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word: Relational
definition:
Relational

Re*la"tion*al
(r?-l?"sh?n-al)
a.
1.
Having relation or kindred; related.

We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems.
Tooke.

2.
Indicating or specifying some relation.

Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc.
R. Morris.


word: Relationship
definition:
Relationship

Re*la"tion*ship
n.
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.
Mason.


word: Relative
definition:
Relative

Rel"a*tive
(r?l"?-t?v)
a.
[F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]
1.
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

I'll have grounds
More relative than this.
Shak.

2.
Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.

Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole.
South.

3.
(Gram.)
Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4.
(Mus.)
Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Relative clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative pronoun. -- Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife.  Cf. Correlative.


word: Relative₂
definition:
Relative

Rel"a*tive
n.
One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.
(a)
A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
relatives
Bp. Fell.
(b)
(Gram.)
A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives “who”, “which”, “that”.


word: Relatively
definition:
Relatively

Rel"a*tive*ly
adv.
In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.

Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively.
I. Watts.


word: Relativistic
definition:
Relativistic

Rel`a*tiv*ist"ic
(?)
a.
1.
of, pertaining to, or in conformity with the theory of relativity; as, the relativistic increase of mass with velocity.

2.
moving at a speed sufficiently high that the changes of mass or time dilation predicted by the theory of relativity may be observed; moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light; as, relativistic electrons.


word: Relativistic mass equation
definition:
Relativistic mass equation

Rel`a*tiv*ist"ic mass e*qua"tion
(?)
n.
(physics)
an equation expressing the mass of an object as a function of its velocity: as the velocity v of an object increases, its mass m increases from its rest mass m0 according to the equation:
   m = m0/1 - v2/c2

where c is the speed of light in a vacuum.  If the speed of an object were to become equal to that of light, it can be seen that the mass would be infinite, from which it follows that nothing can accelerate up to or beyond the speed of light.

&hand_; The theoretical possibility that there are particles which always move faster than light cannot at present be disproved and is not denied by this equation; in such a case, the relativistic mass equation asserts that such particles can never decelerate to or below the speed of light.  Such hypothetical particles are referred to as tachyons.


word: relativity
definition:
relativity

rel`a*tiv"i*ty
(-t?v"?-t?)
n.
1.
The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.
Coleridge.

2.
One of two theories (also called theory of relativity) proposed by Albert Einstein, the special theory of relativity, or the general theory of relativity.  The special theory of relativity or special relativity is based on the proposition that the speed of light is a constant no matter how observed, and is independent of the motion of the observer.  From this follows several principles, such as the increase of mass with velocity (which has been confirmed: see relativistic mass equation) and the impossibility of acceleration to a speed greater than that of light; the equivalence of mass and energy, expressed by the famous equation E = mc2; and time dilation, which is the apparent slowing of a clock in a system, as observed by an observer in a system moving relative to the clock.  The general theory of relativity is based on the proposition that there is no physical difference between gravitational force and the force produced by acceleration.  From this follow several results, of which the bending of light rays in a gravitational field and the equivalence of the inertial and gravitational masses have been verified.  The possible existence of black holes (believed by many astronomers to have been adequately proven) is another consequence of the theory.


word: Relator
definition:
Relator

Re*lat"or
(r?-l?t"?r)
n.
[ L.: cf. F. relateur. See Relate.]
1.
One who relates; a relater.
relators
Fuller.

2.
(Law)
A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.


word: Relax
definition:
Relax

Re*lax"
(r?-l?ks")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.]
[L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.]
1.
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.

Horror . . . all his joints relaxed.
Milton.

Nor served it to relax their serried files.
Milton.

2.
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.

The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
Swift.

3.
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

4.
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.


word: Relax₂
definition:
Relax

Re*lax"
v. i.
1.
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

His knees relax with toil.
Pope.

2.
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

In others she relaxed again,
And governed with a looser rein.
Prior.

3.
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.


word: Relaxant
definition:
Relaxant

Re*lax"ant
(r?-l?ks"ant)
n.
[L. relaxans, p. pr. of relaxare.]
(Med.)
A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.


word: Relaxation
definition:
Relaxation

Re`lax*a"tion
(r?`l?ks-?"sh?n;277)
n.
[L. relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation.]
1.
The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

2.
Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
relaxation
Macaulay.


word: Relaxative
definition:
Relaxative

Re*lax"a*tive
(r?-l?ks"?-t?v)
a.
Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
n. A relaxant.
B. Jonson.


word: Relay
definition:
Relay

Re*lay"
(r?-l?")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relaid (-l?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaying.]
[Pref. re- +  lay, v.]
To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.


word: Relay₂
definition:
Relay

Re*lay"
(r?-l?")
n.
[F. relais (cf. OF. relais relaxation, discontinuance, It. rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), fr. OF. relaissier to abandon, release, fr. L. relaxare. See Relax.]
1.
A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief.
(a)
A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.
(b)
A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way.
(c)
A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

2.
(Elec.)
In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing.

Relay battery (Elec.), the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or relay.


word: Relay₃
definition:
Relay

Re*lay"
a.
(Mach.)
Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an auxiliary apparatus put into action by a feeble force but itself capable of exerting greater force, used to control a comparatively powerful machine or appliance.


word: Relay cylinder
definition:
Relay cylinder

Relay cylinder
In a variable expansion central-valve engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine.


word: Relay governor
definition:
Relay governor

Relay governor
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.


word: Relbun
definition:
Relbun

Rel"bun
(r?l"b?n)
n.
The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- used for dyeing crimson.


word: Release
definition:
Release

Re*lease"
(r?-l?s")
v. t.
[Pref. re + lease to let.]
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.


word: Release₂
definition:
Release

Re*lease"
(r?-l?s")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Released (r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.]
[OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]
1.
To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark xv. 6.

2.
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

3.
(Law)
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

4.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
[Obs.]
Hooker.

A sacred vow that none should aye release.
Spenser.


word: Release₃
definition:
Release

Re*lease"
n.
1.
The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
release
Milton.

2.
Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

3.
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

4.
(Law)
A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
Blackstone.

5.
(Steam Engine)
The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

6.
(Mach.)
A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;
specif.
(Elec.)
A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit; also, the catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, which acts in case of an overload.

7.
(Phon.)
The act or manner of ending a sound.

8.
(Railroads)
In the block-signaling system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease. -- Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Releasement
definition:
Releasement

Re*lease"ment
(r?-l?s"ment)
n.
The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.
Milton.


word: Relegate
definition:
Relegate

Rel"e*gate
(r?l"?-g?t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.]
[L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.]
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar.
Milman.


word: Relegation
definition:
Relegation

Rel`e*ga"tion
(-g?"sh?n)
n.
[L.  relegatio: cf. F. relégation.]
The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.


word: Relent
definition:
Relent

Re*lent"
(r?-l?nt")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Relented; p. pr. & vb. n. Relenting.]
[F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe.]
1.
To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
[Obs.]

He stirred the coals till relente gan
The wax again the fire.
Chaucer.

[Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to relent.
Boyle.

When opening buds salute the welcome day,
And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray.
Pope.

2.
To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.

Can you . . . behold
My sighs and tears, and will not once relent?
Shak.


word: Relent₂
definition:
Relent

Re*lent"
v. t.
1.
To slacken; to abate.
[Obs.]

And oftentimes he would relent his pace.
Spenser.

2.
To soften; to dissolve.
[Obs.]

3.
To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
[Obs.]


word: Relent₃
definition:
Relent

Re*lent"
(r?-l?nt")
n.
Stay; stop; delay.
[Obs.]

Nor rested till she came without relent
Unto the land of Amazons.
Spenser.


word: Relentless
definition:
Relentless

Re*lent"less
a.
Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.

For this the avenging power employs his darts, . . .
Thus will persist, relentless in his ire.
Dryden.


word: Relentment
definition:
Relentment

Re*lent"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Relevancy
definition:
Relevancy

Relevance

{ Rel"e*vance (r?l"?*vans), Rel"e*van*cy (-van*s?), }
n.
1.
The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.

Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore.
Poe.

2.
(Scots Law)
Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.


word: Relevant
definition:
Relevant

Rel"e*vant
(-vant)
a.
[F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve.]
1.
Relieving; lending aid or support.
[R.]
Pownall.

2.
Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.

Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions.
Sydney Smith.

3.
(Scots Law)
Sufficient to support the cause.


word: Relevation
definition:
Relevation

Rel`e*va"tion
(-v?"sh?n)
n.
[L. relevatio, fr. relevare. See Relieve.]
A raising or lifting up.
[Obs.]


word: Reliability
definition:
Reliability

Re*li`a*bil"i*ty
(r?-l?`?-b?l"?-t?)
n.
The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.


word: Reliable
definition:
Reliable

Re*li"a*ble
(r?-l?"?-b'l)
a.
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
reliable
A. Norton.

The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object.
Coleridge.

According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by “unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs.”
W. Irving.

&hand_; Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however, sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon, and a useful synonym for trustworthy, which is by preference applied to persons, as reliable is to things, such as an account, statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable, worthy of being laughed at, from the neuter verb to laugh; available, fit or able to be availed of, from the neuter verb to avail; dispensable, capable of being dispensed with, from the neuter verb to dispense. Other examples might be added.


word: Reliance
definition:
Reliance

Re*li"ance
(-ans)
n.
[From Rely.]
1.
The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.

In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value.
Macaulay.

2.
Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.
Richardson.


word: Relic
definition:
Relic

Rel"ic
(r?l"?k)
n.
[F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]
[Formerly written also relique.]
1.
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
Chaucer. Wyclif.

The relics of lost innocence.
Kebe.

The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics.
Shak.

2.
The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.

There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint.
Addison.

Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust,
And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust.
Pope.

3.
Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.

The pearls were spilt;
Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept.
Tennyson.


word: Relict
definition:
Relict

Rel"ict
(-?kt)
n.
[L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]
A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli.
South.


word: Relicted
definition:
Relicted

Re*lict"ed
(r?-l?kt"?d)
a.
[L. relictus, p. p.]
(Law)
Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.
Bouvier.


word: Reliction
definition:
Reliction

Re*lic"tion
(r?-l?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. relictio a leaving behind.]
(Law)
A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.
Burrill.


word: Relief
definition:
Relief

Re*lief"
(r?-l?f")
n.
[OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief, Rilievi.]
1.
The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.

He sees the dire contagion spread so fast,
That, where it seizes, all relief is vain.
Dryden.

2.
Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.

For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold.
Shak.

3.
That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.

4.
(Feudal Law)
A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.

5.
(Sculp. & Arch.)
The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.

&hand_; Relief is of three kinds, namely, high relief (altorilievo), low relief, (basso-rilievo), and demirelief (mezzo-rilievo). See these terms in the Vocabulary.

6.
(Paint.)
The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.

7.
(Fort.)
The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
Wilhelm.

8.
(Physical Geog.)
The elevations and surface undulations of a country.
Guyot.

Relief valve, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.


word: Relievable
definition:
Relievable

Re*liev"a*ble
(r?-l?v"?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Relieve
definition:
Relieve

Re*lieve"
(r?-l?v")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relieved (-l?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relieving.]
[OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis light. See Levity, and cf. Relevant, Relief.]
1.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

2.
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection.
Addison.

4.
To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

5.
To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.

Now lend assistance and relieve the poor.
Dryden.

6.
To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.

Who hath relieved you?
Shak.

7.
To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.


word: Relievement
definition:
Relievement

Re*lieve"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
[Archaic.]


word: Relieving
definition:
Relieving

Re*liev"ing
a.
Serving or tending to relieve.

Relieving arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. -- Relieving tackle. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Totten. Craig.


word: Religieux
definition:
Religieux

Religieuse

{ &VerbarRe*li`gi`euse" (re-l?`zh?`?z"), n. f. &VerbarRe*li`gi`eux" (re-l?`zh?`?"), n. m. }
[F.]
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.


word: Religion
definition:
Religion

Re*li"gion
(re̝*lĭj"ŭn)
n.
[F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. 'ale`gein to heed, have a care.  Cf. Neglect.]
1.
The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.

An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion.
Paley.

Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equivalent for godliness; but . . . it expressed the outer form and embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion assumed.
Trench.

Religions, by which are meant the modes of divine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally.  . . .  There is no living religion without something like a doctrine.  On the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion.
C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.).

Religion . . . means the conscious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct.
J. Köstlin (Schaff-Herzog Encyc.)

After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Acts xxvi. 5.

The image of a brute, adorned
With gay religions full of pomp and gold.
Milton.

2.
Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.
This definition is from the 1913 Webster, which was edited by Noah Porter, a theologian.  His bias toward the Christion religion is evident not only in this definition, but in others as well as in the choice of quations or illustrative phrases. Caveat lector. - PJC

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Washington.

Religion will attend you . . . as a pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of life.
Buckminster.

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.
Trench.

A good man was there of religion.
Chaucer.

4.
Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct.
[R.]

Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion.
Sir M. Hale.

&hand_; Religion, as distinguished from theology, is subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to God; while theology is objective, and denotes those ideas which man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his systematized views of God. As distinguished from morality, religion denotes the influences and motives to human duty which are found in the character and will of God, while morality describes the duties to man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from sanctity, religion is the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence.

Natural religion, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See Natural theology, under Natural. -- Religion of humanity, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis. -- Revealed religion, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and New Testaments.


word: Religionary
definition:
Religionary

Re*li"gion*a*ry
(r?-l?j"?n-?-r?)
a.
Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.
[Obs.]


word: Religionism
definition:
Religionism

Re*li"gion*ism
(-?z'm)
n.
1.
The practice of, or devotion to, religion.

2.
Affectation or pretense of religion.


word: Religionist
definition:
Religionist

Re*li"gion*ist
n.
One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.

The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the Puritan religionists.
Palfrey.

It might be that an Antinomian, a Quaker, or other heterodo_; religionists, was to be scourged out of the town.
Hawthorne.


word: Religiosity
definition:
Religiosity

Re*lig`i*os"i*ty
(-l?j`?-?s"?-t?)
n.
[L. religiositas: cf. F. religiosit_;.]
The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.
[R.]
M. Arnold.


word: Religious
definition:
Religious

Re*li"gious
(r?-l?j"?s)
a.
[OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L.  religiosus. See Religion.]
1.
Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.

Our law forbids at their religious rites
My presence.
Milton.

2.
Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.

Men whose lives
Religious titled them the sons of God.
Mlton

3.
Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

Thus, Indianlike,
Religious in my error, I adore
The sun, that looks upon his worshiper.
Shak.

4.
Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

One of them is religious.
Chaucer.


word: Religious₂
definition:
Religious

Re*li"gious
n.
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.
Addison.


word: Relinquent
definition:
Relinquent

Re*lin"quent
(r?-l?n"kwent)
a.
[L. relinquens, p. pr. of relinqquere. See Relinquish.]
Relinquishing.
[R.]


word: Relinquish
definition:
Relinquish

Re*lin"quish
(-kw?sh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relinquished (-kw?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing.]
[OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Relic, Relict.]

1.
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

We ought to relinquish such rites.
Hooker.

They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English.
Sir J. Davies.

2.
To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.


word: Reliquary
definition:
Reliquary

Rel"i*qua*ry
(r?l"?-kw?-r?)
n.
pl. -ries (-rĭz).
[LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire. See Relic.]
A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.


word: Reliquiae
definition:
Reliquiae

Re*liq"ui*ae
(r?-l?k"w?-?)
n. pl.
[L. See Relic.]

1.
Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

2.
(Bot.)
Same as Induviae.


word: Reliquian
definition:
Reliquian

Re*liq"ui*an
(re̝*lĭk"wĭ*an)
a.
Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.
[R.]


word: Reliquidation
definition:
Reliquidation

Re*liq`ui*da"tion
(rē*lĭk`wĭ*dā"shŭn)
n.
A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.
A. Hamilton.


word: Relish
definition:
Relish

Rel"ish
(rĕl"ĭsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relished (rĕl"ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Relishing.]
[Of. relechier to lick or taste anew; pref. re- re- + lechier to lick, F. lécher. See Lecher, Lick.]
1.
To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.

Now I begin to relish thy advice.
Shak.

He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys.
Atterbury.

2.
To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.

A savory bit that served to relish wine.
Dryden.


word: Relish₂
definition:
Relish

Rel"ish
v. i.
To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.

Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits.
Shak.

A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.
Woodward.


word: Relish₃
definition:
Relish

Rel"ish
n.
1.
A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.

Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained
From this delightful fruit, nor known till now
True relish, tasting.
Milton.

When liberty is gone,
Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish.
Addison.

2.
Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.

It preserve some relish of old writing.
Pope.

3.
A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.

A relish for whatever was excellent in arts.
Macaulay.

I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
Cowper.

4.
That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.


word: Relish₄
definition:
Relish

Rel"ish
n.
(Carp.)
The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
Knight.


word: Relishable
definition:
Relishable

Rel"ish*a*ble
(-?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.


word: Relocation
definition:
Relocation

Re`lo*ca"tion
(rē`lo̝*kā"shŭn)
n.
1.
A second location.

2.
(Roman & Scots Law)
Renewal of a lease.


word: Relucent
definition:
Relucent

Re*lu"cent
(r?-l?"sent)
a.
[L. relucens, p. pr. relucere. See Lucent.]
Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Gorgeous banners to the sun expand
Their streaming volumes of relucent gold.
Glover.


word: Reluct
definition:
Reluct

Re*luct"
(r?-l?kt")
v. i.
[L. reluctari, p. p. reluctatus, to struggle; pref. re- re- + luctari to struggle, fr. lucia a wresting.]
To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Apt to reluct at the excesses of it [passion].
Walton.


word: Reluctancy
definition:
Reluctancy

Reluctance

{ Re*luc"tance (r?-l?k"tans), Re*luc"tan*cy (-tan-s?), }
n.
[See Reluctant.]
1.
The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.
reluctance
Dryden.

Syn. See Dislike.

He had some reluctance to obey the summons.
Sir W. Scott.

Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy
Her helpless innocence I doom to die.
Dryden.

2.
(Elec.)
Magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux.


word: Reluctant
definition:
Reluctant

Re*luc"tant
(-tant)
a.
[L. reluctans, -antis, p. pr. of reluctari. See Reluct.]
1.
Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctant, but in vain.
Milton.

Reluctant now I touched the trembling string.
Tickell.

2.
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.
Mitford.


word: Reluctate
definition:
Reluctate

Re*luc"tate
(-t?t)
v. i.
[See Reluct.]
To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.
[Obs.]
reluctating
Dr. H. More.


word: Relume
definition:
Relume

Re*lume"
(r?-l?m")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relumed (-l?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reluming.]
[OF. relumer (cf. F. rallumer), L. reluminare; pref. re- re- + luminare to light.  Cf. Reillume.]
To rekindle; to light again.

Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new.
Pope.

I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume.
Shak.


word: Relumine
definition:
Relumine

Re*lu"mine
(r?-l?"m?n)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relumined (-m?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Relumining.]
[See Relume.]
1.
To light anew; to rekindle.
Shak.

2.
To illuminate again.


word: Rely
definition:
Rely

Re*ly"
(r?-l?")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Relied (-l?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relying.]
[Pref. re- + lie to rest.]
To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.

Go in thy native innocence; rely
On what thou hast of virtue.
Milton.

On some fond breast the parting soul relies.
Gray.


word: Remain
definition:
Remain

Re*main"
(r?-m?n")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Remained (-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.]
[OF. remaindre, remanoir, L.  remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]

1.
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

Gather up the fragments that remain.
John vi. 12.

Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
1 Cor. xv. 6.

That . . . remains to be proved.
Locke.

2.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

Remain a widow at thy father's house.
Gen. xxxviii. 11.

Childless thou art; childless remain.
Milton.


word: Remain₂
definition:
Remain

Re*main"
v. t.
To await; to be left to.
[Archaic]

The easier conquest now remains thee.
Milton.


word: Remain₃
definition:
Remain

Re*main"
n.
1.
State of remaining; stay.
[Obs.]

Which often, since my here remain in England,
I 've seen him do.
Shak.

2.
That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
remains
Addison.

When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
Burke.

3.
Specif., in the plural:
(a)
That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Old warriors whose adored remains
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!
Pope.


word: Remainder
definition:
Remainder

Re*main"der
(r?-m?n"d?r)
n.
[OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain.]
1.
Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
remainders
Dryden.

If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt.
Arbuthnot.

2.
(Math.)
The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

3.
(Law)
An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.


word: Remainder₂
definition:
Remainder

Re*main"der
a.
Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage.
Shak.


word: Remainder-man
definition:
Remainder-man

Re*main"der-man
(- măn)
n.
pl. Remainder-men (-mĕn).
(Law)
One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.
Blackstone.


word: Remand
definition:
Remand

Re*mand"
(r?-m?nd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Remanding.]
[F. remander to send word again, L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.]
To recommit; to send back.

Remand it to its former place.
South.

Then were they remanded to the cage again.
Bunyan.


word: Remanency
definition:
Remanency

Remanence

{ Rem"a*nence (r?m"?*nens), Rem"a*nen*cy (-nen*s?), }
n.
[Cf. OF. remanence, LL. remanentia, fr. L. remanens. See Remanent, a.]
The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.

The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit.
Coleridge.


word: Remanent₂
definition:
Remanent

Rem"a*nent
a.
[L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See Remain, and cf. Remnant.]
Remaining; residual.

That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.
Jer. Taylor.

Remanent magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also residual magnetism.


word: Remanet
definition:
Remanet

Rem"a*net
(-n?t)
n.
[L., it remains.]
(Legal Practice)
A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
[Eng.]


word: Re-mark
definition:
Re-mark

Re-mark"
(r?-m?rk")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + mark.]
To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.


word: Remark
definition:
Remark

Re*mark"
(r?-m?rk")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remarked (-m?rkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remarking.]
[F. remarquer; pref. re- re- + marquer to mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v. & n.]
1.
To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
[Obs.]

Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief.
Ford.

His manacles remark him; there he sits.
Milton.

2.
To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

3.
To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.


word: Remark₃
definition:
Remark

Re*mark"
n.
[Cf. F. remarque.]
1.
Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude
Conjecture and remark, however shrewd.
Cowper.

2.
The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.


word: Remarkable
definition:
Remarkable

Re*mark"a*ble
(-?-b'l)
a.
[F. remarquable.]
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.

'T is remarkable, that they
Talk most who have the least to say.
Prior.

There is nothing left remarlable
Beneath the visiting moon.
Shak.


word: Remarque proof
definition:
Remarque proof

Remark

Remarque

Re*marque" (?), n. Also Remark
(Engraving)
(a)
A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
(b)
A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.


word: Remasticate
definition:
Remasticate

Re*mas"ti*cate
(r?-m?s"t?-k?t)
v. t.
To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.


word: Remastication
definition:
Remastication

Re*mas`ti*ca"tion
(-k?"sh?n)
n.
The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.


word: Remblai
definition:
Remblai

Rem`blai"
(r?n`bl?")
n.
[F., fr. remblayer to fill up an excavation, to embank.]
(Fort. & Engin.)
Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.


word: Remble
definition:
Remble

Rem"ble
(r_;m"b'l)
v. t.
[Cf. OF. embler to steal, fr. L. involare to fly into or at, to carry off.]
To remove.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose. Tennyson.


word: Remean
definition:
Remean

Re*mean"
(r_;-m_;n")
v. t.
To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Remeant
definition:
Remeant

Re"me*ant
(r_;"m_;*ant)
a.
[L. remeans, -antis, p. pr. of remeare to go or come back.]
Coming back; returning.
[R.]
remeant
C. Kingsley.


word: Remeasure
definition:
Remeasure

Re*meas"ure
(r?-m?zh"?r; 135)
v. t.
To measure again; to retrace.

They followed him . . . 
The way they came, their steps remeasured right.
Fairfax.


word: Remediable
definition:
Remediable

Re*me"di*a*ble
(r?-m?"d?-?-b'l)
a.
[L. remediabilis: cf. F. remédiable.]
Capable of being remedied or cured.


word: Remedial
definition:
Remedial

Re*me"di*al
(-al)
a.
[L. remedialis.]
Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

Statutes are declaratory or remedial.
Blackstone.

It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative.
I. Taylor.


word: Remediless
definition:
Remediless

Re*med"i*less
(r?-m?d"?-l?s or r?m"?-d?-l?s; 277)
a.
1.
Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.
remedilesse
Spenser.

Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless.
Milton.

2.
Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
[Obs.]

Forced to forego the attempt remediless.
Spenser.


word: Remedy
definition:
Remedy

Rem"e*dy
(r?m"?-d?)
n.
pl. Remedies (-d_;z).
[L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to remedy. See Medical.]

1.
That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

2.
That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.

What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us.
Milton.

3.
(Law)
The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.

Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance.


word: Remedy₂
definition:
Remedy

Rem"e*dy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remedying.]
[L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. remédier. See Remedy, n.]
To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

I will remedy this gear ere long.
Shak.


word: Remember
definition:
Remember

Re*mem"ber
(r?-m?m"b?r)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remembered (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Remembering.]
[OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate.]
1.
To have (a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.

We are said to remember anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before.
I. Watts.

2.
To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Ex. xx. 8.

That they may have their wages duly paid 'em,
And something over to remember me by.
Shak.

Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste.
Milton.

3.
To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
[Obs.]
Remembering
Milton.

My friends remembered me of home.
Chapman.

Remember you of passed heaviness.
Chaucer.

And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee.
Chaucer.

4.
To mention.
[Obs.]
remembered
Ayliffe.

5.
To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.


word: Remember₂
definition:
Remember

Re*mem"ber
(r?-m?m"b?r)
v. i.
To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.
Shak.


word: Rememberable
definition:
Rememberable

Re*mem"ber*a*ble
(-?-b'l)
a.
Capable or worthy of being remembered.
Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv.

The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable.
Coleridge.


word: Remembrance
definition:
Remembrance

Re*mem"brance
(-brans)
n.
[OF. remembrance.]

1.
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage.
Milton.

Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail.
Addison.

2.
The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear.
Pope.

3.
Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
Shak.

4.
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

And on his breast a bloody cross he bore,
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord.
Spenser.

Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake.
Shak.

5.
Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni_;_;on; instruction.
[Obs.]
Shak.

6.
Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

Thee I have heard relating what was done
Ere my remembrance.
Milton.


word: Remembrancer
definition:
Remembrancer

Re*mem"bran*cer
(-bran-s?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow.
Goldsmith.

Ye that are the lord's remembrancers.
Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver.).

2.
A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time.
remembrancer
Bacon.


word: Rememorate
definition:
Rememorate

Re*mem"o*rate
(-?-r?t)
v. i.
[L. rememoratus, p. p. of rememorari. See Remember.]
To recall something by means of memory; to remember.
[Obs.]
Bryskett.


word: Rememoration
definition:
Rememoration

Re*mem`o*ra"tion
(-r?"sh?n)
n.
[F. remémoration, or L. rememoratio.]
A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.
[Obs. & R.]
Bp. Montagu.


word: Remercy
definition:
Remercy

Remercie

{ Re*mer"cie, Re*mer"cy  }
(re̝-mẽr"s&ybreve_;)
v. t.
[F. remercier; pref. re- re- + OF. mercier to thank, from OF. & F. merci. See Mercy.]
To thank.
[Obs.]

She him remercied as the patron of her life.
Spenser.


word: Remiges
definition:
Remiges

Rem"i*ges
(r?m"?*j?z)
n. pl.
sing. Remex. (r_;"m_;ks)
[L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.]
(Zool.)
The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.


word: Remigrate
definition:
Remigrate

Rem"i*grate
(r?m"?-gr?t or r?-m?"gr?t; 277)
v. i.
[L. remigrare. See Re-, and Migrate.]
To migrate again; to go back; to return.
Boyle.


word: Remigration
definition:
Remigration

Rem`i*gra"tion
(r?m`?-gr?"sh?n)
n.
Migration back to the place from which one came.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Remind
definition:
Remind

Re*mind"
(r?-m?nd")
v. t.
To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality.
South.


word: Reminder
definition:
Reminder

Re*mind"er
(-?r)
n.
One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.


word: Reminiscence
definition:
Reminiscence

Rem`i*nis"cence
(r?m`?-n?s"sens)
n.
[F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia.]
1.
The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered.
South.

I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.


word: Reminiscent
definition:
Reminiscent

Rem`i*nis"cent
(-sent)
a.
[L. reminiscens, -entis, p. pr. of reminisci to recall to mind, to recollect; pref. re- re + a word akin to mens mind, memini I remember. See Mind.]
Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something.

Some other of existence of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Reminiscent₂
definition:
Reminiscent

Rem`i*nis"cent
(r?m`?-n?s"sent)
n.
One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.


word: Reminiscential
definition:
Reminiscential

Rem`i*nis*cen"tial
(-n?s-s?n"shal)
a.
Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Remiped
definition:
Remiped

Rem"i*ped
(r?m"?-p?d)
a.
[L. remus oar + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. rémipède.]
(Zool.)
Having feet or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.


word: Remiped₂
definition:
Remiped

Rem"i*ped
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans.
(b)
One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.


word: Remise
definition:
Remise

Re*mise"
(r?-m?z")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remised (-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.]
[F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]
To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.
Blackstone.


word: Remise₃
definition:
Remise

Re*mise"
(?)
n.
1.
A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
Sterne.

2.
A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise.
Cooper.


word: Remiss
definition:
Remiss

Re*miss"
(r?-m?s")
a.
[L. remissus, p. p. of remittere to send back, relax. See Remit.]
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.

Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness.
Milton.

These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss.
Roscommon.

Its motion becomes more languid and remiss.
Woodward.


word: Remissibility
definition:
Remissibility

Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty
(r?-m?s`s?-b?l"?-t?)
n.
The state or quality of being remissible.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Remissible
definition:
Remissible

Re*mis"si*ble
(r?-m?s"s?-b'l)
a.
[L. remissibilis: cf. F. rémissible. See Remit.]
Capable of being remitted or forgiven.
Feltham.


word: Remission
definition:
Remission

Re*mis"sion
(r?-m?sh"?n)
n.
[F. rémission, L. remissio. See Remit.]
1.
The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

2.
Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Matt. xxvi. 28.

That ples, therefore, . . . 
Will gain thee no remission.
Milton.

3.
Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4.
(Med.)
A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5.
The act of sending back.
[R.]
Stackhouse.

6.
Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.


word: Remissive
definition:
Remissive

Re*mis"sive
(r?-m?s"s?v)
a.
[L. remissivus. See Remit.]
Remitting; forgiving; abating.
Bp. Hacket.


word: Remissory
definition:
Remissory

Re*mis"so*ry
(r?-m?s"s?-r?)
a.
Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.
remissory
Latimer.


word: Remit
definition:
Remit

Re*mit"
(r?-m?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Remitting.]
[L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- +  mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.]
1.
To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.
Blackstone.

In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince.
Hayward.

The prisoner was remitted to the guard.
Dryden.

2.
To restore.
[Obs.]

The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
Hayward.

3.
(Com.)
To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.

4.
To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. “Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.” Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.
remit
Sir T. Elyot.

5.
To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

So willingly doth God remit his ire.
Milton.

6.
To forgive; to pardon; to remove.

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them.
John xx. 23.

7.
To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.
remit
Macaulay.


word: Remit₂
definition:
Remit

Re*mit"
v. i.
1.
To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

2.
To send money, as in payment.
Addison.


word: Remitment
definition:
Remitment

Re*mit"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

Disavowing the remitment of Claudius.
Milton.


word: Remittal
definition:
Remittal

Re*mit"tal
(-tal)
n.
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.
Swift.


word: Remittance
definition:
Remittance

Re*mit"tance
(r?-m?t"tans)
n.
1.
The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

2.
The sum or thing remitted.
Addison.


word: Remittent
definition:
Remittent

Re*mit"tent
(r?-m?t"tent)
a.
[L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent.]
Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.

Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.


word: Remitter
definition:
Remitter

Re*mit"ter
(-t?r)
n.
1.
One who remits.
Specifically:
(a)
One who pardons.
(b)
One who makes remittance.

2.
(Law)
The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit.
Bouvier.


word: Remittitur
definition:
Remittitur

Re*mit"ti*tur
(-t?-t?r)
n.
[L., (it) is remitted.]
(Law)
(a)
A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages.
(b)
A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
Wharton.


word: Remnant
definition:
Remnant

Rem"nant
(r?m"nant)
a.
[OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.]
Remaining; yet left.
[R.]
remnant
Fuller.

And quiet dedicate her remnant life
To the just duties of an humble wife.
Prior.


word: Remnant₂
definition:
Remnant

Rem"nant
n.
[OF. remanant. See Remnant, a.]

1.
That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
Chaucer.

The remnant that are left of the captivity.
Neh. i. 3.

The remnant of my tale is of a length
To tire your patience.
Dryden.

2.
A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.

Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.
Shak.

3.
(Com.)
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.


word: Remodel
definition:
Remodel

Re*mod"el
(r?-m?d"?l)
v. t.
To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.

The corporation had been remodeled.
Macaulay.


word: Remodification
definition:
Remodification

Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion
(-?-f?-k?"sh?n)
n.
The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.


word: Remoulad
definition:
Remoulad

Remolade

{ &VerbarRé`mo`lade" (r?`m?`l?d"), &VerbarRé`mou`lad" (r?`m??`l?d"), }
n.
[F.]
1.
A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

2.
An ointment used in farriery.


word: Remould
definition:
Remould

Remold

{ Re*mold", Re*mould"  }
(rē*m&omacrld")
v. t.
To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.


word: Remollient
definition:
Remollient

Re*mol"lient
(r?-m?l"yent or  -l?-ent)
a.
[L. remolliens, p. pr. of remollire to mollify: cf. F. rémollient. See Mollient.]
Mollifying; softening.
[R.]


word: Remonstrance
definition:
Remonstrance

Re*mon"strance
(-m?n"strans)
n.
[Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.]
1.
The act of remonstrating
(a)
A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.
[Obs.]

You may marvel why I . . . would not rather
Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power
Than let him be so lost.
Shak.

2.
(R.C.Ch.)
Same as Monstrance.


word: Remonstrant
definition:
Remonstrant

Re*mon"strant
(-strant)
a.
[LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F. remontrant.]
Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.


word: Remonstrant₂
definition:
Remonstrant

Re*mon"strant
n.
One who remonstrates
(Eccl. Hist.)
one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.


word: Remonstrate
definition:
Remonstrate

Re*mon"strate
(-str?t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str_;*t_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.]
[LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- +  monstrare to show. See Monster.]
To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.

I will remonstrate to you the third door.
B. Jonson.


word: Remonstrate₂
definition:
Remonstrate

Re*mon"strate
v. i.
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation.

It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles.
Waterland.


word: Remonstration
definition:
Remonstration

Re`mon*stra"tion
(r?`m?n*str?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. OF. remonstration, LL. remonstratio.]
The act of remonstrating; remonstrance.
[R.]
Todd.


word: Remonstrative
definition:
Remonstrative

Re*mon"stra*tive
(r?*m?n"str?*t?v)
a.
Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.


word: Remontant
definition:
Remontant

Re*mon"tant
(-tant)
a.
[F.]
(Hort.)
Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.


word: Remora
definition:
Remora

Rem"o*ra
(r?m"?*r?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. rémora.]

1.
Delay; obstacle; hindrance.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera.  Called also sucking fish.

&hand_; The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellae, situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks (Echeneis naucrates), and the swordfish remora (Remora brachyptera), are common American species.

3.
(Surg.)
An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places.
Dunglison.


word: Remorate
definition:
Remorate

Rem"o*rate
(-r?t)
v. t.
[L. remoratus, p. p. of remorari; pref. re- re- + morari to delay.]
To hinder; to delay.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Remord
definition:
Remord

Re*mord"
(r?-m?rd")
v. t.
[L. remordere to bite again, to torment: cf. F. remordre. See Remorse.]
To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
[Obs.]
Skelton.


word: Remorse
definition:
Remorse

Re*morse"
(r?*m?rs")
n.
[OE. remors, OF. remors,F. remords, LL. remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to torment; pref. re- re- + mordere to bite. See Morsel.]
1.
The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
remorse
Shak.

2.
Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw
To no remorse.
Dryden.

But evermore it seem'd an easier thing
At once without remorse to strike her dead.
Tennyson.


word: Remorseful
definition:
Remorseful

Re*morse"ful
(-m?rs"f?l)
a.
1.
Full of remorse.

The full tide of remorseful passion had abated.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Compassionate; feeling tenderly.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
Exciting pity; pitiable.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Remorseless
definition:
Remorseless

Re*morse"less
a.
Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.
Remorseless
South.
remorseless
Milton.


word: Remote
definition:
Remote

Re*mote"
(r?-m?t")
a.
[Compar. Remoter (-?r); superl. Remotest.]
[L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]
1.
Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

Places remote enough are in Bohemia.
Shak.

Remote from men, with God he passed his days.
Parnell.

2.
Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
(a)
Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
remote
Locke.
(b)
Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
(c)
Separate; abstracted.
remote
Locke.
(d)
Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
remotest
Granville.
(e)
Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

3.
(Bot.)
Separated by intervals greater than usual.


word: Remotion
definition:
Remotion

Re*mo"tion
(r?-m?"sh?n)
n.
[L. remotio. See Remove.]
1.
The act of removing; removal.
[Obs.]

This remotion of the duke and her
Is practice only.
Shak.

2.
The state of being remote; remoteness.
[R.]

The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion.
De Quincey.


word: Remount₂
definition:
Remount

Re*mount"
n.
The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.


word: Removable
definition:
Removable

Re*mov"a*ble
(r?-m??v"?-b'l)
a.
Admitting of being removed.
Ayliffe.
Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-_;-b_;l"_;-t_;), n.


word: Remove
definition:
Remove

Re*move"
(r?-m??v")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Removed (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.]
[OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- +  movere to move. See Move.]
1.
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.
Deut. xix. 14.

When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.
Goldsmith.

2.
To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
removed
Shak.

3.
To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

&hand_; See the Note under Remove, v. i.


word: Remove₂
definition:
Remove

Re*move"
(r?-m??v")
v. i.
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.

Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I can not taint with fear.
Shak.

&hand_; The verb remove, in some of its application, is synonymous with move, but not in all. Thus we do not apply remove to a mere change of posture, without a change of place or the seat of a thing. A man moves his head when he turns it, or his finger when he bends it, but he does not remove it. Remove usually or always denotes a change of place in a body, but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We never say the wind or water, or a ship, removes at a certain rate by the hour; but we say a ship was removed from one place in a harbor to another. Move is a generic term, including the sense of remove, which is more generally applied to a change from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another station.


word: Remove₃
definition:
Remove

Re*move"
n.
1.
The act of removing; a removal.

This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship.
Milton.

And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Goldsmith.

2.
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.

It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire.
J. H. Newman.

3.
The state of being removed.
Locke.

4.
That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

5.
The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.

A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator.
Addison.

6.
(Far.)
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
Swift.


word: Removed
definition:
Removed

Re*moved"
(r?-m??vd")
a.
1.
Changed in place.

2.
Dismissed from office.

3.
Distant in location; remote.
removed
Shak.

4.
Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.


word: Remugient
definition:
Remugient

Re*mu"gi*ent
(r?-m?"j?-ent)
a.
[L. remugiens, p. pr. of remugire. See Mugient.]
Rebellowing.
Dr. H. More.


word: Remunerable
definition:
Remunerable

Re**mu"ner*a*ble
(r?-m?"n?r-?-b'l)
a.
[See Remunerate.]
Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.
Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r_;-m_;"n_;r-_;-b_;l"i-t_;), n.


word: Remunerate
definition:
Remunerate

Re*mu"ner*ate
(-?t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Remunerated (-?"t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Remunerating.]
[L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present.  Cf. Munificent.]
To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.


word: Remuneration
definition:
Remuneration

Re*mu`ner*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[L. remuneratio: cf. F. rémunération.]
1.
The act of remunerating.

2.
That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings.
Shak.


word: Remunerative
definition:
Remunerative

Re*mu"ner*a*tive
(r?-m?"n?r-?-t?v)
a.
[Cf.F. rémun_;ratif.]
Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.
Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.


word: Remurmur
definition:
Remurmur

Re*mur"mur
(r?-m?r"m?r)
v. t. & i.
[Pref. re- + murmur: cf. F. remurmurare.]
To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.

The trembling trees, in every plain and wood,
Her fate remurmur to the silver flood.
Pope.


word: Renable
definition:
Renable

Ren"a*ble
(r?n"?-b'l)
a.
[OF. resnable.]
Reasonable; also, loquacious.
[Obs.]
renable
Piers Plowman.
Ren"a*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Renaissance
definition:
Renaissance

Re*nais`sance"
(F. re-na̝`säNs"; E. re̝-nās"sans)
n.
[F., fr. renaître to be born again.  Cf. Renascence.]
A new birth, or revival.
(a)
The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.
(b)
The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.

The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediaeval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters.
J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit.).


word: Renal
definition:
Renal

Re"nal
(rē"nal)
a.
[L. renalis, fr. renes the kidneys or reins: cf. F. rénal. See Reins.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.

Renal capsules or Renal glands, the suprarenal capsules. See under Capsule. -- Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.


word: Renal calculus
definition:
Renal calculus

Renal calculus
(Med.)
an abnormal concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney, composed primarily of calcium oxalates and phosphates; -- also called kidney stone, nephrolith, and nephritic calculus (an obsolete term).


word: Renard
definition:
Renard

Ren"ard
(r?n"?rd)
n.
[F. renard the fox, the name of the fox in a celebrated epic poem, and of German origin, G. Reinhard, OHG. Reginhard, properly, strong in counsel; regin counsel (akin to Goth. ragin) + hart hard. See Hard.]
A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.
[Written also reynard.]


word: Renardine
definition:
Renardine

Ren"ard*ine
(-?n)
a.
Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.


word: Renascence
definition:
Renascence

Re*nas"cence
(r?-n?s"sens)
n.
[See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.]
1.
The state of being renascent.

Read the Phœnix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied.
Coleridge.

2.
Same as Renaissance.

The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits.
M. Arnold.


word: Renascent
definition:
Renascent

Re*nas"cent
(-sent)
a.
[L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See Nascent.]
1.
Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

2.
See Renaissant.


word: Renascible
definition:
Renascible

Re*nas"ci*ble
(-s?-b'l)
a.
[LL. renascibilis, from L. renasci to be born again.]
Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.


word: Renate
definition:
Renate

Re*nate"
(r?-n?t")
a.
[L. renatus, p. p. of renasci.]
Born again; regenerate; renewed.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Renay
definition:
Renay

Re*nay"
(r?-n?")
v. t.
[OF. reneier, F. renier, F. renier; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Renegade.]
To deny; to disown.
[Obs.]


word: Rencounter
definition:
Rencounter

Ren*coun"ter
(r?n-koun"t?r)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rencountered (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb/ n. Rencountering.]
[F. rencontrer; pref. re- + OF. encontrer to encounter. See Encounter.]
1.
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

2.
To attack hand to hand.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Rencounter₂
definition:
Rencounter

Ren*coun"ter
v. i.
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.


word: Rencounter₃
definition:
Rencounter

Ren*coun"ter
n.
[F. rencontre, from renconter to meet.]
1.
A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.

The justling chiefs in rude rencounter join.
Granville.

2.
A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.

The confederates should . . . outnumber the enemy in all rencounters and engagements.
Addison.


word: Rend
definition:
Rend

Rend
(rĕnd)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rent (rĕnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.]
[AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. ræna to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.]
1.
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.

The dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region.
Shak.

2.
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.

An empire from its old foundations rent.
Dryden.

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee.
1 Kings xi. 11.

To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.


word: Render₂
definition:
Render

Ren"der
(r?n"d?r)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rendered (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.]
[F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]
1.
To return; to pay back; to restore.

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.
Spenser.

2.
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

I will render vengeance to mine enemies.
Deut. xxxii. 41.

3.
To give up; to yield; to surrender.

I 'll make her render up her page to me.
Shak.

4.
Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.
I. Watts.

5.
To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

6.
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

7.
To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

8.
To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.

He did render him the most unnatural
That lived amongst men.
Shak.

9.
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

10.
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.


word: Render₃
definition:
Render

Ren"der
v. i.
1.
To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
[Obs.]

2.
(Naut.)
To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.
Totten.


word: Render₄
definition:
Render

Ren"der
n.
1.
A surrender.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
A return; a payment of rent.

In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains.
Blackstone.

3.
An account given; a statement.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Renderer
definition:
Renderer

Ren"der*er
(-?r)
n.
1.
One who renders.

2.
A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.


word: Rendering
definition:
Rendering

Ren"der*ing
n.
The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered.
(a)
A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text.
Lowth.
(b)
In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part.
(c)
The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.
(d)
The coat of plaster thus laid on.
Gwilt.
(e)
The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.


word: Rendezvous
definition:
Rendezvous

Ren"dez*vous
(r?n"d?*vō or r?n"-; 277)
n.
pl. Rendezvouses (r_;n"d_;-vō`z_;z).
[Rare in the plural.]
[F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]
1.
A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
Clarendon.

3.
A meeting by appointment.
Sprat.

4.
Retreat; refuge.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Rendezvous₂
definition:
Rendezvous

Ren"dez*vous
(rĕn"dĕ*vō or räN"-; 277)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rendezvoused (-vōd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing (-vō*ĭng).]
To assemble or meet at a particular place.


word: Rendezvous₃
definition:
Rendezvous

Ren"dez*vous
v. t.
To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.
Echard.


word: Rendition
definition:
Rendition

Ren*di"tion
(r?n-d?sh"?n)
n.
[LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition.]

1.
The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition.
Evelyn.

2.
Translation; rendering; version.

This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse.
South.


word: Renegade
definition:
Renegade

Ren"e*gade
(r?n"?-g?d)
n.
[Sp. renegado, LL. renegatus, fr. renegare to deny; L. pref. re- re- +  negare to deny. See Negation, and cf. Runagate.]
One faithless to principle or party.
(a)
An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.

James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ.
Macaulay.


word: Renege
definition:
Renege

Re*nege"
(r?-n?j" or r?-n?g")
v. t.
[LL. renegare. See Renegade.]
To deny; to disown.
[Obs.]
Shak.

All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged)
Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.
Sylvester.


word: Renege₂
definition:
Renege

Re*nege"
v. i.
1.
To deny.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To fail to keep (a commitment or promise); -- often used with on; as, to renege on one's promise.

3.
(Card Playing)
To revoke; to play a card that cannot legally be played according to the rules.
[R.]


word: Renew
definition:
Renew

Re*new"
(r?-n?")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reneved (-n?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renewing.]
[Pref. re- + new.  Cf. Renovate.]
1.
To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to reëstablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

In such a night
Medea gathered the enchanted herbs
That did renew old Aeson.
Shak.

2.
Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

3.
To begin again; to recommence.

The last great age . . . renews its finished course.
Dryden.

4.
To repeat; to go over again.

The birds-their notes renew.
Milton.

5.
(Theol.)
To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Rom. xii. 2.


word: Renewable
definition:
Renewable

Re*new"a*ble
(r?-n?"?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.
Swift.


word: Renewal
definition:
Renewal

Re*new"al
(-al)
n.
The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.


word: Reneye
definition:
Reneye

Re*neye"
(r?-n?")
v. t.
[See Renay.]
To deny; to reject; to renounce.
[Obs.]

For he made every man reneye his law.
Chaucer.


word: Reng
definition:
Reng

Reng
(r?ng)
n.
[See Rank, n.]
1.
A rank; a row.
[Obs.]
renges
Chaucer.

2.
A rung or round of a ladder.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Reniform
definition:
Reniform

Ren"i*form
(r?n"?-f?rm; 277)
a.
[L. renes kidneys + -form: cf. F. réniforme.]
Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.


word: Renitency
definition:
Renitency

Renitence

{ Re*ni"tence (r?-n?"tens), Re*ni"ten*cy (-te-s?), }
n.
[Cf. F. rénitence.]
The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Sterne.

We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants.
E. Darwin.


word: Renitent
definition:
Renitent

Re*ni"tent
(-tent)
a.
[L. renitens, -entis, p. pr. of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. rénitent.]
1.
Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
renitent
Ray.

2.
Persistently opposed.


word: Renne
definition:
Renne

Ren"ne
(r?n"ne)
v. t.
To plunder; -- only in the phrase “to rape and renne.” See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Rennet
definition:
Rennet

Ren"net
(r?n"n?t)
n.
[F. rainette, reinette, perhaps fr. raine a tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like this kind of frog.  Cf. Ranunculus.]
(Bot.)
A name of many different kinds of apples.  Cf. Reinette.
Mortimer.


word: Rennet₂
definition:
Rennet

Ren"net
n.
[AS. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan to curdle, coagulate. √11. See Run, v.]
1.
The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant.

2.
an infusion or preparation of the calf stomach lining, used for coagulating milk.  The active principle in this coagulating action is the enzyme rennin.
[Written also runnet.]

Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. -- Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), the enzyme rennin, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The enzyme presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form. -- Rennet stomach (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants.


word: Rennin
definition:
Rennin

Ren"nin
(rĕn"nĭn)
n.
(Biochem.)
A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf.  Mol. wt. about 31,000.  Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.
[Merck Man. 11]


word: Renning
definition:
Renning

Ren"ning
(r?n"n?ng)
n.
See 2d Rennet.
[Obs.]

Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk.
Holland.


word: Renounce
definition:
Renounce

Re*nounce"
(re̝*nouns")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing (-noun"s?ng).]
[F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Renunciation.]
1.
To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.

2.
To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.

This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
Shak.

3.
(Card Playing)
To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.

From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
Dryden.

Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man.
Shak.

Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
Milton.


word: Renounce₂
definition:
Renounce

Re*nounce"
v. i.
1.
To make renunciation.
[Obs.]

He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
Dryden.

2.
(Law)
To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.

Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
W. D. Christie.


word: Renouncement
definition:
Renouncement

Re*nounce"ment
(-ment)
n.
[Cf. F. renoncement.]
The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.
Shak.


word: Renovate
definition:
Renovate

Ren"o*vate
(r?n"?-v?t)
v. t.
[L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and _;_; Renew.]
To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

All nature feels the reniovating force
Of winter.
Thomson.


word: Renovation
definition:
Renovation

Ren`o**va"tion
(-v?"sh?n)
n.
[L. renovatio: cf. F. rénovation.]
The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.
Thomson.

There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world.
Rabbler.


word: Renovator
definition:
Renovator

Ren"o*va`tor
(r?n"?-v?`t?r)
n.
[L.: cf. F. rénovateur.]
One who, or that which, renovates.
Foster.


word: Renovel
definition:
Renovel

Re*nov"el
(r?-n?v"el)
v. t.
[F. renouveler to renew.]
To renew; to renovate.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Renowme
definition:
Renowme

Re*nowme"
(r?-noum")
n.
Renown.
[Obs.]

The glory and renowme of the ancectors.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Renown
definition:
Renown

Re*nown"
(r?-noun")
n.
[F. renom. See Noun, and cf. Renown, v.]
1.
The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense.

Nor envy we
Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory.
Dryden.

2.
Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.

This famous duke of Milan,
Of whom so often I have heard renown.
Shak.


word: Renown₂
definition:
Renown

Re*nown"
(r?-noun")
v. t.
[F. renommer to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. re- re- + nommer to name, L. nominare , fr. nomen a name. See Noun.]
To make famous; to give renown to.
[Obs.]

For joy to hear me so renown his son.
Chapman.

The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown.
Pope.


word: Renowned
definition:
Renowned

Re*nowned"
(r?-nound")
a.
Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.
renowned
Milton.

These were the renowned of the congregation.
Num. i. 61.


word: Rensselaerite
definition:
Rensselaerite

Rens"se*laer*ite
(r?ns"se-l?r-?t)
n.
(Min.)
A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.


word: Rent₃
definition:
Rent

Rent
(rĕnt)
n.
[From Rend.]
1.
An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.

See what a rent the envious Casca made.
Shak.

2.
Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.


word: Rent₅
definition:
Rent

Rent
(rĕnt)
n.
[F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give back, pay. See Render.]
1.
Income; revenue. See Catel.
[Obs.]
rent
Chaucer.

[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent
In wine and bordel he dispent.
Gower.

So bought an annual rent or two,
And liv'd, just as you see I do.
Pope.

2.
Pay; reward; share; toll.
[Obs.]

Death, that taketh of high and low his rent.
Chaucer.

3.
(Law)
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.

&hand_; The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc.

4.
(Polit. Econ.)
(a)
That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the “original and indestructible powers of the soil;” the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the “margin of cultivation.” Called also economic rent, or Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.
(b)
Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly.

Black rent. See Blackmail, 3. -- Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift. -- Rent arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. Blackstone. -- Rent charge (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it. Bouvier. -- Rent roll, a list or account of rents or income; a rental. -- Rent seck (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28. -- Rent service (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it. -- White rent, a quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent.


word: Rent₆
definition:
Rent

Rent
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n. Renting.]
[F. renter. See Rent, n.]
1.
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

2.
To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.


word: Rent₇
definition:
Rent

Rent
v. i.
To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.


word: Rental
definition:
Rental

Rent"al
(-al)
n.
[LL. rentale, fr. renta. See Rent income.]
1.
A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

2.
A sum total of rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year.


word: Rente
definition:
Rente

Rente
(räNt)
n.
[F. See Rent income.]
In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.


word: Renter
definition:
Renter

Rent"er
(r?nt"?r)
n.
One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.


word: Renter₂
definition:
Renter

Ren"ter
(r?n"t?r)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rentered (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rentering.]
[F. rentraire; L. pref. re- re- + in into, in + trahere to draw.]
1.
To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

2.
To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.


word: Rentier
definition:
Rentier

Ren`tier"
(r?N`ty?")
n.
[F. See 5th Rent.]
One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.


word: Renumerate
definition:
Renumerate

Re*nu"mer*ate
(r?-n?"m?r-?t)
v. t.
[L. renumeratus, p. p. of renumerare to count over, count up; pref. re- re- +  numerare to count. See Numerate.]
To recount.


word: Renunciation
definition:
Renunciation

Re*nun`ci*a"tion
(r?-n?n`s?-?"sh?n or -sh?-?"sh?n; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. renonciation, L.  renuntiatio ann announcement. See Renounce.]
1.
The act of renouncing.

2.
(Law)
Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.


word: Renunciatory
definition:
Renunciatory

Re*nun"ci*a*to*ry
(r?-n?n"sh?-?-t?-r?)
a.
[Cf. LL. renuntiatorius.]
Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.


word: Renverse
definition:
Renverse

Ren*verse"
(r?n-vErs")
v. t.
[F. renverser; L. pref. re- re- + in in, into + versare, v. intens. fr. vertere to turn.]
To reverse.
[Obs.]

Whose shield he bears renverst.
Spenser.


word: Renverse₂
definition:
Renverse

Renverse

{ Ren*verse" (r?n*v?rs"), or  &VerbarRen`ver`sé" (r?n`v?r`s?") }
a.
[F. renversé, p. p. ]
(Her.)
Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.


word: Reordain
definition:
Reordain

Re`or*dain"
(r?`?r-d?n")
v. t.
[Pref. re- re- +  ordain: cf. F. réordonner.]
To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Reorganization
definition:
Reorganization

Re*or`gan*i*za"tion
(-gan-?-z?"sh?n)
n.
The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.


word: reorganize
definition:
reorganize

re-organize

Re*or"gan*ize, Re-or"gan*ize
(re̝*ôr"gan*īz)
v. t. & i.
To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.

Syn. -- regroup.


word: Reorient
definition:
Reorient

Re*o"ri*ent
(r?-?"r?-ent)
a.
Rising again.
[R.]

The life reorient out of dust.
Tennyson.


word: Rep
definition:
Rep

Rep
(rĕp)
n.
[Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.]
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.


word: Rep₂
definition:
Rep

Rep
(rĕp)
a.
Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.


word: Repack
definition:
Repack

Re*pack"
(r?-p?k")
v. t.
To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.


word: Repaint
definition:
Repaint

Re*paint"
(r?-p?nt")
v. t.
To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.


word: Repair
definition:
Repair

Re*pair"
(r?-p?r")
v. i.
[OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate.]
1.
To return.
[Obs.]

I thought . . . that he repaire should again.
Chaucer.

2.
To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
Chaucer.

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.
Pope.


word: Repair₂
definition:
Repair

Re*pair"
n.
[OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]
1.
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
[R.]
Chaucer.

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
Clarendon.

2.
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
[R.]

There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair.
Dryden.


word: Repair₃
definition:
Repair

Re*pair"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.]
[F. réparer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.]
1.
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.

Secret refreshings that repair his strength.
Milton.

Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness.
Wordsworth.

2.
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Shak.


word: Repair₄
definition:
Repair

Re*pair"
n.
1.
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me.
Milton.

2.
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.


word: Repand
definition:
Repand

Re*pand"
(r?*p?nd)
a.
[L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.


word: Reparable
definition:
Reparable

Rep"a*ra*ble
(r?p"?-r?-b'l)
a.
[L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable.]
Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.


word: Reparation
definition:
Reparation

Rep`a*ra"tion
(-r?"sh?n)
n.
[F. réparation, L. reparatio. See Repair to mend.]
1.
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.
Arbuthnot.

2.
The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity; --used, e.g. in the phrase make reparation, pay reparations, or make reparations.

I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able.
Dryden.


word: Reparel
definition:
Reparel

Re*par"el
(-?l)
n.
[Cf. Reapparel.]
A change of apparel; a second or different suit.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Repartee
definition:
Repartee

Rep`ar*tee"
(r?p`3r-t?")
n.
[F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply, depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See Part.]
A smart, ready, and witty reply.

Cupid was as bad as he;
Hear but the youngster's repartee.
Prior.


word: Repartee₂
definition:
Repartee

Rep`ar*tee"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reparteed (-t?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reparteeing.]
To make smart and witty replies.
[R.]
Prior.


word: Repartimiento
definition:
Repartimiento

Re`par*ti`mi*en"to
(r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n"t?)
n.
[Sp., fr. repartir to divide.]
A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.
W. Irving.


word: Repass
definition:
Repass

Re*pass"
(r?-p?s")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + pass: cf. F. repasser.  Cf. Repace.]
To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.


word: Repass₂
definition:
Repass

Re*pass"
v. i.
To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.


word: Repast
definition:
Repast

Re*past"
(r?-p?st")
n.
[OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See Pasture.]
1.
The act of taking food.

From dance to sweet repast they turn.
Milton.

2.
That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
repast
Denham.

Go and get me some repast.
Shak.


word: Repast₂
definition:
Repast

Re*past"
v. t. & i.
To supply food to; to feast; to take food.
[Obs.]
Repast
Shak.

He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds.
Milton.


word: Repasture
definition:
Repasture

Re*pas"ture
(-p?s"t?r;135)
n.
[See Repast.]
Food; entertainment.
[Obs.]

Food for his rage, repasture for his den.
Shak.


word: Repatriate
definition:
Repatriate

Re*pa"tri*ate
(r?-p?"tr?-?t)
v. t.
[L. repatriare. See 1st Repair.]
To restore to one's own country.


word: Repatriation
definition:
Repatriation

Re*pa`tri*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. LL. repatriatio return to one's country.]
Restoration to one's country.


word: Repay
definition:
Repay

Re*pay"
(r?-p?")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.]
[Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.]
1.
To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

If you repay me not on such a day,
In such a place, such sum or sums.
Shak.

2.
To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.

Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection.
Rambler.

3.
To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.


word: Repayable
definition:
Repayable

Re*pay"a*ble
(-?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being, or proper to be, repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.


word: Repayment
definition:
Repayment

Re*pay"ment
(-ment)
n.
1.
The act of repaying; reimbursement.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The money or other thing repaid.


word: Repeal
definition:
Repeal

Re*peal"
(r?-p?l")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.]
[OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.]
1.
To recall; to summon again, as persons.
[Obs.]

The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.
Shak.

2.
To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

3.
To suppress; to repel.
[Obs.]

Whence Adam soon repealed
The doubts that in his heart arose.
Milton.


word: Repeal₂
definition:
Repeal

Re*peal"
n.
1.
Recall, as from exile.
[Obs.]

The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people
Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty
To expel him thence.
Shak.

2.
Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.


word: Repealer
definition:
Repealer

Re*peal"er
(-?r)
n.
One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.


word: Repeat
definition:
Repeat

Re*peat"
(-p?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.]
[F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- +  petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]

1.
To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
repeat
Robynson (More's Utopia).

Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish.
Milton.

2.
To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
[Obs.]
Waller.

3.
(Scots Law)
To repay or refund (an excess received).

To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. -- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.


word: Repeat₂
definition:
Repeat

Re*peat"
(r?-p?t")
n.
1.
The act of repeating; repetition.

2.
That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

3.
(Mus.)
A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.


word: Repeater
definition:
Repeater

Re*peat"er
(-?r)
n.
One who, or that which, repeats.
(a)
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
(b)
A repeating firearm.
(c)
(Teleg.)
An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
(d)
A person who votes more than once at an election.
[U.S.]
(e)
See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
(f)
(Naut.)
A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Repeating
definition:
Repeating

Re*peat"ing
a.
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. -- Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. -- Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine. -- Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. -- Repeating watch. See Repeater (a)


word: Repedation
definition:
Repedation

Rep"e*da"tion
(r?p`?-da"sh?n)
n.
[L.  repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes, pedis, foot.]
A stepping or going back.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Repel
definition:
Repel

Re**pel"
(r?-p?l")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.]
[L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]
1.
To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.
Pope.

They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly.
Macaulay.

2.
To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.

[He] gently repelled their entreaties.
Hawthorne.


word: Repellency
definition:
Repellency

Repellence

{ Re*pel"lence (-lens), Re*pel"len*cy (-len-s?), }
n.
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.


word: Repellent
definition:
Repellent

Re*pel"lent
(-lent)
a.
[L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.


word: Repellent₂
definition:
Repellent

Re*pel"lent
n.
1.
That which repels.

2.
(Med.)
A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Dunglison.

3.
A kind of waterproof cloth.
Knight.


word: Repent
definition:
Repent

Re"pent
(r?"p?nt)
a.
[L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.]
1.
(Bot.)
Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.
Gray.

2.
(Zool.)
Same as Reptant.


word: Repent₂
definition:
Repent

Re*pent"
(r?-p?nt")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting.]
[F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent.]
1.
To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.

First she relents
With pity; of that pity then repents.
Dryden.

2.
To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.

Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt.
Ex. xiii. 17.

3.
(Theol.)
To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.

Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish.
Luke xii. 3.


word: Repent₃
definition:
Repent

Re*pent"
v. t.
1.
To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

I do repent it from my very soul.
Shak.

2.
To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

My father has repented him ere now.
Dryden.

3.
To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
[Archaic]
repented
Gen. vi. 6.


word: Repentance
definition:
Repentance

Re*pent"ance
(re̝*pĕnt"ans)
n.
[F. repentance.]
The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
Chaucer.

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.
2. Cor. vii. 20.

Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.
Hammond.

Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated.
Rambler.


word: Repentant
definition:
Repentant

Re*pent"ant
(-ant)
a.
[F. repentant.]
1.
Penitent; sorry for sin.
Chaucer.

Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood.
Millton.

2.
Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes.
Repentant
Pope.


word: Reperception
definition:
Reperception

Re`per*cep"tion
(r?`p?r-s?p"sh?n)
n.
The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.

No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine.
Keats.


word: Repercuss
definition:
Repercuss

Re`per*cuss"
(-kŭs")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repercussed (-k?st");p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing.]
[L. repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere. See Percussion.]
To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.

Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
Evelyn.


word: Repercussion
definition:
Repercussion

Re`per*cus"sion
(-k?sh"?n)
n.
[L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.]
1.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
Hare.

2.
(Mus.)
Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

3.
(Med.)
The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Dunglison.

4.
(Obstetrics)
In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.


word: Repercussive
definition:
Repercussive

Re`per*cuss"ive
(-k?s"?v)
a.
[Cf. F. répercussif.]

1.
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.

Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
W. Pattison.

2.
Repellent.
[Obs.]
repercussive
Bacon.

3.
Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
repercussive
Thomson.


word: Repertitious
definition:
Repertitious

Rep`er*ti"tious
(r?p`?r-t?sh"?s)
a.
[L. reperticius. See Repertory.]
Found; gained by finding.
[Obs.]


word: Repertoire
definition:
Repertoire

Ré`per`toire"
(F. ra̝`pâr`twär"; E. rĕp"ẽr*twär)
n.
[F. See Repertory.]
A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.


word: Repertory
definition:
Repertory

Rep"er*to*ry
(r?p"?r-t?-r?)
n.
[L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere, to bring forth, procure: cf. F. répertoire.  Cf. Parent.]

1.
A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.

2.
A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

3.
Same as Repertoire.


word: Repetend
definition:
Repetend

Rep`e*tend
(r?p`?-t?nd")
n.
[L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.]
(Math.)
That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7&dotted2_;8&dotted3_;), the repetend is 283.


word: Repetition
definition:
Repetition

Rep`e*ti"tion
(rĕp`e̝-tĭsh"ŭn)
n.
[L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See Repeat.]
1.
The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.
Shak.

2.
Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3.
(Mus.)
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.

4.
(Rhet.)
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5.
(Astron. & Surv.)
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.


word: Repetitionary
definition:
Repetitionary

Repetitional

{ Rep`e*ti"tion*al (-al). Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry (-?-r?) }
a.
Of the nature of, or containing, repetition.
[R.]


word: Repetitor
definition:
Repetitor

Rep"e*ti`tor
(r?p"?-t?`t?r)
n.
[Cf. L. repetitor a reclaimer.]
(Ger.Univ.)
A private instructor.


word: Repine
definition:
Repine

Re*pine"
(r?-p?n")
v. i.
[Pref. re- + pine to languish.]

1.
To fail; to wane.
[Obs.]
Reppening
Spenser.

2.
To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.

But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.
Spenser.

What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
Pope.


word: Replace
definition:
Replace

Re*place"
(r?-pl?s")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.]
1.
To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

The earl . . . was replaced in his government.
Bacon.

2.
To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

3.
To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.

With Israel, religion replaced morality.
M. Arnold.

4.
To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.

This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
Whewell.

5.
To put in a new or different place.

&hand_; The propriety of the use of replace instead of displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the practice of careful writers.

Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.


word: Replaceability
definition:
Replaceability

Re*place`a*bil"i*ty
(-?-b?l"?-t?)
n.
The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.


word: Replaceable
definition:
Replaceable

Re*place"a*ble
(r?-pl?s"?-b'l)
a.
1.
Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

2.
Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.

3.
(Chem.)
Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.


word: Replacement
definition:
Replacement

Re*place"ment
(-ment)
n.
1.
The act of replacing.

2.
(Crystallog.)
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.


word: Replait
definition:
Replait

Re*plait"
(r?-pl?t")
v. t.
To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.


word: Replantation
definition:
Replantation

Re`plan*ta"tion
(r?`pl?n-t?"sh?n)
n.
The act of planting again; a replanting.
[R.]
Hallywell.


word: Repleader
definition:
Repleader

Re*plead"er
(-?r)
n.
(Law)
A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.

Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo.
Blackstone.


word: Replenish
definition:
Replenish

Re*plen"ish
(r?-pl?n"?sh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.]
[OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]
1.
To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.

Multiply and replenish the earth.
Gen. i. 28.

The waters thus
With fish replenished, and the air with fowl.
Milton.

2.
To finish; to complete; to perfect.
[Obs.]

We smothered
The most replenished sweet work of nature.
Shak.


word: Replenish₂
definition:
Replenish

Re*plen"ish
v. i.
To recover former fullness.
[Obs.]

The humors will not replenish so soon.
Bacon.


word: Replenishment
definition:
Replenishment

Re*plen"ish*ment
(-ment)
n.
1.
The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

2.
That which replenishes; supply.
Cowper.


word: Replete
definition:
Replete

Re*plete"
(r?-pl?t")
a.
[L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.]
Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
replete
Milton.

When he of wine was replet at his feast.
Chaucer.

In heads replete with thoughts of other men.
Cowper.


word: Repletion
definition:
Repletion

Re*ple"tion
(r?-pl?"sh?n)
n.
[L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. réplétion. See Replete.]
1.
The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.

The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap.
Bacon.

Repleccioun [overeating] ne made her never sick.
Chaucer.

2.
(Med.)
Fullness of blood; plethora.


word: Repletive
definition:
Repletive

Re*ple"tive
(-t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réplétif.]
Tending to make replete; filling.
Re*ple"tive*ly, adv.


word: Replevin
definition:
Replevin

Re*plev"in
(-?n)
n.
[LL.  replevina. See Replevy, and cf. Plevin.]
1.
(Law)
A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained.  Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.
Bouvier.

2.
The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.


word: Replevy
definition:
Replevy

Re*plev"y
(-?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.]
[OF. replevir, LL. replevire. See Pledge, Replevin.]
1.
(Law)
To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.

2.
(Old Eng. Law)
To bail.
Spenser.


word: Replica
definition:
Replica

Rep"li*ca
(r?p"l?-k?)
n.
[It. See Reply, v. & n.]

1.
(Fine Arts)
A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.

2.
(Mus.)
Repetition.


word: Replicated
definition:
Replicated

Replicate

{ Rep"li*cate (l?-k?t), Rep"li*ca`ted (-k?`t?d), }
a.
[L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply.]
Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.


word: Replication
definition:
Replication

Rep`li*ca"tion
(-k?"sh?n)
n.
[L. replicatio. See Reply.]
1.
An answer; a reply.
Shak.

Withouten any repplicacioun.
Chaucer.

2.
(Law Pleadings)
The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.

3.
Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.

To hear the replication of your sounds.
Shak.

4.
A repetition; a copy.

5.
(Biochem.)
The copying, by enzymes, of a cell's genome, i.e. the DNA or RNA comprising its genetic material, so as to form an identical genome.  This is an essential step in the division of one cell into two.  This differs from transcription, which is the copying of only part of the genetic information of a cell's genome into RNA, as in the processes of biosynthesis of messenger RNA or ribosomal RNA.


word: Replum
definition:
Replum

Re"plum
(r?"pl?m)
n.
[L., doorcase.]
(Bot.)
The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.
Gray.


word: Reply
definition:
Reply

Re*ply"
(r?-pl?")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.]
[OE. replien, OF. replier, F. répliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Replica.]
1.
To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Rom. ix. 20.

2.
(Law)
To answer a defendant's plea.

3.
Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.


word: Reply₂
definition:
Reply

Re*ply"
v. t.
To return for an answer.
Milton.

Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply.
Shak.


word: Reply₃
definition:
Reply

Re*ply"
n.
pl. Replies (-pl_;z").
[See Reply, v. i., and cf. Replica.]
That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.


word: Repone
definition:
Repone

Re*pone"
(r?-p?n")
v. t.
[L. reponere; pref. re- re- + ponere to place.]
To replace.
R. Baillie.


word: Repopulation
definition:
Repopulation

Re*pop`u*la"tion
(r?*p?p`?*l?"sh?n)
n.
The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.


word: Report
definition:
Report

Re*port"
(r?-p?rt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.]
[F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.]
1.
To refer.
[Obs.]

Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
Fuller.

2.
To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

There is no man that may reporten all.
Chaucer.

3.
To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
Shak.

It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel.
Neh. vi. 6.

4.
To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

5.
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
[Obs. or R.]
reporteth
Bacon.

6.
(Parliamentary Practice)
To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

7.
To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

8.
To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

9.
To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. -- To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.


word: Report₂
definition:
Report

Re*port"
(r?-p?rt")
v. i.
1.
To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

2.
To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

3.
To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.


word: Report₃
definition:
Report

Re*port"
(re̝*p&omacrrt")
n.
[Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]
1.
That which is reported.
(a)
An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
report
Waller.
(b)
A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
1 Kings x. 6.

Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews.
Acts x. 22.

2.
Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
[Obs.]

The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to.
Evelyn.


word: Reporter
definition:
Reporter

Re*port"er
(-ẽr)
n.
One who reports.
Specifically:
(a)
An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates.
(b)
One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.

Of our tales judge and reportour.
Chaucer.


word: Reportorial
definition:
Reportorial

Re`por*to"ri*al
(rē`po̝r*t&omacr"rĭ*al)
a.
Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.


word: Reposal
definition:
Reposal

Re*pos"al
(re̝*p&omacrz"al)
n.
[From Repose.]
1.
The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.
Shak.

2.
That on which one reposes.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Repose
definition:
Repose

Re*pose"
(re̝*p&omacrz")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reposing.]
[F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v.]
1.
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
[Obs.]

But these thy fortunes let us straight repose
In this divine cave's bosom.
Chapman.

Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind.
Woodward.

2.
To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
Fuller.

After the toil of battle to repose
Your wearied virtue.
Milton.

3.
To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
Shak.


word: Repose₂
definition:
Repose

Re*pose"
v. i.
1.
To lie at rest; to rest.

Within a thicket I reposed.
Chapman.

2.
Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

It is upon these that the soul may repose.
I. Taylor.

3.
To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.


word: Repose₃
definition:
Repose

Re*pose"
n.
[F. repos. See Repose, v.]
1.
A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Shake off the golden slumber of repose.
Shak.

2.
Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

3.
(Poetic)
A rest; a pause.

4.
(Fine Arts)
That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.


word: Reposed
definition:
Reposed

Re*posed"
(re̝*p&omacrzd")
a.
Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.
Bacon.
Re*pos"ed*ly (re̝*p&omacrz"ĕd*l&ybreve_;), adv. -- Re*pos"ed*ness, n.


word: Reposit
definition:
Reposit

Re*pos"it
(re̝*p&obreve_;z"ĭt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reposited; p. pr.  & vb. n. Repositing.]
[L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- +  ponere to put. See Position.]
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.

Others reposit their young in holes.
Derham.


word: Repositor
definition:
Repositor

Re*pos"i*tor
(re̝*p&obreve_;z"ĭ*tẽr)
n.
(Surg.)
An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.


word: Repository
definition:
Repository

Re*pos"i*to*ry
(re̝*p&obreve_;z"ĭ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]
A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.
Locke.


word: Repossess
definition:
Repossess

Re`pos*sess"
(re̝`p&obreve_;z*zĕs" or re̝`p&obreve_;s*sĕs")
v. t.
1.
To possess again; as, to repossess the land.
Pope.

2.
Specifically
To take possession of, for failure of the possessor to make payments owed for purchase of; -- used of real estate subject to mortgage payments and of other objects purchased on a time-payment plan, which may be taken back (repossessed) by the original vendor if the payments are not made on time.

To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).


word: Repossession
definition:
Repossession

Re`pos*ses"sion
(r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n)
n.
The act or the state of possessing again.


word: Reposure
definition:
Reposure

Re*po"sure
(r?-p?"sh?r; 135)
n.
Rest; quiet.

In the reposure of most soft content.
Marston.


word: Repoussage
definition:
Repoussage

Re*pous`sage"
(?)
n.
[F. See Repoussé.]
(Art)
Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.


word: Repousse
definition:
Repousse

Re*pous`sé"
(re -p??`s?")
a.
[F., p. p. of repousser to thrust back; pref re- + pousser to push. See Push.]
(a)
Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal.
(b)
Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal.
n. Repoussé work.

Repoussé work, ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side.


word: Reprehend
definition:
Reprehend

Rep`re*hend"
(r?p`r?-h?nd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprehending.]
[L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ]
To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.
Chaucer.

Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
Bacon.

Pardon me for reprehending thee.
Shak.

In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended.
Dryden.

I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.
J. Philips.


word: Reprehensible
definition:
Reprehensible

Rep`re*hen"si*ble
(-h?n"s?-b'l)
a.
[L. reprehensibilis: cf. F. répréhensible.]
Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.


word: Reprehension
definition:
Reprehension

Rep`re*hen"sion
(-sh?n)
n.
[L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]
Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Reprehensive
definition:
Reprehensive

Rep`re*hen"sive
(-h?n"s?v)
a.
[Cf. F. répréhensif.]
Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
South.


word: Reprehensory
definition:
Reprehensory

Rep`re*hen"so*ry
(-s?-r?)
a.
Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.
Johnson.


word: Re-present
definition:
Re-present

Re`-pre*sent"
(r?`pr?-z?nt")
v. t.
To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.


word: Represent
definition:
Represent

Rep`re*sent"
(r?p`r?-z?nt")
v. t.
[F. représenter, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present. See Present, v. t.]
1.
To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Before him burn
Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing
The heavenly fires.
Milton.

2.
To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

3.
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

4.
To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

5.
To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand.
Robertson.

This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate.
Addison.

6.
To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

7.
To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

Among these. Fancy next
Her office holds; of all external things
Which he five watchful senses represent,
She forms imaginations, aery shapes.
Milton.

8.
(Metaph.)
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy.
Sir. W. Hamilton.


word: Representant
definition:
Representant

Rep`re*sent"ant
(-ant)
a.
[Cf. F. repr_;sentant.]
Appearing or acting for another; representing.


word: Representation
definition:
Representation

Rep`re*sen*ta"tion
(-z?n-t?"sh?n)
n.
[F. repr_;sentation, L. representatio.]
1.
The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

2.
That which represents.
(a)
A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
(b)
A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
(c)
A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
(d)
The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.
(e)
(Insurance Law)
Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

3.
The state of being represented.


word: Re-presentation
definition:
Re-presentation

Re-pres`en*ta"tion
(r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n)
n.
[See Re-present.]
The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.


word: Representationary
definition:
Representationary

Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry
(r?p`r?--z?n-t?"sh?n-?-r?)
a.
Implying representation; representative.
[R.]


word: Representative
definition:
Representative

Rep`re*sent"a*tive
(-z?nt`?-t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. repr_;sentatif.]
1.
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

2.
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
Swift.

3.
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

4.
(Nat.Hist.)
(a)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
(b)
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.

5.
(Metaph.)
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge.  See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.


word: Representative₂
definition:
Representative

Rep`re*sent"a*tive
n.
[Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

1.
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.

A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity.
Addison.

Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures.
Locke.

2.
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

3.
(Law)
One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

&hand_; The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives.
Wharton. Burrill.

4.
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
[U.S.]

5.
(Nat.Hist.)
(a)
That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
(b)
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.


word: Representativeness
definition:
Representativeness

Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness
n.
The quality or state of being representative.

Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with consciousness and representativeness.
Spectator.


word: Representer
definition:
Representer

Rep`re*sent"er
(-?r)
n.
1.
One who shows, exhibits, or describes.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
A representative.
[Obs.]
Swift.


word: Repress₂
definition:
Repress

Re*press"
(r?-pr?s")
v. t.
[Pref. re-  + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum.  Cf. Reprimand.]
1.
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

2.
Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . 
Thou couldst repress.
Milton.


word: Repression
definition:
Repression

Re*pres"sion
(r?-pr?sh"?n)
n.
[Cf. F. répression.]

1.
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

2.
That which represses; check; restraint.


word: Repressive
definition:
Repressive

Re*press"ive
(r?-pr?s"?v)
a.
[Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.]
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
Re*press"ive*ly, adv.


word: Reprieve
definition:
Reprieve

Re*prieve
(r?-pr?v")
v. t.
[imp. &  p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.]
[OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]

1.
To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
Rogers.

2.
To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience.
South.


word: Reprieve₂
definition:
Reprieve

Re*prieve"
(r?-pr?v")
n.
1.
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
Clarendon.

2.
Interval of ease or relief; respite.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve,
ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve.
Denham.


word: Reprimand
definition:
Reprimand

Rep"ri*mand
(r?p"r?-m?nd)
n.
[F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.]
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Macaulay.


word: Reprimand₂
definition:
Reprimand

Rep"ri*mand
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.]
[Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.]
1.
To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission.
Arbuthnot.

2.
To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.


word: Reprimer
definition:
Reprimer

Re*prim"er
(r?-pr?m"?r)
n.
(Firearms)
A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.


word: Reprint
definition:
Reprint

Re*print"
(r?-pr?nt")
v. t.
1.
To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

2.
To renew the impression of.

The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul.
South.


word: Reprint₂
definition:
Reprint

Re"print`
(r?"pr?nt`)
n.
A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.


word: Reprisal
definition:
Reprisal

Re*pris"al
(r?-priz"al)
n.
[F. repr_;saille, It.  ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See Reprehend, Reprise.]
1.
The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place.
Macaulay.

2.
Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

3.
The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
Vattel (Trans.)

4.
Any act of retaliation.
Waterland.

Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.


word: Reprise
definition:
Reprise

Re*prise"
(r?-pr?z")
n.
[F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

1.
A taking by way of retaliation.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

2.
pl.
(Law)
Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.
[Written also reprizes.]
Burrill.

3.
A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.


word: Reprise₂
definition:
Reprise

Re*prise"
v. t.
[Written also reprize.]
1.
To take again; to retake.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To recompense; to pay.
[Obs.]


word: Repristinate
definition:
Repristinate

Re*pris"tin*ate
(r?-pr?s"t?n-?t)
v. t.
[Pref. re-  + pristine.]
To restore to an original state.
[R.]
Shedd.


word: Repristination
definition:
Repristination

Re*pris`ti*na"tion
(-t?-n?"sh?n)
n.
Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.
[R.]
R. Browning.


word: Reprive
definition:
Reprive

Re*prive"
(r?-pr?v")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + L. privare to deprive.]
To take back or away.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Reproach
definition:
Reproach

Re*proach"
(r?-pr?ch")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.]
[F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth.  Cf. Approach.]
1.
To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
[Obs.]

I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,
For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
Shak.

2.
To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ.
1 Peter iv. 14.

That this newcomer, Shame,
There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
Milton.

Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed
His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight.
Repelled the victors.
Dryden.


word: Reproach₂
definition:
Reproach

Re*proach"
n.
[F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]

1.
The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.

No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain.
Macaulay.

Give not thine heritage to reproach.
Joel ii. 17.

2.
A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.

3.
An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.

Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Neh. ii. 17.


word: Reproachablr
definition:
Reproachablr

Re*proach"a*blr
(-?-b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. reprochable.]

1.
Deserving reproach; censurable.

2.
Opprobrius; scurrilous.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Reproachful
definition:
Reproachful

Re*proach"ful
(-f?l)
a.
1.
Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

The reproachful speeches . . . 
That he hath breathed in my dishonor here.
Shak.

2.
Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.


word: Reprobate
definition:
Reprobate

Rep"ro*bate
(-b?t)
a.
[L.  reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]

1.
Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
[Obs.]

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Jer. vi. 30.

2.
Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.

And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate.
Milton.

3.
Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.
Reprobate
Shak.


word: Reprobate₂
definition:
Reprobate

Rep"ro*bate
n.
One morally abandoned and lost.

I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Reprobate₃
definition:
Reprobate

Rep"ro*bate
(-b?t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
1.
To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears.
Ayliffe.

Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other.
Macaulay.

2.
To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.


word: Reprobation
definition:
Reprobation

Rep`ro*ba"tion
(-b?`sh?n)
n.
[F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]
1.
The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation.
Jeffrey.

Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin.
Dryden.

2.
(Theol.)
The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.


word: Reprobationer
definition:
Reprobationer

Rep`ro*ba"tion*er
(-?r)
n.
(Theol.)
One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2.
South.


word: Reproduce
definition:
Reproduce

Re`pro*duce"
(r?`pr?-d?s")
v. t.
To produce again.
(a)
To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play.
(b)
To cause to exist again.

Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Reproducer
definition:
Reproducer

Re`pro*du"cer
(-d?"s?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, reproduces.
Burke.

