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Webster 1913 Edition


Refocillate

Re-foc′il-late

(r?-f?s′?l-l?t)
,
Verb.
T.
[L.
refocillatus
, p. p. of
refocillare
; pref.
re-
re- +
focillare
to revive by warmth.]
To refresh; to revive.
[Obs.]
Aubrey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Refocillate

REFO'CILLATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. refocillo; re and the root of focus.] To refresh; to revive; to give new vigor to. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


refocillate

refocillate

English

Verb

refocillate (third-person singular simple present refocillates, present participle refocillating, simple past and past participle refocillated)

  1. (obsolete) To revive or refresh.
    • 1761: by sinking into it, quoth Paræus, as into so much butter, the nose was comforted, nourish'd, plump'd up, refresh'd, refocillated, and set a growing for ever. — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 3 (Penguin 2003, p. 211)
    • 1974: ‘The works,’ Enderby said, with refocillated energy. ‘Ah, yes.’ — Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament

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Latin

Verb

refocillāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of refocillō