| Back | refection /ri-FEK-shuhn/ |
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| Front | noun 1. Refreshment with food or drink. 2. A light meal. 3. The reingesting of fecal pellets, as practiced by rabbits. [Via French from Latin reficere (to renew or restore), from re- (back) + facere (to make). Earliest documented use: 1398.] "Mr March and the Professor retired to the study, Meg and Amy went to look after the little refection of fruit and cake which was to come." - Louisa May Alcott; Jo's Boys; Roberts Brothers; 1886. |
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