2. Restoration. "This doctrine of the refusion of the soul." Bp.
Warbuton.
Ref"ut (rf"t), n. [OF. refuite.] Refuge. "Thou haven of refut." [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Re*fut`a*bil"i*ty (r?*f?t`?*b?l"?*t?), n. The quality of being
refutable.
Re*fut"a*ble (r?*f?t"?*b'l;277), a. [Cf. F. réfutable.] Admitting of
being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Re*fut"al (r?*f?t"al), n. Act of refuting; refutation.
Ref`u*ta"tion (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio: cf. F. réfutation.]
The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being
refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument,
opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing
proof.
Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a
refutation.
Macaulay.
Re*fut"a*to*ry (r?*f?t"?*t?*r?), a. [L. refutatorius: cf. F.
réfutatoire.] Tending tu refute; refuting.
Re*fute" (r?*F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refuted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Refuting.] [F. réfuter, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. Confute,
Refuse to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or
countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute;
as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or
theories; to refute a disputant.
There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is
impossible to refute such multitudes.
Addison.
Syn. -- To confute; disprove. See Confute.
Re*fut"er (-f?t"?r), n. One who, or that which, refutes.
Re*gain" (r?*g?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.] To gain
anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to
reach again.
Syn. -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.
Re"gal (r?"gal), a. [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and
cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.] Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal;
as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak.
He made a scorn of his regal oath.
Milton.
Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
Re"gal, n. [F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.] (Mus.) A small portable
organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other,
-- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
||Re*ga"le (r?*g?"l?), n. [LL. regale, pl. regalia, fr. L. regalis: cf.
||F. régale. See Regal.] A prerogative of royalty. [R.] Johnson.
Re*gale" (r?*g?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regaled (-g?ld"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Regaling.] [F. régaler, Sp. regalar to regale, to caress, to melt,
perhaps fr. L. regalare to thaw (cff. Gelatin), or cf. Sp. gala
graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf. Gala), or
most likely from OF. galer to rejoice, gale pleasure.] To enerta&?;n in
a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that
delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or
the ear.
Re*gale", v. i. To feast; t&?; fare sumtuously.
Re*gale", n. [F. régal. See Regale, v. t.] A sumptuous repast; a
banquet. Johnson. Cowper.
Two baked custards were produced as additions to the regale.
E. E. Hale.
Re*gale"ment (-ment), n. The act of regaling; anything which regales;
refreshment; entertainment.
Re*gal"er (-g?l"?r), n. One who regales.
Re*ga"li*a (r?*g?"l?*?), n. pl. [LL., from L. regalisregal. See Regal.]
1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and
prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings,
symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of
Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.