reexperience 
reexperience (re-eks-pe'ri-ens), ii. [< re- + ex- 
/irrii'iicc, .] A renewed or repeated experience, 
reexperience (re-eks-pe'ri-ens), r. t. [< re- + 
experience, v.~] To experience again. 
reexport (re-eks-porf), v. t. [= F. reexporter; 
as re- + export.] To export again; export 
after having imported. 
The goods, for example, which are annually purchased 
with the great surplus of eighty-two thousand hogsheads 
of tobacco annually re-exported from Great Britain, are 
not all consumed in Great Britain. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Iv. 7. 
reexport (re-eks'port), n. [< reexport, r.] 1. 
A commodity that is reexported. 2. Reexpor- 
tation. 
Foreign sugars have not been taken to Hawaii for re-ex- 
port to the Pacific Coast. The American, VI. 387. 
reexportation (re-eks-por-ta'shon), n. [= F. 
reexportation; as reexport + -ation.] The act of 
exporting what has been imported. 
In allowing the same drawbacks upon the re-exportation 
of the greater part of European and East India goods to 
the colonies as upon their re-exportation to any indepen- 
dent country, the interest of the mother country was sac- 
rificed to it, even according to the mercantile ideas of that 
interest. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, iv. 7. 
reextent (re-eks-tenf), . [< re- + extent.'] In 
latr, a second extent on lands or tenements, on 
complaint that the former was partially made, 
or the like. See extent, 3. 
reezet, r. t. See reasti. 
reezedt, See reastcd. 
ref. An abbreviation of (a) reformed; (b) ref- 
erence. 
refactiont (re-fak'shon), . [= F. refaction = 
Sp. refaccioi!, < L. as if *refactio(n-), for refec- 
tio(n-), a restoring (cf. refactor, a restorer): see 
refection.'] Retribution. 
The Soveraigne Minister, who was then employed in 
Elaiana, was commanded to require refaction and satis- 
faction against the Informers or rather inventours and 
forgers of the aforesaid mis-information. 
Howell. Vocall Forrest, p. lia 
refait (F. pron. re-fa'), . [F., a drawn game, < 
refait, pp. of refaire, do again, < re-, again, + 
faire, do: see /eat*.] A drawn game; specifi- 
cally, in rouge-et-noir, a state of the game in 
which the cards dealt for the players who bet 
on the red equal in value those dealt for the 
players who bet on the black. 
refashion (re-fash'on), . t. [= OF. refagoner, 
rcfafonner, F. refaeonner, fashion over, re- 
fashion; as re- + fashion, v.] To fashion, 
form, or mold into shape a second time or 
anew. 
refashionment (re-fash' on-ment), n. [< re- 
fashion + -ment,~] The act of fashioning or 
forming again or anew. L. Hunt. 
refasten (re-fas'n), r. t. [< re- + fasten.'} To 
fasten again. 
refectt (re-fekf), v. t. [< L. refectus, pp. of 
reficere, restore, refresh, remake, < re-, again. 
+ facere, make : see fact. Cf. refete, refit.] 
To refresh; restore after hunger or fatigue; 
repair. 
A man in the morning is lighter in the scale, because 
in sleep some pounds have perspired ; and is also lighter 
unto himself, because he is refected. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., Iv. 7. 
refectt (re-fekf), p. a. [ME., < L. refectus, re- 
freshed, restored, pp. of reficere, restore, re- 
fresh: see refect, v.] Recovered; restored; 
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refectioner (re-fek'shou-er), n. [< refection + 
-er'~.] One who has charge of the refectory 
and the supplies of food in a monastery. 
Two most important officers of the Convent, the Kitch- 
ener and Refectioner, were just arrived with a sumpter- 
mule loaded with provisions. Scott, Monastery. 
refective (re-fek'tiv), a. and . [< refect + 
-ive.] I. a. Refreshing; restoring. 
II. n. That which refreshes. 
refectorer (re-fek'to-rer), . [< F. refecturit , 
= Sp. refitolero = Pg. refeitoreiro = It. rffetto- 
riere, < ML. refectorarius, one who has charge 
of the refectory, < refectorium, refectory: see 
refectory.] Same as refectioner. 
refectory (rf-fek'to-ri), n.; pi. refectories (-riz). 
