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Latin
Etymology
From re- (“back; again”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reficiō (present infinitive reficere, perfect active refēcī, supine refectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to make again, make anew; remake, renew, rebuild, reconstruct
- Synonyms: iterō, integrō, redintegrō, renovō, novō, reparō, referō
- to restore, repair, fix, refit
- Synonyms: ēmendō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- to reappoint, re-elect
- (of troops) to recruit, reinforce
- (of income) to get back, get in return, make again
- (of the body or mind) to make strong again, reinvigorate, refresh, revive, recruit, restore
- Synonyms: reparō, exhilarō, revocō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 3.711:
- Postera cum tenerās aurōra refēcerit herbās
- When the following dawn shall have refreshed the tender plants
Or, the future perfect tense is often translated as a more natural-sounding English present or perfect tense:
When the following dawn has refreshed the tender plants
- to obtain, earn, get, amass, collect
- Synonyms: contrahō, conferō, convehō, cōnstruō, compellō, glomerō, congerō, cōgō
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References
- “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reficio in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
- reficio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
- to repair a boat: navem reficere
- Bruno Meinecke, Ph.D. (1960) Third Year Latin. (Allyn and Bacon, Inc.)