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word: Rash
definition:
Rash

Rash
(răsh)
v. t.
[For arace.]
1.
To pull off or pluck violently.
[Obs.]

2.
To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
[Obs.]

Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.
Spenser.


word: Rash₂
definition:
Rash

Rash
n.
[OF. rasche an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.]
(Med.)
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. -- Nettle rash. See Urticaria. -- Rose rash. See Roseola. -- Tooth rash. See Red-gum.


word: Rash₃
definition:
Rash

Rash
n.
[Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).]
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
[Obs.]
Donne.


word: Rash₄
definition:
Rash

Rash
a.
[Compar. Rasher (-ẽr); superl. Rashest.]
[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. röskr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.]
1.
Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
[Obs.]
rash
Shak.

2.
Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
[Obs.]

I scarce have leisure to salute you,
My matter is so rash.
Shak.

3.
Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

4.
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

5.
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

Was never known a more adventurous knight.
Dryden.

Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.
Milton.

If any yet be so foolhardy
To expose themselves to vain jeopardy;
If they come wounded off, and lame,
No honor's got by such a maim.
Hudibras.


word: Rasher
definition:
Rasher

Rash"er
(răsh"ẽr)
n.
[In sense 1, probably fr. rash, a., as being hastily cooked.]
1.
A thin slice of bacon.

2.
(Zool.)
A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).


word: Rashly
definition:
Rashly

Rash"ly
adv.
In a rash manner; with precipitation.

He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not.
L'Estrange.


word: Rashness
definition:
Rashness

Rash"ness
n.
The quality or state of being rash.

We offend . . . by rashness, which is an affirming or denying, before we have sufficiently informed ourselves.
South.


word: Raskolnik
definition:
Raskolnik

Ras*kol"nik
(răs*k&obreve_;l"nĭk)
n.
pl. Raskolniki (răs*k&obreve_;l"nĭk*ē) or Raskolniks (#)
[Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent.]
The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. “Most obnoxious.” the Judaizers; the Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the Dukhobortsy, or Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the Skoptsy, who practice castration; and a section of the Bezpopovtsy, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. “Obnoxious:” the Bezpopovtsy, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. “Least obnoxious:” the Popovtsy, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only.
[Written also rascolnik.]


word: Rasores
definition:
Rasores

Ra*so"res
(rȧ*z&omacr"rēz)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch. See Rase, v. t.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds; the Gallinae.

&hand_; Formerly, the word Rasores was used in a wider sense, so as to include other birds now widely separated in classification.


word: Rasorial
definition:
Rasorial

Ra*so"ri*al
(rȧ*z&omacr"rĭ*al; 277)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.


word: Rasp
definition:
Rasp

Rasp
(rȧsp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rasped (rȧspt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.]
[OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp&omacrn to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap.  Cf. Rap to snatch.]

1.
To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

2.
Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.


word: Rasp₂
definition:
Rasp

Rasp
n.
[OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.]

1.
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

2.
The raspberry.
[Obs.]
rasps
rasps
Bacon.

Rasp palm (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aerial roots like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used by the natives for graters and rasps, whence the common name.


word: Raspatory
definition:
Raspatory

Rasp"a*to*ry
(rȧsp"ȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[LL. raspatorium: cf. F. raspatoir. See Rasp, v.]
A surgeon's rasp.
Wiseman.


word: Raspberry
definition:
Raspberry

Rasp"ber*ry
(răz"bĕr*r&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
[From E. rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.
(b)
The shrub bearing this fruit.

&hand_; Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the receptacle.


word: Raspy
definition:
Raspy

Rasp"y
(rȧsp"&ybreve_;)
a.
Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.
R. D. Blackmore.


word: Rasse
definition:
Rasse

Rasse
(răs)
n.
[Cf. Malay rāsa taste, sensation.]
(Zool.)
A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet.


word: Rasure
definition:
Rasure

Ra"sure
(rā"zh&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
[L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v.]
1.
The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.

2.
A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure.
Ayliffe.


word: Rat
definition:
Rat

Rat
(răt)
n.
[AS. ræt; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. råtta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin.  Cf. Raccoon.]
1.
(Zool.)
One of several species of small rodents of the genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice primarily by being larger.  They infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat, (Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in Rattus rattus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.  The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.

2.
A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
[Local, U.S.]

3.
One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
[Cant]

&hand_; “It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.”  Lord Mahon.

Bamboo rat (Zool.), any Indian rodent of the genus Rhizomys. -- Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zool.) See under Beaver and Coast. -- Blind rat (Zool.), the mole rat. -- Cotton rat (Zool.), a long-haired rat (Sigmodon hispidus), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. -- Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground. -- Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog. -- Kangaroo rat (Zool.), the potoroo. -- Norway rat (Zool.), the common brown rat. See Rat. -- Pouched rat. (Zool.) (a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket. (b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys. Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska.  They belong to the Athabascan stock. -- Rat mole. (Zool.) See Mole rat, under Mole. -- Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. -- Rat snake (Zool.), a large colubrine snake (Ptyas mucosus) very common in India and Ceylon.  It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. -- Spiny rat (Zool.), any South American rodent of the genus Echinomys. -- To smell a rat. See under Smell. -- Wood rat (Zool.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma, especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.


word: Rat₂
definition:
Rat

Rat
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Ratted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ratting.]
1.
In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.

Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having ratted, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his early days.
De Quincey.

2.
To catch or kill rats.

2.
To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an associate); to squeal; -- used commonly in the phrase to rat on.


word: Rata
definition:
Rata

Ra"ta
(rä"tȧ)
n.
[Maori.]
(Bot.)
A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.


word: Ratable
definition:
Ratable

Rat"a*ble
(rāt"ȧ*b'l)
a.
1.
Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.

Twenty orae were ratable to [at] two marks of silver.
Camden.

2.
Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.

3.
Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.
Rat"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rat"a*bly, adv.


word: ratable
definition:
ratable

rat"a*ble
(rāt"ȧ*b'l)
n.
a structure which may be rated, or set at a certain value, for the purpose of taxation, usually based on the value; as, with the deterioration of the center cities, the loss of ratables worsened the situation by removing valuable sources of tax revenue.


word: Ratafia
definition:
Ratafia

Rat`a*fi"a
(răt`ȧ*fē"ȧ)
n.
[F., fr. Malay arak arrack + tāfīa a spirit distilled from molasses.]
A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, curaçao, etc.
[Written also ratifia and ratafee.]


word: Rataplan
definition:
Rataplan

Ra`ta`plan"
(rȧ`tȧ`pläN")
n.
[F.]
The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.


word: Ratch₂
definition:
Ratch

Ratch
(răch)
n.
[See Rack the instrument, Ratchet.]
A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.


word: Ratchet
definition:
Ratchet

Ratch"et
(-ĕt)
n.
[Properly a diminutive from the same word as rack: cf. F. rochet. See 2d Ratch, Rack the instrument.]
1.
A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.

2.
A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl.  See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.

Ratchet brace (Mech.), a boring brace, having a ratchet wheel and pawl for rotating the tool by back and forth movements of the brace handle. -- Ratchet drill, a portable machine for working a drill by hand, consisting of a hand lever carrying at one end a drill holder which is revolved by means of a ratchet wheel and pawl, by swinging the lever back and forth. -- Ratchet wheel (Mach.), a circular wheel having teeth, usually angular, with which a reciprocating pawl engages to turn the wheel forward, or a stationary pawl to hold it from turning backward.

&hand_; In the cut, the moving pawl c slides over the teeth in one direction, but in returning, draws the wheel with it, while the pawl d prevents it from turning in the contrary direction.


word: Rate
definition:
Rate

Rate
(rāt)
v. t. & i.
[Perh. fr. E. rate, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati rubbish.]
To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate.
Spenser.

Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!
Shak.

Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.
Barrow.


word: Rate₂
definition:
Rate

Rate
(?)
n.
[OF., fr. L. rata (sc. pars), fr. ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p. of reri to reckon, to calculate.  Cf. Reason.]
1.
Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.

The one right feeble through the evil rate
Of food which in her duress she had found.
Spenser.

2.
That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.

Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays.
South.

In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful.
Calamy.

Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough.
Clarendon.

3.
Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.

They come at dear rates from Japan.
Locke.

4.
A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.

5.
Order; arrangement.
[Obs.]

Thus sat they all around in seemly rate.
Spenser.

6.
Ratification; approval.
[R.]
Chapman.

7.
(Horol.)
The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.

8.
(Naut.)
(a)
The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
(b)
The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc.


word: Rate₃
definition:
Rate

Rate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rating.]
1.
To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.

To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.
South.

You seem not high enough your joys to rate.
Dryden.

2.
To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.

3.
To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.

4.
To ratify.
[Obs.]
rate
Chapman.

To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation dependent thereon.


word: Rate₄
definition:
Rate

Rate
v. i.
1.
To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.

2.
To make an estimate.


word: Ratel
definition:
Ratel

Ra"tel
(rā"tĕl)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.

&hand_; Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape ratel (Mellivora Capensis) and the Indian ratel (Mellivora Indica) are the best known.   The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are black.  They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees.


word: Rath
definition:
Rath

Rath
(răth)
n.
[Ir. rath.]
1.
A hill or mound.
[Ireland]
Spenser.

2.
A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.


word: Rathe
definition:
Rathe

Rath

{ Rath, Rathe  }
(răth)
a.
[AS. hræð, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hraðr.]
Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
[Obs. or Poetic]

Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.
Milton.


word: Rathe₂
definition:
Rathe

Rath

{ Rath, Rathe, }
adv.
Early; soon; betimes.
[Obs. or Poetic]

Why rise ye up so rathe?
Chaucer.

Too rathe cut off by practice criminal.
Spenser.


word: Rather
definition:
Rather

Rath"er
(ră&thlig_;"ẽr)
a.
[Compar. of Rath, a.]
Prior; earlier; former.
[Obs.]

Now no man dwelleth at the rather town.
Sir J. Mandeville.


word: Rather₂
definition:
Rather

Rath"er
(ră&thlig_;"ẽr; 277)
adv.
[AS. hraðor, compar. of hraðe, hræðe, quickly, immediately. See Rath, a.]

1.
Earlier; sooner; before.
[Obs.]

Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I.
Chaucer.

A good mean to come the rather to grace.
Foxe.

2.
More readily or willingly; preferably.

My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my life.
Job vii. 15.

3.
On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.

Was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.
Mark v. 26.

4.
Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.

He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain,
And nowhere finding, rather feared her slain.
Dryden.

5.
More properly; more correctly speaking.

This is an art
Which does mend nature, change it rather, but
The art itself is nature.
Shak.

6.
In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.

The rather, the more so; especially; for better reason; for particular cause.
[1913 Webster]
You are come to me in happy time,
The rather for I have some sport in hand. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
-- Had rather, or Would rather, prefer to; prefers to; as, he had rather, or would rather go than stay. “I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” 1 Cor. xiv. 19. See Had rather, under Had.


word: Rathripe
definition:
Rathripe

Rath"ripe`
(răth"rīp`)
a.
Rareripe, or early ripe.
n. A rareripe. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Such who delight in rathripe fruits.
Fuller.


word: Rathskeller
definition:
Rathskeller

Raths"kel`ler
(räts"kĕl*lẽr)
n.
[G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar.]
Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served.


word: Ratification
definition:
Ratification

Rat`i*fi*ca"tion
(răt`ĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. ratification.]
The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.


word: Ratify
definition:
Ratify

Rat"i*fy
(răt"ĭ*fī)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ratified (răt"ĭ*fīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ratifying (răt"ĭ*fī`ĭng).]
[F. ratifier, fr. L. ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Rate, n., and -fy.]
To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.

It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie by ratifying an imposture with such a miracle.
South.


word: Ratihabition
definition:
Ratihabition

Rat`i*ha*bi"tion
(-hȧ*bĭsh"ŭn)
n.
[L. ratihabitio; ratus fixed, valid + habere to hold.]
Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ratio
definition:
Ratio

Ra"ti*o
(rā"shĭ*o̝ or rā"sho̝)
n.
[L., fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think, judge. See Reason.]
1.
(Math.)
The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by 3/6 or 1/2; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.

&hand_; Some writers consider ratio as the quotient itself, making ratio equivalent to a number.
[1913 Webster]
The term ratio is also sometimes applied to the difference of two quantities as well as to their quotient, in which case the former is called arithmetical ratio, the latter, geometrical ratio. The name ratio is sometimes given to the rule of three in arithmetic. See under Rule.

2.
Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress.

Compound ratio, Duplicate ratio, Inverse ratio, etc. See under Compound, Duplicate, etc. -- Ratio of a geometrical progression, the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.


word: Ratiocinate
definition:
Ratiocinate

Ra`ti*oc"i*nate
(răsh`ĭ*&obreve_;s"ĭ*nāt)
v. i.
[L. ratiocinatus, p. p. of ratiocinari, fr. ratio reason. See Ratio.]
To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.


word: Ratiocination
definition:
Ratiocination

Ra`ti*oc`i*na"tion
(răsh`ĭ*&obreve_;s"ĭ*nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. ratiocinatio: cf. F. ratiocination.]
The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.


word: Ratiocinative
definition:
Ratiocinative

Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive
(răsh`ĭ*&obreve_;s"ĭ*na̝*tĭv)
a.
[L. ratiocinativus.]
Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.

The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character.
Coleridge.


word: Ration
definition:
Ration

Ra"tion
(rā"shŭn or răsh"ŭn)
n.
[F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]
1.
A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

&hand_; Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants.

2.
Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.


word: Rational
definition:
Rational

Ra"tion*al
(răsh"ŭn*al)
a.
[L. rationalis: cf. F. rationnel. See Ratio, Reason, and cf. Rationale.]
1.
Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

Moral philosophy was his chiefest end; for the rational, the natural, and mathematics . . . were but simple pastimes in comparison of the other.
Sir T. North.

2.
Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.

It is our glory and happiness to have a rational nature.
Law.

3.
Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.

4.
(Chem.)
Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.

Rational horizon. (Astron.) See Horizon, 2 (b). -- Rational quantity (Alg.), one that can be expressed without the use of a radical sign, or in exact parts of unity; -- opposed to irrational or radical quantity. -- Rational symptom (Med.), one elicited by the statements of the patient himself and not as the result of a physical examination.

What higher in her society thou find'st
Attractive, human, rational, love still.
Milton.

A law may be reasonable in itself, although a man does not allow it, or does not know the reason of the lawgivers.
Swift.


word: Rationale
definition:
Rationale

Ra`tion*a"le
(răsh`ŭ*năl" or răsh`ŭn*ā"le̝)
n.
[L. rationalis, neut. rationale. See Rational, a.]
An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.


word: Rationalism
definition:
Rationalism

Ra"tion*al*ism
(răsh"ŭn*al*ĭz'm)
n.
[Cf. F. rationalisme.]
1.
(Theol.)
The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.

2.
(Philos.)
The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Fleming.


word: Rationalist
definition:
Rationalist

Ra"tion*al*ist
n.
[Cf. F. rationaliste.]
One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.


word: Rationalistical
definition:
Rationalistical

Rationalistic

{ Ra`tion*al*is"tic (răsh"ŭn*al*ĭs"tĭk), Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al (-tĭ*kal), }
a.
Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism.
Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al*ly, adv.


word: Rationality
definition:
Rationality

Ra`tion*al"i*ty
(răsh"ŭn*ăl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
pl. -ties (-tĭz).
[F. rationalité, or L. rationalitas.]
The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure?
Gov. of Tongue.

Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Rationalization
definition:
Rationalization

Ra`tion*al*i*za"tion
(răsh`ŭn*al*ĭ*zā"shŭn)
n.
The act or process of rationalizing.


word: Rationalize
definition:
Rationalize

Ra"tion*al*ize
(răsh"ŭn*al*īz)
v. t.
1.
To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.

2.
To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.

3.
To form a rational conception of.

4.
(Alg.)
To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.


word: Rationalize₂
definition:
Rationalize

Ra"tion*al*ize
v. i.
To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.

Theodore . . . is justly considered the chief rationalizing doctor of antiquity.
J. H. Newman.


word: Ratitae
definition:
Ratitae

Ra*ti"tae
(rȧ*tī"te̝)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. ratis a raft; cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a raft.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.


word: Ratlins
definition:
Ratlins

Ratlines

{ Rat"lines, Rat"lins  }
(răt"lĭnz)
n. pl.
[Of uncertain origin.]
(Naut.)
The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
[Written also ratlings, and rattlings.]
Totten.


word: Rat-tail
definition:
Rat-tail

Rat"-tail`
(răt"tāl`)
a.
Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.


word: Rat-tail₂
definition:
Rat-tail

Rat"-tail`
n.
1.
(Far.)
pl.
An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
(b)
Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.


word: Rat-tailed
definition:
Rat-tailed

Rat"-tailed`
(răt"tāld`)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.

Rat-tailed larva (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent (Zool.), the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew (Zool.), the musk shrew.


word: Rattan
definition:
Rattan

Rat*tan"
(răt*tăn")
n.
[Malay r&omacrtan.]
[Written also ratan.]
(Bot.)
One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.


word: Ratten
definition:
Ratten

Rat"ten
(răt"t'n)
v. t.
[Prov. E. ratten a rat, hence the verb literally means, to do mischief like a rat.]
To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.
[Trades-union Cant]
J. McCarthy.


word: Ratter
definition:
Ratter

Rat"ter
(răt"tẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.

2.
Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.


word: Ratting
definition:
Ratting

Rat"ting
(răt"tĭng)
n.
1.
The conduct or practices of one who rats.  See Rat, v. i., 1.
Sydney Smith.

2.
The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.


word: Rattle
definition:
Rattle

Rat"tle
(răt"t'l)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rattled (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattling (-tlĭng).]
[Akin to D. ratelen, G. rasseln, AS. hrætele a rattle, in hrætelwyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. kradai`nein  to swing, wave.  Cf. Rail a bird.]
1.
To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

And the rude hail in rattling tempest forms.
Addison.