[= OF. refe'ctoir, refeitoir, also (with intrusive 
r) refrectoir, refreitoir, refrictur, refretor, etc., 
F. rejectoire and refectoir = Pr. refector, refcitur 
= Sp. refectorio, refitorio = Pg. refcitorio = It. 
refettorio, < ML. refectorium, a place of refresh- 
ment, < L. reficere, pp. refectus, refresh, restore, 
refect: see refect.] A room of refreshment; 
Tak thanne this drawht, and, whan thou art wel re- 
fresshed and refect, thow shal be moore stydefast to stye 
[rise] into heyere que&tiouns. 
Chaucer, Boethlus, iv. prose 6. 
refection (re-fek'shon), H. [< ME. refeccion, 
refeccyon, < OF. refection, F. refection = Pr. 
refectio = Sp. refeccion = Pg. refeifao, refec(So 
= It. refezione, < L. refectio(n-), a restoring, 
refreshment, remaking, < reficere, pp. refectus, 
restore, remake : see refect.'} 1. Refreshment 
after hunger or fatigue; a repast: applied es- 
pecially to meals in religious nouses. 
And whan we were retourned ayen into ye sayde chap- 
ell of oure Lady, after a lytel refeccym with mete and 
Sir X. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 27. 
But now the peaceful hours of sacred night 
Demand refection, and to rest invite. 
Pope, Iliad, xxiv. 754. 
Beside the rent in kind and the feudal services, the chief 
who had given stock was entitled to come with a com- 
pany . . . and feast at the Daer-stock tenant's house at 
particularperiods. . . . This " right of refection " and lia- 
bility to it are among the most distinctive features of an- 
cient Irish custom. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 161. 
2. In civil law and old Eng. law, repair; resto- 
ration to good condition. 
Refectory of the Monastery of Mont St. Michel. Normandy; 
I3lh century. 
an eating-room ; specifically, a hall or apart- 
ment in a convent, monastery, or seminary 
where the meals are eaten. Compare /miter. 
Scenes 
Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove. 
The chamber, or refectory. Cmcper, Task, vi. 572. 
To whom the monk : ..." a guest of ours 
Told us of this in our refectory." 
Tennyson, Holy Grail. 
refelt (re-fel' ), v. t. [< OF. refeller, < L. refellere, 
show to be false, refute, < re-, again, back, + 
fallere, deceive C>falsus, false) : see /art 1 .] To 
refute; disprove; overthrow by arguments; set 
aside. 
How I persuaded, how I pray'd and kneel'd, 
How he reftll'd me, and how I replied. 
Shale., M. for M., v. 1. 94. 
I shall confute, refute, repel, refel, 
Explode, exterminate, expunge, extinguish 
Like a rush-candle this same heresy. 
Chapman, Revenge for Honour, 1. 2. 
refeoff (re-fef), v. t. [< ME. refeffen; as re- + 
feoff.] To feoff again ; reinvest; reendow. 
Kynge Arthur refe/ed hyrn a-gein in his londe that he 
hftdde be-fore. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), iii. 479. 
refer (re-fer'), r. ; pret. and pp. referred, ppr. 
referring. [< ME. referren, < OF. referer, F. 
referer = Pr. referre = Sp. referir = Pg. referir- 
se, referir = It. riferire, < L. referre, bear back, 
relate, refer, < re-, back, + ferre, bear, = E. 
bear 1 . Cf. confer, defer, differ, infer, prefer, 
transfer, etc. Cf. relate.] I. trans. If. To bear 
or carry back ; bring back. 
Alle thinges ben referred and browht to nowht. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iii. prose 11. 
He lives in heav'n, among the saints referred. 
P. Fletcher, Eliza. 
Cut from a crab his crooked claws, and hide 
The rest in earth, a scorpion thence will glide, 
And shoot his sting ; his tail, in circles tossed, 
Refers the limbs his backward father lost. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xv. 
2. To trace back; assign to as origin, source, 
etc. ; impute ; assign; attribute. 
Wo be to the land, to the realm, whose king is a child : 
which some interpret and refer to childish conditions. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1BBO. 
Mahomet referred his new laws to the angel Gabriel, by 
whose direction he gave out they were made. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 603. 
In the political as in the natural body, a sensation is 
often referred to a part widely different from that in which 
it really resides. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
referee 
3. To hand over or intrust for consideration 
and decision ; deliver over, as to another per- 
son or tribunal for treatment, information, de- 
cision, and the like : as, to refer a matter to a 
third person ; parties to a suit refer their cause 
to arbitration ; the court refers a cause to in- 
dividuals for examination and report, or for 
trial and decision. 
