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refectives

refectives is the plural of refective.

Meaning of refective

Noun

refective (plural refectives)

  1. That which refreshes.
    • His auditors gaine so refreshed him, as to take away the sense of all paine in teaching. Their profit was his refectives and reparatives.1633, Daniel Dyke, Two Treaties
  2. A type of animal that eats its food twice, by reconsuming partially digested matter.
    • While the rabbits mentioned in Leviticus 11 appear to chew the cud, we now know that they are not, in fact, ruminants but technically "refectives" - that is , they chew their droppings to better digest their food, not cud like a cow.2007, Robert J. Hutchinson, Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible

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Questions about refectives

What is refectives the plural of?
Refectives is the plural of refective.

Words near refectives in the dictionary

  1. refectionary
  2. refectioner
  3. refectioners
  4. refections
  5. refective
  6. refectives
  7. refectorarian
  8. refectorarians
  9. refectorer
  10. refectorers
  11. refectorial

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