Home › Words › R › refricationrefricationrefrication means A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, refrication ranks #1,571 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyLatin refricare to rub again.nounA rubbing up afresh; a brightening.e.g.“A continual refrication of the memory.” — 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.refrigerium 69% match — Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. vs refrication →frigefaction 69% match — The act of making cold; cooling. vs refrication →refrigerating 66% match — Causing refrigeration. vs refrication →refocillation 65% match — The restoration of strength by means of refreshment. vs refrication →refrigerative 63% match — Cooling; allaying heat. vs refrication →refrigeration 62% match — The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it. vs refrication →frigorific 62% match — Causing to chill or cool. vs refrication →infrigidation 62% match — The act of chilling or making cold; freezing. vs refrication →