Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
(2) - Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
(3) - Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.
(4) - Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

(1) - Refugee (n.) Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.
(2) - Refugee (n.) One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

(1) - Refulgence (n.) Alt. of Refulgency

(1) - Refulgent (a.) Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams.