Definition of Refringe

1. to deflect [v REFRINGED, REFRINGING, REFRINGES] - See also: deflect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refringe

refrigeration
refrigeration anaesthesia
refrigeration system
refrigerations
refrigerative
refrigeratives
refrigerator
refrigerator car
refrigerator cookie
refrigerator mother
refrigerator mothers
refrigeratories
refrigeratorlike
refrigerators
refrigeratory
refringe (current term)
refringed
refringence
refringences
refringencies
refringency
refringent
refringes
refront
refronted
refronting
refronts
refroze
refrozen
refry

Literary usage of Refringe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"... indeed they King's prerogative ; all that is required in making new canons cannot alter or refringe the common law, ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"S. Referring to change in the direction of motion: sway, roll, swerve, deflect, divert, flex (rare or tech.); spec, reflect, retract, refringe, slue, slew, ..."

3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"(A.-N.) To cool. REFRET, 1 ». The burden of a REFRA IDE, J SOng. refringe, ». Ч о infringe. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Refringe on Dictionary.com!Search for Refringe on Thesaurus.com!Search for Refringe on Google!Search for Refringe on Wikipedia!

Search