refrication

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noun

A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.

OriginLatin refricare →
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Meanings

nounrefrication (uncountable)
  1. nonce wordobsoleteuncountableA rubbing up afresh; a brightening.

    A continual refrication of the memory.

    1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture

Origin

  1. Latinrefricare
  2. Englishrefrication

Latin refricare to rub again.

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Chicago

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