio, to flee.]1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.- Rocks, dens and caves, but I in none of these find place or ref...
REFUGEE
REFUGEE', noun1. One who flies to a shelter or place of safety.2. One who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign country for safety; as the French r...
REFULGENCE
REFUL'GENCE,REFUL'GENCY, noun [Latin refulgens, refulgeo; re and fulgeo, to shine.] A flood of light; splendor.
REFULGENCY
REFUL'GENCY, n. [L. refulgens, refulgeo; re and fulgeo, to shine.] A flood of light; splendor.
REFULGENT
REFUL'GENT, adjective Casting a bright light; shining; splendid; as refulgent beams; refulgent light; refulgent arms.A conspicuous and refulgent truth.
REFULGENTLY
REFUL'GENTLY, adverb With a flood of light; with great brightness.
REFUND
REFUND', verb transitive [Latin refundo; re and fundo, to pour.]1. To pour back.Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object...
REFUNDED
REFUND'ED, participle passive Poured back; repaid.
REFUNDING
REFUND'ING, participle present tense Pouring back; returning by payment or compensation.
REFUSABLE
REFU'SABLE, adjective s as z. [from refuse.] That may be refused.
REFUSAL
REFU'SAL, noun s as z.1. The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited or offered for acceptance. The first refusal is not always proof that the request will not ...
REFUSE
REFU'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin recuso; re and the root of causor, to accuse; causa, cause. The primary sense of causor is to drive, to throw or thrust at, and recuso is...
REFUSED
REFU'SED, participle passive Denied; rejected; not accepted.
REFUSER
REFU'SER, noun One that refuses or rejects.
REFUSING
REFU'SING, participle present tense Denying; declining to accept; rejecting.
REFUTABLE
REFU'TABLE, adjective [from refute.] That may be refuted or disproved; that may be proved false or erroneous.
REFUTAL
REFU'TAL, noun Refutation. [Not used.]
REFUTATION
REFUTA'TION, noun [Latin refutatio. See Refute.]The act or process of refuting or disproving; the act of proving to be false or erroneous; the overthrowing of an argument, opini...
REFUTE
REFU'TE, verb transitive [Latin refuto; re and futo, obsolete The primary sense of futo, is to drive or thrust, to beat back.]To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence or ...
REFUTED
REFU'TED, participle passive Disproved; proved to be false or erroneous.