Middle English Dictionary Entry
refecten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | refecten v. P.ppl. refect(e. |
| Etymology | From L refectus, p.ppl. of reficere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. refeten v.
1.
To refresh (sb. or sth.), restore.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.413 : Tak thanne this drawght, and, whanne thou art wel reffressched and refect [vr. refet; L refectus], thou schalt be more stedfast.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27a/b : Alle þe hole digestion..is of 16 houres after þe olde precept or commaundement þat in 2 daiez þe bodie be thriez refecte [Ch.(2): refresched; L reficiatur].