2.
In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.

3.
In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.


word: Reproduction
definition:
Reproduction

Re`pro*duc"tion
(-d?k"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. reproduction.]
1.
The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced
specifically
(Biol.)
the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

&hand_; There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.

2.
That which is reproduced.


word: Reproductive
definition:
Reproductive

Re`pro*duc"tive
(-t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. reproductif.]
Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.
Lyell.


word: Reproof
definition:
Reproof

Re*proof"
(r?-pr??f")
n.
[OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.]
1.
Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
[Obs.]

2.
An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.

Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
Pope.


word: Reprovable
definition:
Reprovable

Re*prov"a*ble
(r?-pr??v"?-b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. réprouvable.]
Worthy of reproof or censure.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Reprove
definition:
Reprove

Re*prove"
(r?-pr??v")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reproved (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.]
[F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof.]
1.
To convince.
[Obs.]

When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
John xvi. 9.

2.
To disprove; to refute.
[Obs.]

Reprove my allegation, if you can.
Shak.

3.
To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

What if thy son

Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
“Wherefore didst thou beget me?”
Milton.

4.
To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
Udall.


word: Reprune
definition:
Reprune

Re*prune"
(rē*pr&usuml_;n")
v. t.
To prune again or anew.

Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew.
Young.


word: Rep-silver
definition:
Rep-silver

Rep"-sil`ver
(r?p"s?l`v?r)
n.
[See Reap.]
Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.


word: Reptant
definition:
Reptant

Rep"tant
(r?p"tant)
a.
[L. reptans, -antis, p. pr. of reptare, v. intens. from repere to creep. See Reptile.]

1.
(Bot.)
Same as Repent.

2.
(Zool.)
Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.


word: Reptantia
definition:
Reptantia

Rep*tan"ti*a
(r?p-t?n"sh?-?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.


word: Reptation
definition:
Reptation

Rep*ta"tion
(r?p-t?"sh?n)
n.
[L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.]
(Zool.)
The act of creeping.


word: Reptile
definition:
Reptile

Rep"tile
(r?p"t?l;277)
a.
[F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere.  Cf. Serpent.]
1.
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

2.
Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.

There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear.
Burke.

And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men.
Coleridge.


word: Reptile₂
definition:
Reptile

Rep"tile
n.
1.
(Zool.)
An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.

An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
Cowper.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

&hand_; The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.

3.
A groveling or very mean person.


word: Reptilia
definition:
Reptilia

Rep*til"i*a
(r?p-t?l"?-?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

&hand_; It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.


word: Reptilian
definition:
Reptilian

Rep*til"i*an
(-an)
a.
Belonging to the reptiles.

Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.


word: Republic
definition:
Republic

Re*pub"lic
(r?-p?b"l?k)
n.
[F. république, L. respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See Real, a., and Public.]

1.
Common weal.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

2.
A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth.  Cf. Democracy, 2.

&hand_; In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.

Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men.


word: Republican
definition:
Republican

Re*pub"lic*an
(-l?-kan)
a.
[F. républicain.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a republic.

The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
Macaulay.

2.
Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.

Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.


word: Republican₂
definition:
Republican

Re*pub"lic*an
(r?-p?b"l?-kan)
n.
1.
One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2.
(U.S.Politics)
A member of the Republican party.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
(b)
A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.

Red republican. See under Red.


word: Republicanism
definition:
Republicanism

Re*pub"lic*an*ism
(-?z'm)
n.
[Cf. F. républicanisme.]
1.
A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

2.
Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
Burke.

3.
The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called
[U.S.]


word: Republicanize
definition:
Republicanize

Re*pub"lic*an*ize
(-?z)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Republicanized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing (-?`z?ng).]
[Cf. F. républicaniser.]
To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.
D. Ramsay.


word: Republicate
definition:
Republicate

Re*pub"li*cate
(r?*p?b"l?*k?t)
v. t.
[Cf. LL. republicare.]
To make public again; to republish.
[Obs.]


word: Republication
definition:
Republication

Re*pub`li*ca"tion
(r?-p?b`l?-k?"sh?n)
n.
A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.

If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first.
Blackstone.


word: Republish
definition:
Republish

Re*pub"lish
(r?-p?b"l?sh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Republished (-l?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Republishing.]
To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re_;xecution or codicil.

Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will.
Blackstone.


word: repudiable
definition:
repudiable

re*pu"di*a*ble
(re̝*pū"dĭ*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[See repudiate.]
Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.


word: Repudiate
definition:
Repudiate

Re*pu"di*ate
(re̝*pū"dĭ*āt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.]
[L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]

1.
To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
Prynne.

2.
To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.

His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward.
Bolingbroke.

3.
To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.


word: Repudiation
definition:
Repudiation

Re*pu`di*a"tion
(re̝*pū`dĭ*ā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.]
The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.


word: Repugn
definition:
Repugn

Re*pugn"
(r?-p?n")
v. t.
[F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.]
To fight against; to oppose; to resist.
[R.]

Stubbornly he did repugn the truth.
Shak.


word: Repugnable
definition:
Repugnable

Re*pug"na*ble
(r?-p?g"n?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being repugned or resisted.
[R.]
Sir T. North.


word: Repugnancy
definition:
Repugnancy

Repugnance

{ Re*pug"nance (-nans), Re*pug"nan*cy (-nan-s?), }
n.
[F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]
The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.

That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor.
Dryden.

Let the foes quietly cut their throats,
Without repugnancy.
Shak.


word: Repugnant
definition:
Repugnant

Re*pug"nant
(-nant)
a.
[F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]
Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.

[His sword] repugnant to command.
Shak.

There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself.
Perkins.


word: Repugnate
definition:
Repugnate

Re*pug"nate
(-n?t)
v. t.
[From L. repugnare. See Repugn.]
To oppose; to fight against.
[Obs.]


word: Repullulate
definition:
Repullulate

Re*pul"lu*late
(r?-p?l"l?-l?t)
v. i.
[L. repullulare, repullulatum. See Pullulate.]
To bud again.

Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.
Howell.


word: Repullulation
definition:
Repullulation

Re*pul`lu*la"tion
(r?-p?l`l?-l?"sh?n)
n.
The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.


word: Repulse
definition:
Repulse

Re*pulse"
(r?-p?ls")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-p?lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repulsing.]
[L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See Repel.]
1.
To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

Complete to have discovered and repulsed
Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend.
Milton.

2.
To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.


word: Repulse₂
definition:
Repulse

Re*pulse"
n.
[L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]

1.
The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.

By fate repelled, and with repulses tired.
Denham.

He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body.
Shak.

2.
Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.


word: Repulsion
definition:
Repulsion

Re*pul"sion
(r?-p?l"sh?n)
n.
[L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.]
1.
The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

2.
A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

3.
(Physics)
The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.


word: Repulsive
definition:
Repulsive

Re*pul"sive
(-s?v)
a.
[Cf. F. répulsif.]
1.
Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

Repulsive of his might the weapon stood.
Pope.

2.
Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.


word: Repurchase
definition:
Repurchase

Re*pur"chase
(r?*p?r"ch?s; 48)
v. t.
To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Reputable
definition:
Reputable

Rep"u*ta*ble
(r?p"?-t?-b'l)
a.
[From Repute.]
Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.

In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one.
Broome.


word: Reputation
definition:
Reputation

Rep`u*ta"tion
(-t?"sh?n)
n.
[F. réputation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See Repute, v. t.]

1.
The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life.
Ames.

2.
(Law)
The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

3.
Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.

I see my reputation is at stake.
Shak.

The security of his reputation or good name.
Blackstone.

4.
Account; value.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

[/Christ] made himself of no reputation.
Phil. ii. 7.


word: Repute
definition:
Repute

Re*pute"
(r?-p?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.]
[F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]
To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job xviii. 3.

The king your father was reputed for
A prince most prudent.
Shak.


word: Repute₂
definition:
Repute

Re*pute"
n.
1.
Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.

He who regns
Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure
Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute.
Milton.

2.
Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.
repute
F. Beaumont.


word: Reputeless
definition:
Reputeless

Re*pute"less
a.
Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Request
definition:
Request

Re*quest"
(re̝*kwĕst")
n.
[OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requête, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.]
1.
The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

I will marry her, sir, at your request.
Shak.

2.
That which is asked for or requested.
request
Ps. cvi. 15.

I will both hear and grant you your requests.
Shak.

3.
A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.
Sir W. Temple.

Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.


word: Request₂
definition:
Request

Re*quest"
(r?-kw?st")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n. Requesting.]
[Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.]
1.
To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

2.
To address with a request; to ask.

I request you
To give my poor host freedom.
Shak.


word: Requicken
definition:
Requicken

Re*quick"en
(r?-kw?k"'n)
v. t.
To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Shak.


word: Requiem
definition:
Requiem

Re"qui*em
(r?"kw?-?m;277)
n.
[Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being “Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,” give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]
1.
(R.C.Ch.)
A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

We should profane the service of the dead
To sing a requiem and such rest to her
As to peace-parted souls.
Shak.

2.
Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

3.
Rest; quiet; peace.
[Obs.]

Else had I an eternal requiem kept,
And in the arms of peace forever slept.
Sandys.


word: Requietory
definition:
Requietory

Re*qui"e*to*ry
(r?-kw?"?-t?-r?)
n.
[L.  requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.]
A sepulcher.
[Obs.]
Weever.


word: Requin
definition:
Requin

Re"quin
(r?"kw?n)
n.
[F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.]
(Zool.)
The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.


word: Requirable
definition:
Requirable

Re*quir"a*ble
(r?-kw?r"?-b'l)
a.
Capable of being required; proper to be required.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Require
definition:
Require

Re*quire"
(r?-kw?r")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.]
[OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ_;rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]
1.
To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Shall I say to Caesar
What you require of him?
Shak.

By nature did what was by law required.
Dryden.

2.
To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

Just gave what life required, and gave no more.
Goldsmith.

The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.
J. A. Symonds.

3.
To ask as a favor; to request.

I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.
Ezra viii. 22.


word: Requirement
definition:
Requirement

Re*quire"ment
(-ment)
n.
1.
The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

2.
That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.
J. M. Mason.

God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements.
Hawthorne.


word: Requisite
definition:
Requisite

Req"ui*site
(r?k"w?-z?t)
n.
That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.
Wake.


word: Requisite₂
definition:
Requisite

Req"ui*site
a.
[L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]
Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.

All truth requisite for men to know.
Milton.


word: Requisition
definition:
Requisition

Req`ui*si"tion
(r?k`w?-z?sh"?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.]
1.
The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
(a)
(International Law)
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
Kent.
(b)
(Law)
A notarial demand of a debt.
Wharton.
(c)
(Mil.)
A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
Farrow.
(d)
A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

2.
That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

3.
A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting.
[Eng.]


word: Requisition₂
definition:
Requisition

Req`ui*si"tion
v. t.
1.
To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

2.
To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate.
[Eng.]


word: Requisitor
definition:
Requisitor

Re*quis"i*tor
(-t?r)
n.
One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.


word: Requital
definition:
Requital

Re*quit"al
(-al)
n.
[From Requite.]
The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.

No merit their aversion can remove,
Nor ill requital can efface their love.
Waller.


word: Requite
definition:
Requite

Re"quite"
(r?-kw?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.]
[Pref. re- + quit.]
To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.

He can requite thee; for he knows the charma
That call fame on such gentle acts as these.
Milton.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand.
Ps. x. 14.


word: Rerebrace
definition:
Rerebrace

Rere"brace`
(r?r"br?s")
n.
[F. arri_;re-bras.]
(Anc. Armor)
Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Fairholt.


word: Reredemain
definition:
Reredemain

Rere`de*main"
(-d?-m?n")
n.
[F. arri_;re back + de of + main hand.]
A backward stroke.
[Obs.]


word: Reredos
definition:
Reredos

Rere"dos
(r?r"d?s)
n.
[From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum.  Cf. Dorsal.]
(Arch.)
(a)
A screen or partition wall behind an altar.
(b)
The back of a fireplace.
(c)
The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls.
[Also spelt reredosse.]
Fairholt.


word: Rerefief
definition:
Rerefief

Rere"fief`
(r?r"f?f`)
n.
[F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and Fief.]
(Scots Law)
A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.
Blackstone.


word: Re-reiterate
definition:
Re-reiterate

Re`-re*it"er*ate
(r?`r?-?t"?r-?t)
v. t.
To reiterate many times.
[R.]
re-reiterated
Tennyson.


word: Re-resolve
definition:
Re-resolve

Re`-re*solve"
(r?`r?-z?lv")
v. t. & i.
To resolve again.

Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.
Young.


word: reread
definition:
reread

re-read

reread, re-read
v. t.
To rad again; as, He re-read her letters to him.

Syn. -- read anew, read-again.


word: rerun
definition:
rerun

re-run

re*run", re-run"
(rē*rŭn")
v. t.
1.
To broadcast again, as of a film; as, they reran the episode for the tenth time.

Syn. -- rebroadcast.

2.
To perform again, as an experiment; as, they reran the test to confirm the surprising result.


word: rerun₂
definition:
rerun

re-run

re"run, re"-run
(rē"rŭn)
n.
A repeated broadcast, such as of a film or episode of a television series; as, the seventh rerun had a surprisingly large audience.

Syn. -- rebroadcast.


word: Res
definition:
Res

Res
(r?z)
n.
pl. Res.
[L.]
A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.

&VerbarRes gestae [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- &VerbarRes judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.


word: Resale
definition:
Resale

Re*sale"
(r?-s?l" or r?"s?l)
n.
A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.
Bacon.


word: Resaw
definition:
Resaw

Re*saw"
(r_;-s_;")
v. t.
To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.


word: Rescind
definition:
Rescind

Re*scind"
(r?-s?nd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rescinding.]
[L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.]
1.
To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.


word: Rescission
definition:
Rescission

Re*scis"sion
(r?-s?zh"?n)
n.
[L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission. See Rescind.]
The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.


word: Rescissory
definition:
Rescissory

Re*scis"so*ry
(r?-s?z"?-r? or r?-s?s"-)
a.
[L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]
Tending to rescind; rescinding.

To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Rescous
definition:
Rescous

Res"cous
(r?s"k?s)
n.
[OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue.]
1.
Rescue; deliverance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
(Law)
See Rescue, 2.
[Obs.]


word: Rescribe
definition:
Rescribe

Re*scribe"
(r?-skr?b")
v. t.
[L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
1.
To write back; to write in reply.
Ayliffe.

2.
To write over again.
Howell.


word: Rescript
definition:
Rescript

Re"script
(r?"skr?pt)
n.
[L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]

1.
(Rom.Antiq.)
The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number.
Hare.

2.
(R.C.Ch.)
The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.

3.
A counterpart.
Bouvier.


word: Rescription
definition:
Rescription

Re*scrip"tion
(r?-skr?p"sh?n)
n.
[L.  rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.]
A writing back; the answering of a letter.
Loveday.


word: Rescriptive
definition:
Rescriptive

Re*scrip"tive
(-t?v)
a.
Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.


word: Rescue
definition:
Rescue

Res"cue
(rĕs"k&uuptack_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rescued (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.]
[OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.]
To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

Had I been seized by a hungry lion,
I would have been a breakfast to the best,
Rather than have false Proteus rescue me.
Shak.


word: Rescue₂
definition:
Rescue

Res"cue
(rĕs"k&uuptack_;)
n.
[From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]

1.
The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot.
Shak.

2.
(Law)
(a)
The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
(b)
The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
(c)
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Bouvier.

The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods.
Blackstone.

Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.


word: Rescussee
definition:
Rescussee

Res`cus*see"
(r?s`k?s-s?")
n.
(O.Eng. Law)
The party in whose favor a rescue is made.
Crabb.


word: Rescussor
definition:
Rescussor

Res*cus"sor
(r?s-k?s"s?r)
n.
[LL.]
(O.Eng.Law)
One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.
Burril.


word: Research
definition:
Research

Re*search"
(r?-s?rch")
n.
[Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.]
1.
Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom; to research a topic in the library; medical research.

The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.
Macaulay.

2.
Systematic observation of phenomena for the purpose of learning new facts or testing the application of theories to known facts; -- also called scientific research.  This is the research part of the phrase “research and development” (R&D).
The distinctive characteristic of scientific research is the maintenance of records and careful control or observation of conditions under which the phenomena are studied so that others will be able to reproduce the observations.  When the person conducting the research varies the conditions beforehand in order to test directly the effects of changing conditions on the results of the observation, such investigation is called experimental research or experimentation or experimental science; it is often conducted in a laboratory.  If the investigation is conducted with a view to obtaining information directly useful in producing objects with commercial or practical utility, the research is called applied research.  Investigation conducted for the primary purpose of discovering new facts about natural phenomena, or to elaborate or test theories about natural phenomena, is called basic research or fundamental research.  Research in fields such as astronomy, in which the phenomena to be observed cannot be controlled by the experimenter, is called observational research.  Epidemiological research is a type of observational research in which the researcher applies statistical methods to analyse patterns of occurrence of disease and its association with other phenomena within a population, with a view to understanding the origins or mode of transmission of the disease.


word: research
definition:
research

re*search"
v. t.
[Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.]
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.


word: Researcher
definition:
Researcher

Re*search"er
(-ẽr)
n.
One who conducts research.  In the field of scientific research, also called an investigator or scientist.


word: Reseat
definition:
Reseat

Re*seat"
(r?-s?t")
v. t.
1.
To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
Dryden.

2.
To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.


word: Reseau
definition:
Reseau

Ré`seau"
(rā`z&omacr")
n.
[F.]
A network;
specif.
(a)
(Astron.)
A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc.
(b)
In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network.


word: Resect
definition:
Resect

Re*sect"
(r?-s?kt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.]
[L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.]
To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.


word: Resection
definition:
Resection

Re*sec"tion
(r?-s?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]
1.
The act of cutting or paring off.
Cotgrave.

2.
(Surg.)
The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.


word: Reseda
definition:
Reseda

Re*se"da
(r?-s?"d?)
n.
[L. , a kind of plant.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

2.
A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.


word: Reseize
definition:
Reseize

Re*seize"
(r?-s?z")
v. t.
[Pref. re-  + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]
1.
To seize again, or a second time.

2.
To put in possession again; to reinstate.

And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again.
Spenser.

3.
(Law)
To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.

The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize.
Blackstone.


word: Reseizer
definition:
Reseizer

Re*seiz"er
(-s?z"?r)
n.
1.
One who seizes again.

2.
(Eng. Law)
The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.


word: Resemblable
definition:
Resemblable

Re*sem"bla*ble
(r?-z?m"bl?-b'l)
a.
[See Resemble.]
Admitting of being compared; like.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Resemblance
definition:
Resemblance

Re*sem"blance
(-blans)
n.
[Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]
1.
The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other.
Dryden.

2.
That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual.
Hooker.

3.
A comparison; a simile.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

4.
Probability; verisimilitude.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Resemblant
definition:
Resemblant

Re*sem"blant
(-blant)
a.
[F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.]
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling.
[R.]
Gower.


word: Resemble
definition:
Resemble

Re*sem"ble
(r?-z?m"b'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).]
[F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]
1.
To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

We will resemble you in that.
Shak.

2.
To liken; to compare; to represent as like.
[Obs.]

The other . . . 
He did resemble to his lady bright.
Spenser.

3.
To counterfeit; to imitate.
[Obs.]
resemble
Holland.

4.
To cause to imitate or be like.
[R.]
H. Bushnell.


word: Reseminate
definition:
Reseminate

Re*sem"i*nate
(-s?m"?-n?t)
v. t.
[L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow.]
To produce again by means of seed.
[Obs.]
Sir. T. Browne.


word: Resend
definition:
Resend

Re*send"
(r?-s?nd")
v. t.
1.
To send again; as, to resend a message.

2.
To send back; as, to resend a gift.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
(Telegraphy)
To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.


word: Resent
definition:
Resent

Re*sent"
(r?-z?nt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting.]
[F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]
1.
To be sensible of; to feel
(a)
In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
[Obs.]

Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely.
Bolingbroke.

3.
To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.
[Obs.]

This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul.
Fuller.

Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.
Fuller.


word: Resent₂
definition:
Resent

Re*sent"
v. i.
1.
To feel resentment.
Swift.

2.
To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
[Obs.]

The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention.
Fuller.


word: Resentful
definition:
Resentful

Re*sent"ful
(-f?l)
a.
Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.


word: Resentingly
definition:
Resentingly

Re*sent"ing*ly
adv.
1.
With deep sense or strong perception.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

2.
With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.


word: Resentment
definition:
Resentment

Re*sent"ment
(-ment)
n.
[F. ressentiment.]
1.
The act of resenting.

2.
The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression.
[Obs.]

He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality.
Dr. H. More.

It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude.
[Obs.]

The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.
The Council Book (1651).

4.
In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced.

Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender.
Cogan.

Anger is like
 A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Shak.

Can heavently minds such high resentment show,
Or exercise their spite in human woe?
Dryden.


word: Reserate
definition:
Reserate

Res"er*ate
(r?s"?r-?t)
v. t.
[L. reseratus, p. p. of reserare to unlock.]
To unlock; to open.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Reservation
definition:
Reservation

Res`er*va"tion
(r?z`?r-v?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réservation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
1.
The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.
A. Smith.

With reservation of an hundred knights.
Shak.

Make some reservation of your wrongs.
Shak.

2.
Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.
Dryden.

3.
A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.
[U.S.]

4.
The state of being reserved, or kept in store.
Shak.

5.
(Law)
(a)
A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before.
(b)
A proviso.
Kent.

&hand_; This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.

6.
(Eccl.)
(a)
The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.
(b)
A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.

7.
an agreement to have some space, service or other acommodation, as at a hotel, a restaurant, or on a public transport system, held for one's future use; also, the record or receipt for such an agreement, or the contractual obligation to retain that accommodation; as, a hotel reservation; a reservation on a flight to Dallas; to book a reservation at the Ritz.

Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.


word: Reservatory
definition:
Reservatory

Re*serv"a*to*ry
(-t?-r?)
n.
[LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See Reserve, v. t., and cf. Reservior.]
A place in which things are reserved or kept.
Woodward.


word: Reserve
definition:
Reserve

Re*serve"
(r?-z?rv")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reserved. (z_;rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. Reserving.]
[F. réserver, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See Serve.]
1.
To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
reserved
Shak.

2.
Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain; to make a reservation{7}.
Gen. xxvii. 35.
In cases where one person or party makes a request to an agent that some accommodation (such as a hotel room or place at a restaurant) be kept (reserved) for their use at a particular time, the word reserve applies both to the action of the person making the request, and to the action of the agent who takes the approproriate action (such as a notation in a book of reservations) to be certain that the accommodation is available at that time.

Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble?
Job xxxviii. 22,23.

Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
Swift.

3.
To make an exception of; to except.
[R.]


word: Reserve₂
definition:
Reserve

Re*serve"
n.
[F. réserve.]
1.
The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations.
Addison.

2.
That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply.
Tillotson.

3.
That which is excepted; exception.

Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve.
Rogers.

4.
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined,
Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind.
Prior.

The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.
Hawthorne.

5.
A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

6.
(Mil.)
(a)
A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
(b)
troops trained but released from active service, retained as a formal part of the military force, and liable to be recalled to active service in cases of national need (see Army organization, above).

7.
(Banking)
Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

8.
(Finance)
(a)
That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it;
specif.
(b)
(Banking)
Usually, the uninvested cash kept on hand for this purpose, called the real reserve. In Great Britain the ultimate real reserve is the gold kept on hand in the Bank of England, largely represented by the notes in hand in its own banking department; and any balance which a bank has with the Bank of England is a part of its reserve. In the United States the reserve of a national bank consists of the amount of lawful money it holds on hand against deposits, which is required by law (in 1913) to be not less than 15 per cent (U. S. Rev. Stat. secs. 5191, 5192), three fifths of which the banks not in a reserve city (which see) may keep deposited as balances in national banks that are in reserve cities (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5192).
(c)
(Life Insurance)
The amount of funds or assets necessary for a company to have at any given time to enable it, with interest and premiums paid as they shall accure, to meet all claims on the insurance then in force as they would mature according to the particular mortality table accepted. The reserve is always reckoned as a liability, and is calculated on net premiums. It is theoretically the difference between the present value of the total insurance and the present value of the future premiums on the insurance. The reserve, being an amount for which another company could, theoretically, afford to take over the insurance, is sometimes called the reinsurance fund or the self-insurance fund. For the first year upon any policy the net premium is called the initial reserve, and the balance left at the end of the year including interest is the terminal reserve. For subsequent years the initial reserve is the net premium, if any, plus the terminal reserve of the previous year. The portion of the reserve to be absorbed from the initial reserve in any year in payment of losses is sometimes called the insurance reserve, and the terminal reserve is then called the investment reserve.

9.
In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified.

10.
(Calico Printing)
A resist.

11.
A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.


word: Reserve city
definition:
Reserve city

Reserve city
(Banking)
In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks in certain of the reserve cities (specifically called central reserve cities) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks in other reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits in these banks (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195).

In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. -- Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental.


word: Reserved
definition:
Reserved

Re*served"
(-z?rvd")
a.
1.
Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

2.
Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.

To all obliging, yet reserved to all.
Walsh.

Nothing reserved or sullen was to see.
Dryden.


word: Reservee
definition:
Reservee

Res`er*vee"
(rĕz`ẽr*vē")
n.
One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor.


word: Reservoir
definition:
Reservoir

Res"er*voir`
(rĕz"ẽr*vwôr`; 277)
n.
[F. réservoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory.]
1.
A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

2.
(Bot.)
A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.

3.
(Med.)
A large quantity of infectious microorganisms resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans.

3.
(Med.)
a large quantity of infectious microorganisms or parasites resident in animals other than man, potentially capable of being transmitted to humans; especially, such organisms in animals where they do little or no harm to the host.

4.
A large supply or stock of anything which may be rapidly put to use; a reserve.

Receiving reservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.


word: Reset
definition:
Reset

re-set

re-set", Re*set"
(r?-s?t")
v. t.
1.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

2.
To set (an instrument) back to an initial position after it has changed; of instruments and dials; as, he reset the timer to ten minutes started again.

Syn. -- reset, set to zero.


word: Reset₂
definition:
Reset

Re"set
(r?"s?t)
n.
1.
The act of resetting.

2.
(Print.)
That which is reset; matter set up again.


word: Reset₃
definition:
Reset

Re*set"
(r?-s?t")
n.
[OF. recete, recepte, a receiving.  Cf. Receipt.]
(Scots Law)
The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
Jamieson.


word: Reset₄
definition:
Reset

Re*set"
v. t.
(Scots Law)
To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.

We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here.
Sir. W. Scott.


word: Resetter
definition:
Resetter

Re*set"ter
(-t?r)
n.
(Scots Law)
One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.


word: Resettlement
definition:
Resettlement

Re*set"tle*ment
(-ment)
n.
Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.

The resettlement of my discomposed soul.
Norris.


word: Reship
definition:
Reship

Re*ship"
(r?-sh?p")
v. t.
To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.


word: Reship₂
definition:
Reship

Re*ship"
v. i.
To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.


word: Resiance
definition:
Resiance

Res`i*ance
(r?z"?-ans)
n.
[LL. reseantia, _;_; OF. reseance.]
Residence; abode.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Resiant
definition:
Resiant

Res"i*ant
(-ant)
a.
[OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See Resident.]
Resident; present in a place.
[Obs.]

In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant.
Spenser.


word: Reside
definition:
Reside

Re*side"
(r?-z?d")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n. Residing.]
[F. résider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to sit. See Sit. ]
1.
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.

At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana.
Shak.

In no fixed place the happy souls reside.
Dryden.

2.
To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside.
Barrow.

3.
To sink; to settle, as sediment.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Residence
definition:
Residence

Res"i*dence
(r?z"?-dens)
n.
[F. résidence. See Resident.]
1.
The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.

The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
residence
Shak.

Johnson took up his residence in London.
Macaulay.

3.
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.