'T was but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street.
Byron.

2.
To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles.
[Colloq.]

3.
To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour.
[Colloq.]


word: Rattle₂
definition:
Rattle

Rat"tle
(răt"t'l)
v. t.
1.
To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.

2.
To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.

Sound but another [drum], and another shall
As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear.
Shak.

3.
Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game.
[Colloq.]

4.
To scold; to rail at.
L'Estrange.

To rattle off. (a) To tell glibly or noisily; as, to rattle off a story. (b) To rail at; to scold. “She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply.” Arbuthnot.


word: Rattle₃
definition:
Rattle

Rat"tle
n.
1.
A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
Prior.

2.
Noisy, rapid talk.

All this ado about the golden age is but an empty rattle and frivolous conceit.
Hakewill.

3.
An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.

The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea nearly enough resemble each other.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pope.

4.
A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.

It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering rattle.
Macaulay.

5.
A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
[Obs.]
Heylin.

6.
(Zool.)
Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.

&hand_; The rattle of a rattlesnake is composed of the hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off, and so modified in form as to make a series of loose, hollow joints.

7.
The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See Râle.

To spring a rattle, to cause it to sound. -- Yellow rattle (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb (Rhinanthus Crista-galli), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx.


word: Rattlebox
definition:
Rattlebox

Rat"tle*box`
(răt"t'l*b&obreve_;ks`)
n.
1.
A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.
(b)
Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.


word: Rattlesnake
definition:
Rattlesnake

Rat"tle*snake`
(răt"t'l*snāk`)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler.  They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken.  The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.

Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake (Caudisona miliaria or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. -- Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. -- Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. -- Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. -- Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes (Prenanthes alba and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake.  Called also lion's foot, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. -- Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatris squarrosa). -- Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.


word: Rattletrap
definition:
Rattletrap

Rat"tle*trap`
(-trăp`)
n.
Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.
[Colloq.]
A. Trollope.


word: Rattoon
definition:
Rattoon

Rat*toon"
(răt*tōn")
n.
[Sp. retoño.]
One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.


word: Rattoon₂
definition:
Rattoon

Rat*toon"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rattooned (-tōnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rattooning.]
[Cf. Sp. retoñar.]
To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting.


word: Raucid
definition:
Raucid

Rau"cid
(r&asuml_;"sĭd)
a.
[L. raucus hoarse; cf. LL. raucidus.]
Hoarse; raucous.
[R.]
Lamb.


word: Raucity
definition:
Raucity

Rau"ci*ty
(r&asuml_;"sĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. raucitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F. raucité.]
Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.


word: Raucous
definition:
Raucous

Rau"cous
(r&asuml_;"kŭs)
a.
[L. raucus.]
Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone.
raucous
Aytoun.
Rau"cous*ly, adv.


word: Ravage
definition:
Ravage

Rav"age
(răv"a̝j; 48)
n.
[F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.]
Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

Would one think 't were possible for love
To make such ravage in a noble soul?
Addison.


word: Ravage₂
definition:
Ravage

Rav"age
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ravaged (răv"a̝jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging (răv"a̝*jĭng).]
[F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

Already Caesar
Has ravaged more than half the globe.
Addison.

His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away.
Macaulay.


word: Rave₂
definition:
Rave

Rave
n.
[Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.


word: Rave₃
definition:
Rave

Rave
(rāv)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Raved (rāvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.]
[F. rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious.  Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.

In our madness evermore we rave.
Chaucer.

Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
Addison.

The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
Macaulay.

2.
To rush wildly or furiously.
Spenser.

3.
To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.

The hallowed scene
Which others rave of, though they know it not.
Byron.


word: Rave₅
definition:
Rave

Rave
n.
1.
An instance of raving.

2.
A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

3.
A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.
[originally British slang]


word: Ravehook
definition:
Ravehook

Rave"hook
(rāv"hŏk)
n.
(Shipbuilding)
A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.


word: Ravel
definition:
Ravel

Rav"el
(răv"'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Raveled (-'ld) or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raveling or Ravelling.]
[OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]
1.
To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.

Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
Shak.

2.
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

3.
To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.

What glory's due to him that could divide
Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
Waller.

The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses!
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ravel₂
definition:
Ravel

Rav"el
v. i.
1.
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

2.
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
[Obs.]

Till, by their own perplexities involved,
They ravel more, still less resolved.
Milton.

3.
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
[Obs.]

The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Ravelin
definition:
Ravelin

Rave"lin
(răv"lĭn; 277)
n.
[F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.]
(Fort.)
A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.


word: Raveling
definition:
Raveling

Rav"el*ing
(răv"'l*ĭng)
n.
[Also ravelling.]
1.
The act of untwisting or of disentangling.

2.
That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.


word: Raven
definition:
Raven

Ra"ven
(rā"v'n)
n.
[AS. hræfn; akin to D. raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. √19.]
(Zool.)
A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Sea raven (Zool.), the cormorant.


word: Raven₃
definition:
Raven

Rav"en
(răv"'n)
n.
[OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.]
[Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1.
Rapine; rapacity.
Ray.

2.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.


word: Raven₄
definition:
Raven

Rav"en
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ravened (răv"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening.]
[Written also ravin, and ravine.]

1.
To obtain or seize by violence.
Hakewill.

2.
To devour with great eagerness.

Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.
Shak.


word: Raven₅
definition:
Raven

Rav"en
v. i.
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
[Written also ravin, and ravine.]

Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.
Gen. xlix. 27.


word: Ravenala
definition:
Ravenala

Rav`e*na"la
(răv`e̝*nä"lȧ)
n.
[Malagasy.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana.

&hand_; Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveler's tree.


word: Ravener
definition:
Ravener

Rav"en*er
(răv"'n*ẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
Gower.

2.
A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Ravenous
definition:
Ravenous

Rav"en*ous
(răv"'n*ŭs)
a.
[From 2d Raven.]
1.
Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

2.
Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.


word: Raven's-duck
definition:
Raven's-duck

Ra"ven's-duck`
(rā"v'nz-dŭk`)
n.
[Cf. G. ravenstuch.]
A fine quality of sailcloth.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Ravine
definition:
Ravine

Ravin

{ Rav"in, Rav"ine  }
(răv"'n)
n.
[See 2d Raven.]
Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
ravyne
Chaucer.

Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed.
Tennyson.


word: Ravine₃
definition:
Ravine

Ra*vine"
(rȧ*vēn")
n.
[F., a place excavated by a torrent, a ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L. rapina rapine. See Ravish, and cf. Rapine, Raven prey.]
1.
A torrent of water.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

2.
A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.


word: Raving
definition:
Raving

Rav"ing
(rāv"ĭng)
a.
Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.
Rav"ing*ly, adv.


word: Ravish
definition:
Ravish

Rav"ish
(răv"ĭsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ravished (-ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.]
[OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]
1.
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin
Will quicken, and accuse thee.
Shak.

This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.
Dryden.

2.
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
Ravished
Chaucer.

Thou hast ravished my heart.
Cant. iv. 9.

3.
To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
Shak.


word: Ravishment
definition:
Ravishment

Rav"ish*ment
(-ment)
n.
[F. ravissement. See Ravish.]

1.
The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
Blackstone.

2.
The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
Spenser.

In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
Milton.

3.
The act of ravishing a woman; rape.


word: Ravissant
definition:
Ravissant

Rav"is*sant
(răv"ĭs*sănt)
a.
[F.]
(Her.)
In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.


word: Raw
definition:
Raw

Raw
(r&asuml_;)
a.
[Compar. Rawer (r&asuml_;"ẽr); superl. Rawest.]
[AS. hreáw; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r&omacr, Icel. hrār, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. √18.  Cf. Crude, Cruel.]
1.
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
specifically,
not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

2.
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.

Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
De Quincey.

3.
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
(a)
Not distilled; as, raw water.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
(b)
Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
(c)
Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
(d)
Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
(e)
Not tanned; as, raw hides.
(f)
Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.

4.
Not covered; bare.
(a)
Bald.
[Obs.]
raw
Spenser
(b)
Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
(c)
Sore, as if by being galled.

And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment.
Spenser.

5.
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
raw
Shak.

Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. -- Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.


word: Raw₂
definition:
Raw

Raw
n.
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.

Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.
De Quincey.


word: Rawhead
definition:
Rawhead

Raw"head`
(r&asuml_;"hĕd`)
n.
A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.


word: Rawhide
definition:
Rawhide

Raw"hide`
(r&asuml_;"hīd`)
n.
A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.


word: Rawly
definition:
Rawly

Raw"ly
adv.
1.
In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.

2.
Without proper preparation or provision.
Shak.


word: Ray
definition:
Ray

Ray
(rā)
v. t.
[An aphetic form of array; cf. Beray.]
1.
To array.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.

2.
To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
[Obs.]
ray
Spenser.


word: Ray₂
definition:
Ray

Ray
n.
Array; order; arrangement; dress.
[Obs.]

And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray.
Spenser.


word: Ray₃
definition:
Ray

Ray
n.
[OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel.  Cf. Radius.]
1.
One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.

2.
(Bot.)
A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
(b)
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

4.
(Physics)
(a)
A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
(b)
One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.

5.
Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

All eyes direct their rays
On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.
Pope.

6.
(Geom.)
One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.

Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below. -- Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one of two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. -- Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. -- Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays. -- Ray flower, or Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower.  They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. -- Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. -- Roentgen ray, Röntgen ray (rẽnt"gĕn rā`) (Phys.), a form of electromagnetic radiation generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by an electrical discharge; now more commonly called X-ray.  It is composed of electromagnetic radiation of wavelength shorter than that of ultraviolet light but longer than that of gamma rays.  It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called X-rays, radiographs, sciagraphs, X-ray photographs, radiograms. So called from the discoverer, W. C. Röntgen. -- X ray, the Röntgen ray; -- so called by its discoverer because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity.


word: Ray₄
definition:
Ray

Ray
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rayed (rād); p. pr. & vb. n. Raying.]
[Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to irradiate. See Ray, n., and cf. Radiate.]
1.
To mark with long lines; to streak.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
[From Ray, n.]
To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
[R.]
Thomson.


word: Ray₆
definition:
Ray

Ray
n.
[F. raie, L. raia.  Cf. Roach.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b)
In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.

Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari syn. Stoasodon narinari) of the Southern United States and the West Indies; also called the spotted eagle ray and white-spotted eagle ray.  -- Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray (Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins. -- Devil ray. See Sea Devil. -- Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidae, or Aetobatidae. The common European species (Myliobatis aquila) is called also whip ray, and miller. -- Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo. -- Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata). -- Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the family Trygonidae having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail.  Called also stingaree.


word: Rayah
definition:
Rayah

Ra"yah
(rā"yȧ or rä"yȧ)
n.
[Ar. ra'iyah a herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.]
A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
[Turkey.]


word: Ray grass
definition:
Ray grass

Ray" grass`
(rā" grȧs`)
[Etymol. of ray is uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.

Italian ray grass or Italian rye grass. See Darnel, and Grass.


word: Rayless
definition:
Rayless

Ray"less
(rā"lĕs)
a.
Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.


word: Rayon₂
definition:
Rayon

Ray"on
(rā"&obreve_;n)
n.
1.
A synthetic fiber, made of thin filaments of regenerated cellulose, extruded from a solution of viscose.  Called also viscose fiber and viscose rayon fiber.

2.
a textile fabric made from rayon{1}.


word: Rayonnant
definition:
Rayonnant

Ray"on*nant
(rā"&obreve_;n*nănt)
a.
[F.]
(Her.)
Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.


word: Raze
definition:
Raze

Raze
(rāz)
n.
[See Race.]
A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
[Obs.]


word: Raze₂
definition:
Raze

Raze
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Razed (rāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.]
[F. raser. See Rase, v. t.]
[Written also rase.]
1.
To erase; to efface; to obliterate.

Razing the characters of your renown.
Shak.

2.
To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy.
Dryden.


word: Razee
definition:
Razee

Ra*zee"
(rȧ*zē")
n.
[F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
(Naut.)
An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.
Totten.


word: Razee₂
definition:
Razee

Ra*zee"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Razeed (rȧ*zēd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.]
To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.


word: Razor
definition:
Razor

Ra"zor
(rā"zẽr)
n.
[OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
1.
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor.
razor
Ezek. v. 1.

2.
a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor.  Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor.

3.
(Zool.)
A tusk of a wild boar.

Razor fish. (Zool.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphaena novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. -- Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. -- Razor grinder (Zool.), the European goat-sucker. -- Razor shell (Zool.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle. -- Razor stone. Same as Novaculite. -- Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.


word: Razor-backed
definition:
Razor-backed

Ra"zor-backed"
(-băkt`)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.


word: Razorbill
definition:
Razorbill

Ra"zor*bill`
(-bĭl`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
(b)
See Cutwater, 3.


word: Razure
definition:
Razure

Ra"zure
(rā"zh&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
[See Rasure.]
1.
The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.

2.
An erasure; a change made by erasing.


word: Razzia
definition:
Razzia

Raz"zi*a
(rä"ze̝*ä)
n.
[F., fr. Ar. ghāzīa (pron. razia in Algeria).]
A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.


word: Re-
definition:
Re-

Re-
(rē-)
[L. re-, older form (retained before vowels) red-: cf. F. re-, ré-.]
A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.

  With the increase of electronic connunications, in which the vowels with a diaeresis (e.g. ë) are seldom used in contrast with printed materials, some words with re followed by a vowel are now spelled with a hyphen to indicate that the two vowels are to be pronounced as two syllables rather than as one syllable, as in re-emerge rather than reëmerge.  The unbroken forms (e.g. reemerge) are, however, usually more commonly used, and the pronunciation with two syllables for the two vowels is taken as understood.


word: Re
definition:
Re

Re
(rā)
[It.]
(Mus.)
A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.


word: Reabsorb
definition:
Reabsorb

Re`ab*sorb"
(rē`ăb*sôrb")
v. t.
To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.


word: Reaccess
definition:
Reaccess

Re`ac*cess"
(rē`ăk*sĕs" or re̝*ăk"sĕs)
n.
A second access or approach; a return.
Hakewill.


word: Reach₃
definition:
Reach

Reach
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reached (rēcht) (Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching.]
[OE. rechen, AS. r&aemacr_;can, r&aemacr_;cean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. rīce powerful, rich, E. rich. √115.]
1.
To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.

Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten.
Rom. of R.

Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
John xx. 27.

Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs.
Milton.

2.
Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.

He reached me a full cup.
2 Esd. xiv. 39.

3.
To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear.

O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast.
Dryden.

4.
To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.

5.
Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.

If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine.
Locke.

6.
To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river.

Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame.
Milton.

7.
To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.

Before this letter reaches your hands.
Pope.

8.
To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.

The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality.
Cheyne.

9.
To understand; to comprehend.
[Obs.]

Do what, sir? I reach you not.
Beau. & Fl.

10.
To overreach; to deceive.
[Obs.]
South.


word: Reach₄
definition:
Reach

Reach
v. i.
1.
To stretch out the hand.

Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!
Milton.

2.
To strain after something; to make efforts.

Reaching above our nature does no good.
Dryden.

3.
To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.

And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.
Gen. xxviii. 12.

The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.
Boyle.

4.
(Naut.)
To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

To reach after or To reach for or To reach at, to make efforts to attain to or obtain.
[1913 Webster]
He would be in the posture of the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity. Locke.
[1913 Webster]


word: Reach₅
definition:
Reach

Reach
n.
1.
The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.

2.
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.

Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended.
Hayward.

Be sure yourself and your own reach to know.
Pope.

3.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.

And on the left hand, hell,
With long reach, interposed.
Milton.

I am to pray you not to strain my speech
To grosser issues, nor to larger reach
Than to suspicion.
Shak.

4.
An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
reach
Tennyson.

The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
Holland.

5.
An artifice to obtain an advantage.

The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design.
Bacon.

6.
The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.


word: Reachless
definition:
Reachless

Reach"less
a.
Being beyond reach; lofty.

Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight.
Bp. Hall.


word: React
definition:
React

Re*act"
(rē*ăkt")
v. t.
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.


word: React₂
definition:
React

Re*act"
(re̝*ăkt")
v. i.
1.
To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.

2.
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.


word: Reactance
definition:
Reactance

Re*act"ance
(re̝*ăk"tans)
n.
[React + -ance.]
(Elec.)
The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to the component of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit.


word: Reaction
definition:
Reaction

Re*ac"tion
(re̝*ăk"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. réaction.]
1.
Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

2.
(Chem.)
The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.

3.
(Med.)
An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.

4.
(Mech.)
The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.

Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions.
Sir I. Newton (3d Law of Motion).

5.
(Politics)
Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.

The new king had, at the very moment at which his fame and fortune reached the highest point, predicted the coming reaction.
Macaulay.

6.
(Psycophysics)
A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the nerves.

7.
An action by a person or people in response to an event.  The reaction may be primarily mental (“ a reaction of surprise”) but is usually manifested by some activity.

Reaction time (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called also physiological time. -- Reaction wheel (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the reaction of water, usually one in which the water, entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at right angles, or inclined, to its radii.


word: Reactionary
definition:
Reactionary

Re*ac"tion*a*ry
(-a̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.


word: Reactionary₂
definition:
Reactionary

Re*ac"tion*a*ry
n.
pl. Reactionaries (-rĭz).
One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.


word: Reactive
definition:
Reactive

Re*act"ive
(re̝*ăkt"ĭv)
a.
[Cf. F. réactif.]
Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Re*act"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*act"ive*ness, n.


word: Read₂
definition:
Read

Read
(rēd)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Read (rĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.]
[OE. reden, ræden, AS. r&aemacr_;dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r&aemacr_;d advice, counsel, r&aemacr_;dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. rāða, Goth. rēdan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. rādh to succeed. √116.  Cf. Riddle.]
1.
To advise; to counsel.
[Obs.]
See Rede.

Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine.
Tyndale.

2.
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.

3.
To tell; to declare; to recite.
[Obs.]

But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
Spenser.

