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One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor. Carlyle.

To enact again.

The act of re

The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.

Recompense; atonemet; retribution. [Obs.] Howell.

nt medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.

Capable of being refracted.

Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. Refracting angle of a prism (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of light. -- Refracting telescope. (Opt.) See under Telescope.

The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.

Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. Refractive index. (Opt.) See Index of refraction, under Index. -- Absolute refractive index (Opt.), the index of refraction of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.…

The quality or condition of being refractive.

A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.

Anything that refracts; specifically: (Opt.)

In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.

The quality or condition of being refractory.

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Shak.

A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

Capable of being retracted; retractile.