4.
The place where anything rests permanently.

But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship.
Milton.

5.
Subsidence, as of a sediment.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

6.
That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Residencia
definition:
Residencia

Re`si*den"cia
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.


word: Residency
definition:
Residency

Res"i*den*cy
(-den-s?)
n.
1.
Residence.
[Obsoles.]

2.
A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.


word: Resident
definition:
Resident

Res"i*dent
(-dent)
a.
[F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]
1.
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

2.
Fixed; stable; certain.
[Obs.]
resident
Jer. TAylor.

One there still resident as day and night.
Davenant.


word: Resident₂
definition:
Resident

Res"i*dent
n.
1.
One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2.
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.


word: Residential
definition:
Residential

Res`i*den""tial
(-d?n"shal)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade; a residential part of town.

2.
Residing; residentiary.
[R.]


word: Residentiary
definition:
Residentiary

Res`i*den"tia*ry
(-d?n"sh?-r?; 277)
a.
[LL. residentiaris.]
Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian.
Dr. H. More.


word: Residentiary₂
definition:
Residentiary

Res`i*den"tia*ry
n.
1.
One who is resident.

The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there.
Coleridge.

2.
An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.


word: Residual
definition:
Residual

Re*sid"u*al
(r?-z?d"?-al)
a.
[See Residue.]
Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches.  Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. -- Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). -- Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. -- Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. -- Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. -- Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. -- Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as √(a-b).


word: Residual₂
definition:
Residual

Re*sid"u*al
n.
(Math.)
(a)
The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.
(b)
The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.


word: Residuary
definition:
Residuary

Re*sid"u*a*ry
(-?-r?)
a.
[See Residue.]
Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.
Ayliffe.

Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. -- Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.


word: Residue
definition:
Residue

Res"i*due
(r?z"?-d?)
n.
[F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]
1.
That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.
Jer. xv. 9.

If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved.
I. Taylor.

2.
(Law)
That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

3.
(Chem.)
That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

&hand_; The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others.

4.
(Theory of Numbers)
Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers  -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.


word: Residuum
definition:
Residuum

Re*sid"u*um
(-?m)
n.
[L. See Residue.]
That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.

“I think so,” is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue.
L. Taylor.


word: Resiege
definition:
Resiege

Re*siege"
(r?-s?j")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + siege a seat.]
To seat again; to reinstate.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Re-sign
definition:
Re-sign

Re-sign"
(r?-s?n")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + sign.]
To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.


word: Resign
definition:
Resign

Re*sign"
(r?-z?n")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resigned (-z?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.]
[F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]

1.
To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used reflexively.

I here resign my government to thee.
Shak.

Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign
What justly thou hast lost.
Milton.

What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God?
Tiilotson.

2.
To relinquish; to abandon.

He soon resigned his former suit.
Spenser.

3.
To commit to the care of; to consign.
[Obs.]

Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors.
Evelyn.


word: Resignation
definition:
Resignation

Res`ig*na"tion
(rĕz`ĭg*nā"shŭn)
n.
[F. résignation. See Resign.]
1.
The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or commission.

2.
The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.


word: Resigned
definition:
Resigned

Re*signed"
(re̝*zīnd")
a.
Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.

A firm, yet cautious mind;
Sincere, though prudent; constant, yet resigned.
Pope.


word: Resignee
definition:
Resignee

Res`ign*ee"
(rĕz`ĭ*nē")
n.
One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.


word: resile
definition:
resile

re*sile"
(re̝*zīl")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. resiled (-zīld"); p. pr. & vb. n. resiling.]
[L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.]
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
J. Ellis.


word: resiliency
definition:
resiliency

resilience

{ re*sil"i*ence (re̝*zĭl"ĭ*ens), re*sil"i*en*cy (re̝*zĭl"ĭ*en*s&ybreve_;), }
n.
1.
The act of springing back, rebounding, or resiling; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

2.
The power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, stretched, compressed, or twisted; elasticity[1]; springiness; -- of objects and substances.

3.
Hence:
The power or ability to recover quickly from a setback, depression, illness, overwork or other adversity; buoyancy; elasticity[2]; -- of people.

4.
(Mech. & Engin.)
The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.


word: Resin
definition:
Resin

Res"in
(rĕz"ĭn)
n.
[F. résine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf. Rosin.]
Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).

&hand_; Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and they consist primarily of polymerized small molecules having carboxylic groups.  Copal, mastic, guaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them.  When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they form balsams, or oleoresins.  They are also used in making varnishes.

2.
Any of various polymeric substance resembling the natural resins[1], prepared synthetically; -- they are used, especially in particulate form, in research and industry for their property of specifically absorbing or adsorbing substances of particular types; they are especially useful in separation processes such as chromatography; as, an ion-exchange resin.

Highgate resin (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. -- Resin bush (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.


word: Resinic
definition:
Resinic

Re*sin"ic
(re̝*zĭn"ĭk)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.


word: Resiniferous
definition:
Resiniferous

Res`in*if"er*ous
(r?z`?n-?f"?r-?s)
a.
[Resin +  -ferous: cf. F. résinifère.]
Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.


word: Resiniform
definition:
Resiniform

Res"in*i*form
(r?z"?n-?-f?rm)
a.
[Resin + -form: cf. F. résiniforme.]
Having the form of resin.


word: Resino-electric
definition:
Resino-electric

Res`in*o-e*lec"tric
(-?-?-l?k"tr?k)
a.
(Elec.)
Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.


word: Resinous
definition:
Resinous

Res"in*ous
(-?s)
a.
[L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin.]
Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin.

Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative.


word: Resipiscence
definition:
Resipiscence

Res`i*pis"cence
(r?s`?-p?s"sens)
n.
[L. resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F. résipiscence.]
Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
[R.]
Bp. Montagu.


word: Resist
definition:
Resist

Re*sist"
(r?-z?st")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting.]
[F. résister, L.  resistere, pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]
1.
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

That mortal dint,
Save He who reigns above, none can resist.
Milton.

2.
To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.

God resisteth the proud.
James iv. 6.

Contrary to his high will
Whom we resist.
Milton.

3.
To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

4.
To be distasteful to.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Resist₃
definition:
Resist

Re*sist"
n.
1.
(Calico Printing)
A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers; -- also called reserve. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.
F. C. Calvert.

2.
(Technology)
Something that resists or prevents a certain action;
specif.
A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, or of a silicon wafer, to prevent the action on it of acid, other chemical agents, or any other process such as irradiation or deposition, which would modify the surface if not protected.  The resist is usually applied or in some way formed into a pattern so that the underlying surface may be modified in a complementary pattern.


word: Resistance
definition:
Resistance

Re*sist"ance
(-ans)
n.
[F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, -entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
1.
The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces.
1. Macc. xi. 38.

2.
(Physics)
The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.

3.
A means or method of resisting; that which resists.

Unfold to us some warlike resistance.
Shak.

4.
(Elec.)
A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.

Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance. -- Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance. -- Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.


word: Resistance frame
definition:
Resistance frame

Re*sist"ance frame`
(Elec.)
A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.


word: Resistant
definition:
Resistant

Re*sist"ant
(-ant)
a.
[F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. See Resist.]
Making resistance; resisting.
n. One who, or that which, resists.
Bp. Pearson.


word: Resistibility
definition:
Resistibility

Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty
(-?-b?l"?-t?)
n..
1.
The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.

2.
The quality of being resistant; resitstance.

The name “body” being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject.
Locke.


word: Resistible
definition:
Resistible

Re*sist"i*ble
(r?-z?st"?-b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. résistible.]
Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force.
Sir M. Hale.
Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv.


word: Resisting
definition:
Resisting

Re*sist"ing
a.
Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
Re*sist"ing ly, adv.


word: Resistless
definition:
Resistless

Re*sist"less
a.
1.
Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
[Obs. or R.]
Spenser.

2.
Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.

Masters' commands come with a power resistless
To such as owe them absolute subjection.
Milton.


word: Resoluble
definition:
Resoluble

Res"o*lu*ble
(r?z"?-l?-b'l)
a.
[L. resolubolis: cf. F. résoluble. See Resolve, and cf. Resolvable.]
Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire.
Boyle.
Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.


word: Resolute
definition:
Resolute

Res"o*lute
(r?z"?-l?t)
a.
[Cf. F.  résolu. The L. resolutus (p. p. of resolvere) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See Resolve, v. t. & i.]
1.
Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.

Edward is at hand,
Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.
Shak.

2.
Convinced; satisfied; sure.
[Obs.]

3.
Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand.
[Obs.]


word: Resolute₂
definition:
Resolute

Res"o*lute
(r?z"?-l?t)
n.
1.
One who is resolute; hence, a desperado.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Redelivery; repayment.
[Obs.]
resolutes
Bp. Burnet.


word: Resolutely
definition:
Resolutely

Res"o*lute*ly
adv.
In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance.

Some . . . facts he examines, some he resolutely denies.
Swift.


word: Resolution
definition:
Resolution

Res`o*lu"tion
(-l?"sh?n)
n.
[F. résolution. L.  resolutio a loosening, solution. See Resolve.]
1.
The act, operation, or process of resolving.
Specifically:
(a)
The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts.
(b)
The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.

The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action.
Dryden.

2.
The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
[Obs.]

3.
The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.

Be it with resolution then to fight.
Shak.

4.
That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination.  Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.

5.
The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
[Obs.]

Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania.
Holland.

6.
(Math.)
The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

7.
(Med.)
A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

8.
(Mus.)
The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

9.
(Technical)
The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, bbetween two close values of the property measured.

10.
(Technical)
a measure of the ability to distinguish between two close but not identical values of the property being measured; it is expressed as the difference in values of a property necessary to make such a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a degree.  Also called resolving power.

Joint resolution. See under Joint, a. -- Resolution of a force or Resolution of a motion (Mech.), the separation of a single force or motion into two or more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of composition of a force. -- Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), the exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small stars.


word: Resolutioner
definition:
Resolutioner

Res`o*lu"tion*er
(-?r)
n.
One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.

He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Resolutive
definition:
Resolutive

Res"o*lu`tive
(r?z"?-lu`t?v)
a.
[Cf.F. résolutif.]
Serving to dissolve or relax.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Resolvability
definition:
Resolvability

Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty
(r?-z?lv`?-b?l"?-t?)
n.
The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.


word: Resolvable
definition:
Resolvable

Re*solv"a*ble
(r?-z?lv"?-b'l)
a.
[See Resolve, and cf. Resoluble.]
Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.


word: Resolve
definition:
Resolve

Re*solve"
(r?*z?lv")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resolved (-z?lvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.]
[L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]
1.
To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
Shak.

Ye immortal souls, who once were men,
And now resolved to elements again.
Dryden.

2.
To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.
Resolve
Shak.

To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile.
Milton.

3.
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

Sir, be resolved. I must and will come.
Beau. & Fl.

Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse,
Want with a full, or with an empty purse?
Pope.

In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region.
Sir W. Raleigh.

We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.
Milton.

4.
To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

5.
To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).

6.
To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

7.
(Math.)
To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.
Hutton.

8.
(Med.)
To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

9.
(Mus.)
To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

10.
To relax; to lay at ease.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution.


word: Resolve₂
definition:
Resolve

Re*solve"
(r?-z?lv")
v. i.
[The sense “to be convinced, to determine” comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]

1.
To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

2.
To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.
Arbuthhnot.

3.
To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
[R.]

Let men resolve of that as they plaease.
Locke.

4.
To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.


word: Resolve₃
definition:
Resolve

Re*solve"
n.
1.
The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
resolve
Milton.

2.
That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

Nor is your firm resolve unknown.
Shak.

Caesar's approach has summoned us together,
And Rome attends her fate from our resolves.
Addison.


word: Resolved
definition:
Resolved

Re*solved"
(r?-z?lvd")
p. p. & a.
Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.

That makes him a resolved enemy.
Jer. Taylor.

I am resolved she shall not settle here.
Fielding.


word: Resolvedly
definition:
Resolvedly

Re*solv"ed*ly
(r?z?lv"?d-l?)
adv.
1.
So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.
[Obs.]

Of that, and all the progress, more or less,
Resolvedly more leisure shall express.
Shak.

2.
Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.
Grew.


word: Resolvent₂
definition:
Resolvent

Re*solv"ent
n.
[L. resolvens, p. pr. of resolvere: cf. F. résolvant. See Resolve.]
1.
That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.

2.
(Med.)
That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
Coxe.

3.
(Math.)
An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.


word: Resolver
definition:
Resolver

Re*solv"er
(r?-z?lv"?r)
n.
1.
That which decomposes, or dissolves.
Boyle.

2.
That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined.
Bp. Burnet.

3.
One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.


word: Resonance
definition:
Resonance

Res"o*nance
(r?z"?-nans)
n.
[Cf. F. résonance, L. resonantia an echo.]
1.
The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

2.
(Acoustics)
A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.

3.
(Physics)
A phenomenon in which a vibration or other cyclic process (such as tide cycles) of large amplitude is produced by smaller impulses, when the frequency of the external impulses is close to that of the natural cycling frequency of the process in that system.
The shattering of a glass object when impinged upon by sound of a certain frequency is one example of this phenomenon; another is the very large tides in certain basins such as that of the Bay of Fundy, which has a natural cycling frequency close to that of the tidal cycle.

4.
(Electronics)
An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit; the tuning of a radio transmitter or receiver to send or detect waves of specific frequencies depends on this phenomenon.

Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. -- Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.


word: Resonant
definition:
Resonant

Res"o*nant
(-nant)
a.
[L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. résonnant. See Resound.]
1.
Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.

Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old.
De Quincey.

2.
(Elec.)
Adjusted as to dimensions (as an electric circuit) so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.


word: Resonator
definition:
Resonator

Res"o*na`tor
(-n?`t?r)
n.
[NL. & G.]
1.
(Acoustics)
Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.

2.
Anything that resounds or resonates;
specif.
(a)
(Teleg.)
An open box for containing a sounder and designed to concentrate and amplify the sound.
(b)
(Elec.)
Any of various apparatus for exhibiting or utilizing the effects of resonance in connection with open circuits, as a device having an oscillating circuit which includes a helix of bare copper wire, a variable number of coils of which can be connected in circuit with a condenser and spark gap excited with an induction coil. It is used to create high-frequency electric brush discharges.
(c)
(Wireless Teleg.)
The antenna system and other high-frequency circuits of a receiving apparatus.


word: Resorb
definition:
Resorb

Re*sorb"
(r?-s?rb")
v. t.
[L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.]
1.
To swallow up.

Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed.
Young.

2.
(Biol.)
to absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism).


word: Resorcin
definition:
Resorcin

Res*or"cin
(r?z-?r"s?n)
n.
[Resin + orcin. So called because in its higher homologue it resembles orcin.]
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.


word: Resorcylic
definition:
Resorcylic

Res`or*cyl"ic
(r?z`?r-s?l"?k)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.


word: Resorption
definition:
Resorption

Re*sorp"tion
(r?*s?rp"sh?n)
n.
1.
The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.

2.
(Petrography)
The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different kind.


word: Resort
definition:
Resort

Re*sort"
(r?*z?rt")
n.
[F. ressort.]
Active power or movement; spring.
[A Gallicism]
[Obs.]

Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it.
Bacon.


word: Resort₂
definition:
Resort

Re*sort"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.]
[OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See Sort.  The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.]
1.
To go; to repair; to betake one's self.

What men name resort to him?
Shak.

2.
To fall back; to revert.
[Obs.]

The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors.
Sir M. Hale.

3.
To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.

The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
Clarendon.


word: Resort₃
definition:
Resort

Re*sort"
(r?*z?rt")
n.
[Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction. See Resort, v.]
1.
The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.

Join with me to forbid him her resort.
Shak.

2.
A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.

Far from all resort of mirth.
Milton.

3.
That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.

Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.


word: Resound
definition:
Resound

Re*sound"
(r?*zound")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.]
[OE. resounen, OF. resoner, F. résonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]
1.
To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

2.
To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.

3.
To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound.
resounds
South.

4.
To be mentioned much and loudly.
Milton.

5.
To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.


word: Resound₂
definition:
Resound

Re*sound"
v. t.
1.
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.

Albion's cliffs resound the rur_;_;ay.
Pope.

2.
To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.

The man for wisdom's various arts renowned,
Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound.
Pope.


word: Resource
definition:
Resource

Re*source"
(r?*s?rs")
n.
[F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]
1.
That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource.
Dryden.

2.
pl.
Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.

Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.
Macaulay.


word: Respeak
definition:
Respeak

Re*speak"
(rē*spēk")
v. t.
1.
To speak or utter again.

2.
To answer; to echo.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Shak.


word: Respect
definition:
Respect

Re*spect"
(r?*sp?kt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n. Respecting.]
[L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.]
1.
To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood.
Shak.

In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs.
Bacon.

2.
To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor.
respect
Shak.

3.
To look toward; to front upon or toward.
[Obs.]

Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the _;_;uth.
Sir T. Browne.

4.
To regard; to consider; to deem.
[Obs.]

To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar,
And as his own respected him to death.
B. Jonson.

5.
To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce.

As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to. Macaulay. -- To respect the person or To respect the persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. “Ye shall not respect persons in judgment.” Deut. i. 17.


word: Respect₂
definition:
Respect

Re*spect"
n.
[L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite.]
1.
The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution.

But he it well did ward with wise respect.
Spenser.

2.
Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.

Seen without awe, and served without respect.
Prior.

The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect.
R. Nelson.

3.
pl.
An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.

4.
Reputation; repute.
[Obs.]

Many of the best respect in Rome.
Shak.

5.
Relation; reference; regard.

They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles.
Tillotson.

4.
Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects.

Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects.
Tillotson.

In one respect I'll be thy assistant.
Shak.

7.
Consideration; motive; interest.
[Obs.]
respects
Hooker.

To the publik good
Private respects must yield.
Milton.

In respect, in comparison. [Obs.] Shak. -- In respect of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] Shak. (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] “Monsters in respect of their bodies.” Bp. Wilkins. “In respect of these matters.” Jowett. (Thucyd.) -- In respect to, or With respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects. Tillotson. -- To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc. “It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.” Prov. xxiv. 23.


word: Respectability
definition:
Respectability

Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty
(r?*sp?kt`?*b?l"?*t?)
n.
The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.


word: Respectable
definition:
Respectable

Re*spect"a*ble
(-_;-b'l)
a.
[F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.]
1.
Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.
respectable
J. H. Newman.

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable.
Madison.

2.
Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.


word: Respectant
definition:
Respectant

Re*spect"ant
(-ant)
a.
[F., p. pr. of respecter. See Respect.]
(Her.)
Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.


word: Respecter
definition:
Respecter

Re*spect"er
(-?r)
n.
One who respects.

A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality.

Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.
Acts x. 34.


word: Respectful
definition:
Respectful

Re*spect"ful
(-f?l)
a.
Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.

With humble joy and with respectful fear.
Prior.


word: Respecting
definition:
Respecting

Re*spect"ing
prep.
With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.


word: Respection
definition:
Respection

Re*spec"tion
(re̝*spĕk"shŭn)
n.
[Cf.LL. respectio.]
The act of respecting; respect; regard.
[Obs.]

Without difference or respection of persons.
Tyndale.


word: Respective
definition:
Respective

Re*spec"tive
(re̝*spĕk"tĭv)
a.
[Cf. F. respectif, LL. respectivus. See Respect.]
1.
Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
[Obs.]

If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this charge.
A_;p. Sandys.

2.
Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.

3.
Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.

4.
Fitted to awaken respect.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
[Obs.]

With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
Chapman.

With thy equals familiar, yet respective.
Lord Burleigh.


word: Respectively
definition:
Respectively

Re*spec"tive*ly
adv.
1.
As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty.

The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind.
Bacon.

2.
Relatively; not absolutely.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
Partially; with respect to private views.
[Obs.]

4.
With respect; regardfully.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Respectless
definition:
Respectless

Re*spect"less
(re̝*spĕk"lĕs)
a.
Having no respect; without regard; regardless.

Rather than again
Endure, respectless, their so moving c_;ies.
Chapman.


word: Respectuous
definition:
Respectuous

Re*spec"tu*ous
(r?*sp?k"t?*?s;135)
a.
1.
Respectful; as, a respectuous silence.
[Obs.]
Boyle.

2.
Respectable.
[Obs.]
Knolles.


word: Resperse
definition:
Resperse

Re*sperse"
(r?*sp?rs")
v. t.
[L. respersus, p. p. of respergere; pref. re- re- + spargere to srew, sprinkle.]
To sprinkle; to scatter.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Respersion
definition:
Respersion

Re*sper"sion
(r?*sp?r"sh?n)
n.
[L. respersio.]
The act of sprinkling or scattering.
[Obs.]


word: Respirability
definition:
Respirability

Re*spir`a*bil"i*ty
(r?*sp?r`?*b?l"?*t? or r?s`p?*r?-)
n.
[Cf. F. respirabilit_;.]
The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.


word: Respirable
definition:
Respirable

Re*spir"a*ble
(r?*sp?r"?*b'l or r?s"p?*r?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. respirable.]
Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.
Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Respiration
definition:
Respiration

Res`pi*ra"tion
(r?s`p?*r?"sh?n)
n.
[L. respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See Respire.]
1.
The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

2.
Relief from toil or suffering: rest.
[Obs.]

Till the day
Appear of respiration to the just
And vengeance to the wicked.
Milton.

3.
Interval; intermission.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

4.
(Physiol.)
The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

&hand_; Respiration in the higher animals is divided into: (a) Internal respiration, or the interchange of oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process of nutrition. (b) External respiration, or the gaseous interchange taking place in the special respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes respiration proper. Gamgee.
[1913 Webster]
   In the respiration of plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by another process which goes on with more vigor, in which the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.


word: Respirational
definition:
Respirational

Res`pi*ra"tion*al
(r?s`p?*r?"sh?n-al)
a.
Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.


word: Respirative
definition:
Respirative

Re*spir"a*tive
(r?*sp?*r?*t?v)
a.
Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.


word: Respirator
definition:
Respirator

Res"pi*ra`tor
(r?s"p?*r?`t?r)
n.
[Cf. F. respirateur.]
A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.


word: Respiratory
definition:
Respiratory

Re*spir"a*to*ry
(r?*sp?r"?*t?*r? or r?s"p?*r?-)
a.
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.

Respiratory foods. (Physiol.) See 2d Note under Food, n., 1. -- Respiratory tree (Zool.), the branched internal gill of certain holothurians.


word: Respire
definition:
Respire

Re*spire"
(r?*sp?r)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Respired (-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Respiring.]
[L. respirare, respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.]
1.
To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
Spenser.

Here leave me to respire.
Milton.

From the mountains where I now respire.
Byron.

2.
(Physiol.)
To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.


word: Respire₂
definition:
Respire

Re*spire"
v. t.
1.
To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.

A native of the land where I respire
The clear air for a while.
Byron.

2.
To breathe out; to exhale.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Respite
definition:
Respite

Res"pite
(r?s"p?t)
n.
[OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect.]
1.
A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

I crave but four day's respite.
Shak.

2.
Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.
respite
Chaucer.

Some pause and respite only I require.
Denham.

3.
(Law)
(a)
Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
(b)
The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.


word: Respite₂
definition:
Respite

Res"pite
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.]
[OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]
To give or grant a respite to.
(a)
To delay or postpone; to put off.
(b)
To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Forty days longer we do respite you.
Shak.


word: Resplendency
definition:
Resplendency

Resplendence

{ Re*splen"dence (r?*spl?n"dens), Re*splen"den*cy (-den*s?), }
n.
[L. resplendentia.]
The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.

Son! thou in whom my glory I behold
In full resplendence, heir of all my might.
Milton.

The resplendency of his own almighty goodness.
Dr. J. Scott.


word: Resplendent
definition:
Resplendent

Re*splen"dent
(-dent)
a.
[L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine. See Splendid.]
Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
Re*splen"dent*ly, adv.

With royal arras and resplendent gold.
Spenser.


word: Respond
definition:
Respond

Re*spond"
(re̝*sp&obreve_;nd")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.]
[OF. respondre, F. répondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]
1.
To say something in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

2.
To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe.
Buckminster.

To every theme responds thy various lay.
Broome.

3.
To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
[U.S.]


word: Respond₂
definition:
Respond

Re*spond"
v. t.
1.
To answer; to reply.

2.
To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
[R.]

For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
Fairfax.


word: Respond₃
definition:
Respond

Re*spond"
n.
1.
An answer; a response.
[R.]

2.
(Eccl.)
A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

3.
(Arch.)
A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
Oxf. Gloss.


word: Respondency
definition:
Respondency

Respondence

{ Re*spond"ence (-?ns), Re*spond"en*cy (-en*s?), }
n.
The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.
A. Chalmers.

The angelical soft trembling voice made
To the instruments divine respondence meet.
Spenser.


word: Respondent
definition:
Respondent

Re*spond"ent
(-ent)
a.
[L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.]
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
Bacon.


word: Respondent₂
definition:
Respondent

Re*spond"ent
n.
[Cf. F. répondant.]
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
(a)
(Law)
One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.
(b)
One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
I. Watts.  


word: Respondentia
definition:
Respondentia

Re`spon*den"ti*a
(r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?)
n.
[NL. See Respondence.]
(Commercial Law)
A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.
Bouvier.


word: Responsal₂
definition:
Responsal

Re*spon"sal
n.
[Cf.LL. resposalis.]
1.
One who is answerable or responsible.
[Obs.]
Barrow.

2.
Response.
[Obs.]
Brevint.


word: Response
definition:
Response

Re*sponse"
(r?*sp?ns")
n.
[OF. response, respons, F. réponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]
1.
The act of responding.

2.
An answer or reply.
(a)
Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
I. Watts.
(b)
(Eccl.)
The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.
(c)
(R.C.Ch.)
A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
(d)
(Mus.)
A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
Busby.


word: Responsibility
definition:
Responsibility

Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty
(r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?)
n.
pl. -ties (-t_;z).
[Cf. F. responsabilité.]
1.
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

2.
That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.

3.
Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.


word: Responsible
definition:
Responsible

Re*spon"si*ble
(r?*sp?n"s?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. responsable. See Respond.]
1.
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

2.
Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.

3.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.


word: Responsion
definition:
Responsion

Re*spon"sion
(-sh?n)
n.
[L. responsio. See Respond.]
1.
The act of answering.
[Obs.]

2.
(University of Oxford)
The first university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a.


word: Responsive
definition:
Responsive

Re*spon"sive
(-s?v)
a.
[Cf. F. resposif.]
1.
That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

2.
Suited to something else; correspondent.

The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
Pope.

3.
Responsible.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Responsory₂
definition:
Responsory

Re*spon"so*ry
n.
pl. -ries (-r_;z).
[LL. responsorium.]
1.
(Eccl.)
(a)
The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.
(b)
A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain.

Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy.
Milton.

2.
(Eccl.)
An antiphonary; a response book.


word: Ressaldar
definition:
Ressaldar

Res"sal*dar
(?)
n.
[Hind. risāldār, fr. risāltātroop of horse + Per. dār holding.]
(Mil.)
In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.


word: Rest₂
definition:
Rest

Rest
n.
[AS. rest, ræst, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. röst the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r&omacrw, Gr. 'erwh`.  Cf. Ransack.]
1.
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
Chaucer.

Sleep give thee all his rest!
Shak.

2.
Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

And the land had rest fourscore years.
Judges iii. 30.

3.
Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest.
Collins.

4.
That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.

He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
1 Kings vi. 6.

5.
(Anc. Armor)
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.

Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
Dryden.

6.
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
rests
J. H. Newman.

In dust our final rest, and native home.
Milton.

Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
Deut. xii. 9.

7.
(Pros.)
A short pause in reading verse; a caesura.

8.
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
rests
Abbott.

9.
A set or game at tennis.
[Obs.]

10.
(Mus.)
Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.

Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] -- To set one's rest or To set up one's rest, to have a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] Shak. Bacon.


word: Rest₃
definition:
Rest

Rest
(rĕst)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting.]
[AS. restan. See Rest, n.]
1.
To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen. ii. 2.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
Ex. xxiii. 12.

