I. Act., to rub or scratch open again, to gall, fret (a favorite word of Cic.; otherwise rare).
A. Lit., Cato, R. R. 87: “vulnera,” to tear open, Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2; so, “vulnus,” id. ib. 12, 18, a, 1; id. Fl. 23, 54: “obductam jam cicatricem,” id. Agr. 3, 2, 4.—
B. Trop., to excite afresh, renew: “memoriam pulcherrimi facti,” Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 18; cf.: “rei publicae praeterita fata,” id. Pis. 33, 82: “animum memoria refricare coeperat,” id. Sull. 6, 19: “ut illa vetus fabula refricaretur,” id. Cael. 30, 71: “alicujus desiderium ac dolorem,” id. Fam. 5, 17, 4: “dolorem oratione,” id. de Or. 2, 48, 199: “admonitu refricatur amor,” Ov. R. Am. 729: “lamentationes,” App. M. 4, p. 154, 4.—*
II. Neutr., to break out afresh, appear again: “crebro refricat lippitudo,” Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2.