Reformade, ref-or-mād′, n. (Bunyan) a reduced or dismissed soldier.—n. Reformā′do, an officer without a command.—adj. degraded: penitent.
Refortify, rē-for′ti-fī, v.t. to fortify again or anew.
Refound, rē-fownd′, v.t. to establish on a new basis: to cast anew.—n. Refound′er.
Refract, rē-frakt′, v.t. to break back or open: to break the natural course, or bend from a direct line, as rays of light, &c.—adj. Rēfrac′table.—p.adjs. Rēfrac′ted, turned out of its straight course, as a ray of light: (bot., &c.) bent back at an acute angle; Rēfrac′ting, serving or tending to refract: refractive.—n. Rēfrac′tion, the act of refracting: the change in the direction of a ray of light, heat, &c., when it enters a different medium.—adj. Rēfrac′tive, refracting: pertaining to refraction.—ns. Rēfrac′tiveness; Rēfractiv′ity; Rēfractom′eter, an instrument for measuring the refractive power of different substances; Rēfrac′tor, a refracting telescope.—Angle of refraction, the angle between a perpendicular and a ray of light after its change of direction, bearing a constant ratio to the sine of the angle of incidence—the index of refraction; Astronomical, or Atmospheric, refraction, the apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the earth's atmosphere; Double refraction, the separation of an incident ray of light into two refracted rays, polarised in perpendicular planes. [L. refringĕre, refractum—re-, back, frangĕre, to break.]
Refractory, rē-frak′to-ri, adj. breaking through rules: unruly: unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion, as metals, &c.: not susceptible, as to disease.—adv. Refrac′torily.—n. Refrac′toriness.
Refracture, rē-frak′tūr, n. a breaking again.
Refragable, ref′ra-ga-bl, adj. that may be resisted: capable of refutation.—ns. Refragabil′ity, Ref′ragableness.—v.i. Ref′ragāte (obs.), to be contrary in effect. [L. refragāri, to resist—re-, again, frangĕre, to break.]
Refrain, rē-frān′, n. a burden or chorus recurring at the end of each division of a poem: the musical form to which the burden of a song is set: an after-taste or other sense impression. [O. Fr. refrain—refraindre—L. refringĕre (refrangĕre).]
Refrain, rē-frān′, v.t. to curb: to restrain.—v.i. to keep from action: to forbear.—ns. Refrain′er; Refrain′ment. [O. Fr. refraindre (Fr. refréner)—Low L. refrenāre—re-, back, frenum, a bridle.]
Reframe, rē-frām′, v.t. to frame again.