2.
To be free from whatever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.

There rest, if any rest can harbor there.
Milton.

3.
To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.

4.
To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.

5.
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.

Fancy . . . then retries
Into her private cell when Nature rests.
Milton.

6.
To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.

On him I rested, after long debate,
And not without considering, fixed my fate.
Dryden.

7.
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

To rest in Heaven's determination.
Addison.

To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.


word: Rest₄
definition:
Rest

Rest
v. t.
1.
To lay or place at rest; to quiet.

Your piety has paid
All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
Dryden.

2.
To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.

Her weary head upon your bosom rest.
Waller.


word: Rest₅
definition:
Rest

Rest
n.
[F. reste, fr.  rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.]
1.
That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.

Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give.
Tillotson.

2.
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
rest
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
Dryden.

3.
(Com.)
A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
[Eng.]


word: Rest₆
definition:
Rest

Rest
v. i.
[F. rester. See Rest remainder.]
To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

The affairs of men rest still uncertain.
Shak.


word: Restagnant
definition:
Restagnant

Re*stag"nant
(re̝*stăg"nant)
a.
[L. restagnans, p. pr. ]
Stagnant; motionless.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Restagnate
definition:
Restagnate

Re*stag"nate
(re̝*stăg"nāt)
v. i.
[L. restagnare to overflow.]
To stagnate; to cease to flow.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Restagnation
definition:
Restagnation

Re`stag*na"tion
(re̝`stăg*nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. restagnatio an inundation.]
Stagnation.
[Obs.]


word: Restant
definition:
Restant

Res"tant
(rĕs"tant)
a.
[L. restans, p. pr. of restare: cf. F. restant.  See Rest remainder.]
(Bot.)
Persistent.


word: Restaurant
definition:
Restaurant

Res"tau*rant
(rĕs"to̝*rȧnt; 277)
n.
[F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.]
An eating house.


word: Restaurate
definition:
Restaurate

Res"tau*rate
(r?s"t?*r?t)
v. t.
[L. restauratus, p. p. of restaurare. See Restore.]
To restore.
[Obs.]


word: Restaurateur
definition:
Restaurateur

Re`stau`ra`teur"
(ra̝`st&omacr`rȧ`tẽr")
n.
[F.]
The keeper of an eating house or a restaurant.


word: Restauration
definition:
Restauration

Res`tau*ra"tion
(r?s`t?*r?"sh?n)
n.
[LL. restauratio: cf. F. restauration.]
Restoration.
[Obs.]
Cower.


word: Rest cure
definition:
Rest cure

Rest cure
(Med.)
Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity.


word: Restem
definition:
Restem

Re*stem"
(re̝*stĕm")
v. t.
1.
To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course.
Shak.

2.
To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.


word: Restful
definition:
Restful

Rest"ful
(r?st"f?l)
a.
1.
Being at rest; quiet.
Shak.

2.
Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry.
Shak.


word: Rest-harrow
definition:
Rest-harrow

Rest"-har`row
(-h?r`r?)
n.
(Bot.)
A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.


word: Restiform
definition:
Restiform

Res"ti*form
(rĕs"tĭ*fôrm)
a.
[L. restis rope + -form.]
(Anat.)
Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.


word: Restinction
definition:
Restinction

Re*stinc"tion
(r?*st?nk"sh?n)
n.
[L. restinctio. See Restinguish.]
Act of quenching or extingishing.
[Obs.]


word: Restiness
definition:
Restiness

Rest"i*ness
(r?st`ĭ*n?s)
n.
The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
[Obs.]

The snake by restiness and lying still all winter.
Holland.


word: Resting
definition:
Resting

Rest"ing
a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i.

Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of algae, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. C. E. Bessey.


word: Restinguish
definition:
Restinguish

Re*stin"guish
(r?*st?n"gw?sh)
v. t.
[L. restinquere, restinctum; pref. re- re- + stinquere to quench.]
To quench or extinguish.
[Obs.]
R. Field.


word: Restitute
definition:
Restitute

Res"ti*tute
(r?s"t?*t?t)
v. t.
[L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute.]
To restore to a former state.
[R.]
Dyer.


word: Restitute₂
definition:
Restitute

Res"ti*tute
n.
That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
[R.]


word: Restitution
definition:
Restitution

Res`ti*tu"tion
(r?s`t?*t?"sh?n)
n.
[F. restitution, L. restitutio. See Restitute, v.]
1.
The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
Spenser.

He restitution to the value makes.
Sandys.

2.
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.

3.
(Physics)
The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.

4.
(Med.)
The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.


word: Restitutor
definition:
Restitutor

Res"ti*tu`tor
(r?s"t?*t?`t?r)
n.
[L.: cf. F. restituteur.]
One who makes restitution.
[R]


word: Restive
definition:
Restive

Rest"ive
(r?st"?v)
a.
[OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff.]
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do.
E. Philips (1658).

The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back.
Macaulay.

2.
Inactive; sluggish.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

3.
Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

4.
Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.
Trench.


word: Restless
definition:
Restless

Rest"less
a.
[AS. restleás.]
1.
Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.
Chaucer.
Restless
Milton.

2.
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects.
Restless
Dryden.

3.
Deprived of rest or sleep.

Restless he passed the remnants of the night.
Dryden.

4.
Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

5.
Not affording rest; as, a restless chair.
Cowper.

Restless thrush. (Zool.) See Grinder, 3.


word: Restorable
definition:
Restorable

Re*stor"a*ble
(r?*st?r"?*b'l)
a.
Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land.
Swift.
Re*stor"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Restoration
definition:
Restoration

Res`to*ra"tion
(r?s`t?*r?"sh?n)
n.
[OE. restauracion, F. restauration, fr. L. restauratio. See Restore.]
1.
The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war.

Behold the different climes agree,
Rejoicing in thy restoration.
Dryden.

2.
The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

3.
That which is restored or renewed.

The restoration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reestablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.


word: Restorationist
definition:
Restorationist

Res`to*ra"tion*ist
n.
One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.


word: Restorative
definition:
Restorative

Re*stor"a*tive
(r?*st?r"?*t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. restoratif.]
Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

Destroys life's enemy,
Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
Milton.


word: Restorative₂
definition:
Restorative

Re*stor"a*tive
n.
Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.
Arbuthnot.


word: Re-store
definition:
Re-store

Re-store"
(rē*st&omacrr")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + store.]
To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.


word: Restore
definition:
Restore

Re*store"
(re̝*st&omacrr")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Restored (re̝*st&omacrrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring.]
[OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. stayro`s an upright pale or stake, Skr. sthāvara fixed, firm.  Cf. Restaurant, Store.]
To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.
restore
Dan. ix. 25.

Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions.
Prior.

And his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark iii. 5.

2.
To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

Now therefore restore the man his wife.
Gen. xx. 7.

Loss of Eden, till one greater man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat.
Milton.

The father banished virtue shall restore.
Dryden.

3.
To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.

4.
To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Ex. xxii. 1.

5.
To make good; to make amends for.

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored, and sorrows end.
Shak.

6.
(Fine Arts)
(a)
To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc.
(b)
To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.


word: Restrain
definition:
Restrain

Re*strain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Restrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.]
[OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]
1.
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
Gives way to in repose!
Shak.

2.
To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty.
Clarendon.

4.
To limit; to confine; to restrict.
Trench.

Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate.
I. Watts.

5.
To withhold; to forbear.

Thou restrained prayer before God.
Job. xv. 4.


word: Restraint
definition:
Restraint

Re*straint"
(?)
n.
[OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F. restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See Restrain.]
1.
The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.

No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection.
Macaulay.

2.
The state of being restrained.

3.
That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.

For one restraint, lords of the world besides.
Milton.


word: Restrict
definition:
Restrict

Re*strict"
(?)
a.
[L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See Restrain.]
Restricted.
[Obs.]


word: Restrict₂
definition:
Restrict

Re*strict"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Restricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Restricting.]
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.


word: Restriction
definition:
Restriction

Re*stric"tion
(?)
n.
[F. restriction, L. restrictio.]
1.
The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement.
Giv. of Tonque.

2.
That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.


word: Restrictive
definition:
Restrictive

Re*strict"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. restrictif.]

1.
Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

2.
Astringent or styptic in effect.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Restringe
definition:
Restringe

Re*stringe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Restringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Restringing (?).]
[L. restringere. See Restrain.]
To confine; to contract; to stringe.
[Obs.]


word: Restringency
definition:
Restringency

Re*strin"gen*cy
(?)
n.
Quality or state of being restringent; astringency.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Petty.


word: Restringent
definition:
Restringent

Re*strin"gent
(?)
a.
[L. restringens, p. pr.: cf. F. restringent.]
Restringing; astringent; styptic.
[Obs.]
n. A restringent medicine.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Resty
definition:
Resty

Rest"y
(?)
a.
Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive.
[Obs.]
Burton.

Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers.
Milton.


word: Resudation
definition:
Resudation

Re`su*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation.]
Act of sweating again.


word: Result
definition:
Result

Re*sult"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.]
[F. résulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.]
1.
To leap back; to rebound.
[Obs.]

The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
Pope.

2.
To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

3.
To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
Tillotson.

Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. -- Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier.


word: Result₂
definition:
Result

Re*sult"
(?)
n.
1.
A flying back; resilience.
[Obs.]

Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
Bacon.

2.
That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

If our proposals once again were heard,
We should compel them to a quick result.
Milton.

3.
The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Then of their session ended they bid cry
With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
Milton.


word: Resultant
definition:
Resultant

Re*sult"ant
(?)
a.
[L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.]
Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

Resultant force or Resultant motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.


word: Resultant₂
definition:
Resultant

Re*sult"ant
n.
That which results.
(a)
(Mech.)
A reultant force or motion.
(b)
(Math.)
An eliminant.

The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence.
Sylvester.


word: Resume
definition:
Resume

Ré`su"mé"
(?)
n.
[F. See Resume.]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.
C. Kingsley.

2.
A brief summary of the education, experience, accomplishments, and other professional qualifications of a person, such as that prepared by one applying for a job.


word: Resume₂
definition:
Resume

Re*sume"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resumed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.]
[L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. résumer. See Assume, Redeem.]
1.
To take back.

The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Denham.

Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To enter upon, or take up again.

Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
Dryden.

3.
To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.


word: Resumption
definition:
Resumption

Re*sump"tion
(?)
n.
[cf. F. résumption, L.  resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume.]
1.
The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

2.
(Eng.Law)
The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.


word: Resumptive
definition:
Resumptive

Re*sump"tive
(?)
a.
[cf. L. resumptivus restorative.]
Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.


word: Resupinate
definition:
Resupinate

Re*su"pi*nate
(?)
a.
[L. resupinatus, p. p.  of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]
Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.


word: Resupination
definition:
Resupination

Re*su`pi*na"tion
(?)
n.
The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.

Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Resupine
definition:
Resupine

Re`su*pine"
(?)
a.
[L. resupinus; pref. re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.]
Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.
Sir K. Digby.

He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine,
With his huge neck aslant.
Cowper.


word: Resurgent
definition:
Resurgent

Re*sur"gent
(?)
a.
[L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection.]
Rising again, as from the dead.
Coleridge.


word: Resurrect
definition:
Resurrect

Res`ur*rect"
(?)
v. t.
[See Resurrection.]
1.
To take from the grave; to disinter.
[Slang]

2.
To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost).
[Slang]


word: Resurrection
definition:
Resurrection

Res`ur*rec"tion
(?)
n.
[F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.  re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1.
A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

2.
Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment.

Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth.
Milton.

3.
State of being risen from the dead; future state.

In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage.
Matt. xxii. 30.

4.
The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.

I am the resurrection, and the life.
John xi. 25.

Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. -- Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and Selaginella lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.


word: Resurrectionist
definition:
Resurrectionist

Res`ur*rec"tion*ist
(?)
n.
One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
[Slang]


word: Resuscitate
definition:
Resuscitate

Re*sus"ci*tate
(?)
a.
[L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.]
Restored to life.
[R.]
Bp. Gardiner.


word: Resuscitate₂
definition:
Resuscitate

Re*sus"ci*tate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Resuscitated (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating.]
To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.


word: Resuscitate₃
definition:
Resuscitate

Re*sus"ci*tate
v. i.
To come to life again; to revive.

These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate.
J. S. Mill.


word: Resuscitation
definition:
Resuscitation

Re*sus`ci*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. resuscitatio.]
The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Resuscitator
definition:
Resuscitator

Re*sus"ci*ta`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
One who, or that which, resuscitates.

2.
Specifically:
(Med.)
A device which is used to force oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and other gases into the lungs of patients who are suffering from asphyxiation, to revive the patient and induce resumption of respiration.


word: Ret₂
definition:
Ret

Ret
v. t.
[Akin to rot.]
To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.
Ure.


word: Retable
definition:
Retable

Re*ta"ble
(re̝*tā"b'l)
n.
(Eccl.)
A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of flowers, etc.


word: Retail
definition:
Retail

Re"tail
(rē"tāl)
n.
[F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.]
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.


word: Retail₂
definition:
Retail

Re"tail
a.
Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.


word: Retail₃
definition:
Retail

Re*tail"
(re̝*tāl")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retailed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.]
[Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.]
1.
To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

2.
To sell at second hand.
[Obs. or R.]
Pope.

3.
To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.
retail
Shak.

He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares
At wakes and wassails.
Shak.


word: Retailer
definition:
Retailer

Re*tail"er
(?)
n.
One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip; -- used also of businesses, including large corporations; as, Sears, Roebuck is one the the country's largest retailers.


word: Retain
definition:
Retain

Re*tain"
(re̝*tān")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retained (re̝*tānd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.]
[F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention, Retinue.]
1.
To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.
retain
Shak.

Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire.
Milton.

An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator.
Blackstone.

2.
To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.

A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense.
Addison.

3.
To restrain; to prevent.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.

Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also retain wall.


word: Retain₂
definition:
Retain

Re*tain"
v. i.
1.
To belong; to pertain.
[Obs.]

A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness.
Boyle.

2.
To keep; to continue; to remain.
[Obs.]
Donne.


word: Retainer
definition:
Retainer

Re*tain"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, retains.

2.
One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

3.
Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.
Cowell.

4.
(Law)
(a)
The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
(b)
The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
(c)
A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.
Bouvier. Blackstone.

5.
The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
Bacon.


word: Retake
definition:
Retake

Re*take"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To take or receive again.

2.
To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.


word: Retaliate
definition:
Retaliate

Re*tal"i*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retaliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retaliating.]
[L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation.  Cf. Talion.]
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]

One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated.
Sir T. Herbert.

It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
Swift.


word: Retaliate₂
definition:
Retaliate

Re*tal"i*ate
v. i.
To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.


word: Retaliation
definition:
Retaliation

Re*tal`i*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation.
Calamy.


word: Retaliatory
definition:
Retaliatory

Re*tal"i*a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.


word: Retard
definition:
Retard

Re*tard"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.]
[L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]
1.
To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate.

2.
To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.


word: Retard₃
definition:
Retard

Re*tard"
n.
1.
Retardation; delay.

2.
A mentally retarded person.
[Colloq. and disparaging]

3.
a person who is stupid or inept, especially in social situations.
[Colloq. and disparaging]

Retard of the tide, or Age of the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself.  It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Retardation
definition:
Retardation

Re`tar*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.]
1.
The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

The retardations of our fluent motion.
De Quinsey.

2.
That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
(Mus.)
The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

4.
The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

Retardation of the tide. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.


word: Retarded
definition:
Retarded

Re*tard"ed
n.
having a limited or below normal mental ability; same as mentally retarded; -- used especially in relation to performance in academic tasks.


word: Retarder
definition:
Retarder

Re*tard"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, retards.

2.
(Steam Boiler)
Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire.

3.
(Photog.)
A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a developer to retard its action.


word: Retch
definition:
Retch

Retch
(rĕch or rēch; 277)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Retched (rĕcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.]
[AS. hræcan to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also reach.]

Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.)
Byron.


word: Rete
definition:
Rete

Re"te
(?)
n.
[L., a net.]
(Anat.)
A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.


word: Retection
definition:
Retection

Re*tec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.]
Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Retene
definition:
Retene

Ret"ene
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; pine resin.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.


word: Retent
definition:
Retent

Re*tent"
(?)
n.
[L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See Retain.]
That which is retained.
Hickok.


word: Retention
definition:
Retention

Re*ten"tion
(?)
n.
[L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See Retain.]
1.
The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

2.
The power of retaining; retentiveness.

No woman's heart
So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.
Shak.

3.
That which contains something, as a tablet; a _;_;_;_; of preserving impressions.
[R.]
Shak.

4.
The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
Shak.

5.
Place of custody or confinement.

6.
(Law)
The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
Erskine. Craig.

Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.


word: Retentive
definition:
Retentive

Re*ten"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. rétentif.]
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
Shak.


word: Retentivity
definition:
Retentivity

Re`ten*tiv"i*ty
(?)
n.
The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.


word: Retentor
definition:
Retentor

Re*ten"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a retainer.]
(Zool.)
A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.


word: Retepore
definition:
Retepore

Re`te*pore
(?)
n.
[L. rete a net + porus pore.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.


word: Retex
definition:
Retex

Re*tex"
(?)
v. t.
[L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave. ]
To annual, as orders.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.


word: Rethor
definition:
Rethor

Reth"or
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor.]
A rhetorician; a careful writer.
[Obs.]

If a rethor couthe fair endite.
Chaucer.


word: Retiarius
definition:
Retiarius

Re`ti*a"ri*us
(?)
n.
[L., fr. rete a net.]
(Rom.Antiq.)
A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.


word: Retiary
definition:
Retiary

Re"ti*a*ry
(?)
n.
[See Retiarius.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2.
A retiarius.


word: Retiary₂
definition:
Retiary

Re`ti*a*ry
a.
[Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1.
Netlike.

This work is in retiary, or hanging textures.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.

3.
Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.

Scholastic retiary versatility of logic.
Coleridge.


word: Reticence
definition:
Reticence

Ret"i*cence
(?)
n.
[L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.]
1.
The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.

Such fine reserve and noble reticence.
Tennyson.

2.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.


word: Reticent
definition:
Reticent

Ret"i*cent
(?)
a.
[L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.]
Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.


word: Reticular
definition:
Reticular

Re*tic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. réticulaire. See Reticule.]
1.
Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a reticulum.


word: Reticularia
definition:
Reticularia

Re*tic`u*la"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Reticular.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.


word: Reticulated
definition:
Reticulated

Reticulate

{ Re*tic"u*late (?), Re*tic"u*la`ted (?) }
a.
[L. reticulatus. See Reticule.]
1.
Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.

2.
Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.

Reticulated glass, ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane. -- Reticulated micrometer, a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. -- Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.


word: Reticulation
definition:
Reticulation

Re*tic`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.

The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation.
Carlyle.


word: Reticule
definition:
Reticule

Ret"i*cule
(?)
n..
[F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net.  Cf.Retina, Reticle.]
1.
A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.
De Quincey.

2.
A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.


word: Reticulose
definition:
Reticulose

Re*tic"u*lose`
(?)
a.
Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.

Reticulose rhizopod (Zool.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.


word: Reticulum
definition:
Reticulum

Re*tic"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Reticula (#).
[L. dim. of rete a net.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.
(b)
The neuroglia.


word: Retiform
definition:
Retiform

Ret"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.]
Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.


word: Retina
definition:
Retina

Ret"i*na
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. rete a net.  Cf. Reticule.]
(Anat.)
The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.

&hand_; The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory layer (called Jacob's membrane), containing the rods and cones, is on the back side, next the choroid coat.


word: Retinaculum
definition:
Retinaculum

Ret`i*nac"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Retinacula (#).
[L., a holdfast, a band. See Retain.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
(b)
One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

3.
(Bot.)
A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.


word: Retinal
definition:
Retinal

Ret"i*nal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the retina.

Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.


word: Retinal₂
definition:
Retinal

Ret"i*nal
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A retinoid compound (C20H28O), closely related to vitamin A, which is a component of the visual pigments in the eye.  It is also called retinaldehyde and vitamin A aldehyde.


word: Retinalite
definition:
Retinalite

Re*tin"a*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; resin + -lite.]
(Min.)
A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.


word: Retinasphaltum
definition:
Retinasphaltum

Retinasphalt

{ Ret`in*as"phalt (?), &VerbarRet`in*as*phal"tum (?), }
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; resin + _;_;_;_;_; asphalt.]
(Min.)
Retinite.


word: Retineum
definition:
Retineum

Ret`i*ne"um
(?)
n.
pl. Retinea (#).
[NL. See Retina.]
(Zool.)
That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.


word: Retinic
definition:
Retinic

Re*tin"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; resin.]
(Min. Chem.)
Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.


word: Retinite
definition:
Retinite

Ret"i*nite
(?)
n.
[Gr._;_;_; resin: cf. F. rétinite.]
(Min.)
An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.


word: Retinitis
definition:
Retinitis

Ret`i*ni"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + -tis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the retina.


word: Retinoic acid
definition:
Retinoic acid

Ret`in*o"ic ac"id
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A retinoid compound (C20H28O2), closely related to vitamin A.  It is also called tretinoin and vitamin A acid.


word: Retinoid
definition:
Retinoid

Ret"i*noid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; resin + -oid.]
Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.


word: Retinol
definition:
Retinol

Ret"i*nol
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; resin + L. oleum oil.]
1.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon oil C32H16, obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an antiseptic, and in printer's ink.

2.
One of the compounds which function as vitamin A.  Called also vitamin A, vitamin A1 and vitamin A alcohol.  See vitamin A1.


word: Retinophora
definition:
Retinophora

Ret`i*noph"o*ra
(?)
n.
pl. Retiniphorae (#).
[NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + Gr. fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.


word: Retinoscopy
definition:
Retinoscopy

Ret`i*nos"co*py
(?)
n.
[Retina + -scopy.]
(Physiol.)
The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.


word: Retinue
definition:
Retinue

Ret"i*nue
(?)
n.
[OE. retinue, OF. retinue, fr. retenir to retain, engage, hire. See Retain.]
The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

Others of your insolent retinue.
Shak.

What followers, what retinue canst thou gain?
Milton.

To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Retinula
definition:
Retinula

Re*tin"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Retinulae (#).
[NL., dim. of NL. & E. retina.]
(Zool.)
One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.


word: Retiped
definition:
Retiped

Ret`i*ped
(?)
n.
[L. rete a net + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. rétinopède.]
(Zool.)
A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.


word: Retiracy
definition:
Retiracy

Re*tir"a*cy
(?)
n.
Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
[U.S.]
Bartlett.

What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy.
C. A. Bristed.


word: Retirade
definition:
Retirade

Ret`i*rade"
(?)
n.
[F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See Retire.]
(Fort.)
A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.


word: Retire
definition:
Retire

Re*tire"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.]
[F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]
1.
To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
Sir P. Sidney.

As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth retire his golden ray.
Sir J. Davies.

2.
To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.

3.
To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.


word: Retire₂
definition:
Retire

Re*tire"
(?)
v. i.
1.
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.

To Una back he cast him to retire.
Spenser.

The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
And to herself she gladly doth retire.
Sir J. Davies.

2.
To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.

Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
2 Sam. xi. 15.

3.
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.

And from Britannia's public posts retire.
Addison.

4.
To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

5.
To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.


word: Retire₃
definition:
Retire

Re*tire"
n.
1.
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
[Obs.]

The battle and the retire of the English succors.
Bacon.

[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire.
Milton.

2.
(Mil.)
A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.


word: Retired
definition:
Retired

Re*tired"
(?)
a.
1.
Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

A retired part of the peninsula.
Hawthorne.

2.
Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. -- Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government.


word: Retirement
definition:
Retirement

Re*tire"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. retirement.]
1.
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline.
Goldsmith.

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books.
Thomson.

2.
A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
[Archaic]

This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations.
Evelyn.

Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.
Addison.


word: Retiring
definition:
Retiring

Re*tir"ing
a.
1.
Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.

2.
Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.

Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.


word: Retistene
definition:
Retistene

Ret"i*stene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.


word: Retitelae
definition:
Retitelae

Ret`i*te"lae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. rete a net + tela a web.]
(Zool.)
A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.


word: Retort
definition:
Retort

Re*tort"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retorting.]
[L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See Torsion, and cf. Retort, n., 2.]
1.
To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated.
Southey.

2.
To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

As when his virtues, shining upon others,
Heat them and they retort that heat again
To the first giver.
Shak.

3.
To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
Milton.


word: Retort₃
definition:
Retort

Re*tort"
n.
[See Retort, v. t.]
1.
The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.

This is called the retort courteous.
Shak.

2.
[F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See Retort, v. t.]
(Chem. & the Arts)
A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.

Tubulated retort (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon.


word: Retortion
definition:
Retortion

Re*tor"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétorsion. See Retort, v. t.]
1.
Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
[Written also retorsion.]

It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
(Law)
Retaliation.
Wharton.


word: Retouch
definition:
Retouch

Re*touch"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.]
1.
To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

2.
(Photog.)
To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.


word: Retouch₂
definition:
Retouch

Re*touch"
n.
(Fine Arts)
A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.


word: Retrace
definition:
Retrace

Re*trace"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer.  Cf. Retract.]
1.
To trace back, as a line.

Then if the line of Turnus you retrace,
He springs from Inachus of Argive race.
Driden.

2.
To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.

3.
To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.


word: Retract
definition:
Retract

Re*tract"
(re̝*trākt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.]
[F. rétracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
1.
To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

2.
To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.

I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

3.
To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
[Obs.]
Woodward.


word: Retract₂
definition:
Retract

Re*tract"
v. i.
1.
To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

2.
To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

She will, and she will not; she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then files.
Granville.


word: Retractable
definition:
Retractable

Re*tract"a*ble
(re̝*trākt"ȧ*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. rétractable.]
Capable of being retracted; retractile.


word: Retractate
definition:
Retractate

Re*tract"ate
(re̝*trākt"āt)
v. t.
[L. retractatus, p. p. of retractare. See Retract.]
To retract; to recant.
[Obs.]


word: Retractation
definition:
Retractation

Re`trac*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétractation, L. retractatio a revision, reconsideration. ]
The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.


word: Retractile
definition:
Retractile

Re*tract"ile
(re̝*trākt"ĭl)
a.
[Cf. F. -rétractile.]
(Physiol.)
Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.


word: Retraction
definition:
Retraction

Re*trac"tion
(re̝*trāk"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]
1.
The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

2.
The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.

Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or concessions.
Eikon Basilike.

3.
(Physiol.)
(a)
The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
(b)
The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.


word: Retractive
definition:
Retractive

Re*tract"ive
(re̝*trākt"ĭv)
a.
Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Re*tract"ive*ly, adv.


word: Retractor
definition:
Retractor

Re*tract"or
(re̝*trākt"ẽr)
n.
One who, or that which, retracts.
Specifically:
(a)
In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
(b)
(Surg.)
An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
(c)
(Surg.)
A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
(d)
(Anat. & Zool.)
A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.


word: Retrait
definition:
Retrait

Re*trait"
(re̝*trāt")
n.
[It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See Retract.]
A portrait; a likeness.
[Obs.]

Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear.
Spenser.


word: Retranslate
definition:
Retranslate

Re`trans*late"
(?)
v. t.
To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.


word: Retraxit
definition:
Retraxit

Re*trax"it
(?)
n.
[L., (he) has withdrawn. See Retract.]
(O. Eng. Law)
The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
Blackstone.


word: Retreat
definition:
Retreat

Re*treat"
(?)
n.
[F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Retract, Retrace.]
1.
The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

In a retreat he o_;truns any lackey.
Shak.

2.
The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.

He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat.
L'Estrange.

That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat
From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
Dryden.

3.
(Mil. & Naval.)
(a)
The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
(b)
The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
(c)
A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.

&hand_; A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight.

4.
(Eccl.)
(a)
A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
(b)
A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.


word: Retreat₂
definition:
Retreat

Re*treat"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating.]
To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.

