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/rəfrˈɛʃmənt/ Listen

noun

Refreshment n.

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.

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Etymology of 'Refreshment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Refreshment" Quotes from Famous Books

... by their eating in common, and by the frugality of their table, to take from riches their very being. For what use or enjoyment of them, what peculiar display of magnificence could there be, where the poor man went to the same refreshment with the rich? Hence the observation, that it was only at Sparta where Plutus (according to the proverb) was kept blind, and like an image, destitute of life or motion. It must further be observed, that they had not the privilege to eat at home, and so to come without ...

— Ideal Commonwealths • Various

... but it will right away—everybody is on the floor now," returned Harry, his eyes in search of something to hold Kate's refreshment. ...

— Kennedy Square • F. Hopkinson Smith

... crawled into Perth, black with the sun, bones from want; he was not recognised by friends. A Malay, daft but harmless, led a vagrant life at Perth, getting bit and sup from the open tables of the colonists. The good wife of the outermost settlement, where Sir George Grey knocked, seeking refreshment, took him ...

— The Romance of a Pro-Consul - Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir - George Grey, K.C.B. • James Milne

... king, than many powerful rulers and rich nobles upon their silken couches, was this prisoner upon his hard pallet. He could sleep—his spirit, busy during the day in forming plans for his escape, needed and found the rest of sleep; his body needed the refreshment and received it. ...

— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach

... Crail was called—went back, and, entering the bow at the Shoegate, passed on towards a vintner's that dwelt opposite to the convent of the Blackfriars; for the day was by this time far advanced, and they both felt themselves in need of some refreshment. ...

— Ringan Gilhaize - or The Covenanters • John Galt

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