4.
To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
Chaucer.

Well could he rede a lesson or a story.
Chaucer.

5.
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

Who is't can read a woman?
Shak.

6.
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

An armed corse did lie,
In whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
Spenser.

Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
Shak.

7.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

To read one's self in, to read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.


word: Read₃
definition:
Read

Read
v. i.
1.
To give advice or counsel.
[Obs.]

2.
To tell; to declare.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense.
Neh. viii. 8.

4.
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.

5.
To learn by reading.

I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence.
Swift.

6.
To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.

7.
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.


word: Read₄
definition:
Read

Read
n.
[AS. r&aemacr_;d counsel, fr. r&aemacr_;dan to counsel. See Read, v. t.]
1.
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel.  See Rede.
[Obs.]

2.
[Read, v.]
Reading.
[Colloq.]
Hume.

One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read.
Furnivall.


word: Read₆
definition:
Read

Read
(rĕd)
a.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

A poet . . . well read in Longinus.
Addison.


word: Readability
definition:
Readability

Read`a*bil"i*ty
(rēd`ȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The state of being readable; readableness.


word: Readable
definition:
Readable

Read"a*ble
(rēd"ȧ*b'l)
a.
Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.
Read"a*ble*ness, n. -- Read"a*bly, adv.


word: Readdress
definition:
Readdress

Re`ad*dress"
(rē`ăd*drĕs")
v. t.
To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.

He readdressed himself to her.
Boyle.


word: Readept
definition:
Readept

Re`a*dept"
(-ȧ*dĕpt")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + L. adeptus, p. p. of adipisci to obtain.]
To regain; to recover.
[Obs.]


word: Reader
definition:
Reader

Read"er
(rēd"ẽr)
n.
[AS. r&aemacr_;dere.]
1.
One who reads.
Specifically:
(a)
One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.
(b)
(University of Oxford, Eng.)
One who reads lectures on scientific subjects.
Lyell.
(c)
A proof reader.
(d)
One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

2.
One who reads much; one who is studious.

3.
A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.


word: Readily
definition:
Readily

Read"i*ly
(rĕd"ĭ*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
1.
In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
Chaucer.

2.
Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

How readily we wish time spent revoked!
Cowper.


word: Readiness
definition:
Readiness

Read"i*ness
n.
The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

They received the word with all readiness of mind.
Acts xvii. 11.


word: Reading
definition:
Reading

Read"ing
(rēd"ĭng)
n.
1.
The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

2.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.

3.
A lecture or prelection; public recital.

The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
Hooker.

4.
The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

5.
Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
[Cant]

6.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.

Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.


word: Reading₂
definition:
Reading

Read"ing
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

2.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.

Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader. -- Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. -- Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. -- Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. -- Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.


word: Readjournment
definition:
Readjournment

Re`ad*journ"ment
(rē`ăd*jûrn"ment)
n.
The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.


word: Readjust
definition:
Readjust

Re`ad*just"
(rē`ăd*jŭst")
v. t.
To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.


word: Readjuster
definition:
Readjuster

Re`ad*just"er
(rē`ăd*jŭst"ẽr)
n.
One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.


word: Readjustment
definition:
Readjustment

Re`ad*just"ment
(rē`ăd*jŭst"ment)
n.
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.


word: Readmission
definition:
Readmission

Re`ad*mis"sion
(rē`ăd*mĭsh"ŭn)
n.
The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.


word: Readmit
definition:
Readmit

Re`ad*mit"
(-mĭt")
v. t.
To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

Whose ear is ever open, and his eye
Gracious to readmit the suppliant.
Milton.


word: Readvertency
definition:
Readvertency

Re`ad*vert"en*cy
(rē`ăd*vẽrt"en*s&ybreve_;)
n.
The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing.
[R.]
Norris.


word: Ready
definition:
Ready

Read"y
(rĕd"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Readier (rĕd"ĭ*ẽr); superl. Readiest.]
[AS. r&aemacr_;de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. garáids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding.  Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1.
Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
redy
Chaucer.

2.
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
ready
Fielding.

My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Matt. xxii. 4.

3.
Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.

I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts xxi. 13.

If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit.
Milton.

4.
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
Ready
Macaulay.

Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
readiest
Milton.

A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found.
Dryden.

6.
On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

My heart is ready to crack.
Shak.

7.
(Mil.)
A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.

All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. “[I] am all redy at your hest.” Chaucer. -- Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. “'T is all the ready money fate can give.” Cowley. -- Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. -- To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.


word: Ready₂
definition:
Ready

Read"y
(rĕd"&ybreve_;)
adv.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

We ourselves will go ready armed.
Num. xxxii. 17.


word: Ready₃
definition:
Ready

Read"y
n.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
[Slang]

Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts.
Arbuthnot.


word: Ready-made
definition:
Ready-made

Read"y-made`
(rĕd"&ybreve_;-mād`)
a.
Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.


word: Reaffirmation
definition:
Reaffirmation

Reaffirmance

{ Re`af*firm"ance (rē`ăf*fẽrm"ans), Re*af`fir*ma"tion (rē*ăf`fẽr*mā"shŭn), }
n.
A second affirmation.


word: reafforest
definition:
reafforest

re-afforest

re`af*for"est
(rē`ăf*f&obreve_;r"ĕst)
v. t.
To convert again into a forest, as a region of country; to re-establish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.; -- used more often without the hyphen.


word: Reafforestation
definition:
Reafforestation

Re`af*for`es*ta"tion
(-ĕs*tā"shŭn)
n.
The act or process of converting again into a forest.


word: Reagent
definition:
Reagent

Re*a"gent
(re̝*ā"jent)
n.
(Chem.)
A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.


word: Reaggravation
definition:
Reaggravation

Re*ag`gra*va"tion
(re̝*ăg`grȧ*vā"shŭn)
n.
(R. C. Ch.)
The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.


word: Real
definition:
Real

Re"al
(rē"al)
n.
[Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See Regal, and cf. Ree a coin.]
A former small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

&hand_; A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 121/2 down to 10 cents, or from 61/2 to 5 pence sterling.  The real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 21/2 pence sterling.  In 1871 the coinage of Spain was assimilated to that of the Latin Union, of which the franc is the unit.  The peseta was introduced in 1868, and continued as the official currency of Spain (splitting temporarily into Nationalist and Republican pesetas during the civil war of the 1930's) until 2002.  In 2002, the euro became the official currency of Spain and most other nations of the European Union.


word: Real₃
definition:
Real

Re"al
(rē"al)
a.
[LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. réel.  Cf. Rebus.]
1.
Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.

Whereat I waked, and found
Before mine eyes all real, as the dream
Had lively shadowed.
Milton.

2.
True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.

Whose perfection far excelled
Hers in all real dignity.
Milton.

3.
Relating to things, not to persons.
[Obs.]

Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.
Bacon.

4.
(Alg.)
Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

5.
(Law)
Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.

Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel. -- Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. -- Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. -- Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone. -- Real estate or Real property, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent. Burrill. -- Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. -- Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Erskine. Bouvier.

Syn. -- Actual; true; genuine; authentic.
 -- Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, “It actually exists,” “It has actually been done.” Thus its reality is shown by its actuality. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment.
[1913 Webster]
For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
Contracts the danger of an actual fault. Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. Locke.


word: Realgar
definition:
Realgar

Re*al"gar
(re̝*ăl"gẽr)
n.
[F. réalgar, Sp. rejalgar, Ar. rahj al ghār powder of the mine.]
(Min.)
Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.


word: realign
definition:
realign

re-align

realign, re-align
v. t.
To align anew or better; as, realign the wheels of my car; realign my jaw.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Realism
definition:
Realism

Re"al*ism
(rē"al*ĭz'm)
n.
[Cf. F. réalisme.]
1.
(Philos.)
(a)
As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).
(b)
As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

2.
(Art & Lit.)
Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.

3.
the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts.  Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.


word: Realist
definition:
Realist

Re"al*ist
n.
[Cf. F. réaliste.]
1.
(Philos.)
One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

2.
(Art. & Lit.)
An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.

3.
a person who avoids unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts.  Contrasted to idealist or visionary.


word: Realistic
definition:
Realistic

Re`al*is"tic
(-ĭs"tĭk)
a.
Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.


word: Reality
definition:
Reality

Re*al"i*ty
(re̝*ăl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Realities (-tĭz).
[Cf. F. réalité, LL. realitas. See 3d Real, and cf. 2d Realty.]
1.
The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning.
Addison.

2.
That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

And to realities yield all her shows.
Milton.

My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me.
Beattie.

3.
[See 1st Realty, 2.]
Loyalty; devotion.
[Obs.]

To express our reality to the emperor.
Fuller.

4.
(Law)
See 2d Realty, 2.


word: Realization
definition:
Realization

Re`al*i*za"tion
(rē`al*ĭ*zā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. réalisation.]
The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.


word: Realize
definition:
Realize

Re"al*ize
(rē"al*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Realized (-īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing (-ī`zĭng).]
[Cf. F. réaliser.]
1.
To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.

We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth.
Glanvill.

2.
To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.

Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us.
Jowett.

We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.

4.
To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.

Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate.
Macaulay.

5.
To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.


word: Realize₂
definition:
Realize

Re"al*ize
v. i.
To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real.
W. Irving.


word: Realizing
definition:
Realizing

Re"al*i`zing
(-zĭng)
a.
Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred.
Re"al*i`zing*ly, adv.


word: Re-ally
definition:
Re-ally

Re"-al*ly"
(-lī")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + ally, v. t.]
To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
Spenser.


word: Really₂
definition:
Really

Re"al*ly
(rē"al*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.
Swift.

&hand_; Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.

Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old.
Young.


word: Realm
definition:
Realm

Realm
(rĕlm)
n.
[OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F. royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. See Regal.]
1.
A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually shone.
Motley.

2.
Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.


word: Realty
definition:
Realty

Re"al*ty
(-t&ybreve_;)
n.
[OF. réalté, LL. regalitas, fr. L. regalis. See Regal.]
1.
Royalty.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Loyalty; faithfulness.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Realty₂
definition:
Realty

Re"al*ty
n.
[Contr. from 1st Reality.]
1.
Reality.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

2.
(Law)
(a)
Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; -- so written in legal language for reality.
(b)
Real estate; a piece of real property.
Blackstone.


word: Ream₂
definition:
Ream

Ream
v. i.
To cream; to mantle.
[Scot.]

A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Ream₄
definition:
Ream

Ream
n.
[OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.

Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. Knight.


word: Ream₅
definition:
Ream

Ream
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reamed (rēmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.]
[Cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.]
To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.


word: Reamer
definition:
Reamer

Ream"er
(-ẽr)
n.
One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.


word: Reamputation
definition:
Reamputation

Re*am`pu*ta"tion
(rē*ăm`p&uuptack_;*tā"shŭn)
n.
(Surg.)
The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.


word: Reanimate
definition:
Reanimate

Re*an"i*mate
(re̝*ăn"ĭ*māt)
v. t.
To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
Glanvill.


word: Reanimation
definition:
Reanimation

Re*an`i*ma"tion
(re̝*ăn"ĭ*mā"shŭn)
n.
The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.


word: Reanswer
definition:
Reanswer

Re*an"swer
(re̝*ăn"sẽr)
v. t. & i.
To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.

Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under.
Shak.


word: Reap
definition:
Reap

Reap
(rēp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reaped (rēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.]
[OE. repen, AS. rīpan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.]
1.
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field.
Lev. xix. 9.

2.
To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.

Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing
For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate?
Milton.

3.
To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

4.
To deprive of the beard; to shave.
[R.]
Shak.

Reaping hook, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.


word: Reap₂
definition:
Reap

Reap
v. i.
To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Ps. cxxvi. 5.


word: Reap₃
definition:
Reap

Reap
n.
[Cf. AS. rīp harvest. See Reap, v.]
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wright.


word: Reaper
definition:
Reaper

Reap"er
(rēp"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who reaps.

The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads.
Macaulay.

2.
A reaping machine.


word: Reappearance
definition:
Reappearance

Re`ap*pear"ance
(-ans)
n.
A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.


word: Reapplication
definition:
Reapplication

Re*ap`pli*ca"tion
(rē*ăp`plĭ*kā"shŭn)
n.
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.


word: Reappointment
definition:
Reappointment

Re`ap*point"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.


word: Rear₂
definition:
Rear

Rear
n.
[OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro.  Cf. Arrear.]
1.
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.

Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.
Milton.

2.
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear.
Milton.


word: Rear₃
definition:
Rear

Rear
a.
Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.

Rear admiral, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See Admiral. -- Rear front (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. -- Rear guard (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively. -- Rear line (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army. -- Rear rank (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order. -- Rear sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech. -- To bring up the rear, to come last or behind.


word: Rear₅
definition:
Rear

Rear
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reared (rērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rearing.]
[AS. r&aemacr_;ran to raise, rear, elevate, for r&aemacr_;san, causative of rīsan to rise. See Rise, and cf. Raise.]
1.
To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.

In adoration at his feet I fell
Submiss; he reared me.
Milton.

It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts.
Barrow.

Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.
Ld. Lytton.

2.
To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.

One reared a font of stone.
Tennyson.

3.
To lift and take up.
[Obs. or R.]

And having her from Trompart lightly reared,
Upon his courser set the lovely load.
Spenser.

4.
To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.

He wants a father to protect his youth,
And rear him up to virtue.
Southern.

5.
To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.

6.
To rouse; to stir up.
[Obs.]

And seeks the tusky boar to rear.
Dryden.


word: Rear₆
definition:
Rear

Rear
v. i.
To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Rearing bit, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. Knight.


word: Reargue
definition:
Reargue

re-argue

Re*ar"gue, Re-ar"gue
(rē*är"gū)
v. t.
To argue anew or again; as, This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Reargument
definition:
Reargument

Re*ar"gu*ment
(-g&uuptack_;*ment)
n.
An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.


word: Rear-horse
definition:
Rear-horse

Rear"-horse`
(rēr"hôrs`)
n.
[So called because it rears up when disturbed.]
(Zool.)
A mantis.


word: rearm
definition:
rearm

re-arm

re-arm, re-arm
v. t.
To arm (a person, group, or country) again; as, After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors.  Usually used without the hyphen.

Syn. -- rearm.


word: rearm₂
definition:
rearm

re-arm

re-arm, re-arm
v. i.
To become armed again; as, after the war, the defeated country rapidly rearmed.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Rearmouse
definition:
Rearmouse

Reremouse

{ Rear"mouse`, Rere"mouse` (-mous`) }
n.
[AS. hrēremūs; probably fr. hrēran to agitate, stir (akin to G. rühren, Icel. hræra) + mūs mouse.]
(Zool.)
The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).
[Written also reermouse.]


word: Rearrange
definition:
Rearrange

re-arrange

re`-ar*range", Re`ar*range"
(rē`ăr*rānj")
v. t.
To arrange again; to put into a different order; to arrange in a different way; as, Please re-arrange these files in alphabetical order.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Rearrangement
definition:
Rearrangement

Re`ar*range"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.


word: Rearward
definition:
Rearward

Rear"ward`
(rēr"w&asuml_;rd`-wẽrd)
n.
[Rear + ward.]
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Shak.


word: Reascend₂
definition:
Reascend

Re`as*cend"
v. t.
To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.

He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies.
Addison.


word: Reason
definition:
Reason

Rea"son
(rē"z'n)
n.
[OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L. ratio (akin to Goth. raþj&omacr number, account, garaþjan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think.  Cf. Arraign, Rate, Ratio, Ration.]
1.
A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.

I'll give him reasons for it.
Shak.

The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel watch is by the motion of the next wheel.
Sir M. Hale.

This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the church was called “catholic.”
Bp. Pearson.

Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
Tillotson.

2.
The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.

We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing anything divine or human, but by our five senses and our reason.
P. Browne.

In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends.
Stewart.

Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and constitute his rational nature, more especially, perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to express the power of deduction or argumentation.
Stewart.

By the pure reason I mean the power by which we become possessed of principles.
Coleridge.

The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or rationalized understanding, comprehends.
Coleridge.

3.
Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.

I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme.
Spenser.

But law in a free nation hath been ever public reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which ought to be our law; interposing his own private reason, which to us is no law.
Milton.

The most probable way of bringing France to reason would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish West Indies.
Addison.

4.
(Math.)
Ratio; proportion.
[Obs.]
Barrow.

By reason of, by means of; on account of; because of. “Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the sterility of the soil.” Bacon. -- In reason, In all reason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right view.
[1913 Webster]
When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in reason, to doubt of its existence. Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]
-- It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times. Bacon.


word: Reason₂
definition:
Reason

Rea"son
(rē"z'n)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reasoned (rē"z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reasoning.]
[Cf. F. raisonner. See Reason, n.]
1.
To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

2.
Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.

Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord.
1 Sam. xii. 7.

3.
To converse; to compare opinions.
Shak.


word: Reason₃
definition:
Reason

Rea"son
v. t.
1.
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.

When they are clearly discovered, well digested, and well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such a theory.
T. Burnet.

2.
To support with reasons, as a request.
[R.]
Shak.

3.
To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.

Men that will not be reasoned into their senses.
L'Estrange.

4.
To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.

5.
To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.


word: Reasonable
definition:
Reasonable

Rea"son*a*ble
(rē"z'n*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See Reason, n.]
1.
Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

2.
Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.

By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting.
Bp. Wilkins.

Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
Burke.

3.
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.

Let . . . all things be thought upon
That may, with reasonable swiftness, add
More feathers to our wings.
Shak.


word: Reasonable₂
definition:
Reasonable

Rea"son*a*ble
adv.
Reasonably; tolerably.
[Obs.]

I have a reasonable good ear in music.
Shak.


word: Reasonably
definition:
Reasonably

Rea"son*a*bly
adv.
1.
In a reasonable manner.

2.
Moderately; tolerably.
Reasonably
Holder.


word: Reasoner
definition:
Reasoner

Rea"son*er
(rē"z'n*ẽr)
n.
One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.


word: Reasoning
definition:
Reasoning

Rea"son*ing
n.
1.
The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.

