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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.
Definition 2024
refocillate
refocillate
English
Verb
refocillate (third-person singular simple present refocillates, present participle refocillating, simple past and past participle refocillated)
- (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