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Act of refraining. [R.]

To frame again or anew.

The quality of being refrangible.

Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light. -- Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.

The act of refraining. [Obs.]

To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind. Chaucer. Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. 1 Cor. xvi. 18. And labor shall refresh itself with hope.…

One who, or that which, refreshes.

Full of power to refresh; refreshing. -- Re*fresh"ful*ly, adv.

Reviving; reanimating. -- Re*fresh"ing*ly, adv. -- Re*fresh"ing*ness, n.

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

Refrain. [Obs.] Bailey.

To chill; to cool. [Obs.] Refreyded by sickness . . . or by cold drinks. Chaucer.

A rubbing up afresh; a brightening. [Obs.] A continual refrication of the memory. Bp. Hall.

tion for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively. Holland. "A refrigerant to passion." Blair.

To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

A refrigerant. Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment. I. Taylor.

That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically:

That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:

Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Obs.] South.