2.
That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.

His reasoning was sufficiently profound.
Macaulay.


word: Reasonist
definition:
Reasonist

Rea"son*ist
n.
A rationalist.
[Obs.]

Such persons are now commonly called “reasonists” and “rationalists,” to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers.
Waterland.


word: Reasonless
definition:
Reasonless

Rea"son*less
a.
1.
Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.
Shak.

2.
Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.

This proffer is absurd and reasonless.
Shak.


word: reassail
definition:
reassail

re-assail

re`as*sail", re`-as*sail"
v. t.
To assail again; as, Her old fears reassailed her.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Reassemble
definition:
Reassemble

re-assemble

Re`as*sem"ble, Re`-as*sem"ble
(rē`ăs*sĕm"b'l)
v. t. & i.
To assemble again; -- usually after having taking something apart.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Reassert
definition:
Reassert

Re`as*sert"
(rē`ăs*sẽrt")
v. t.
To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.

Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature.
Walsh.


word: re-assess
definition:
re-assess

re-assess

re`as*sess", re`-as*sess"
v. t.
To revise or renew one's assessment of; as, we need to reassess our position to include the new information.  Usually used without the hyphen.

Syn. -- re-evaluate, reevaluate.


word: Reassign
definition:
Reassign

Re`as*sign"
(rē`ăs*sīn")
v. t.
To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.


word: Reassimilate
definition:
Reassimilate

Re`as*sim"i*late
(rē`ăs*sĭm"ĭ*lāt)
v. t. & i.
To assimilate again.
Re`as*sim`i*la"tion (rē`ăs*sĭm"ĭ*lā"shŭn), n.


word: Reassociate
definition:
Reassociate

Re`as*so"ci*ate
(rē`ăs*s&omacr"shĭ*āt)
v. t. & i.
To associate again; to bring again into close relations.


word: Reassume
definition:
Reassume

Re`as*sume"
(rē`ăs*sūm")
v. t.
To assume again or anew; to resume.
Re`as*sump"tion (rē`ăs*sŭmp"shŭn), n.


word: Reassurance
definition:
Reassurance

Re`as*sur"ance
(rē`ȧ*sh&usuml_;r"ans)
n.
1.
Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
Prynne.

2.
(Law)
Same as Reinsurance.


word: Reassure
definition:
Reassure

Re`as*sure"
(rē`ȧ*sh&usuml_;r")
v. t.
1.
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

They rose with fear, . . . 
Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest.
Dryden.

2.
To reinsure.


word: Reasty
definition:
Reasty

Reas"ty
(rēs"t&ybreve_;)
a.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.
Reas"ti*ness (rēs"tĭ*nĕs), n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Reattach
definition:
Reattach

Re`at*tach"
(rē`ăt*tăch")
v. t.
To attach again.
The object reattached may have been an integral part which had never been "attached" (trans), e.g., to reattach a severed finger.


word: reattribute
definition:
reattribute

re-attribute

reattribute, re-attribute
v. t.
To attribute to another source or cause.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Reaumur
definition:
Reaumur

Ré`au`mur"
(ra̝`&omacr`m&usdot_;r")
a.
Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.
n. A Réaumur thermometer or scale.

&hand_; The Réaumur thermometer is so graduated that 0° marks the freezing point and 80° the boiling point of water. Frequently indicated by R.  Cf. Centigrade, and Fahrenheit. See Illust. of Thermometer.


word: Reave
definition:
Reave

Reave
(rēv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reaved (rēvd), Reft (rĕft), or Raft (rȧft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.]
[AS. reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf. bireófan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjūfa to break, violate, Goth. biráub&omacrn to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. √114.  Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].
reave
Spenser.

He golden apples raft of the dragon.
Chaucer.

If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home.
Chapman.

To reave the orphan of his patrimony.
Shak.

The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
Tennyson.


word: reawaken
definition:
reawaken

re-awaken

reawaken, re-awaken
v. t. & i.
To awaken once again.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Rebaptization
definition:
Rebaptization

Re*bap`ti*za"tion
(rē*băp`tĭ*zā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. rebaptisation.]
A second baptism.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Rebaptize
definition:
Rebaptize

Re`bap*tize"
(rē`băp*tīz")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + baptize: cf. F. rebaptiser, L. rebaptizare.]
To baptize again or a second time.


word: Rebarbarize
definition:
Rebarbarize

Re*bar"ba*rize
(rē*bär"bȧ*rīz)
v. t.
To reduce again to barbarism.
Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion (rē*bär"bȧ*rĭ*zā"shŭn), n.

Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Rebate
definition:
Rebate

Re*bate"
(re̝*bāt")
v. t.
[F. rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.]
1.
To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge.
Shak.

2.
To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
Blount.

3.
To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices.

Rebated cross, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.


word: Rebate₃
definition:
Rebate

Re*bate"
n.
1.
Diminution.

2.
(Com.)
Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
Bouvier.

3.
A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a method of discounting.  The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser.


word: Rebate₄
definition:
Rebate

Re*bate"
n.
[See Rabbet.]
1.
(Arch.)
A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.

2.
A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
Elmes.

3.
An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Elmes.

4.
[Perhaps a different word.]
A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
[R.]
Elmes.


word: Rebatement
definition:
Rebatement

Re*bate"ment
(re̝*bāt"ment)
n.
[Cf. OF. rabatement, fr. rabatre to diminish, F. rabattre.]
Same as 3d Rebate, v.


word: Rebec
definition:
Rebec

Re"bec
(rē"bĕk)
n.
[F., fr. It. ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. rabāb a musical instrument of a round form.]
1.
(Mus.)
An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.
[Written also rebeck.]
Milton.

He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note.
Drayton.

2.
A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Rebel
definition:
Rebel

Reb"el
(rĕb"ĕl)
a.
[F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See Rebel, v. i.]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.

Whoso be rebel to my judgment.
Chaucer.

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.
Milton.


word: Rebel₃
definition:
Rebel

Re*bel"
(re̝*bĕl")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rebelled (re̝*bĕld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.]
[F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel to carouse.]
1.
To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.

The murmur and the churls' rebelling.
Chaucer.

Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
Josh. xxii. 16.

2.
To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.

How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason?
Dryden.


word: Rebeldom
definition:
Rebeldom

Reb"el*dom
(rĕb"ĕl*dŭm)
n.
A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels.
Thackeray.


word: Rebellion
definition:
Rebellion

Re*bel"lion
(re̝*bĕl"yŭn)
n.
[F. rébellion, L. rebellio. See Rebel, v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
1.
The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it.
Ames.

2.
Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished. Wharton. Burrill.


word: Rebellious
definition:
Rebellious

Re*bel"lious
(re̝*bĕl"yŭs)
a.
Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.
rebellious
rebellious
Milton.
Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n.


word: Rebellow
definition:
Rebellow

Re*bel"low
(rē*bĕl"lo̝)
v. i.
To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.

The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook.
Dryden.


word: rebind
definition:
rebind

re-bind

rebind, re-bind
v. t.
To provide with a new binding, as of books.  Usually used without the hyphen.


word: Rebiting
definition:
Rebiting

Re*bit"ing
(rē*bīt"ĭng)
n.
(Etching)
The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.
Fairholt.


word: Reboant
definition:
Reboant

Re*bo"ant
(re̝*b&omacr"ant)
a.
[L. reboans, p. pr. of reboare; pref. re- re- + boare to cry aloud.]
Rebellowing; resounding loudly.
[R.]
Mrs. Browning.


word: Reboil
definition:
Reboil

Re*boil"
(rē*boil")
v. t. & i.
[Pref. re- + boil: cf. F. rebouillir.]
1.
To boil, or to cause to boil, again.

2.
Fig.: To make or to become hot.
[Obs.]

Some of his companions thereat reboyleth.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Rebound
definition:
Rebound

Re*bound"
(re̝*bound")
v. i.
[Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]
1.
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
Sir I. Newton.

2.
To give back an echo.
[R.]
T. Warton.

3.
To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.
Pope.

4.
to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.


word: Rebound₂
definition:
Rebound

Re*bound"
v. t.
To send back; to reverberate.

Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.
Dryden.


word: Rebound₃
definition:
Rebound

Re*bound"
n.
1.
The act of rebounding; resilience.

Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
Dryden.

2.
recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.


word: Rebozo
definition:
Rebozo

Re*bo"zo
(?)
n.
[Sp. rebozo.]
A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face.
[Mexico & Sp. Amer.]


word: Rebucous
definition:
Rebucous

Re*bu"cous
(re̝*bū"kŭs)
a.
Rebuking.
[Obs.]

She gave unto him many rebucous words.
Fabyan.


word: Rebuff
definition:
Rebuff

Re*buff"
(re̝*bŭf")
n.
[It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff.  Cf. Buff to strike, Buffet a blow.]
1.
Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.
Milton.

2.
Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.


word: Rebuff₂
definition:
Rebuff

Re*buff"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rebuffed (re̝*bŭft"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuffing.]
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.


word: Rebuild
definition:
Rebuild

re-build

Re*build", Re-build"
(rē*bĭld")
v. t.
To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.  Usually used without the hyphen.

Syn. -- build anew, build again, reconstruct, reerect.


word: Rebuke
definition:
Rebuke

Re*buke"
(re̝*būk")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rebuked (re̝*būkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.]
[OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.
Dryden.


word: Rebuke₂
definition:
Rebuke

Re*buke"
(re̝*būk")
n.
1.
A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.

For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jer. xv. 15.

Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
Shak.

2.
Check; rebuff.
[Obs.]
L'Estrange.

To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.


word: Rebukeful
definition:
Rebukeful

Re*buke"ful
(re̝*būk"f&usdot_;l)
a.
Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
[Obs.]
Re*buke"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Rebullition
definition:
Rebullition

Re`bul*li"tion
(rē`bŭl*lĭsh"ŭn)
n.
The act of boiling up or effervescing.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Rebus
definition:
Rebus

Re"bus
(rē"bŭs)
n.
pl. Rebuses (rē"bŭs*ĕz).
[L. rebus by things, abl. pl. of res a thing: cf. F. rébus.  Cf. 3d Real.]
1.
A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.

&hand_; A gallant, in love with a woman named Rose Hill, had, embroidered on his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well, signifying, Rose Hill I love well.

2.
(Her.)
A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.


word: Rebus₂
definition:
Rebus

Re"bus
v. t.
To mark or indicate by a rebus.

He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.
Fuller.


word: Rebut
definition:
Rebut

Re*but"
(re̝*bŭt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting.]
[OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.]

1.
To drive or beat back; to repulse.

Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back.
Spenser.

2.
(Law)
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
Abbott.


word: Rebut₂
definition:
Rebut

Re*but"
v. i.
1.
To retire; to recoil.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
(Law)
To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut.
Blackstone.


word: Rebuttal
definition:
Rebuttal

Re*but"tal
(re̝*bŭt"tal)
n.
(Law)
The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.


word: Rebutter
definition:
Rebutter

Re*but"ter
(re̝*bŭt"tẽr)
n.
(Law)
The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.


word: Recadency
definition:
Recadency

Re*ca"den*cy
(rē*kā"den*s&ybreve_;)
n.
A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
W. Montagu.


word: Recalcitrant
definition:
Recalcitrant

Re*cal"ci*trant
(re̝*kăl"sĭ*trant)
a.
[L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel.  Cf. Inculcate.]
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.


word: Recalcitrate
definition:
Recalcitrate

Re*cal"ci*trate
(re̝*kăl"sĭ*trāt)
v. t.
To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.

The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks.
De Quincey.


word: Recalcitrate₂
definition:
Recalcitrate

Re*cal"ci*trate
v. i.
To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.


word: Recalcitration
definition:
Recalcitration

Re*cal`ci*tra"tion
(re̝*kăl"sĭ*trā"shŭn)
n.
A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.


word: Recall
definition:
Recall

Re*call"
(re̝*k&asuml_;l")
v. t.
1.
To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

If Henry were recalled to life again.
Shak.
2.
To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.

Passed sentence may not be recall'd.
Shak.

3.
To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.


word: Recall₂
definition:
Recall

Re*call"
n.
1.
A calling back; a revocation.

'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall.
Dryden.

2.
(Mil.)
A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
Wilhelm.

3.
(Political Science)
(a)
The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.
(b)
Short for recall of judicial decisions, the right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.


word: Recant
definition:
Recant

Re*cant"
(re̝*kănt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.]
[L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void!
Milton.


word: Recant₂
definition:
Recant

Re*cant"
v. i.
To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Dryden.


word: Recantation
definition:
Recantation

Re`can*ta"tion
(rē`kăn*tā"shŭn)
n.
The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Recapacitate
definition:
Recapacitate

Re`ca*pac"i*tate
(rē`kȧ*păs"ĭ*tāt)
v. t.
To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
Atterbury.


word: Recapitulate
definition:
Recapitulate

Re*ca*pit"u*late
(rē`kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lāt)
v. t.
[L. recapitulare, recapitulatum; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate.]
To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.


word: Recapitulate₂
definition:
Recapitulate

Re`ca*pit"u*late
(rē`kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lāt)
v. i.
To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.


word: Recapitulation
definition:
Recapitulation

Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion
(rē`kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lā"shŭn)
n.
[LL. recapitulatio: cf. F. recapitulation.]
1.
The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

2.
(Zool.)
That process of development of the individual organism from the embryonic stage onward, which displays a parallel between the development of an individual animal (ontogeny) and the historical evolution of the species (phylogeny).  Some authors recognize two types of recapitulation, palingenesis, in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced during development; and cenogenesis (kenogenesis or coenogenesis), the mode of individual development in which alterations in the development process have changed the original process of recapitulation and obscured the evolutionary pathway.

This parallel is explained by the theory of evolution, according to which, in the words of Sidgwick, "the developmental history of the individual appears to be a short and simplified repetition, or in a certain sense a recapitulation, of the course of development of the species." Examples of recapitulation may be found in the embryological development of all vertebrates.  Thus the frog develops through stages in which the embryo just before hatching is very fish-like, after hatching becomes a tadpole which exhibits many newt-like characters; and finally reaches the permanent frog stage.  This accords with the comparative rank of the fish, newt and frog groups in classification; and also with the succession appearance of these groups. Man, as the highest animal, exhibits most completely these phenomena. In the earliest stages the human embryo is indistinguishable from that of any other creature. A little later the cephalic region shows gill-slits, like those which in a shark are a permanent feature, and the heart is two-chambered or fish-like.  Further development closes the gill-slits, and the heart changes to the reptilian type. Here the reptiles stop, while birds and mammals advance further; but the human embryo in its progress to the higher type recapitulates and leaves features characteristic of lower mammalian forms -- for instance, a distinct and comparatively long tail exists. Most of these changes are completed before the embryo is six weeks old, but some traces of primitive and obsolete structures persist throughout life as "vestiges" or "rudimentary organs," and others appear after birth in infancy, as the well-known tendency of babies to turn their feet sideways and inward, and to use their toes and feet as grasping organs, after the manner of monkeys.  This recapitulation of ancestral characters in ontogeny is not complete, however, for not all the stages are reproduced in every case, so far as can be perceived; and it is irregular and complicated in various ways among others by the inheritance of acquired characters. The most special students of it, as Haeckel, Fritz Mütter, Hyatt, Balfour, etc., distinguish two sorts of recapitulation palingenesis, exemplified in amphibian larvae and coenogenesis, the last manifested most completely in the metamorphoses of insects.  Palingenesis is recapitulation without any fundamental changes due to the later modification of the primitive method of development, while in coenogenesis, the mode of development has suffered alterations which obscure the original process of recapitulation, or support it entirely.
Encyclopedia Americana, 1961.


word: Recapitulatory
definition:
Recapitulatory

Re`ca*pit"u*la*to*ry
(rē`kȧ*pĭt"&uuptack_;*lȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.


word: Recapper
definition:
Recapper

Re*cap"per
(re̝*kăp"pẽr)
n.
(Firearms)
A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.


word: Recaption
definition:
Recaption

Re*cap"tion
(re̝*kăp"shŭn)
n.
(Law)
The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.
Blackstone.

Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause. Wharton.


word: Recaptor
definition:
Recaptor

Re*cap"tor
(re̝*kăp"tẽr)
n.
One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.


word: Recapture
definition:
Recapture

Re*cap"ture
(re̝*kăp"t&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
1.
The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

2.
That which is captured back; a prize retaken.


word: Recarbonize
definition:
Recarbonize

Re*car"bon*ize
(re̝*kär"b&obreve_;n*īz)
v. t.
(Metal.)
To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.


word: Recast
definition:
Recast

Re*cast"
(rē*kȧst")
v. t.
1.
To throw again.
Florio.

2.
To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.

3.
To compute, or cast up, a second time.


word: Recede
definition:
Recede

Re*cede"
(re̝*sēd")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Receded; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding.]
[L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. recéder. See Cede.]
1.
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Like the hollow roar
Of tides receding from the insulted shore.
Dryden.

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center.
Bentley.

2.
To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.


word: Recede₂
definition:
Recede

Re*cede"
(rē*sēd")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + cede.  Cf. Recede, v. i.]
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.


word: Receipt
definition:
Receipt

Re*ceipt"
(re̝*sēt")
n.
[OE. receite, OF. recete, recepte, F. recette, fr. L. recipere, receptum, to receive. See Receive.]
1.
The act of receiving; reception.
receipt
Shak.

2.
Reception, as an act of hospitality.
[Obs.]

Thy kind receipt of me.
Chapman.

3.
Capability of receiving; capacity.
[Obs.]

It has become a place of great receipt.
Evelyn.

4.
Place of receiving.
[Obs.]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.
Matt. ix. 9.

5.
Hence, a recess; a retired place.
[Obs.]
receipt
Chapman.

6.
A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

She had a receipt to make white hair black.
Sir T. Browne.

