Definitions | refocillate |
| verb (refocillat, ing)
- (obsolete) To revive or refresh.
- 1761: by sinking into it, quoth Parí¦us, 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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