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refect

[ri-fekt]

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verb (used with object) Archaic.

to refresh, especially with food or drink.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; < Latin refectus, past participle of reficere to make again, renew, equivalent to re- re- + -fec-, combining form of facere to make, do¹ + -tus past participle suffix

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