7.
A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

8.
That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars.

Gross receipts. See under Gross, a.


word: Receipt₂
definition:
Receipt

Re*ceipt"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Receipted; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting.]
1.
To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

2.
To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.


word: Receiptment
definition:
Receiptment

Re*ceipt"ment
(re̝*sēt"ment)
n.
(O. Eng. Law)
The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.
Burrill.


word: Receiptor
definition:
Receiptor

Re*ceipt"or
(re̝*sēt"ẽr)
n.
One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.


word: Receivability
definition:
Receivability

Re*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty
(re̝*sēv`ȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The quality of being receivable; receivableness.


word: Receivable
definition:
Receivable

Re*ceiv"a*ble
(re̝*sēv"ȧ*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. recevable.]
Capable of being received.
Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n.

Bills receivable. See under 6th Bill.


word: Receive
definition:
Receive

Re*ceive"
(re̝*sēv")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Received (re̝*sēvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.]
[OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See Capable, Heave, and cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.]
1.
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

Receyven all in gree that God us sent.
Chaucer.

2.
Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

Our hearts receive your warnings.
Shak.

The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
Locke.

3.
To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.
Mark vii. 4.

4.
To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
Acts xxviii. 2.

5.
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.
1 Kings viii. 64.

6.
To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

Against his will he can receive no harm.
Milton.

7.
To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

8.
(Lawn Tennis)
To bat back (the ball) when served.

Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

Who, if we knew
What we receive, would either not accept
Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
Milton.


word: Receive₂
definition:
Receive

Re*ceive"
(re̝*sēv")
v. i.
1.
To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

2.
(Lawn Tennis)
To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.


word: Receivedness
definition:
Receivedness

Re*ceiv"ed*ness
n.
The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.
Boyle.


word: Receiver
definition:
Receiver

Re*ceiv"er
(re̝*sēv"ẽr)
n.
[Cf. F. receveur.]
1.
One who takes or receives in any manner.

2.
(Law)
A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.
Bouvier.

3.
One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.
Blackstone.

4.
(Chem.)
(a)
A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.
(b)
A vessel for receiving and containing gases.

5.
(Pneumatics)
The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump.  Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.

6.
(Steam Engine)
(a)
A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
(b)
A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

7.
That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.

8.
(Firearms)
In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.

Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.


word: Receiver's certificate
definition:
Receiver's certificate

Re*ceiv"er's cer*tif"i*cate
(?)
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.


word: Recelebrate
definition:
Recelebrate

Re*cel"e*brate
(rē*sĕl"e̝*brāt)
v. t.
To celebrate again, or anew.
Re*cel`e*bra"tion (rē*sĕl"e̝*brā"shŭn), n.


word: Recency
definition:
Recency

Re"cen*cy
(rē"sen*s&ybreve_;)
n.
[LL. recentia, fr. L. recens. See Recent.]
The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.


word: Recense
definition:
Recense

Re*cense"
(re̝*sĕns")
v. t.
[L. recensere; pref. re- again + censere to value, estimate: cf. F. recenser.]
To review; to revise.
[R.]
Bentley.


word: Recension
definition:
Recension

Re*cen"sion
(re̝*sĕn"shŭn)
n.
[L. recensio: cf. F. recension.]
1.
The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Barrow.

2.
Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

3.
The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.


word: Recent
definition:
Recent

Re"cent
(rē"sent)
a.
[L. recens, -entis: cf. F. récent.]
1.
Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.

The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile.
Woodward.

2.
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.


word: Recenter
definition:
Recenter

Re*cen"ter
(rē*sĕn"tẽr)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + center.]
To center again; to restore to the center.
Coleridge.


word: Recently
definition:
Recently

Re"cent*ly
(rē"sent*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.


word: Receptacle
definition:
Receptacle

Re*cep"ta*cle
(re̝*sĕp"tȧ*k'l)
n.
[F. réceptacle, L. receptaculum, fr. receptare, v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See Receive.]
1.
That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as for examople, a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

O sacred receptacle of my joys!
Shak.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
(b)
The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
(c)
An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
(d)
A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.


word: Receptacular
definition:
Receptacular

Rec`ep*tac"u*lar
(rĕs`ĕp*tăk"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
[Cf. F. réceptaculaire.]
(Bot.)
Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower.


word: Receptaculum
definition:
Receptaculum

Rec`ep*tac"u*lum
(rĕs`ĕp*tăk"&uuptack_;*lŭm)
n.
pl. Receptacula (rĕs`ĕp*tăk"&uuptack_;*lȧ).
[L.]
(Anat.)
A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.


word: Receptary
definition:
Receptary

Rec"ep*ta*ry
(rĕs"ĕp*ta̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Generally or popularly admitted or received.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Receptibility
definition:
Receptibility

Re*cep`ti*bil"i*ty
(re̝*sĕp`tĭ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
1.
The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.

2.
A receptible thing.
[R.]
Glanvill.


word: Receptible
definition:
Receptible

Re*cep"ti*ble
(re̝*sĕp"tĭ*b'l)
a.
[L. receptibilis.]
Such as may be received; receivable.


word: Reception
definition:
Reception

Re*cep"tion
(re̝*sĕp"shŭn)
n.
[F. réception, L. receptio, fr. recipere, receptum. See Receive.]
1.
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

2.
The state of being received.

3.
The act or manner of receiving, especially of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception.

What reception a poem may find.
Goldsmith.

4.
Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.

Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced.
Locke.

5.
A retaking; a recovery.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Receptive
definition:
Receptive

Re*cep"tive
(re̝*sĕp"tĭv)
a.
[Cf. F. réceptif. See Receive.]
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies.
Glanvill.


word: Receptivity
definition:
Receptivity

Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty
(rĕs`ĕp*tĭv"ĭ*t&ybreve_; or rē`sĕp*tĭv"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. réceptivité.]
1.
The state or quality of being receptive.

2.
(Kantian Philos.)
The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.


word: Receptory
definition:
Receptory

Re*cep"to*ry
(re̝*sĕp"to̝*r&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
[Cf. L. receptorium a place of shelter.]
Receptacle.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Recess
definition:
Recess

Re*cess"
(re̝*sĕs")
n.
[L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1.
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality.
South.

My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered.
Eikon Basilike.

2.
The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.

In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence.
Sir M. Hale.

Good verse recess and solitude requires.
Dryden.

3.
Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess.

The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks.
Macaulay.

4.
Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.

A bed which stood in a deep recess.
W. Irving.

5.
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.

Departure from this happy place, our sweet
Recess, and only consolation left.
Milton.

6.
Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind.
I. Watts.

7.
(Bot. & Zool.)
A sinus.


word: Recess₂
definition:
Recess

Re*cess"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.]
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.


word: Recessed
definition:
Recessed

Re*cessed"
(re̝*sĕst")
a.
1.
Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

2.
Withdrawn; secluded.
[R.]
recessed
Miss Edgeworth.

Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.


word: Recession
definition:
Recession

Re*ces"sion
(re̝*sĕsh"ŭn)
n.
[L. recessio, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1.
The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
South.

Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
(Economics)
A period during which economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product, declines for at least two quarters in a row in a specific country.  If the decline is severe and long, such as greater than ten percent, it may be termed a depression.

3.
A procession in which people leave a ceremony, such as at a religious service.


word: Recession₂
definition:
Recession

Re*ces"sion
n.
[Pref. re- + cession.]
The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.


word: Recessional
definition:
Recessional

Re*ces"sion*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room; a recessional.


word: recessional
definition:
recessional

re*ces"sion*al
(re̝*sĕsh"ŭn*al)
n.
a hymn or other piece of music sung or played while a church congregation is leaving a service, or a choir is returning to the cloak room; a recessional hymn.


word: Recessive
definition:
Recessive

Re*ces"sive
(re̝*sĕs"sĭv)
a.
1.
Going back; receding.

2.
(Genetics)
Not appearing in the phenotype unless both alleles of the organism have the same trait; -- of genetic characteristics, or of the genes coding for such characteristics, in diploid organisms.   Opposite of dominant; hemophilia is a recessive trait.


word: Recessive₂
definition:
Recessive

Re*ces"sive
(re̝*sĕs"sĭv)
n.
(Genetics)
A genetic trait determined by a recessive{2} allele; a trait not appearing in the phenotype unless both chromosomes of the organism have the same allele; also, an allele which is recessive{2}.


word: Rechabite
definition:
Rechabite

Re"chab*ite
(rē"kăb*īt)
n.
(Jewish Hist.)
One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.


word: Recharge
definition:
Recharge

Re*charge"
(rē*chärj")
v. t. & i.
[Pref. re- + charge: cf. F. recharger.]
1.
To charge or accuse in return.

2.
To attack again; to attack anew.
Dryden.


word: Rechase
definition:
Rechase

Re*chase"
(rē*chās")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + chase: cf. F. rechasser.]
To chase again; to chase or drive back.


word: Rechauffé
definition:
Rechauffé

Ré`chauf`fé"
(?)
n.
[F., orig. p.p. of réchauffer 8warm over. See Chafe, v. t.]
A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash.

It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies.
F. W. H. Myers.


word: Recheat
definition:
Recheat

Re*cheat"
(re̝*chēt")
n.
[F. requêté, fr. requêter to hunt anew. See Request.]
(Sporting)
A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.


word: Recherche
definition:
Recherche

Re*cher`ché"
(re*shâr`sha̝")
a.
[F.]
Sought out with care; choice.
Hence:
of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.


word: Recidivate
definition:
Recidivate

Re*cid"i*vate
(re̝*sĭd"ĭ*vāt)
v. i.
[LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.]
To backslide; to fall again.
[Obs.]


word: Recidivation
definition:
Recidivation

Re*cid`i*va"tion
(re̝*sĭd"ĭ*vā"shŭn)
n.
[LL. recidivatio.]
A falling back; a backsliding.
Hammond.


word: Recidivism
definition:
Recidivism

Re*cid"i*vism
(re̝*sĭd"ĭ*vĭz'm)
n.
The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse,
specif.
(Criminology)
a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment.

The old English system of recognizances, in which the guilty party deposits a sum of money, is an excellent guarantee to society against recidivism.
Havelock Ellis.


word: Recidivist
definition:
Recidivist

Re*cid"i*vist
(re̝*sĭd"ĭ*vĭst)
n.
One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal.
Re*cid`i*vis"tic (re̝*sĭd`ĭ*vĭs"tĭk), a.

The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life.
Havelock Ellis.


word: Recidivous
definition:
Recidivous

Re*cid"i*vous
(re̝*sĭd"ĭ*vŭs)
a.
[L. recidivus, fr. recidere to fall back.]
Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.


word: Recipe
definition:
Recipe

Rec"i*pe
(rĕs"ĭ*pe̝)
n.
pl. Recipes (rĕs"ĭ*pēz).
[L., imperative of recipere to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.]
A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt.

2.
a prescription for medicine.
[archaic]

2.
a prescription for medicine.
[archaic]

3.
a set of directions for preparing food from its ingredients.

4.
a method or procedure for accomplishing a goal by defined steps; -- implying a high probability of achieving the goal;  as, a recipe for success. Also used in a negative sense, as, a recipe for disaster.


word: Recipiangle
definition:
Recipiangle

Re*cip"i*an`gle
(re̝*sĭp"ĭ*ă&nsmacr_;`g'l)
n.
[L. recipere to take + angulus angle.]
An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.


word: Recipiency
definition:
Recipiency

Recipience

{ Re*cip"i*ence (re̝*sĭp"ĭ*ens), Re*cip"i*en*cy (re̝*sĭp"ĭ*en*s&ybreve_;), }
n.
The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.


word: Recipient
definition:
Recipient

Re*cip"i*ent
(re̝*sĭp"ĭ*ent)
n.
[L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. See Receive.]
A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.


word: Reciprocal
definition:
Reciprocal

Re*cip"ro*cal
(re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kal)
a.
[L. reciprocus; of unknown origin.]
1.
Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

2.
Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.

Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.
Shak.

3.
Mutually interchangeable.

These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined.
I. Watts.

4.
(Gram.)
Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.

5.
(Math.)
Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.

Reciprocal equation (Math.), one which remains unchanged in form when the reciprocal of the unknown quantity is substituted for that quantity. -- Reciprocal figures (Geom.), two figures of the same kind (as triangles, parallelograms, prisms, etc.), so related that two sides of the one form the extremes of a proportion of which the means are the two corresponding sides of the other; in general, two figures so related that the first corresponds in some special way to the second, and the second corresponds in the same way to the first. -- Reciprocal proportion (Math.), a proportion such that, of four terms taken in order, the first has to the second the same ratio which the fourth has to the third, or the first has to the second the same ratio which the reciprocal of the third has to the reciprocal of the fourth. Thus, 2:5: :20:8 form a reciprocal proportion, because 2:5: :1/20:1/8. -- Reciprocal quantities (Math.), any two quantities which produce unity when multiplied together. -- Reciprocal ratio (Math.), the ratio between the reciprocals of two quantities; as, the reciprocal ratio of 4 to 9 is that of  1/4 to 1/9. -- Reciprocal terms (Logic), those terms which have the same signification, and, consequently, are convertible, and may be used for each other.


word: Reciprocal₂
definition:
Reciprocal

Re*cip"ro*cal
n.
1.
That which is reciprocal to another thing.

Corruption is a reciprocal to generation.
Bacon.

2.
(Arith. & Alg.)
The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus 1/4 is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a + b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.


word: Reciprocality
definition:
Reciprocality

Re*cip`ro*cal"i*ty
(re̝*sĭp`ro̝*kăl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
[R.]


word: Reciprocally
definition:
Reciprocally

Re*cip"ro*cal*ly
(re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kal*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
1.
In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.

These two particles do reciprocally affect each other with the same force.
Bentley.

2.
(Math.)
In the manner of reciprocals.

Reciprocally proportional (Arith. & Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other.


word: Reciprocalness
definition:
Reciprocalness

Re*cip"ro*cal*ness
(re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kal*nĕs)
n.
The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.


word: Reciprocate
definition:
Reciprocate

Re*cip"ro*cate
(re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kāt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reciprocated (re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reciprocating.]
[L. reciprocatus, p. p. of reciprocare. See Reciprocal.]
To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies,
And draws and blows reciprocating air.
Dryden.

Reciprocating engine, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; -- in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path. -- Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod.


word: Reciprocate₂
definition:
Reciprocate

Re*cip"ro*cate
v. t.
To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Cowper.


word: Reciprocation
definition:
Reciprocation

Re*cip`ro*ca"tion
(re̝*sĭp"ro̝*kā"shŭn)
n.
[L. reciprocatio: cf. F. réciprocation.]
1.
The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.

2.
Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Reciprocity
definition:
Reciprocity

Rec`i*proc"i*ty
(rĕs`ĭ*pr&obreve_;s"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[Cf. F. réciprocité. See Reciprocal.]
1.
Mutual action and reaction.

2.
Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.

Reciprocity treaty, or Treaty of reciprocity, a treaty concluded between two countries, conferring equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in other respects.


word: Reciprocornous
definition:
Reciprocornous

Re*cip`ro*cor"nous
(re̝*sĭp`ro̝*kôr"nŭs)
a.
[L. reciprocus returning, reciprocal + cornu horn.]
(Zool.)
Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.
[R.]
Ash.


word: Reciprok
definition:
Reciprok

Rec"i*prok
(rĕs"ĭ*pr&obreve_;k)
a.
[F. réciproque, L. reciprocus.]
Reciprocal.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Recision
definition:
Recision

Re*ci"sion
(re̝*sĭzh"ŭn)
n.
[L. recisio, fr. recidere, recisum, to cut off; pref. re- re- + caedere to cut.]
The act of cutting off.
Sherwood.


word: Recital
definition:
Recital

Re*cit"al
(re̝*sīt"al)
n.
[From Recite.]
1.
The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

2.
A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
Addison.

3.
That which is recited; a story; a narration.

4.
(Mus.)
A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.

5.
(Law)
The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
Burn.


word: Recitation
definition:
Recitation

Rec`i*ta"tion
(rĕs`ĭ*tā"shŭn)
n.
[L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See Recite.]
1.
The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
Hammond.

2.
The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

3.
(Colleges and Schools)
The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.


word: Recitative
definition:
Recitative

Rec`i*ta*tive"
(rĕs`ĭ*tȧ*tēv")
n.
[It. recitativo, or F. récitatif. See Recite.]
(Mus.)
A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.


word: Recitative₂
definition:
Recitative

Rec`i*ta*tive"
a.
Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.
Rec`i*ta*tive"ly, adv.


word: Recite
definition:
Recite

Re*cite"
(re̝*sīt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.]
[F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See Cite.]
1.
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

2.
To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.

3.
To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.

4.
(Law)
To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.


word: Recite₂
definition:
Recite

Re*cite"
v. i.
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.


word: Reck
definition:
Reck

Reck
(rĕk)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recked (rĕkt) (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.]
[AS. reccan, rēcan, to care for; akin to OS. r&omacrkian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. rækja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See Rake, and cf. Reckon.]
1.
To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
[Archaic]

This son of mine not recking danger.
Sir P. Sidney.

And may you better reck the rede
Than ever did the adviser.
Burns.

2.
To concern; -- used impersonally.
[Poetic]

What recks it them?
Milton.


word: Reck₂
definition:
Reck

Reck
(rĕk)
v. i.
To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
[Archaic]

Then reck I not, when I have lost my life.
Chaucer.

I reck not though I end my life to-day.
Shak.

Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire.
M. Arnold.


word: Reckless
definition:
Reckless

Reck"less
a.
[AS. recceleás, rēceleás.]
1.
Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
Chaucer.

2.
Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.

It made the king as reckless as them diligent.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Reckling
definition:
Reckling

Reck"ling
(rĕk"lĭng)
a.
Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.
H. Taylor.
n. A weak child or animal.
Tennyson.


word: Reckon
definition:
Reckon

Reck"on
(rĕk"'n)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reckoned (rĕk"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.]
[OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhan&omacrn (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]

1.
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain.
Lev. xxvii. 18.