Now, touching the situation of measures, there are as 
manie or more proportions of them which I referre to the 
makers phantasie and choise. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 74. 
I refer it to your own judgment. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, it 2. 
4. Reflexively, to betake one's self to ; appeal. 
I do refer me to the oracle. Skalr., W. T., 111. 2. 116. 
My father's tongue was loosed of a suddenly, and he 
said aloud, " I refer mysell to God's pleasure, and not to 
yours." Scott, Redgauntlet, letter xt 
5. To reduce or bring in relation, as to some 
standard. 
You profess and practise to refer all things to yourself. 
Baoon. 
6. To assign, as to a class, rank, historical posi- 
tion, or the like. 
A science of historical palmistry . . . that attempts to 
refer, by distinctions of penmanship, parchment, paper, 
ink, illumination, and abbreviation, every manuscript to 
its own country, district, age, school, and even individual 
writer. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 76. 
7. To defer; put off; postpone. [Rare.] 
Harry, all but the first (challenge] I put off with engage- 
ment ; and, by good fortune, the first is no madder of light- 
ing than I; so that that's referred: the place where it 
must be ended is four days' journey off. 
Beau, and !'/.. King and no King, iii. 2. 
My account of this voyage must be referred to the sec- 
ond part of my travels. Swift, Gulliver's Travels, L 8. 
8. To direct for information ; instruct to apply 
for any purpose. 
My wife . . . referred her to all the neighbors for a char- 
acter. Goldsmith, Vicar, xi. 
I would refer the reader ... to the admirable exposi- 
tion in the August issue of the "Westminster Review." 
Contemporary Ret!., LIV. 329. 
= Svn. 2. Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute. 
II. intrans. 1. To have relation ; relate. 
Breaking of Bread : a Phrase which . . . manifestly re- 
fers to the Eucharist. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. vii. 
2. To have recourse ; apply ; appeal : as, to re- 
fer to an encyclopedia ; to refer to one's notes. 
Of man, what see we but his station here, 
From which to reason, or to which refer! 
Pope, Essay on Man, 1. 20. 
3. To allude; make allusion. 
I proceed to another affection of our nature which bears 
strong testimony to our being born for religion. I refer 
to the emotion which leads us to revere what is higher 
than ourselves. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 11. 
4. To direct the attention ; serve as a mark or 
sign of reference. 
Some suspected passages . . . are degraded to the bot- 
tom of the page, with an asterisk referring to the places 
of their insertion. Pope, Pref. to Shakspere. 
5. To give a reference : as, to refer to a former 
employer for a recommendation. =Syn.l. To be- 
long to, pertain to, concern. ! and 3. Allude, Hint, etc. 
See advert. 
referable (ref'er-a-bl), a. [< OF. referable, < re- 
ferer, refer: see refer and -able. Cf. referrible.] 
Capable of being referred; that may be as- 
signed; admitting of being considered as be- 
longing or related to. 
As for those names of A^poitn), Ziiyio, &c., they are all 
referable to To/ioj, which we have already taken notice of 
in our defence of the Cabbala. 
Dr. H. More, The Cabbala, iv. 4. 
Other classes of information there were partly ob- 
tained from books, partly from observation, to some ex- 
tent referable to his two main employments of politics 
and law. R. Choate, Addresses and Orations, p. 304. 
France is the second commercial country of the world ; 
and her command of foreign markets seems clearly refer- 
able, in a great degree, to the real elegance of her produc- 
tions. Gladstone, Might of Bight, p. 47. 
Isaac Barrow, Sir Thomas Browne, Henry More. Dr. 
Johnson, and many other writers, down to our own time, 
have referrible [instead of referable]. . . . Possibly it was 
pronunciation, in part, that debarred preferrible, and dis- 
couraged referrible. F. Hall, Adjectives in -able, p. 47. 
referee (ref-e-re'), . [< F. rffere, pp. of re- 
ferer, refer: see refer.] I. One to whom some- 
thing is referred ; especially, a person to whom 
a matter in dispute has been referred for set- 
tlement or decision; an arbitrator ; an umpire. 
He was the universal referee; a quarrel about a bet or 
a mistress was solved by him in a moment, and in a man- 
ner which satisfied both parties. Disraeli, Conlngsby, i. 5. 
2. Specifically, in late, a person selected by 
the court or parties under authority of law to 
try a cause in place of the court, or to exam- 
