| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| refect | verb t. | To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh. |
| refill | verb t. & i. | To fill, or become full, again. |
| refind | verb t. | To find again; to get or experience again. |
| refine | verb t. | To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar., To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings., To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter., To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence., To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. |
| reflex | adjective | Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective., Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return., Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness., Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade., An involuntary movement produced by reflex action., To reflect., To bend back; to turn back. |
| reflow | verb i. | To flow back; to ebb. |
| reflux | adjective | Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action., A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides. |
| refold | verb t. | To fold again. |
| reform | verb t. | To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals., To return to a good state; to amend or correct one’s own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform., Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. |
| refret | noun | Refrain. |
| refuge | noun | Shelter or protection from danger or distress., That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy., An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance., To shelter; to protect. |
| refund | verb t. | To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan., To pour back., To give back; to repay; to restore., To supply again with funds; to reimburse. |
| refuse | verb t. | To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant., To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks., To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor., To disown., To deny compliance; not to comply., Refusal., That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter., Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. |
| refute | verb t. | To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. |