I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.
Addison.

2.
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

He was reckoned among the transgressors.
Luke xxii. 37.

For him I reckon not in high estate.
Milton.

3.
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.

Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Rom. iv. 9.

Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.
Hawthorne.

4.
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]


word: Reckon₂
definition:
Reckon

Reck"on
v. i.
1.
To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Shak.

2.
To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

“Parfay,” sayst thou, “sometime he reckon shall.”
Chaucer.

To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. “If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.” Bp. Sanderson. -- To reckon on To reckon upon, to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations. -- To reckon with, (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job. 
[1913 Webster +PJC]
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.
[1913 Webster]
-- To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.


word: Reckoner
definition:
Reckoner

Reck"on*er
(rĕk"'n*ẽr)
n.
One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.

Reckoners without their host must reckon twice.
Camden.


word: Reckoning
definition:
Reckoning

Reck"on*ing
n.
1.
The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
(a)
An account of time.
Sandys.
(b)
Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.

Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often.
South.

He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived.
Macaulay.

2.
The charge or account made by a host at an inn.

A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
Addison.

3.
Esteem; account; estimation.

You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.
Sir P. Sidney.

4.
(Navigation)
(a)
The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b)
The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship. -- day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions.


word: Reclaim
definition:
Reclaim

Re*claim"
(rē*klām")
v. t.
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy.
W. Coxe.


word: Reclaim₂
definition:
Reclaim

Re*claim"
(re̝*klām")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reclaimed (re̝*klāmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.]
[F. réclamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See Claim.]
1.
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
Chaucer.

2.
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.

The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.
Dryden.

3.
To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
reclaimed
Dryden.

4.
Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.

5.
To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.

It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind.
Rogers.

6.
To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
[Obs.]

Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial.
Sir E. Hoby.

7.
To exclaim against; to gainsay.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Reclaim₃
definition:
Reclaim

Re*claim"
(re̝*klām")
v. i.
1.
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.

Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it.
Waterland.

At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.
Bain.

2.
To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.

They, hardened more by what might most reclaim,
Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy.
Milton.

3.
To draw back; to give way.
[R. & Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Reclaim₄
definition:
Reclaim

Re*claim"
n.
The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
[Obs.]


word: Reclaimant
definition:
Reclaimant

Re*claim"ant
(re̝*klām"ant)
n.
[Cf. F. réclamant, p. pr.]
One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Waterland.


word: Reclamation
definition:
Reclamation

Rec`la*ma"tion
(rĕk`lȧ*mā"shŭn)
n.
[F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.]
1.
The act or process of reclaiming.

2.
Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.

I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency.
Landor.


word: Reclinant
definition:
Reclinant

Re*clin"ant
(re̝*klīn"ant)
a.
[L. reclinans, p. pr. See Recline.]
Bending or leaning backward.


word: Reclinate
definition:
Reclinate

Rec"li*nate
(rĕk"lĭ*na̝t)
a.
[L. reclinatus, p. p.]
(Bot.)
Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.


word: Reclination
definition:
Reclination

Rec`li*na"tion
(rĕk`lĭ*nā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. réclinaison.]
1.
The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

2.
(Dialing)
The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
Brande & C.

3.
(Surg.)
The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.
Dunglison.


word: Recline
definition:
Recline

Re*cline"
(re̝*klīn")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reclined (re̝*klīnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.]
[L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.]
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.

The mother
Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
Dryden.


word: Recline₂
definition:
Recline

Re*cline"
v. i.
1.
To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.

2.
To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.


word: Recline₃
definition:
Recline

Re*cline"
a.
[L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.]
Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
[R.]

They sat, recline
On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.
Milton.


word: Recliner
definition:
Recliner

Re*clin"er
(re̝*klīn"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, reclines.

2.
Specifically:
An armchair with a back that can be adjusted to lean backward, and a footrest that can be moved up to support the legs, or folded under the chair when the person is sitting up; the back and footrest are often geared so that they move together, allowing the chair to be conveniently adjusted either for sitting up or for lying back; also called a reclining chair.


word: Reclining
definition:
Reclining

Re*clin"ing
a.
(Bot.)
(a)
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
(b)
Recumbent.

Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).


word: Reclude
definition:
Reclude

Re*clude"
(re̝*klūd")
v. t.
[L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re- again, back, un- + claudere to shut.]
To open; to unclose.
[R.]
Harvey.


word: Recluse
definition:
Recluse

Re*cluse"
(re̝*klūs")
a.
[F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.]
Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life

In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse.
J. Philips.


word: Recluse₂
definition:
Recluse

Re*cluse"
n.
[F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.]
1.
A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

2.
The place where a recluse dwells.
[Obs.]
Foxe.


word: Reclusion
definition:
Reclusion

Re*clu"sion
(re̝*klū"zhŭn)
n.
[LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion.]
A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.


word: Reclusive
definition:
Reclusive

Re*clu"sive
(re̝*klū"sĭv)
a.
1.
Affording retirement from society.
reclusive
Shak.

2.
Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{1}; not sociable; -- of people.


word: Reclusory
definition:
Reclusory

Re*clu"so*ry
(re̝*klū"so̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[LL. reclusorium.]
The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.


word: Recoct
definition:
Recoct

Re*coct"
(re̝*k&obreve_;kt")
v. t.
[L. recoctus, p. p. of recoquere to cook or boil over again. See Re-, and 4th Cook.]
To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Recognition
definition:
Recognition

Rec`og*ni"tion
(rĕk`&obreve_;g*nĭsh"ŭn)
n.
[L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See Recognizance.]
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Hooker.


word: Recognitor
definition:
Recognitor

Re*cog"ni*tor
(re̝*k&obreve_;g"nĭ*tẽr)
n.
[LL.]
(Law)
One of a jury impaneled on an assize.
Blackstone.


word: Recognitory
definition:
Recognitory

Re*cog"ni*to*ry
(re̝*k&obreve_;g"nĭ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.
Lamb.


word: Recognizability
definition:
Recognizability

Rec`og*ni`za*bil"i*ty
(rĕk`&obreve_;g*nī`zȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The quality or condition of being recognizable.


word: Recognizable
definition:
Recognizable

Rec"og*ni`za*ble
(rĕk"&obreve_;g*nī`zȧ*b'l or re̝*k&obreve_;g"nĭ*zȧ*b'l; 277)
a.
Capable of being recognized.
[Written also recognisable.]
Rec"og*ni`za*bly, adv.


word: Recognizance
definition:
Recognizance

Re*cog"ni*zance
(re̝*k&obreve_;g"nĭ*zans or re̝*k&obreve_;n"ĭ-)
n.
[F. reconnaissance, OF. recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to recognize, F. reconnaître, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re- re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf. Recognize, Reconnoissance.]
[Written also recognisance.]
1.
(Law)
(a)
An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.
(b)
The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
Cowell.

&hand_; Among lawyers the g in this and the related words (except recognize) is usually silent.

2.
A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her.
Shak.

3.
Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.


word: Recognize
definition:
Recognize

Rec"og*nize
(rĕk"&obreve_;g*nīz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recognized (rĕk"&obreve_;g*nīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recognizing (rĕk"&obreve_;g*nī`zĭng).]
[From Recognizance; see Cognition, and cf. Reconnoiter.]
[Written also recognise.]
1.
To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
Harte.

2.
To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.

3.
To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.

4.
To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

5.
To review; to reexamine.
[Obs.]
South.

6.
To reconnoiter.
[Obs.]
R. Monro.


word: Recognize₂
definition:
Recognize

Rec"og*nize
v. i.
(Law)
To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
[Written also recognise.]

&hand_; In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.


word: Recognizee
definition:
Recognizee

Re*cog`ni*zee"
(re̝*k&obreve_;g`nĭ*zē" or re̝*k&obreve_;n`ĭ*zē")
n.
(Law)
The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
[Written also recognisee.]
Blackstone.


word: Recognizer
definition:
Recognizer

Rec"og*ni`zer
(rĕk"&obreve_;g*nī`zẽr)
n.
One who recognizes; a recognizor.
[Written also recogniser.]


word: Recognizor
definition:
Recognizor

Re*cog`ni*zor"
(re̝*k&obreve_;g`nĭ*zôr" or re̝*k&obreve_;n`ĭ*zôr")
n.
(Law)
One who enters into a recognizance.
[Written also recognisor.]
Blackstone.


word: Recognosce
definition:
Recognosce

Rec"og*nosce
(rĕk"&obreve_;g*n&obreve_;s)
v. t.
[L. recognoscere. See Recognizance.]
To recognize.
[R. & Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Recoil
definition:
Recoil

Re*coil"
(re̝*koil")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Recoiled (re̝*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.]
[OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]

1.
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

Evil on itself shall back recoil.
Milton.

The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
De Quincey.

2.
To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
Shak.

3.
To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.]
recoil
Spenser.


word: Recoil₃
definition:
Recoil

Re*coil"
n.
1.
A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.

2.
The state or condition of having recoiled.

The recoil from formalism is skepticism.
F. W. Robertson.

3.
Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.

Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Recoil escapement. See the Note under Escapement.


word: Re-collect
definition:
Re-collect

Re`-col*lect"
(rē`k&obreve_;l*lĕkt")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + collect.]
To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.
Barrow.


word: Recollect
definition:
Recollect

Rec`ol*lect"
(rĕk`&obreve_;l*lĕkt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting.]
[Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect.  Cf. Recollet.]

1.
To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

2.
Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.

The Tyrian queen . . . 
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood.
Dryden.


word: Recollect₂
definition:
Recollect

Rec"ol*lect
(rĕk"&obreve_;l*lĕkt)
n.
[See Recollet.]
(Eccl.)
A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
[Written also Recollet.]
Addis & Arnold.


word: Recollection
definition:
Recollection

Rec`ol*lec"tion
(r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. récollection.]
1.
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.

2.
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.

3.
That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
recollections
Macaulay.

4.
The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
[Archaic]

From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.
Robertson.


word: Recollet
definition:
Recollet

Rec"ol*let
(r?k"?l*l?t; F. r?`k?`l?")
n.
[F. récollet, fr. L.  recollectus, p. p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.]
(Eccl.)
Same as Recollect, n.


word: Recomfort
definition:
Recomfort

Re*com"fort
(r?*k?m"f?rt)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + comfort: cf. F. réconforter.]
To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.
Bacon.

Gan her recomfort from so sad affright.
Spenser.


word: Recomforture
definition:
Recomforture

Re*com"for*ture
(-f?r*t?r;135)
n.
The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Recommence
definition:
Recommence

Re`com*mence"
(r?`k?m*m?ns")
v. i.
1.
To commence or begin again.
Howell.

2.
To begin anew to be; to act again as.
[Archaic.]

He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
Johnson.


word: Recommence₂
definition:
Recommence

Re`com*mence"
v. t.
[Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.]
To commence again or anew.


word: Recommend
definition:
Recommend

Rec`om*mend"
(r?k`?m*m?nd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.]
[Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
1.
To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.

Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity.
Dryden.

2.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

A decent boldness ever meets with friends,
Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends.
Pope.

3.
To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
Acts xv. 40.


word: Recommendable
definition:
Recommendable

Rec`om*mend"a*ble
(-?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. recommandable.]
Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.
Glanvill.
Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.


word: Recommendation
definition:
Recommendation

Rec`om*men*da"tion
(r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. recommandation.]
1.
The act of recommending.

2.
That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.

3.
The state of being recommended; esteem.
[R.]

The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient.
Sir T. North.


word: Recommendative
definition:
Recommendative

Rec`om*mend"a*tive
(-m?nd"?*t?v)
n.
That which recommends; a recommendation.
[Obs.]


word: Recommendatory
definition:
Recommendatory

Rec`om*mend"a*to*ry
(-?*t?*r?)
a.
Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.
Swift.


word: Recommission
definition:
Recommission

Re`com*mis"sion
(r?`k?m*m?sh?n)
v. t.
To commission again; to give a new commission to.

Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned.
Marshall.


word: Recommit
definition:
Recommit

Re`com*mit"
(-m?t")
v. t.
To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.


word: Recommittal
definition:
Recommittal

Recommitment

{ Re`com*mit"ment (-ment), Re`com*mit"tal (-?l), }
n.
A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.


word: Recompensation
definition:
Recompensation

Re*com`pen*sa"tion
(r?*k?m`p?n*s?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. LL. recompensatio.]
1.
Recompense.
[Obs.]

2.
(Scots Law)
Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.


word: Recompense
definition:
Recompense

Rec"om*pense
(rĕk"&obreve_;m*pĕns)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-p?n`s?ng).]
[F. récompenser, LL.  recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]
1.
To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.

He can not recompense me better.
Shak.

2.
To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.

God recompenseth the gift.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

To recompense
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed.
Milton.

3.
To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
[R.]

Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Rom. xii. 17.


word: Recompense₂
definition:
Recompense

Rec"om*pense
(r?k"?m*p?ns)
v. i.
To give recompense; to make amends or requital.
[Obs.]


word: Recompense₃
definition:
Recompense

Rec"om*pense
n.
[Cf. F. récompense.]
An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return.

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense.
Deut. xxii. 35.

And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward.
Heb. ii. 2.


word: Recompenser
definition:
Recompenser

Rec"om*pen`ser
(-p?n`s?r)
n.
One who recompenses.

A thankful recompenser of the benefits received.
Foxe.


word: Recompensive
definition:
Recompensive

Rec"om*pen`sive
(-s?v)
a.
Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Recompilement
definition:
Recompilement

Re`com*pile"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws.
Bacon.


word: Recompose
definition:
Recompose

Re`com*pose"
(-p?z")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.]
[Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
1.
To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.

The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Recomposition
definition:
Recomposition

Re*com`po*si"tion
(r?*k?m`p?z?sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. recomposition.]
The act of recomposing.


word: Reconcentrado
definition:
Reconcentrado

Re*con`cen*tra"do
(?)
n.
[Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate.]
Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves.


word: Reconcentration
definition:
Reconcentration

Re*con`cen*tra"tion
(?)
n.
The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98.


word: Reconcilable
definition:
Reconcilable

Rec"on*ci`la*ble
(r?k"?n*s?`l?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. réconciliable.]
Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.

The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable.
Arbuthnot.


word: Reconcile
definition:
Reconcile

Rec"on*cile`
(-s?l`)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.]
[F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.]
1.
To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.

Propitious now and reconciled by prayer.
Dryden.

The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop.
Chaucer.

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God.
2 Cor. v. 20.

2.
To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.

3.
To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state.
Locke.

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near;
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,
Due distance reconciles to form and grace.
Pope.

4.
To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.


word: Reconciliation
definition:
Reconciliation

Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion
(-s?l`?*?"sh?n)
n.
[F. réconciliation, L.  reconciliatio.]
1.
The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.

Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment.
S. Miller.

2.
Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture.
D. Rogers.


word: Reconciliatory
definition:
Reconciliatory

Rec`on*cil"i*a*to*ry
(-s?l"?*?*t?*r?)
a.
Serving or tending to reconcile.
Bp. Hall.


word: Recondite
definition:
Recondite

Rec"on*dite
(rĕk"&obreve_;n*dīt or re̝k&obreve_;n"dĭt; 277)
a.
[L. reconditus, p. p. of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond.]
1.
Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

2.
Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.
Recondite
Bp. Horsley.


word: Reconditory
definition:
Reconditory

Re*con"di*to*ry
(re̝k&obreve_;n"dĭ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[LL. reconditorium.]
A repository; a storehouse.
[Obs.]
Ash.


word: Reconfirm
definition:
Reconfirm

Re`con*firm"
(rē`k&obreve_;n*fẽrm")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + confirm: cf. F. reconfirmer.]
To confirm anew.
Clarendon.


word: Reconnoissance
definition:
Reconnoissance

Reconnaissance

{ Re*con"nais*sance, Re*con"nois*sance }
(r?-k?n"n?s-s?ns)
n.
[F. See Recognizance.]
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
(a)
(Geol.)
An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
(b)
(Engin.)
An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.
(c)
(Mil.)
An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.

Reconnoissance in force (Mil.), a demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy.


word: Reconnoitre
definition:
Reconnoitre

Reconnoiter

{ Rec`on*noi"ter, Rec`on*noi"tre  }
(r?k`?n*noi"t?r)
v. t.
[F.  reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître. See Recognize.]
1.
To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.

2.
To recognize.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Walpole.


word: Reconquer
definition:
Reconquer

Re*con"quer
(r?*k?n"k?r)
v. t.
[Pref. re-  + conquer: cf. F. reconquérir.]
To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.


word: Reconsider
definition:
Reconsider

Re`con*sid"er
(r?`k?n*s?d"?r)
v. t.
1.
To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.

2.
(Parliamentary Practice)
To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.


word: Reconsideration
definition:
Reconsideration

Re`con*sid`er*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.


word: Reconsolate
definition:
Reconsolate

Re*con"so*late
(r?*k?n"s?*l?t)
v. t.
To console or comfort again.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Reconsolidation
definition:
Reconsolidation

Re`con*sol`i*da"tion
(-d?"sh?n)
n.
The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.


word: Reconstruct
definition:
Reconstruct

Re`con*struct"
(-str?kt")
v. t.
To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.

Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
Macaulay.


word: Reconstruction
definition:
Reconstruction

Re`con*struc"tion
(-str?k"sh?n)
n.
1.
The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

2.
(U.S. Politics)
The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.


word: Reconstructive
definition:
Reconstructive

Re`con*struct"ive
(-str?k"t?v)
a.
Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.


word: Reconvene
definition:
Reconvene

Re`con*vene"
(r?`k?n*v?n")
v. t. & i.
To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.


word: Reconvention
definition:
Reconvention

Re`con*ven"tion
(-v?n"sh?n)
n.
(Civil Law)
A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Burrill. Bouvier.


word: Reconvertible
definition:
Reconvertible

Re`con*vert"i*ble
(r?`k?n*v?rt"?*b'l)
a.
(Chem.)
Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.


word: Reconvey
definition:
Reconvey

Re`con*vey"
(-v?")
v. t.
1.
To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.

