tref rain ment

[Eng. refrain, v.; -ment.] The act or state of refraining; forbearance, absti nence. re-frame', v . t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. frame , v. (q.v.)] To frame or put together again or anew. "Made up of the same materials with the former reframed."-Search: Light of Nature , vol. ii., pt. i., ch. ii. ity .] The quality or state of being refrangible; re-frăn-gi-bil-I-ty, subst . [Eng. refrangible; capability or susceptibility of being refracted or deflected from a direct course, as a ray of light, in pa ing from one medium to another; refrangible ne . "All these rays differ in refrangibility ." -Locke : Elements of Nat. Philosophy , ch. xi. ref rica tion re-frăn-gi-ble, a . [Pref.re-, and Eng. frangible (q. v.).] Capable of being refracted or deflected from a direct course, as a ray of light, in pa ing from one medium to another; susceptible of refraction. "Some of them [rays) are more refrangible than others." -Locke : Elements of Nat. Philosophy , ch. ix. re-frăn-gi-ble-ne , subst. [Eng. refrangible; refrangibility. -ne .] The quality or state of being refrangible; *re-freide, v. t. [O. Fr. refreider (Fr. refroidir ), from Lat. re -again, and frigeo =to freeze, to cool.] To cool. *re-fre-nā-tion, s. [O. Fr.) The act of refraining or restraining. rě-frěsh', *re-freisch, *re-frei ch, v. t. & i [O. Fr. refreschir, rafraischir (Fr. rafraîchir ).] A. Transitive: 1. To make fresh again; to improve by new touches; to freshen up; to renovate, to retouch; to touch up, so as to make to seem new again. "The rest refresh the scaly snakes, that fold The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, viii. 575. 2. To make fresh or vigorous again; to restore strength or vigor to; to reinvigorate after fatigue. want, pain, exertion, .; to revive. (2 Sam . xvi. 14.) *3. To restore strength to; to recruit, to reinforce. "To refresh their camp with fresh souldiers, in the lieu of such as be perished."- Burnet : Records , vol. ii., bk. ii., No. 34. 4. To steep and soak, as vegetables, in pure water in order to restore freshne of appearance. B. In trans.: To lay in a stock of fresh provisions to take refreshment. *rě-fresh, s . [REFRESH, v.] Refreshment; the act of refreshing. IMG:content-0364.png:[blocks in formation] "To replace and refreshen those impre ions of nature which are continually wearing away."-Reynolds: Notes on Du Fresnoy; Art of Painting.