REFERMENT
REFER'MENT, noun Reference for decision. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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REFERRED
REFER'RED, participle passive Dismissed or directed to another; assigned, as to a class, order or cause; assigned by a court to persons appointed to decide.
REFERRIBLE
REFER'RIBLE, adjective That may be referred; referable.
REFERRING
REFER'RING, participle present tense Dismissing or directing to another for information; alluding; assigning, as to a class, order, cause, etc.; or assigning to private persons ...
REFINE
REFI'NE, verb transitive1. To purify; in a general sense; applied to liquors, to depurate; to defecate; to clarify; to separate, as liquor, from all extraneous matter. In this s...
REFINED
REFI'NED, participle passive Purified; separated from extraneous matter; assayed, as metals; clarified, as liquors; polished; separated from what is coarse, rude or improper.
REFINEDLY
REFI'NEDLY, adverb With affected nicety or elegance.
REFINEDNESS
REFI'NEDNESS, noun State of being refined; purity; refinement; also, affected purity.
REFINEMENT
REFI'NEMENT, noun1. The act of purifying by separating from a substance all extraneous matter; a clearing from dross, dregs or recrement; as the refinement of metals or liquors....
REFINER
REFI'NER, noun1. One that refines metals or other things.2. An improver in purity and elegance; as a refiner of language.3. An inventor of superfluous subtilities; one is who ov...
REFINERY
REFI'NERY, noun The place and apparatus for refining metals.
REFINING
REFI'NING, participle present tense Purifying; separating from alloy or any extraneous matter; polishing; improving in accuracy, delicacy or purity.
REFIT
REFIT', verb transitive [re and fit.] To fit or prepare again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit ships of war.
REFITTED
REFIT'TED, participle passive Prepared again; repaired.
REFITTING
REFIT'TING, participle present tense Repairing after damage or decay.
REFLECT
REFLECT', verb transitive [Latin reflecto; re and flecto, to bend.]To throw back; to return. In the rainbow, the rays of light are reflected as well as refracted.Bodies close to...
REFLECTED
REFLECT'ED, participle passive Thrown back; returned; as reflected light.
REFLECTENT
REFLECT'ENT, adjective Bending or flying back; as the ray descendent, and ray reflectent
REFLECTIBLE
REFLECT'IBLE, adjective That may be reflected or thrown back.
REFLECTING
REFLECT'ING, participle present tense1. Throwing back.2. Turning back, as thoughts upon themselves or upon past events.3.reflecting on, casting censure or reproach.
REFLECTINGLY
REFLECT'INGLY, adverb With reflection; with censure.
REFLECTION
REFLEC'TION, noun [from reflect.]1. The act of throwing back; as the reflection of light or colors. The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are always equal.2. The ac...
REFLECTIVE
REFLECT'IVE, adjective1. Throwing back images; as a reflective mirror.In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms impair'd -2. Considering the operation of th...
REFLECTOR
REFLECT'OR, noun1. One who reflects or considers.2. That which reflects.
REFLEX
RE'FLEX, adjective [Latin reflexus.]1. Directed back; as a reflex act of the soul, the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.2. Designating the parts of a ...
REFLEXIBILITY
REFLEXIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being reflexible or capable of being reflected; as the reflexibility of the rays of light.
REFLEXIBLE
REFLEX'IBLE, adjective Capable of being reflected or thrown back.The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible and reflexible