The rapid currents drive
Towards the retreating sea their furious tide.
Milton.


word: Retrench
definition:
Retrench

Re*trench"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrenching.]
[OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher; pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See Trench.]
1.
To cut off; to pare away.

Thy exuberant parts retrench.
Denham.

2.
To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.

But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched.
Milton.

3.
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
Addison.

These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
I. Taylor.

4.
(Fort.)
To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.


word: Retrench₂
definition:
Retrench

Re*trench"
v. i.
To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.


word: Retrenchment
definition:
Retrenchment

Re*trench"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. retrenchment.]
1.
The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.

The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you that _; mean to replace your fortune as far as I can.
Walpole.

2.
(Fort.)
A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.


word: Retrial
definition:
Retrial

Re*tri"al
(?)
n.
A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.


word: Retribute
definition:
Retribute

Re*trib"ute
(?)
v. t.
[L. retributus, p. p. ofretribuere to retribute; pref re- + tribuere to bestow, assign, pay. See Tribute.]
To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.
[Obs. or R.]
Locke.


word: Retribution
definition:
Retribution

Ret`ri*bu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. retributio: cf. F. rétribution.]
1.
The act of retributing; repayment.

In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.
Bp. Hall.

2.
That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.

All who have their reward on earth, . . . 
Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find
Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.
Milton.

3.
Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.

It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.
Addison.


word: Retributory
definition:
Retributory

Retributive

{ Re*trib"u*tive (?), Re*trib"u*to*ry  }
a.
[Cf. LL. retributorius worthy of retribution.]
Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.


word: Retrievable
definition:
Retrievable

Re*triev"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Retrieve.]
That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.
Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.


word: Retrieve
definition:
Retrieve

Re*trieve"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retrieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.]
[OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]
1.
To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
Dryden

2.
To recall; to bring back.

To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits.
Berkeley.

3.
To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.

Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
Prior.

There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved.
Burke.


word: Retrieve₂
definition:
Retrieve

Re*trieve"
(?)
v. i.
(Sport.)
To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
Walsh.


word: Retrieve₃
definition:
Retrieve

Re*trieve"
n.
1.
A seeking again; a discovery.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

2.
The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
[Obs.]
Nares.


word: Retriever
definition:
Retriever

Re*triev"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who retrieves.

2.
(Zool.)
A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.


word: Retro-
definition:
Retro-

Retro-
[L. retro, adv., backward, back.  Cf. Re-.]
A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.


word: Retroact
definition:
Retroact

Re`tro*act"
(?)
v. i.
[Pref. retro- + act.]
To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.


word: Retroaction
definition:
Retroaction

Re`tro*ac"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétroaction.]
1.
Action returned, or action backward.

2.
Operation on something past or preceding.


word: Retroactive
definition:
Retroactive

Re`tro*act"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. rétroactif.]
Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.
Beddoes.

Retroactive law or Retroactive statute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.


word: Retrocede
definition:
Retrocede

Re"tro*cede
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. rétrocéder.]
To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.


word: Retrocede₂
definition:
Retrocede

Re"tro*cede
v. i.
[L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede.]
To go back.


word: Retrocedent
definition:
Retrocedent

Re`tro*ced"ent
(?)
a.
[L. retrocedens, p. pr.]
Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.


word: Retrocession
definition:
Retrocession

Re`tro*ces"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede.]
1.
The act of retroceding.

2.
The state of being retroceded, or granted back.

3.
(Med.)
Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.


word: Retrochoir
definition:
Retrochoir

Re"tro*choir
(?)
n.
[Pref. retro- + choir.]
(Eccl. Arch.)
Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.


word: Retrocopulant
definition:
Retrocopulant

Re`tro*cop"u*lant
(?)
a.
[See Retrocopulation.]
Copulating backward, or from behind.


word: Retrocopulation
definition:
Retrocopulation

Re`tro*cop`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. retro- + copulation.]
Copulation from behind.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Retroduction
definition:
Retroduction

Re`tro*duc"tion
(?)
n.
[L.  retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward +  ducere to lead.]
A leading or bringing back.


word: Retroflexed
definition:
Retroflexed

Retroflex

{ Re"tro*flex (?), Re"tro*flexed (?), }
a.
[Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.]
Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.


word: Retroflexion
definition:
Retroflexion

Re`tro*flex"ion
(?)
n.
The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed.  Cf. Retroversion.


word: Retrofracted
definition:
Retrofracted

Retrofract

{ Re"tro*fract (?), Re"tro*fract`ed, }
a.
[Pref. retro- + L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break.]
(Bot.)
Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.


word: Retrogenerative
definition:
Retrogenerative

Re`tro*gen"er*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Pref. retro- + generative.]
Begetting young by retrocopulation.


word: Retrogradation
definition:
Retrogradation

Re`tro*gra*da"tion
(?)
n.
[F. rétrogradation or L. retrogradatio. See Retrograde.]
1.
The act of retrograding, or moving backward.

2.
The state of being retrograde; decline.


word: Retrograde
definition:
Retrograde

Re"tro*grade
(?)
a.
[L.  retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See Grade.]
1.
(Astron.)
Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
Hutton.

And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde.
Chaucer.

2.
Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
retrograde
Bacon.

It is most retrograde to our desire.
Shak.

3.
Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Bacon.


word: Retrograde₂
definition:
Retrograde

Re"tro*grade
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Retrograded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.]
[L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.]
1.
To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.

2.
Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.


word: Retrogression
definition:
Retrogression

Re`tro*gres"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1.
The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

2.
(Biol.)
Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.


word: Retrogressive
definition:
Retrogressive

Re`tro*gres"sive
a.
[Cf. F. rétrogressif.]
1.
Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

2.
(Biol.)
Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.


word: Retromingent
definition:
Retromingent

Re`tro*min"gent
(?)
a.
[Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate.]
Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
n. (Zool.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.


word: Retropulsive
definition:
Retropulsive

Re`tro*pul"sive
(?)
a.
[Pref. retro- + L. pellere, pulsum, to impel.]
Driving back; repelling.


word: Retrorse
definition:
Retrorse

Re*trorse"
(?)
a.
[L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn.  Cf. Retrovert.]
Bent backward or downward.
Re*trorse"ly, adv.


word: Retrospect
definition:
Retrospect

Re"tro*spect
(?)
v. i.
[L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See Spy, and cf. Expect.]
To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.

It may be useful to retrospect to an early period.
A. Hamilton.


word: Retrospect₂
definition:
Retrospect

Re"tro*spect
n.
A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past.
Cowper.

We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy.
Landor.


word: Retrospective
definition:
Retrospective

Re`tro*spec"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. rétrospectif.]
1.
Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.

The sage, with retrospective eye.
Pope.

2.
Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.

Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment.
Macaulay.


word: Retrovaccination
definition:
Retrovaccination

Re`tro*vac`ci*na"tion
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.


word: Retroversion
definition:
Retroversion

Re`tro*ver"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rétroversion. See Retrovert.]
A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

&hand_; In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.


word: Retrovert
definition:
Retrovert

Re"tro*vert
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retroverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retroverting.]
[Pref. retro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn.  Cf. Retrorse.]
To turn back.


word: Retrude
definition:
Retrude

Re*trude"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Retruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retruding.]
[L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.]
To thrust back.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Retruse
definition:
Retruse

Re*truse"
(?)
a.
[L. retrusus concealed, p. p. of retrudere.]
Abstruse.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Retrusion
definition:
Retrusion

Re*tru"sion
(?)
n.
The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.

In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause.
Coleridge.


word: Retry
definition:
Retry

Re*try"
(?)
v. t.
To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.


word: Retting
definition:
Retting

Ret"ting
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See Ret.
Ure.

2.
A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
Ure.


word: Retund
definition:
Retund

Re*tund"
(?)
v. t.
[L. retundere, retusum; pref. re- re- + tundere to beat.]
To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence.
Ray. Cudworth.


word: Return
definition:
Return

Re*turn"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Returned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Returning.]
[OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1.
To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Return
Chaucer.

On their embattled ranks the waves return.
Milton.

If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom.
Locke.

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Gen. iii. 19.

2.
To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.

With the year
Seasons return; but not me returns
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn.
Milton.

3.
To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.

He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
Pope.

4.
To revert; to pass back into possession.

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.
1Kings xii. 26.

5.
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
return
Fielding.


word: Return₂
definition:
Return

Re*turn"
v. t.
1.
To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.

Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye.
Spenser.

2.
To repay; as, to return borrowed money.

3.
To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
1 Kings ii. 44.

4.
To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.

5.
To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.

If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.
Dryden.

6.
To report, or bring back and make known.

And all the people answered together, . . . and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
Ex. xix. 8.

7.
To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.

8.
Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.
[Eng.]

9.
To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.

10.
To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.

Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use.
Clarendon.

11.
(Tennis)
To bat (the ball) back over the net.

12.
(Card Playing)
To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.

To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner.


word: Return₃
definition:
Return

Re*turn"
(?)
n.
1.
The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.

At the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
1 Kings xx. 22.

His personal return was most required and necessary.
Shak.

2.
The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.

You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast?
Dryden.

3.
That which is returned.
(a)
A payment; a remittance; a requital.

I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
Shak.

The fruit from many days of recreation is very little; but from these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great.
Jer. Taylor.

4.
(Arch.)
The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.

5.
(Law)
(a)
The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b)
The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
(c)
The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
(d)
A day in bank. See Return day, below.
Blackstone.

6.
(Mil. & Naval)
An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.

7.
pl.
(Fort. & Mining)
The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a plaything. -- Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another. -- Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings. -- Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their previous movement in another flue. -- Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.


word: Returnable
definition:
Returnable

Re*turn"a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.

2.
(Law)
Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.


word: Retuse
definition:
Retuse

Re*tuse"
(?)
a.
[L. retusus, p. p. : cf. F. rétus. See Retund.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.


word: Reunion
definition:
Reunion

Re*un"ion
(?)
n.
[Pref. re-  + union: cf. F. réunion.]
1.
A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.

2.
An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.


word: Revaccinate
definition:
Revaccinate

Re*vac"ci*nate
(?)
v. t.
To vaccinate a second time or again.
Re*vac`ci*na"tion(#), n.


word: Revalescence
definition:
Revalescence

Rev`a*les"cence
(?)
n.
The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.

Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him?
Coleridge.


word: Revalescent
definition:
Revalescent

Rev`a*les"cent
(?)
a.
[L. revalescens, -entis, p. pr. of revalescere; pref. re- re- + valescere, v. incho. fr. valere to be well.]
Growing well; recovering strength.


word: Reve₂
definition:
Reve

Reve
n.
[See Reeve.]
An officer, steward, or governor.
[Usually written reeve.]
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.


word: Reveal
definition:
Reveal

Re*veal"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revealing.]
[F. révéler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See Veil.]
1.
To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.

Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,
She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
Waller.

2.
Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).


word: Reveal₂
definition:
Reveal

Re*veal"
n.
1.
A revealing; a disclosure.
[Obs.]

2.
(Arch.)
The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
[Written also revel.]


word: Reveille
definition:
Reveille

Re*veil"le
(?)
n.
[F. réveil, fr. réveiller to awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake, watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken by mistake from the French imper. réveillez,2d pers. pl. See Vigil.]
(Mil.)
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.
reveille
Dryden.

For at dawning to assail ye
Here no bugles sound reveille.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Revel₂
definition:
Revel

Rev"el
n.
[OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.]
A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.

This day in mirth and revel to dispend.
Chaucer.

Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
Rambler.

Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.


word: Revel₃
definition:
Revel

Rev"el
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reveled (?) or Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling.]
[OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.]
1.
To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
Shak.

2.
To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
revels
Shak.


word: Revel₄
definition:
Revel

Re*vel"
(?)
v. t.
[L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.]
To draw back; to retract.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Revelate
definition:
Revelate

Rev"e*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. revelatus, p. p. of revelare to reveal.]
To reveal.
[Obs.]
Frith. Barnes.


word: Revelation
definition:
Revelation

Rev`e*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. révélation, L. revelatio. See Reveal.]
1.
The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

2.
That which is revealed.

3.
(Theol.)
(a)
The act of revealing divine truth.
(b)
That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.

By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words.
Eph. iii. 3.

4.
Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation or The Revelation of Saint John.


word: Revellent
definition:
Revellent

Re*vel"lent
(?)
a.
[L. revellens, p. pr. of revellere. See Revel, v. t.]
Causing revulsion; revulsive.
n. (Med.) A revulsive medicine.


word: Revelous
definition:
Revelous

Rev"el*ous
(?)
a.
[OF. reveleus.]
Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.
[Obs.]

Companionable and revelous was she.
Chaucer.


word: Revel-rout
definition:
Revel-rout

Rev"el-rout`
(?)
n.
[See Rout.]
1.
Tumultuous festivity; revelry.
[Obs.]
Rowe.

2.
A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.
[Obs.]


word: Revelry
definition:
Revelry

Rev"el*ry
(?)
n.
[See Revel, v. i. & n.]
The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

And pomp and feast and revelry.
Milton.


word: Revendicate
definition:
Revendicate

Re*ven"di*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revendicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revendicating.]
[Cf. F. revendiquer. See Revenge.]
To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
[R.]
Vattel (Trans.).


word: Revendication
definition:
Revendication

Re*ven`di*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[F. revendication.]
The act of revendicating.
[R.]
Vattel (Trans.)


word: Revenge
definition:
Revenge

Re*venge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revenged (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Revenging (_;).]
[OF. revengier, F. revancher; pref. re- re- + OF. vengier to avenge, revenge, F. venger, L. vindicare. See Vindicate, Vengerance, and cf. Revindicate.]
1.
To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.

To revenge the death of our fathers.
Ld. Berners.

The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
Dryden.

Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,
Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
Shak.

2.
To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.


word: Revenge₃
definition:
Revenge

Re*venge"
n.
1.
The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.
Bacon.

2.
The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Revenge now goes
To lay a complot to betray thy foes.
Shak.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.
Kames.


word: Revengeful
definition:
Revengeful

Re*venge"ful
(?)
a.
Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.

If thy revengeful heart can not forgive.
Shak.

May my hands . . . 
Never brandish more revengeful steel.
Shak.


word: Revengement
definition:
Revengement

Re*venge"ment
(?)
n.
Revenge.
[Obs.]

He 'll breed revengement and a scourge for me.
Shak.


word: Revenue
definition:
Revenue

Rev"e*nue
(?)
n.
[F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See Come.]
1.
That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.

Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth.
Gray.

2.
Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.

3.
The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.


word: Reverberant
definition:
Reverberant

Re*ver"ber*ant
(?)
a.
[L. reverberans, p. pr. : cf. F. réverbérant. See Reverberate.]
Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.


word: Reverberate
definition:
Reverberate

Re*ver"ber*ate
(?)
a.
[L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
1.
Reverberant.
[Obs.]
reverberate
Shak.

2.
Driven back, as sound; reflected.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Reverberate₂
definition:
Reverberate

Re*ver"ber*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reverberated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1.
To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.

Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again.
Shak.

2.
To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace.

3.
Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.
[Obs.]
Reverberated
Sir T. Browne.


word: Reverberate₃
definition:
Reverberate

Re*ver"ber*ate
v. i.
1.
To resound; to echo.

2.
To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.


word: Reverberation
definition:
Reverberation

Re*ver`ber*a"tion
(?)
n.
[CF. F. réverbération.]
The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.


word: Reverberative
definition:
Reverberative

Re*ver"ber*a*tive
(?)
a.
Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers.
I. Taylor.


word: Reverberatory
definition:
Reverberatory

Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.

Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace.


word: Revere
definition:
Revere

Re*vere"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revering.]
[L. revereri; pref. re- re- + vereri to fear, perh. akin to E. wary: cf. F. révérer.]
To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner in the empire.
Addison.


word: Reverence
definition:
Reverence

Rev"er*ence
(?)
n.
[F. révérence, L. reverentia. See Reverent.]
1.
Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence.
Chaucer.

Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear.
Coleridge.

When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost.
Bacon.

&hand_; Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted “respect” “honor”, without awe or fear.

2.
The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence.
Goldsmith.

And each of them doeth all his diligence
To do unto the feast reverence.
Chaucer.

3.
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

I am forced to lay my reverence by.
Shak.

4.
A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.
Shak.

Save your reverence, Saving your reverence, an apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. -- Sir reverence, a contracted form of Save your reverence.
[1913 Webster]
Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. “Sir reverence.” Shak.
[1913 Webster]
-- To do reverence, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence.
[1913 Webster]
Now lies he there,
And none so poor to do him reverence. Shak.


word: Reverence₂
definition:
Reverence

Rev"er*ence
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reverenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reverencing (?).]
To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Eph. v. 33.

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise.
Shak.


word: Reverend
definition:
Reverend

Rev"er*end
(?)
a.
[F. révérend, L. reverendus, fr. revereri. See Revere.]
Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

A reverend sire among them came.
Milton.

They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children.
Jer. Taylor.

&hand_; This word is commonly given as a title of respect to ecclesiastics.  A clergyman is styled the reverend; a dean, the very reverend; a bishop, the right reverend; an archbishop, the most reverend.


word: Reverent
definition:
Reverent

Rev"er*ent
(?)
a.
[L. reverens, -entis, p. pr. of revereri. See Revere.]
1.
Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.
reverent
Milton.

2.
Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior.
Joye.


word: Reverential
definition:
Reverential

Rev`er*en"tial
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. révérenciel. See Reverence.]
Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe.
reverential
South.


word: Revery
definition:
Revery

Reverie

{ Rev"er*ie (?), Rev"er*y (?), }
n.
pl. Reveries (#).
[F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed.  Cf. Rave.]
1.
A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.
reveries
Tennyson.

When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it.
Locke.

2.
An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision.
[R.]

There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds].
Addison.


word: Revers
definition:
Revers

Re*vers"
(re*vâr"; colloq. re*vēr", re*vẽr")
n. sing & pl.
[F. See Reverse, n.]
(Dressmaking, Tailoring, etc.)
A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.


word: Reversal
definition:
Reversal

Re*ver"sal
(?)
a.
[See Reverse.]
Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
[Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.


word: Reversal₂
definition:
Reversal

Re*ver"sal
n.
[From Reverse.]
1.
The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.

2.
A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.
Blackstone.


word: Reverse
definition:
Reverse

Re*verse"
(?)
a.
[OE. revers, OF. revers, L. reversus, p. p. of revertere. See Revert.]
1.
Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
reverse
Gower.

2.
Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
[Obs.]

He found the sea diverse
With many a windy storm reverse.
Gower.

3.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

Reverse bearing (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance. -- Reverse curve (Railways), a curve like the letter S, formed of two curves bending in opposite directions. -- Reverse fire (Mil.), a fire in the rear. -- Reverse operation (Math.), an operation the steps of which are taken in a contrary order to that in which the same or similar steps are taken in another operation considered as direct; an operation in which that is sought which in another operation is given, and that given which in the other is sought; as, finding the length of a pendulum from its time of vibration is the reverse operation to finding the time of vibration from the length.


word: Reverse₂
definition:
Reverse

Re*verse"
(re̝*vẽrs")
n.
[Cf. F. revers. See Reverse, a.]
1.
That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

He did so with the reverse of the lance.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
Chaucer.

And then mistook reverse of wrong for right.
Pope.

To make everything the reverse of what they have seen, is quite as easy as to destroy.
Burke.

3.
The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

The strange reverse of fate you see;
I pitied you, now you may pity me.
Dryden.

By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
Lamb.

4.
The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

5.
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
[Obs.]
Shak.

6.
(Surg.)
A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.


word: Reverse₃
definition:
Reverse

Re*verse"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reversed (re̝*vẽrst");p. pr. & vb. n. Reversing.]
[See Reverse, a., and cf. Revert.]
1.
To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

And that old dame said many an idle verse,
Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.
Spenser.

2.
To cause to return; to recall.
[Obs.]

And to his fresh remembrance did reverse
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Spenser.

3.
To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

Reverse the doom of death.
Shak.

She reversed the conduct of the celebrated vicar of Bray.
Sir W. Scott.

4.
To turn upside down; to invert.

A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
Sir W. Temple.

5.
Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

These can divide, and these reverse, the state.
Pope.

Custom . . . reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.
Rogers.

6.
(Law)
To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

Reverse arms (Mil.), a position of a soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body at an angle of 45°, and is held as in the illustration. -- To reverse an engine or To reverse a machine, to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite direction.


word: Reversed
definition:
Reversed

Re*versed"
(re̝*vẽrst")
a.
1.
Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary;
specifically
(Bot. & Zool.)
sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.

2.
(Law)
Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.

Reversed positive or Reversed negative (Photog.), a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney.


word: Reversible
definition:
Reversible

Re*vers"i*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. réversible revertible, reversionary.]
1.
Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

2.
Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics.

Reversible lock, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb. -- Reversible process. See under Process.


word: Reversing
definition:
Reversing

Re*vers"ing
a.
Serving to effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.

Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will. -- Reversing gear (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.


word: Reversion
definition:
Reversion

Re*ver"sion
(re̝*vẽr"shŭn)
n.
[F. réversion, L. reversio a turning back. See Revert.]
1.
The act of returning, or coming back; return.
[Obs.]

After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him.
Foxe.

2.
That which reverts or returns; residue.
[Obs.]

The small reversion of this great navy which came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as relics.
Fuller.

3.
(Law)
The returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
Kent.

4.
Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession.

For even reversions are all begged before.
Dryden.

5.
(Annuities)
A payment which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
Brande & C.

6.
(Biol.)
A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.

Reversion of series (Alg.), the act of reverting a series. See To revert a series, under Revert, v. t.


word: Reversionary
definition:
Reversionary

Re*ver"sion*a*ry
(?)
a.
(Law)
Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.


word: Reversioner
definition:
Reversioner

Re*ver"sion*er
(?)
n.
(Law)
One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.
Blackstone.


word: Revert
definition:
Revert

Re*vert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.]
[L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]
1.
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

Till happy chance revert the cruel scence.
Prior.

The tumbling stream . . . 
Reverted, plays in undulating flow.
Thomson.

2.
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

3.
(Chem.)
To change back. See Revert, v. i.

To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2  + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.


word: Revert₂
definition:
Revert

Re*vert"
v. i.
1.
To return; to come back.

So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again.
Shak.

2.
(Law)
To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.

3.
(Biol.)
To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

4.
(Chem.)
To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.


word: Revert₃
definition:
Revert

Re*vert"
n.
One who, or that which, reverts.

An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith.
Fuller.


word: Reverted
definition:
Reverted

Re*vert"ed
a.
Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.


word: Revertent
definition:
Revertent

Re*vert"ent
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
[Obs.]
E. Darwin.


word: Revertible
definition:
Revertible

Re*vert"i*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.


word: Revertive
definition:
Revertive

Re*vert"ive
(?)
a.
Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.
Re*vert"ive*ly, adv.

The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves
A yellow waste of idle sands behind.
Thomson.


word: Revest
definition:
Revest

Re*vest"
(rē*vĕst")
v. t.
[OF reverstir, F. revêtir, L. revestire; pref. re- re- + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis a garment. See Vestry, and cf. Revet.]
1.
To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.

Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter
Did thus revest and decked with due habiliments.
Spenser.

2.
To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.


word: Revest₂
definition:
Revest

Re*vest"
v. i.
To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.


word: Revestiary
definition:
Revestiary

Re*ves"ti*a*ry
(?)
n.
[LL. revestiarium: cf. F. revestiaire. See Revest.]
The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.


word: Revet
definition:
Revet

Re*vet"
(re̝*vĕt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revetted;p. pr. & vb. n. Revetting.]
[See Revetment.]
(Mil. & Civil Engineering)
To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.


word: Revetment
definition:
Revetment

Re*vet"ment
(?)
n.
[F. revêtement the lining of a ditch, fr. revêtir to clothe, L. revestire. See Revest, v. t.]
(Fort. & Engin.)
A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall.
[Written also revêtement (_;).]


word: Revict
definition:
Revict

Re*vict"
(?)
v. t.
[L. revictus, p. p. of revincere to conquer.]
To reconquer.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Reviction
definition:
Reviction

Re*vic"tion
(?)
n.
[From L. revivere, revictum, to live again; pref. re- re- + vivere to live.]
Return to life.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Revie
definition:
Revie

Re*vie"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To vie with, or rival, in return.

2.
(Card Playing)
To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Revie₂
definition:
Revie

Re*vie"
v. i.
1.
To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
[Obs.]

2.
To make a retort; to bandy words.
[Obs.]


word: Review
definition:
Review

Re*view"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reviewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.]
[Pref. re- + view.  Cf. Review, n. ]
1.
To view or see again; to look back on.
[R.]
review
Shak.

2.
To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
(a)
To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
(b)
To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
(c)
To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
(d)
(Law)
To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

3.
To retrace; to go over again.

Shall I the long, laborious scene review?
Pope.


word: Review₃
definition:
Review

Re*view"
n.
[F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise.]
1.
A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

2.
An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

3.
A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

4.
A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

5.
An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

6.
(Law)
The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

7.
A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.


word: Reviewer
definition:
Reviewer

Re*view"er
(?)
n.
One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.


word: Revigorate
definition:
Revigorate

Re*vig"or*ate
(?)
a.
[LL. revigoratus, p. p. of revigorare; L. re- + vigor vigor.]
Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew.
[R.]
Southey.


word: Revile
definition:
Revile

Re*vile"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Reviled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reviling.]
[Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; à (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.]
To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
revile
Shak.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again.
1 Pet. ii. 23.


word: Revile₂
definition:
Revile

Re*vile"
n.
Reproach; reviling.
[Obs.]

The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.
Milton.


word: Revilement
definition:
Revilement

Re*vile"ment
(?)
n.
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
Spenser.


word: Reviling
definition:
Reviling

Re*vil"ing
n.
Reproach; abuse; vilification.

Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
Isa. li. 7.


word: Revindicate
definition:
Revindicate

Re*vin"di*cate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + vindicate.  Cf. Revindicate, Revenge.]
To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Mitford.


word: Revirescence
definition:
Revirescence

Rev`i*res"cence
(?)
n.
[L. revirescens, p. pr. of revirescere to grow green again.]
A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.
[Obs.]


word: Revisal
definition:
Revisal

Re*vis"al
(?)
n.
[From Revise.]
The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.


word: Revise
definition:
Revise

Re*vise"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revising.]
[F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, to see. See Review, View.]
1.
To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

2.
(Print.)
To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.

3.
To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

The Revised Version of the Bible, a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under Authorized.


word: Revise₂
definition:
Revise

Re*vise"
n.
1.
A review; a revision.
Boyle.

2.
(Print.)
A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.


word: Revision
definition:
Revision

Re*vi"sion
(?)
n.
[F. révision, L. revisio.]
1.
The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

2.
That which is made by revising.


word: Revisionary
definition:
Revisionary

Revisional

{ Re*vi"sion*al (?), Re*vi"sion*a*ry (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.


word: Revival
definition:
Revival

Re*viv"al
(?)
n.
[From Revive.]
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
(a)
Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
(b)
Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.
(c)
Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
(d)
Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
(e)
Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
(f)
Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
(g)
(Law)
Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.
(h)
Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.


word: Revivalist
definition:
Revivalist

Re*viv"al*ist
n.
A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively.


word: Revive
definition:
Revive

Re*vive"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Revived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving.]
[F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid.]
1.
To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Shak.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived.
1 Kings xvii. 22.

2.
Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

3.
(Old Chem.)
To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.


word: Revive₂
definition:
Revive

Re*vive"
v. t.
[Cf. F. reviver. See Revive, v. i.]
1.
To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived.
Bp. Pearson.

2.
To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts.
Shak.

Your coming, friends, revives me.
Milton.

3.
Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

4.
To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.
Revive
Swift.

The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had.
Locke.

5.
(Old Chem.)
To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.


word: Revivificate
definition:
Revivificate

Re`vi*vif"i*cate
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + vivificate: cf. L. revivificare, revivificatum.  Cf. Revivify.]
To revive; to recall or restore to life.
[R.]


word: Revivification
definition:
Revivification

Re*viv`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. révivification.]
1.
Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

2.
(Old Chem.)
The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.


word: Revivify
definition:
Revivify

Re*viv"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. F. révivifier, L. revivificare. See Vivify.]
To cause to revive.

Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Reviving
definition:
Reviving

Re*viv"ing
(?)
a. & n.
Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
Milton.
Re*viv"ing*ly, adv.


word: Reviviscency
definition:
Reviviscency

Reviviscence

{ Rev`i*vis"cence (?), Rev`i*vis"cen*cy (?), }
n.
The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times.
Coleridge.


word: Reviviscent
definition:
Reviviscent

Rev`i*vis"cent
(?)
a.
[L. reviviscens, p. pr. ofreviviscere to revive; pref. re- re- + viviscere, v. incho. fr. vivere to live.]
Able or disposed to revive; reviving.
E. Darwin.


word: Revivor
definition:
Revivor

Re*viv"or
(?)
n.
(Eng. Law)
Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.
Blackstone.


word: Revocability
definition:
Revocability

Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.


word: Revocable
definition:
Revocable

Rev"o*ca*ble
(?)
a.
[L. revocabilis: cf. F. révocable. See Revoke.]
Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.


word: Revocate
definition:
Revocate

Rev"o*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. revocatus, p. p. of revocare. See Revoke.]
To recall; to call back.
[Obs.]


word: Revocation
definition:
Revocation

Rev`o*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. revocatio: cf. F. révocation.]
1.
The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.

One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection.
Hooker.

2.
The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license.


word: Revocatory
definition:
Revocatory

Rev"o**ca*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. revocatorius: cf. F. révocatoire.]
Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.


word: Revoice
definition:
Revoice

Re*voice"
(?)
v. t.
To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.


word: Revoke
definition:
Revoke

Re*voke"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revoked (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Revoking.]
[F. révoquer, L. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Revocate.]
1.
To call or bring back; to recall.
[Obs.]

The faint sprite he did revoke again,
To her frail mansion of morality.
Spenser.

2.
Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.
Shak.

3.
To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
[Obs.]

[She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke.
Spenser.

4.
To draw back; to withdraw.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

5.
To call back to mind; to recollect.
[Obs.]

A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience.
South.


word: Revoke₂
definition:
Revoke

Re*voke"
(?)
v. i.
(Card Playing)
To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.
Hoyle.


word: Revoke₃
definition:
Revoke

Re*voke"
n.
(Card Playing)
The act of revoking.

She [Sarah Battle] never made a revoke.
Lamb.


word: Revolt
definition:
Revolt

Re*volt"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Revolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolting.]
[Cf. F. révoller, It. rivoltare. See Revolt, n.]
1.
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

But this got by casting pearl to hogs,
That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood,
And still revolt when trith would set them free.
Milton.

His clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time.
J. Morley.

2.
Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.

Our discontented counties do revolt.
Shak.

Plant those that have revolted in the van.
Shak.

3.
To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.


word: Revolt₂
definition:
Revolt

Re*volt"
v. t.
1.
To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings.

This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds.
Burke.

To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason.
J. Morley.


word: Revolt₃
definition:
Revolt

Re*volt"
n.
[F. révolte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See Revolve.]
1.
The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire.

Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?
Milton.

2.
A revolter.
[Obs.]
revolts
Shak.


word: Revolting
definition:
Revolting

Re*volt"ing
a.
Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty.
Re*volt"ing*ly, adv.


word: Revoluble
definition:
Revoluble

Rev"o*lu*ble
(?)
a.
[L. revolubilis that may be rolled back. See Revolve.]
Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
[Obs.]

Us, then, to whom the thrice three year
Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival here,
I blame not.
Chapman.


word: Revolute
definition:
Revolute

Rev"o*lute
(?)
a.
[L. revolutus, p. p. of revolvere. See Revolve.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Rolled backward or downward.

&hand_; A revolute leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower surface inside the coil. A leaf with revolute margins has the edges rolled under, as in the Andromeda polifilia.


word: Revolution
definition:
Revolution

Rev`o*lu"tion
(?)
n.
[F. révolution, L.  revolutio. See Revolve.]
1.
The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.

2.
Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.

That fear
Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution,
On my defenseless head.
Milton.

3.
The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.
revolution
Dryden.

4.
(Astron.)
The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.

&hand_; The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own axis, but this motion is usually called rotation.

5.
(Geom.)
The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere.

6.
A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.

The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily produced a complete revolution throughout the department.
Macaulay.

7.
(Politics)
A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed.

The violence of revolutions is generally proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced them.
Macaulay.

&hand_; When used without qualifying terms, the word is often applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by which the English colonies, since known as the United States, secured their independence. (c) The revolution in France in 1789, commonly called the French Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of 1830, of 1848, etc.


word: Revolutionary
definition:
Revolutionary

Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. révolutionnaire.]
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.


word: Revolutionary₂
definition:
Revolutionary

Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry
n.
A revolutionist.
[R.]

Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary.
Prof. Wilson.


word: Revolutioner
definition:
Revolutioner

Rev`o*lu"tion*er
(?)
n.
One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.
Smollett.


word: Revolutionism
definition:
Revolutionism

Rev`o*lu"tion*ism
(?)
n.
The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.


word: Revolutionist
definition:
Revolutionist

Rev`o*lu"tion*ist
n.
One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
Burke.


word: Revolutionize
definition:
Revolutionize

Rev`o*lu"tion*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Revolutioniezed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing(?).]
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.
Ames.

The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul.
J. M. Mason.


word: Revolutive
definition:
Revolutive

Re*vol"u*tive
(?)
a.
Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative.
[Obs.]
Feltham.


word: Revolve
definition:
Revolve

Re*volve"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Revolved(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving.]
[L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution.]
1.
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour.
I. Watts.

2.
To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.

3.
To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.

4.
To return; to pass.
[R.]
Ayliffe.


word: Revolve₂
definition:
Revolve

Re*volve"
v. t.
1.
To cause to turn, as on an axis.

Then in the east her turn she shines,
Revolved on heaven's great axile.
Milton.

2.
Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.

This having heard, straight I again revolved
The law and prophets.
Milton.


word: Revolvency
definition:
Revolvency

Re*volv"en*cy
(?)
n.
The act or state of revolving; revolution.
[Archaic]

Its own revolvency upholds the world.
Cowper.


word: Revolver
definition:
Revolver

Re*volv"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.


word: Revolving
definition:
Revolving

Re*volv"ing
a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.

But grief returns with the revolving year.
Shelley.

Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass.
Cowper.

Revolving firearm. See Revolver. -- Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen.


word: Revulse
definition:
Revulse

Re*vulse"
(?)
v. t.
[L. revulsus, p. p. of revellere.]
To pull back with force.
[R.]
Cowper.


word: Revulsion
definition:
Revulsion

Re*vul"sion
(?)
n.
[F. révulsion, L. revulsio, fr. revellere, revulsum, to pluck or pull away; pref. re- re- + vellere to pull.  Cf. Convulse.]
1.
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Revulsions
SSir T. Brovne.

2.
A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.

A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the Parliament and the country, followed.
Macaulay.

3.
(Med.)
The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation.


word: Revulsive₂
definition:
Revulsive

Re*vul"sive
n.
That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.


word: Reward
definition:
Reward

Re*ward"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rewarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rewarding.]
[OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See Ward, Regard.]
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.
Piers Plowman.

Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Sam. xxiv. 17.

I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deut. xxxii. 41.

God rewards those that have made use of the single talent.
Hammond.


word: Reward₂
definition:
Reward

Re*ward"
(?)
n.
[See Reward, v., and cf. Regard, n.]
1.
Regard; respect; consideration.
[Obs.]

Take reward of thine own value.
Chaucer.

2.
That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.

Thou returnest
From flight, seditious angel, to receive
Thy merited reward.
Milton.

Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill.
Hooker.

3.
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.

The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward.
Eccl. ix. 5.

4.
(Law)
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Burrill.


word: Rewel bone
definition:
Rewel bone

Rew"el bone`
(?)
[Perh. from F. rouelle, dim. of roue a wheel, L. rota.]
An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.

His saddle was of rewel boon.
Chaucer.


word: Rewin
definition:
Rewin

Re*win"
(?)
v. t.
To win again, or win back.

The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning.
Fuller.


word: Reword
definition:
Reword

Re*word"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To repeat in the same words; to reecho.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.


word: Reynard
definition:
Reynard

Rey"nard
(?)
n.
An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.


word: Rez-de-chaussee
definition:
Rez-de-chaussee

Rez`-de-chaus`sée"
(?)
n.
[F., lit., level of the street. See Raze, v. t., and Causey.]
(Arch.)
The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe.
Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little shops which form the rez-de-chaussée.
The Century.


word: Rhabarbarate
definition:
Rhabarbarate

Rha*bar"ba*rate
(?)
a.
[From NL. rhabarbarum, an old name of rhubarb. See Rhubarb.]
Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Floyer.


word: Rhabarbarine
definition:
Rhabarbarine

Rhabarbarin

{ Rha*bar"ba*rin (?), or Rha*bar"ba*rine (?) }
n.
(Chem.)
Chrysophanic acid.


word: Rhabdite
definition:
Rhabdite

Rhab"dite
(?)
n.
[Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.]
1.
(Zool.)
A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.


word: Rhabdocoela
definition:
Rhabdocoela

Rhab`do*coe"la
(răb`do̝*sē"lȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + koi^los hollow.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.


word: Rhabdolith
definition:
Rhabdolith

Rhab"do*lith
(?)
n.
[Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + -lith.]
A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.


word: Rhabdom
definition:
Rhabdom

Rhab"dom
(răb"d&obreve_;m)
n.
[Gr. "ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, fr. "ra`bdos a rod.]
(Zool.)
One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.


word: Rhabdomere
definition:
Rhabdomere

Rhab"do*mere
(?)
n.
[Rhabdom + -mere.]
(Zool.)
One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.


word: Rhabdophora
definition:
Rhabdophora

Rhab*doph"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.


word: Rhabdopleura
definition:
Rhabdopleura

Rhab`do*pleu"ra
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + _;_;_;_; the side.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata


word: Rhabdosphere
definition:
Rhabdosphere

Rhab"do*sphere
(?)
n.
[Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + E. sphere.]
A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.


word: Rhachidian
definition:
Rhachidian

Rha*chid"i*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.


word: Rhachiglossa
definition:
Rhachiglossa

Rhach`i*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Rhachis, and Glossa.]
(Zool.)
A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in the Appendix.


word: Rhachilla
definition:
Rhachilla

Rha*chil"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ra`chis the spine.]
(Bot.)
A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.


word: Rhachiodont
definition:
Rhachiodont

Rha"chi*o*dont
(?)
a.
[Gr. "ra`chis, -ios, the spine + _;_;_;, _;_;_;, a tooth.]
(Zool.)
Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.


word: Rhachis
definition:
Rhachis

Rha"chis
(?)
n.
pl. E. Rhachises (#), L. Rhachides (#).
[See Rachis.]
[Written also rechis.]
1.
(Anat.)
The spine.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
(b)
The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.
(b)
The central cord in the stem of a crinoid.
(c)
The median part of the radula of a mollusk.
(d)
A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.


word: Rhadamanthine
definition:
Rhadamanthine

Rhad`a*man"thine
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.


word: Rhadamanthus
definition:
Rhadamanthus

Rhad`a*man"thus
(?)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;.]
(Greek Mythol.)
One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.


word: Rhaetic
definition:
Rhaetic

Rhae"tic
(?)
a.
[L. Rhaeticus Rhetian.]
(Geol.)
Pertining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Rhaetizite
definition:
Rhaetizite

Rhae"ti*zite
(?)
n.
[So called from L. Rhaetia, Raetia, the Rhetian Alps, where it is found.]
(Min.)
A variety of the mineral cyanite.


word: Rhamnaceous
definition:
Rhamnaceous

Rham*na"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus).


word: Rhamnus
definition:
Rhamnus

Rham"nus
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European Rhamnus catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.


word: Rhamphorhynchus
definition:
Rhamphorhynchus

Rham`pho*rhyn"chus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ra`mfos a beak + _;_;_;_; snout.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.


word: Rhamphotheca
definition:
Rhamphotheca

Rham`pho*the"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Rhamphothecae (#).
[NL., fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + _;_; a case.]
(Zool.)
The horny covering of the bill of birds.


word: Rhaphe
definition:
Rhaphe

Rha"phe
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; seam, fr. _;_;_; to sew. ]
(Bot.)
The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.
[Written also raphe.]
Gray.


word: Rhaphides
definition:
Rhaphides

Rhaph"i*des
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;, a needle, F. raphides.]
(Bot.)
Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.
[Written also raphides.]


word: Rhaponticine
definition:
Rhaponticine

Rha*pon"ti*cine
(_;)
n.
[L. rhaponticum rhubarb. See Rhubarb.]
(Chem.)
Chrysophanic acid.


word: Rhapsode
definition:
Rhapsode

Rhap"sode
(răp"s&omacrd)
n.
[Gr. "rapsw,do`s.  See Rhapsody.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A rhapsodist.
[R.]
Grote.


word: Rhapsodic
definition:
Rhapsodic

Rhapsodic

{ Rhap*sod"ic (?), Rhap*sod"ic (?) }
a.
[Gr. "rapsw,diko`s: cf. F. rhapsodique.]
Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.
Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Rhapsodist
definition:
Rhapsodist

Rhap"so*dist
(?)
n.
[From Rhapsody.]
1.
Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.

2.
Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.

The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto.
Carlyle.

3.
One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.
I. Watts.


word: Rhapsodize
definition:
Rhapsodize

Rhap"so*dize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rhapsodized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rhapsodizing.]
To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody
Sterne.


word: Rhapsody
definition:
Rhapsody

Rhap"so*dy
(?)
n.
pl. Rhapsodies (#).
[F. rhapsodie, L.  rhapsodia, Gr. "rapsw,di`a, fr. "rapsw,do`s a rhapsodist; "ra`ptein to sew, stitch together, unite + 'w,dh` a song. See Ode.]
1.
A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book.

2.
A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.
rhapsody
Shak.
rhapsody
Locke.

3.
(Mus.)
A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsodies.”


word: Rhatanhy
definition:
Rhatanhy

Rhatany

{ Rhat"a*ny, Rhat"an*hy  }
(?)
n.
[Sp. ratania, rataña, Peruv. rataña.]
The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
[Written also ratany.]

Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada.


word: Rhea₂
definition:
Rhea

Rhe"a
n.
[L., a proper name.]
(Zool.)
Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.

&hand_; The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (Pterocnemia Darwinii), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs feathered below the knee.


word: Rheic
definition:
Rheic

Rhe"ic
(?)
a.
[NL. Rheum rhubarb, Gr. _;_;_; See Rhubarb.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum).
[Obsoles.]


word: Rheinberry
definition:
Rheinberry

Rhein"ber*ry
(?)
n.
[G. rheinbeere.]
(Bot.)
One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.


word: Rhematic
definition:
Rhematic

Rhe*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; of or for a verb, fr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;, a sentence. See Rhetoric.]
(Gram.)
Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.
Ftzed. Hall.


word: Rhemish
definition:
Rhemish

Rhemish
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.

Rhemish Testament, the English version of the New Testament used by Roman Catholics. See Douay Bible.


word: Rhenish
definition:
Rhenish

Rhen"ish
(?)
a.
[L. Rhenus the Rhine. ]
Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.
n. Rhine wine.


word: Rheochord
definition:
Rheochord

Rhe"o*chord
(?)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + _;_;_; chord.]
(Elec.)
A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.


word: Rheocrat
definition:
Rheocrat

Rhe"o*crat
(?)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + kratei^n to rule.]
(Elec.)
A kind of motor speed controller permitting of very gradual variation in speed and of reverse. It is especially suitable for use with motor driven machine tools.


word: Rheometer
definition:
Rheometer

Rhe*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + -meter.]
[Written also reometer.]
1.
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.

2.
(Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.


word: Rheometry
definition:
Rheometry

Rhe*om"e*try
(?)
n.
1.
The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.

2.
(Math.)
The calculus; fluxions.
[R.]


word: Rheomotor
definition:
Rheomotor

Rhe"o*mo`tor
(rē"o̝*m&omacr*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + E. motor.]
(Elec.)
Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.
[R.]


word: Rheophore
definition:
Rheophore

Rhe"o*phore
(rē"o̝*f&omacrr)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + _;_;_; to carry.]
(Elec.)
(a)
A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current.
(b)
One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.


word: Rheoscope
definition:
Rheoscope

Rhe"o*scope
(rē"o̝*sk&omacrp)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + -scope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.


word: Rheostat
definition:
Rheostat

Rhe"o*stat
(rē"o̝*stăt)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n + stato`s standing still.]
(Elec.)
A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.
Wheatstone.
Rhe`o*stat"ic (#), a.


word: Rheotome
definition:
Rheotome

Rhe"o*tome
(rē"o̝*t&omacrm)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + te`mnein to cut.]
(Elec.)
An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.
Wheatstone.


word: Rheotrope
definition:
Rheotrope

Rhe"o*trope
(?)
n.
[Gr. "rei^n to flow + _;_;_; to turn.]
(Elec.)
An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.
[Written also reotrope.]


word: Rhetian
definition:
Rhetian

Rhe"ti*an
(?)
a.
[L. Rhaetius, Raetius: cf. F. rhétien.]
Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons.


word: Rhetoric
definition:
Rhetoric

Rhet"o*ric
(?)
n.
[F. rhétorique, L. rhetorica, Gr. _;_;_;_; (sc. _;_;_;), fr. _;_;_; rhetorical, oratorical, fr. _;_;_; orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. _;_;_; to say.]
1.
The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

2.
Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.
Locke.

3.
Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.

4.
Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.

Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes.
Daniel.


word: Rhetorical
definition:
Rhetorical

Rhe*tor"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. rhetoricus, Gr. _;_;_;_;. See Rhetoric.]
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense.
M. Arnold.


word: Rhetoricate
definition:
Rhetoricate

Rhe*tor"i*cate
(?)
v. i.
[L. rhetoricari. See Rhetoric.]
To play the orator.
[Obs.]
South.


word: Rhetorication
definition:
Rhetorication

Rhe*tor`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rhétorication.]
Rhetorical amplification.
[Obs.]
Waterland.


word: Rhetorician
definition:
Rhetorician

Rhet`o*ri"cian
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. rhétoricien.]
1.
One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.

The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician.
F. W. Robertson.

2.
A teacher of rhetoric.

The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old.
Bacon.

3.
An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.
Macaulay.


word: Rhetorize
definition:
Rhetorize

Rhet"o*rize
(rĕt"o̝*rīz)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rhetorized (-rīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rhetorizing (-rī`zĭng).]
To play the orator.
Colgrave.


word: Rheum
definition:
Rheum

Rhe"um
(rē"ŭm)
n.
[NL., from L. Rha the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows. See Rhubarb.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.


word: Rheum₂
definition:
Rheum

Rheum
(r&usuml_;m)
n.
[OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. _;_;_;, fr. "rei^n to flow, akin to E. stream. See Stream, n., and cf. Hemorrhoids.]
(Med.)
A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.

I have a rheum in mine eyes too.
Shak.

Salt rheum. (Med.) See Salt rheum, in the Vocabulary.


word: Rheumatic
definition:
Rheumatic

Rheu*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism.]
1.
Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
[Obs.]

2.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.

That rheumatic diseases do abound.
Shak.


word: Rheumatism
definition:
Rheumatism

Rheu"ma*tism
(?)
n.
[L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. _;_;_;_;, fr._;_;_; to have or suffer from a flux, fr. _;_;_; rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.]
(Med.)
A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.

Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful. -- Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.


word: Rheumatismoid
definition:
Rheumatismoid

Rheu`ma*tis"moid
(?)
a.
[Rheumatism + -oid.]
(Med.)
Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.


word: Rheumic
definition:
Rheumic

Rheum"ic
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.

Rheumic diathesis. See Dartrous diathesis, under Dartrous.


word: Rheumides
definition:
Rheumides

Rheu"mi*des
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Rheum.]
(Med.)
The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous.


word: Rheumy
definition:
Rheumy

Rheum"y
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.

His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers.
Dryden.

And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
To add unto his sickness.
Shak.


word: Rhigolene
definition:
Rhigolene

Rhig"o*lene
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; cold + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant.


word: Rhinal
definition:
Rhinal

Rhi"nal
(?)
a.
[Gr_;_;_;, _;_;_;, the nose.]
(Anat.)
Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.


word: Rhinaster
definition:
Rhinaster

Rhi*nas"ter
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;, nose + _;_;_; star.]
(Zool.)
The borele.


word: Rhine
definition:
Rhine

Rhine
(?)
n.
[AS. ryne. See Run.]
A water course; a ditch.
[Written also rean.]
[Prov. Eng.]
Macaulay.


word: Rhinencephalon
definition:
Rhinencephalon

Rhi`nen*ceph"a*lon
(rī`nĕn*sĕf"ȧ*l&obreve_;n)
n.
pl. Rhinencephala (rī`nĕn*sĕf"ȧ*lȧ).
[NL., fr. Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + 'egke`falos the brain.]
(Anat.)
The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.

&hand_; The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes, the plural being used for the two taken together.


word: Rhinestone
definition:
Rhinestone

Rhine"stone`
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. rheinkiesel Rhine quartz.]
A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.


word: Rhinitis
definition:
Rhinitis

Rhi*ni"tis
(ri̝*nī"tĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.


word: Rhino
definition:
Rhino

Rhi*no
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Gold and silver, or money.
[Cant]
W. Wagstaffe.

As long as the rhino lasted.
Marryat.


word: Rhinocerical
definition:
Rhinocerical

Rhinocerial

{ Rhi`no*ce"ri*al (?), Rhi`no*cer"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Tatler.


word: Rhinoceros
definition:
Rhinoceros

Rhi*noc"e*ros
(ri̝*n&obreve_;s"e̝*r&obreve_;s)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. "rinoke`rws, "rinoke`rwtos; "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose + ke`ras a horn: cf. F. rhinocéros. See Horn.]
(Zool.)
Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.

&hand_; The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and Rhinoceros Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa.

Rhinoceros auk (Zool.), an auk of the North Pacific (Cerorhina monocrata) which has a deciduous horn on top of the bill. -- Rhinoceros beetle (Zool.), a very large beetle of the genus Dynastes, having a horn on the head. -- Rhinoceros bird. (Zool.) (a) A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill. (b) An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects.


word: Rhinolith
definition:
Rhinolith

Rhinolite

{ Rhi"no*lite (?), Rhi"no*lith (?), }
n.
[Rhino- + -lite, -lith.]
(Med.)
A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.


word: Rhinology
definition:
Rhinology

Rhi*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + -logy.]
The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.


word: Rhinolophid
definition:
Rhinolophid

Rhi*nol"o*phid
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + Gr. _;_;_; crest.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.


word: Rhinolophine
definition:
Rhinolophine

Rhi*nol"o*phine
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.


word: Rhinophore
definition:
Rhinophore

Rhi"no*phore
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + Gr. fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust.  under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.


word: Rhinoplastic
definition:
Rhinoplastic

Rhi`no*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Rhino- + -plastic: cf. F. rhinoplastique.]
(Surg.)
Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.


word: Rhinoplasty
definition:
Rhinoplasty

Rhi"no*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + -plasty: cf. F. rhinoplastie.]
Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.


word: Rhinopome
definition:
Rhinopome

Rhi"no*pome
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + Gr. pw^ma a lid. ]
(Zool.)
Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.


word: Rhinoscleroma
definition:
Rhinoscleroma

Rhi`no*scle*ro"ma
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + scleroma.]
(Med.)
A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.
J. V. Shoemaker.


word: Rhinoscopy
definition:
Rhinoscopy

Rhi*nos"co*py
(?)
n.
[Rhino- + -scopy.]
(Physiol.)
The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.


word: Rhinotheca
definition:
Rhinotheca

Rhi`no*the"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Rhinothecae (#).
[NL., from gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;, the nose + _;_;_; case.]
(Zool.)
The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.


word: Rhipidoglossa
definition:
Rhipidoglossa

Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a fan + _;_;_;_; a tongue.]
(Zool.)
A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Rhipipter
definition:
Rhipipter

Rhi*pip"ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; a fan + _;_;_; wing.]
(Zool.)
One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.


word: Rhizanthous
definition:
Rhizanthous

Rhi*zan"thous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; root + _;_;_; flower.]
(Bot.)
Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.


word: Rhizine
definition:
Rhizine

Rhi"zine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; root.]
(Bot.)
A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.


word: Rhizocarpous
definition:
Rhizocarpous

Rhi`zo*car"pous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; root + _;_;_; fruit.]
(Bot.)
Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs.


word: Rhizocephala
definition:
Rhizocephala

Rhi`zo*ceph"a*la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; root + _;_;_; head.]
(Zool.)
A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.


word: Rhizodont
definition:
Rhizodont

Rhiz"o*dont
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; root + _;_;_;, _;_;_;, a tooth.]
(Zool.)
A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.


word: Rhizogen
definition:
Rhizogen

Rhiz"o*gen
n.
(Bot.)
One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.


word: Rhizome
definition:
Rhizome

Rhi*zome"
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; the mass of roots (of a tree), a stem, race, fr. _;_;_; to make to root, pass., to take root, fr. _;_;_; a root: cf. F. rhizome.]
(Bot.)
A rootstock, such as one of an iris. See Rootstock.


word: Rhizophaga
definition:
Rhizophaga

Rhi*zoph"a*ga
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of marsupials.  The wombat is the type.


word: Rhizophagous
definition:
Rhizophagous

Rhi*zoph"a*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;; _;_;_; a root + _;_;_; to eat.]
Feeding on roots; root-eating.


word: Rhizophora
definition:
Rhizophora

Rhi*zoph"o*ra
(?)
n.
[NL. See Rhizophorous.]
(Bot.)
A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove.


word: Rhizopod
definition:
Rhizopod

Rhiz"o*pod
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of the Rhizopoda.

&hand_; The rhizopods belonging to the Radiolaria and Foraminifera have been of great geological importance, especially in the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods. Chalk is mostly made from the shells of Foraminifera. The nummulites are the principal ingredient of a limestone which is of great extent in Europe and Asia, and is the material of which some of the pyramids of Egypt are made. The shells are abundant in deepsea mud, and are mostly minute, seldom larger than a small grain of sand, except in the case of the nummulities, which are sometimes an inch in diameter.


word: Rhizopoda
definition:
Rhizopoda

Rhi*zop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a root + -poda.]
(Zool.)
An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Amœbea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.


word: Rhizostomata
definition:
Rhizostomata

Rhi`zo*stom"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a root + _;_;_;, _;_;_;_;, a mouth.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Rhizotaxis
definition:
Rhizotaxis

Rhi`zo*tax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a root + _;_;_; arrangement.]
(Bot.)
The arrangement of the roots of plants.


word: Rhodammonium
definition:
Rhodammonium

Rho`dam*mo"ni*um
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds.


word: Rhodanic
definition:
Rhodanic

Rho*dan"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; the rose.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts.
[Obsoles.]


word: Rhodeoretin
definition:
Rhodeoretin

Rho`de*o*re"tin
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; the rose + _;_;_; resin.]
(Chem.)
Same as Convolvuln.


word: Rhodian
definition:
Rhodian

Rho"di*an
(?)
a.
[L. Rhodius: cf. F. rhodien.]
Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean.
n. A native or inhabitant of Rhodes.


word: Rhodium
definition:
Rhodium

Rho"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ro`don the rose. So called from the rose-red color of certain of its solutions. See Rhododendron.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1.  Specific gravity 12.


word: Rhodizonic
definition:
Rhodizonic

Rho`di*zon"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_; to be rose-red.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts.


word: Rhodochrosite
definition:
Rhodochrosite

Rho`do*chro"site
(?)
n.
[Gr. "ro`don the rose + _;_;_; a coloring.]
(Min.)
Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite.