2.
To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.


word: Record
definition:
Record

Re*cord"
(r?*k?rd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Recording.]
[OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.]
1.
To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
[Obs.]
record
Chaucer.

2.
To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
[Obs.]

They longed to see the day, to hear the lark
Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
Fairfax.

3.
To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.

Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings.
1 Esd. i. 42.

To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.


word: Record₂
definition:
Record

Re*cord"
v. i.
1.
To reflect; to ponder.
[Obs.]

Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
Fuller.

2.
To sing or repeat a tune.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Whether the birds or she recorded best.
W. Browne.


word: Record₃
definition:
Record

Rec"ord
(rĕk"ẽrd)
n.
[OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.]
1.
A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.

2.
(a)
An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.
(b)
An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.
(c)
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
(d)
The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.

3.
Testimony; witness; attestation.

John bare record, saying.
John i. 32.

4.
That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

5.
That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

6.
That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

Court of record (pron. r_;*k_;rd" in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. -- Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. -- Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record.  In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone. -- To beat the record, or To break the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match. Records in many fields of endeavor are listed in the Guiness Book of World Records.


word: Recordation
definition:
Recordation

Rec`or*da"tion
(r?k`?r*d?"sh?n)
n.
[L. recordatio: cf. F.  recordation. See Record, v. t.]
Remembrance; recollection; also, a record.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Recorder
definition:
Recorder

Re*cord"er
(r?*k?rd"?r)
n.
1.
One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

2.
The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.

3.
(Mus.)
A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
[Obs.]
recorders
Milton.


word: Recording
definition:
Recording

Re*cord"ing
a.
Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.


word: Recorporification
definition:
Recorporification

Re`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion
(r?`k?r*p?r`?*f?*k?"sh?n)
n.
The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.
[R.]
Boyle.


word: Recouch
definition:
Recouch

Re*couch"
(r?*kouch")
v. i.
[Pref. re- + couch: cf. F. recoucher.]
To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Recount₃
definition:
Recount

Re*count"
(re̝*kount")
v. t.
[F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + _; (L. ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.]
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
Dryden.

To all his angels, who, with true applause,
Recount his praises.
Milton.


word: Recoupe
definition:
Recoupe

Recoup

{ Re*coup", Re*coupe"  }
(-k??p")
v. t.
[F. recouper; pref.  re-  re- + couper to cut.]
1.
(Law)
To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.

2.
To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.

3.
To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.

Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.
Froude.

Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.
Duke of Argyll.


word: Recoupment
definition:
Recoupment

Re*coup"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of recouping.

&hand_; Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin.
Abbott.


word: Recourse
definition:
Recourse

Re*course"
(r?*k?rs")
n.
[F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur.]
1.
A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
[Obs.]
recourse
Spenser.

Unto my first I will have my recourse.
Chaucer.

Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.

Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him.
Sir H. Wotton.

Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
Dryden.

3.
Access; admittance.
[Obs.]

Give me recourse to him.
Shak.

Without recourse (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.


word: Recourse₂
definition:
Recourse

Re*course"
v. i.
1.
To return; to recur.
[Obs.]

The flame departing and recoursing.
Foxe.

2.
To have recourse; to resort.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.


word: Recourseful
definition:
Recourseful

Re*course"ful
(-f?l)
a.
Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Recover
definition:
Recover

Re*cov"er
(r?*k?v"?r)
v. t.
[Pref. re- +  cover: cf. F.  recouvrir.]
To cover again.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Recover₂
definition:
Recover

Re*cov"er
(r?*k?v"?r)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recovered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ]
[OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re-  re + a word of unknown origin.  Cf.Recuperate.]

1.
To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.

David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away.
1. Sam. xxx. 18.

2.
To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
recovered
Chaucer.

Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover.
Rogers.

3.
To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.

The wine in my bottle will recover him.
Shak.

4.
To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.

I do hope to recover my late hurt.
Cowley.

When I had recovered a little my first surprise.
De Foe.

5.
To rescue; to deliver.

That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him.
2. Tim. ii. 26.

6.
To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
[Archaic]

The forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we're sure enough.
Shak.

Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.
Hales.

7.
(Law)
To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.

Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of “aim” to that of “ready.”


word: Recover₃
definition:
Recover

Re*cov"er
(r?*k?v"?r)
v. i.
1.
To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.

Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings i. 2.

2.
To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
[Obs.]

With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch.
Fuller.

3.
(Law)
To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.


word: Recoverable
definition:
Recoverable

Re*cov"er*a*ble
(-?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. recouvrable.]
Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.

A prodigal course
Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable.
Shak.

If I am recoverable, why am I thus?
Cowper.


word: Recoveree
definition:
Recoveree

Re*cov`er*ee"
(-ē")
n.
(Law)
The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.


word: Recoveror
definition:
Recoveror

Re*cov`er*or"
(-?r)
n.
(Law)
The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
Wharton.


word: Recovery
definition:
Recovery

Re*cov"er*y
(r?*k?v"?r*?)
n.
1.
The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

2.
Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

3.
(Law)
The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.

4.
The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
[Obs.]
recovery
Tusser.

5.
In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.

6.
Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.

7.
(Fencing, Sparring, etc.)
Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack.

Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren.


word: Recreant
definition:
Recreant

Rec"re*ant
(-ant)
a.
[OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See Creed.]
1.
Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
recreant
Spenser.

2.
Apostate; false; unfaithful.

Who, for so many benefits received,
Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false.
Milton.


word: Recreant₂
definition:
Recreant

Rec"re*ant
n.
One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
Blackstone.

You are all recreants and dastards!
Shak.


word: Re-create
definition:
Re-create

Re`-cre*ate"
(r?`kr?*?t")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + create.]
To create or form anew.

On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reenforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army.
Marshall.


word: Recreate
definition:
Recreate

Rec"re*ate
(rk"r*t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recreated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Recreating.]
[L. recreatus, p. p. of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.]
To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.

Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than any.
Dryden.

St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.
Jer. Taylor.

These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
Dr. H. More.


word: Recreation
definition:
Recreation

Rec"re*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[F. récréation, L. recreatio.]
The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.


word: Re-creation
definition:
Re-creation

Re`-cre*a"tion
(r?`kr?*?sh?n)
n.
[See Re-create.]
A forming anew; a new creation or formation.


word: Recreative
definition:
Recreative

Rec"re*a`tive
(r?k"r?*?`t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. récréatif. See Recreate.]
Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.

Let the music of them be recreative.
Bacon.


word: Recrement
definition:
Recrement

Rec"re*ment
(r?k"r?*ment)
n.
[L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. récrément.]
1.
Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.

2.
(Med.)
(a)
Excrement.
[Obs.]
(a)
A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.


word: Recrementitial
definition:
Recrementitial

Rec`re*men*ti"tial
(-m?n*t?sh"al)
a.
[Cf. F. récrémentitiel.]
(Med.)
Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b).
Recrementitial
Dunglison.


word: Recrementitious
definition:
Recrementitious

Rec`re*men*ti"tious
(-t?sh"?s)
a.
Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
Boyle.


word: Recriminate
definition:
Recriminate

Re*crim"i*nate
(r?*kr?m"?*n?t)
v. i.
[Pref.  re- + criminate: cf. F. récriminer, LL. recriminare.]
To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.

It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Recrimination
definition:
Recrimination

Re*crim`i*na"tion
(-n?"sh?n)
n.
[F. récrimination, LL. recriminatio.]
The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.

Accusations and recriminations passed backward and forward between the contending parties.
Macaulay.


word: Recriminatory
definition:
Recriminatory

Re*crim"i*na*to*ry
(-n?*t?*r?)
a.
[Cf. F. récriminatoire.]
Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.


word: Recrudesce
definition:
Recrudesce

Re`cru*desce"
(?)
v. i.
[See Recrudescent.]
To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewed freshness, vigor, or activity; to revive.
The general influence . . . which is liable every now and then to recrudesce in his absence.
Edmund Gurney.


word: Recrudescency
definition:
Recrudescency

Recrudescence

{ Re`cru*des"cence (r?`kr?*d?s"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-d?s"sen*s?), }
n.
[Cf. F. recrudescence.]

1.
The state or condition of being recrudescent.

A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste.
Duke of Argyll.

2.
(Med.)
Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Dunglison.


word: Recrudescent
definition:
Recrudescent

Re`cru*des"cent
(-sent)
a.
[L. recrudescens, -entis, p. pr. of recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent.]
1.
Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

2.
Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.


word: Recruit
definition:
Recruit

Re*cruit"
(r?*kr?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Recruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Recruiting.]
[F. recruter, corrupted (under influence of recrue recruiting, recruit, from recroî/tre, p. p. recrû, to grow again) from an older recluter, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- + OF. clut piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. klūtr kerchief, E. clout.]
1.
To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color.
Glanvill.

2.
Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

3.
To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.
M. Arnold.


word: Recruit₂
definition:
Recruit

Re*cruit"
v. i.
1.
To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.

2.
To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.


word: Recruit₃
definition:
Recruit

Re*cruit"
n.
1.
A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.

The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers.
Burke.

2.
Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.


word: Recruitment
definition:
Recruitment

Re*cruit"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.


word: Recrystallization
definition:
Recrystallization

Re*crys`tal*li*za"tion
(rē*krĭs`tal*lĭ*zā"shŭn)
n.
(Chem. & Min.)
The process or recrystallizing.


word: Recrystallize
definition:
Recrystallize

Re*crys"tal*lize
(rē*krĭs"tal*līz)
v. i. & t.
(Chem. & Min.)
To crystallize again.
Henry.


word: Rectangle
definition:
Rectangle

Rec"tan`gle
(r?k"t??`g'l)
n.
[F., fr. L.  rectus right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle.]
(Geom.)
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.

&hand_; As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.


word: Rectangular
definition:
Rectangular

Rec*tan"gu*lar
(r?k*t?n"g?*l?r)
a.
[CF. F. rectangulaire.]
Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly (r_;k*t_;n"g_;*l_;r*l_;), adv. -- Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.


word: Rectangularity
definition:
Rectangularity

Rec*tan`gu*lar"i*ty
(-l?r"?*t?)
n.
The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.


word: Recti-
definition:
Recti-

Rec"ti-
(r?k"t?*)
[L. rectus straight.]
A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.


word: Rectifiable
definition:
Rectifiable

Rec"ti*fi`a*ble
(r?k"t?*f?`?*b'l)
a.
1.
Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.

2.
(Math.)
Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight line equal in length to any definite portion of the curve.


word: Rectification
definition:
Rectification

Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion
(r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. rectification.]
1.
The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.
De Quincey.

2.
(Geom.)
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.

Rectification of a globe (Astron.), its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.


word: Rectificator
definition:
Rectificator

Rec"ti*fi*ca`tor
(r?k"t?*f?*k?`t?r)
n.
(Chem.)
That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.


word: Rectifier
definition:
Rectifier

Rec"ti*fi`er
(r?k"t?*f?`?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, rectifies.

2.
Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.


word: Rectify
definition:
Rectify

Rec"ti*fy
(-f?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rectified (-f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rectifying (-f?`?ng).]
[F. rectifier, LL. rectificare; L. rectus right + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Right, and -fy.]
1.
To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.

I meant to rectify my conscience.
Shak.

This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified.
Burke.

2.
(Chem.)
To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

3.
(Com.)
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

To rectify a globe, to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.


word: Rectilinear
definition:
Rectilinear

Rectilineal

{ Rec`ti*lin"e*al (-l?n"?*al), Rec`ti*lin"e*ar (-l?n"?*?r), }
a.
[Recti- +  lineal, linear.]
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.


word: Rectilinearity
definition:
Rectilinearity

Rec`ti*lin`e*ar"i*ty
(-?r"?*t?)
n.
The quality or state of being rectilinear.
Coleridge.


word: Rectinerved
definition:
Rectinerved

Rec"ti*nerved`
(r?k"t?*n?rrvd`)
a.
[Recti- + nerve.]
(Bot.)
Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.


word: Rection
definition:
Rection

Rec"tion
(r?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. rectio, fr. regere to rule or govern.]
(Gram.)
See Government, n., 7.
Gibbs.


word: Rectirostral
definition:
Rectirostral

Rec`ti*ros"tral
(r?k`t?*r?s"tral)
a.
[Recti- +  rostral.]
(Zool.)
Having a straight beak.


word: Rectiserial
definition:
Rectiserial

Rec`ti*se"ri*al
(-s?"r?*al)
a.
[Recti- +  serial.]
(Bot.)
Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.


word: Rectitude
definition:
Rectitude

Rec"ti*tude
(r?k"t?*t?d)
n.
[L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.]
1.
Straightness.
[R.]
Johnson.

2.
Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

3.
Right judgment.
[R.]
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Recto-
definition:
Recto-

Rec"to-
(r?k"t?*)
A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.


word: Rector
definition:
Rector

Rec"tor
(r?k"t?r)
n.
[L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See Regiment, Right.]

1.
A ruler or governor.
[R.]

God is the supreme rector of the world.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
(a)
(Ch. of Eng.)
A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
Blackstone.
(b)
(Prot. Epis. Ch.)
A clergyman in charge of a parish.

3.
The head master of a public school.
[Scot.]

4.
The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.

5.
(R. C. Ch.)
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.


word: Rectorate
definition:
Rectorate

Rec"tor*ate
(-?t)
n.
[LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.]
The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.


word: Rectorship
definition:
Rectorship

Rec"tor*ship
(r?k"t?r*sh?p)
n.
1.
Government; guidance.
[Obs.]
rectorship
Shak.

2.
The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.


word: Rectory
definition:
Rectory

Rec"to*ry
(-t?*r?)
n.
pl. Rectories (-r_;z).
[Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.]
1.
The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.

2.
A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.


word: Recto-uterine
definition:
Recto-uterine

Rec`to-u"ter*ine
(-?"t?r*?n or *?n)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.


word: Rectovaginal
definition:
Rectovaginal

Rec`to*vag"i*nal
(r?k`t?*v?j"?*nal)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.


word: Recto-vesical
definition:
Recto-vesical

Rec`to-ves"i*cal
(-v?s"?*kal)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.


word: Rectrix
definition:
Rectrix

Rec"trix
(-tr?ks)
n.
pl. Rectrices (-tr_;"s_;z).
[L., fem. of rector.]
1.
A governess; a rectoress.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.


word: Rectum
definition:
Rectum

Rec"tum
(-t?m)
n.
[NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See Right.]
(Anat.)
The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.


word: Rectus
definition:
Rectus

Rec"tus
(-t?s)
n.
pl. Recti (-t_;).
[NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.]
(Anat.)
A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.


word: Recubation
definition:
Recubation

Rec`u*ba"tion
(r?k`?*b?"sh?n)
n.
[L. recubare to lie upon the back.]
Recumbence.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Reculement
definition:
Reculement

Recule

{ Re*cule" (r?*k?l"), Re*cule"ment (-ment), }
n.
[F. reculement.]
Recoil.
[Obs.]


word: Recumb
definition:
Recumb

Re*cumb"
(-k?m")
v. i.
[L. recumbere; pref. re- back + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down.]
To lean; to recline; to repose.
[Obs.]
J. Allen (1761).


word: Recumbence
definition:
Recumbence

Re*cum"bence
(r?*k?m"bens)
n.
The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.


word: Recumbent
definition:
Recumbent

Re*cum"bent
(-bet)
a.
[L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.]
Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.


word: Recuperable
definition:
Recuperable

Re*cu"per*a*ble
(re̝*kū`pẽr*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[Cf.F. récupérable. See Recover.]
Recoverable.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Recuperate
definition:
Recuperate

Re*cu"per*ate
(-?t)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Recuperated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Recuperating.]
[L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See Recover to get again.]
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.


word: Recuperation
definition:
Recuperation

Re*cu`per*a"tion
(re̝*kū`pẽr*ā"shŭn)
n.
[L. recuperatio: cf. F. récupération.]
Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.


word: Recuperatory
definition:
Recuperatory

Recuperative

{ Re*cu"per*a*tive (-?*t?v), Re*cu"per*a*to*ry (-?*t?*r?), }
a.
[L. recuperativus, recuperatorius.]
Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.


word: Recuperator
definition:
Recuperator

Re*cu"per*a`tor
(r?*k?"pp?r*?`t?r)
n.
[Cf. L. recuperator a recoverer.]
(Steel Manuf.)
Same as Regenerator.


word: Recur
definition:
Recur

Re*cur"
(r?*k?r")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Recurred (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.]
[L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]
1.
To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard.
I. Watts.

2.
To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.

3.
To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.

If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the “punctum stans” of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration.
Locke.

Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. -- Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner.


word: Recure
definition:
Recure

Re*cure"
(r?*k?r")
v. t.
[Cf. Recover.]
1.
To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
[Obs.]
Lydgate.

2.
To recover; to regain; to repossess.
[Obs.]

When their powers, impaired through labor long,
With due repast, they had recured well.
Spenser.

3.
To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.

In western waves his weary wagon did recure.
Spenser.

4.
To be a cure for; to remedy.
[Obs.]

No medicine
Might avail his sickness to recure.
Lydgate.


word: Recure₂
definition:
Recure

Re*cure"
n.
Cure; remedy; recovery.
[Obs.]

But whom he hite, without recure he dies.
Fairfax.


word: Recurrency
definition:
Recurrency

Recurrence

{ Re*cur"rence (r?*k?r"rens), Re*cur"ren*cy (-ren*s?), }
n.
[Cf. F. récurrence.]
The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.

I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.
I. Taylor.


word: Recurrent
definition:
Recurrent

Re*cur"rent
(-rent)
a.
[L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.]
1.
Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

2.
(Anat.)
Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.

Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing. -- Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. -- Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.


word: Recursant
definition:
Recursant

Re*cur"sant
(r?*k?r"sant)
a.
[L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See Recure.]
(Her.)
Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.


word: Recursion
definition:
Recursion

Re*cur"sion
(-sh?n)
n.
[L. recursio. See Recur.]
The act of recurring; return.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Recurvate
definition:
Recurvate

Re*cur"vate
(r?*k?r"v?t)
a.
[L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare. See Re-, and Curvate.]
(Bot.)
Recurved.


word: Recurvation
definition:
Recurvation

Re`cur*va"tion
(r?`k?r*v?"sh?n)
n.
The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.


word: Recurve
definition:
Recurve

Re*curve"
(r?*k?rv")
v. t.
To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.


word: Recurved
definition:
Recurved

Re*curved"
(r?*k?rvd")
a.
Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.


word: Recurviroster
definition:
Recurviroster

Re*cur`vi*ros"ter
(r?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r)
n.
[L. recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; cf. F. récurvirostre.]
(Zool.)
A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.


word: Recurvirostral
definition:
Recurvirostral

Re*cur`vi*ros"tral
(-tral)
a.
[See Recurviroster.]
(Zool.)
Having the beak bent upwards.


word: Recusancy
definition:
Recusancy

Re*cu"san*cy
(r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-)
n.
The state of being recusant; nonconformity.
Coke.


word: Recusant
definition:
Recusant

Re*cu"sant
(-zat; 277)
a.
[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.

It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Recusant₂
definition:
Recusant

Re*cu"sant
n.
1.
One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations.
De Quincey.

2.
(Eng. Hist.)
A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.
Brande & C.

3.
One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.

All that are recusants of holy rites.
Holyday.


word: Recusation
definition:
Recusation

Rec`u*sa"tion
(r?k`?*z?"sh?n)
n.
[L. recusatio: cf. F. récusation.]
1.
Refusal.
[Obs.]

2.
(Old Law)
The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality.
Blackstone.


word: recuse
definition:
recuse

re*cuse"
(r?*k?z")
v. t.
[F. récuser, or L. recusare. See Recusant.]
(Law)
To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
[Obs.]
Sir K. Digby.


word: recuse₂
definition:
recuse

re*cuse"
(r?*k?z")
v. i.
To withdraw oneself from serving as a judge or other decision-maker in order to avoid a real or apparent conflict of interest; -- often used with the reflexive; as, the judge recused himself due to a financial interest in the matter.


word: Recussion
definition:
Recussion

Re*cus"sion
(r?*k?sh"?n)
n.
[L. recutire, recussum, to beat back; pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.]
The act of beating or striking back.


word: Red₂
definition:
Red

Red
v. t.
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Red₃
definition:
Red

Red
a.
[Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.]
[OE. red, reed, AS. reád, reód; akin to OS. r&omacrd, OFries. rād, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r&omacrt, Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr, rj&omacrðr, Goth. ráuds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. √113. Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy, Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
reede
Chaucer.

Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
Shak.

&hand_; Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.

&hand_; Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.

Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly. -- Red ant. (Zool.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. -- Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. -- Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. -- Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish (d). -- Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. -- Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] -- Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. Gray. -- Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism. -- Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] -- Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C. -- Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. -- Red bug. (Zool.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. -- Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in India.  -- Red chalk. See under Chalk. -- Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. -- Red coral (Zool.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea. -- Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva. -- Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant. -- Red deer. (Zool.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia.  It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. -- Red duck (Zool.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); -- called also ferruginous duck. -- Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo. -- Red empress (Zool.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. -- Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and Abies nobilis. -- Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire. -- Red flag. See under Flag. -- Red fox (Zool.), the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color. -- Red grouse (Zool.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan. -- Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. -- Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also Badge of Ulster. -- Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked. -- Red horse. (Zool.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. -- Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium. -- Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. -- Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs.  Called also red mordant. -- Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge. -- Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite. -- Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. -- Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. -- Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below. -- Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra). -- Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet. -- Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. -- Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish. -- Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus. -- Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark. -- Red precipitate. See under Precipitate. -- Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] -- Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. -- Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders. -- Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. -- Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. -- Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. -- Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn. Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. -- Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. -- Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. -- Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories.  It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die.  The adult insects are usually pale red.  Called also red mite. -- Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree. -- Red tape, (a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc. Hence, (b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic paperwork. -- Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera.  The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored.  The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange. -- Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.


word: Red₄
definition:
Red

Red
(r?d)
n.
1.
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
red
Milton.

2.
A red pigment.

3.
(European Politics)
An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
[Cant]

4.
pl.
(Med.)
The menses.
Dunglison.

English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red. -- Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum. -- Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.


word: Redact
definition:
Redact

Re*dact"
(r?*d?kt")
v. t.
[L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive.]
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.


word: Redaction
definition:
Redaction

Re*dac"tion
(r?*d?k"sh?n)
n.
[F. rédaction.]
The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.


word: Redactor
definition:
Redactor

Re*dac"tor
(-t?r)
n.
One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
Carlyle.


word: Redan
definition:
Redan

Re*dan"
(r?*d?n")
n.
[F., for OF. redent a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref. re- re- + dens, dentis, a tooth.  Cf. Redented.]
[Written sometimes redent and redens.]
1.
(Fort.)
A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.

2.
A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.


word: Redargue
definition:
Redargue

Red*ar"gue
(r?d*?r"g?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Redargued (-g?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Redarguing.]
[L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- +  arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. rédarguer.]
To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
[Archaic]

How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness?
Jer. Taylor.

Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Redargution
definition:
Redargution

Red`ar*gu"tion
(r?d`?r*g?"sh?n)
n.
[L. redargutio.]
The act of redarguing; refutation.
[Obs. or R.]
Bacon.


word: Redargutory
definition:
Redargutory

Red`ar*gu"to*ry
(-t?*r?)
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.
[R.]


word: Redbird
definition:
Redbird

Red"bird`
(-b?rd`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The cardinal bird.
(b)
The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
(c)
The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.


word: Redbreast
definition:
Redbreast

Red"breast`
(-br?st`)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The European robin.
(b)
The American robin. See Robin.
(c)
The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.

2.
(Zool.)
The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.


word: Redbud
definition:
Redbud

Red"bud`
(-b?d`)
n.
(Bot.)
A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.


word: Redcap
definition:
Redcap

Red"cap`
n.
1.
(Zool.)
The European goldfinch.

2.
A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Redcoat
definition:
Redcoat

Red"coat`
(-k&omacrt`)
n.
One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.


word: Red Cross
definition:
Red Cross

Red Cross
1.
The crusaders or the cause they represented.

2.
A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.
In islamic countries, a similarly motivated affiliated organization is called the Red Crescent.  The American Red Cross was founded in 1881, largely due to the initiative of Clara Barton.  The American Red Cross maintains a web page on the internet, where additional information can be found.


word: Redden
definition:
Redden

Red"den
(r?d"d'n)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reddened (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reddening.]
[From Red, a.]
To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.


word: Redden₂
definition:
Redden

Red"den
v. i.
To grow or become red; to blush.

Appius reddens at each word you speak.
Pope.

He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than his obstinacy was at once subbued.
Sir W. SCott.


word: Reddendum
definition:
Reddendum

Red*den"dum
(r?d*d?n"d?m)
n.
[Neut. of L. reddendus that must be given back or yielded, gerundive of reddere. See Reddition.]
(Law)
A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
Cruise.


word: Reddition
definition:
Reddition

Red*di"tion
(r?d*d?sh"?n)
n.
[L.  redditio, fr.  reddere to give back, to return: cf. F.  reddition. See Render.]

1.
Restoration: restitution: surrender.
Howell.

2.
Explanation; representation.
[R.]

The reddition or application of the comparison.
Chapman.


word: Redditive
definition:
Redditive

Red"di**tive
(r?d"d?*t?v)
a.
[L. redditivus.]
(Gram.)
Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.


word: Reddle
definition:
Reddle

Red"dle
(r?d"d'l)
n.
[From Red; cf. G. röthel.  Cf. Ruddle.]
(Min.)
Red chalk. See under Chalk.


word: Red-dog flour
definition:
Red-dog flour

Red dog

{ Red dog, or Red`-dog" flour }
The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and contains a relatively high percentage of protein. It is chiefly useful as feed for farm animals.


word: Rede
definition:
Rede

Rede
(r?d)
v. t.
[See Read, v. t.]
1.
To advise or counsel.
[Obs. or Scot.]

I rede that our host here shall begin.
Chaucer.

2.
To interpret; to explain.
[Obs.]

My sweven [dream] rede aright.
Chaucer.


word: Rede₂
definition:
Rede

Rede
n.
[See Read, n.]
1.
Advice; counsel; suggestion.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Burns.

There was none other remedy ne reed.
Chaucer.

2.
A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
[Obs.]
rede
Spenser.


word: Redeem
definition:
Redeem

Re*deem"
(r?*d?m")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-d_;md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.]
[F. rédimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- +  emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti.  Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]
1.
To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold.
Lev. xxv. 29.

2.
(a)
(Law)
To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
(b)
(Com.)
To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.

3.
To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Ps. xxv. 22.

The Almighty from the grave
Hath me redeemed.
Sandys.

4.
(Theol.)
Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.
Gal. iii. 13.

5.
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.

I will redeem all this on Percy's head.
Shak.

6.
To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.

Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem
Man's mortal crime?
Milton.

It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
Shak.

To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.


word: Redeemable
definition:
Redeemable

Re*deem"a*ble
(-?*b;l)
a.
1.
Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.

2.
Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.


word: Redeemableness
definition:
Redeemableness

Re*deem"a*ble*ness
(r?*d?m"?*b'l*n?s)
n.
The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.


word: Redeemer
definition:
Redeemer

Re*deem"er
(r?*d?m"?r)
n.
1.
One who redeems.

2.
Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.


word: Redeliver
definition:
Redeliver

Re`de*liv"er
(r?`d?*l?v"?r)
v. t.
1.
To deliver or give back; to return.
Ay_;iffe.

2.
To deliver or liberate a second time or again.

3.
To report; to deliver the answer of.
[R.]
redeliver
Shak.


word: Redelivery
definition:
Redelivery

Re`de*liv"er*y
(-?)
n.
1.
Act of delivering back.

2.
A second or new delivery or liberation.


word: Redemand
definition:
Redemand

Re`de*mand"
(rē`de̝*mănd" or rē`de̝*mȧnd")
v. t.
[Pref. re- back, again + demand: cf. F. redemander.]
To demand back; to demand again.


word: Redemise
definition:
Redemise

Re`de*mise"
(rē`de̝*mīz")
v. t.
To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.


word: Redemise₂
definition:
Redemise

Re`de*mise"
n.
(Law)
The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise.


word: Redemonstrate
definition:
Redemonstrate

Re*dem"on*strate
(r?*d?m"?n*str?t or r?`d?*m?n"-str?t)
v. t.
To demonstrate again, or anew.

Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituent of character or a guide in action.
Lowell.


word: redemption
definition:
redemption

re*demp"tion
(re̝*dĕmp"shŭn)
n.
[F. rédemption, L. redemptio. See redeem, and cf.  ransom.]
The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
(a)
(Law)
The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.
(b)
(Com.)
Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
(c)
(Theol.)
The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

In whom we have redemption through his blood.
Eph. i. 7.


word: Redemptioner
definition:
Redemptioner

Re*demp"tion*er
(-?r)
n.
1.
One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.

2.
Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.


word: Redemptionist
definition:
Redemptionist

Re*demp"tion*ist
n.
(R.C.Ch.)
A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.


word: Redemptive
definition:
Redemptive

Re*demp"tive
(-t?v)
a.
Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.


word: Redemptorist
definition:
Redemptorist

Re*demp"tor*ist
(-t?r*?st)
n.
[F. rédemptoriste, fr. L. redemptor redeemer, from redinere. See Redeem.]
(R.C.Ch.)
One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.


word: Redented
definition:
Redented

Re*dent"ed
(r?*d?nt"?d)
a.
[From OF. redent. See Redan.]
Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.


word: Redescend
definition:
Redescend

Re`de*scend"
(-s?nd")
v. i.
[Pref. re- + descend: cf. F. redescendre.]
To descend again.
Howell.


word: Redevelop
definition:
Redevelop

Re`de*vel"op
(?)
v. t. & i.
1.
To develop again;
specif.
(Photog.)
to intensify (a developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent.

2.
to rebuild an urban area, usually commercial but sometimes residential; -- typically involving some portion of government involvement and expenditure.


word: Redevelopment
definition:
Redevelopment

Re`de*vel"op*ment
(?)
n.
the rebuilding of an urban area, usually a commercial district but sometimes residential or industrial, and typically involving some portion of government involvement and expenditure; to organize a municipal redevelopment agency.


word: Redeye
definition:
Redeye

Red"eye`
(rĕd"ī`)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The rudd.
(b)
Same as Redfish (d).
(c)
The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.
[Local, U.S.]

2.
A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
[Colloq.]


word: Redfin
definition:
Redfin

Red"fin`
(-f?n`)
n.
(Zool.)
A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.


word: Redfish
definition:
Redfish

Red"fish`
(rĕd"fĭsh`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
(b)
The rosefish.
(c)
A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
(d)
The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.


word: Red-gum
definition:
Red-gum

Red"-gum`
(-g?m`)
n.
[OE. reed gounde; AS. reád red +  gund matter, pus.]
1.
(Med.)
An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
Good.

2.
A name of rust on grain. See Rust.


word: Red-handed
definition:
Red-handed

Red-hand

{ Red"-hand` (r?d"h?nd`), Red"-hand`ed (-h?nd`?d), }
a. or adv.
Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.


word: Redhead
definition:
Redhead

Red"head`
(-h?d`)
n.
1.
A person having red hair.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.
(b)
The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.

3.
(Bot.)
A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.


word: Redhibition
definition:
Redhibition

Red`hi*bi"tion
(r?d`h?*b?sh"?n)
n.
[L. redhibitio a taking back.]
(Civil Law)
The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.


word: Redhibitory
definition:
Redhibitory

Red*hib"i*to*ry
(r?d*h?b"?*t?*r?)
a.
[L. redhibitorius.]
(Civil Law)
Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.


word: Redhorn
definition:
Redhorn

Red"horn`
(-h?rn`)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.


word: Red-hot
definition:
Red-hot

Red"-hot`
(-h?t`)
a.
Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.
Shak.


word: Redia
definition:
Redia

Re"di*a
(r?"d?*?)
n.
pl. L. Rediae (-ē), E. Redias (-_;z).
[NL.; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Redient
definition:
Redient

Re"di*ent
(r?"d?-ent)
a.
[L. rediens, p. pr. of redire to return; pref. red-  + ire to go.]
Returning.
[R.]


word: Redif
definition:
Redif

Re*dif"
(?)
n.
[Turk. redīf, fr. radīf, orig., he who rides behind another on the same beast, fr. radaf to follow.]
A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See Army organization, above.


word: Redingote
definition:
Redingote

Red"in*gote
(rĕd"ĭn*g&omacrt)
n.
[F., corrupted from E. riding coat.]
A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.


word: Redintegrate
definition:
Redintegrate

Re*din"te*grate
(r?*d?n"t?*gr?t)
a.
[L. redintegratus, p. p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer.]
Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
Bacon.


word: Redintegrate₂
definition:
Redintegrate

Re*din"te*grate
(-gr?t)
v. t.
To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.

The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again?
Coleridge.


word: Redintegration
definition:
Redintegration

Re*din`te*gra"tion
(-gr?"sh?n)
n.
[L. redintegratio.]
1.
Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.
Dr. H. More.

2.
(Chem.)
Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state.
[Achaic.]
Coxe.

3.
(Psychology)
The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.


word: Redirect
definition:
Redirect

Re`di*rect"
(r?`d?*r?kt")
a.
(Law)
Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.


word: Redispose
definition:
Redispose

Re`dis*pose"
(-p?z")
v. t.
To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.
A. Baxter.


word: Redisseize
definition:
Redisseize

Re`dis*seize"
(-s?z")
v. t.
(Law)
To disseize anew, or a second time.
[Written also redisseise.]


word: Redisseizin
definition:
Redisseizin

Re`dis*sei"zin
(-s?"z?n)
n.
(Law)
A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.
Blackstone.


word: Redition
definition:
Redition

Re*di"tion
(r?*d?sh"?n)
n.
[L. reditio, fr. redire. See Redient.]
Act of returning; return.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Redivivus
definition:
Redivivus

Red`i*vi"vus
(?)
a.
[L., fr. pref. red-, re-, re- + vivus alive.]
Living again; revived; restored.


word: Redlegs
definition:
Redlegs

Redleg

{ Red"leg` (r?d"l?g`), Red`legs` (-l?gz`), }
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The redshank.
(b)
The turnstone.


word: Red-letter
definition:
Red-letter

Red"-let`ter
(-l?t`t?r)
a.
Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.

Red-letter day, a day that is fortunate or auspicious; -- so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.


word: Red-light district
definition:
Red-light district

Red-light district
A district or neighborhood in which houses of prostitution are located; -- so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night.
[Colloq. or Cant]


word: Red light
definition:
Red light

Red light
1.
an electrically operated set of lights at a road intersection which has different lights visible to traffic from different directions, designed to control vehicle traffic through the intersection.  Each set of lights typically has a colored red light and also green and amber lights; the color of the light which is lighted at any one time changes automatically to control the flow of traffic through the intersection, allowing flow from different directions in alternating succession.  Also called traffic light, traffic signal or stop light.  When the red light is illuminated the signal means to stop; green means to go; and amber means to stop or procede through the intersection with caution.  In simple intersections of two roads, a red light visible to traffic on one road will usually be accompanied by a green light visible to traffic on the intersecting road.  In some locations the lights may be set to be illuminated in other sequences or combinations; a blinking red light is typically equivalent to a “stop” sign, and a blinking amber light typically means “procede with caution”.

2.
the condition of a traffic light when the signal visible to the driver of a vehicle is red, signalling that the vehicle must stop and not enter the intersection; I got seven red lights on the way to work.

3.
figuratively, a sign or signal that one must stop doing what one is presently doing; as, a fatal side effect is often a red light to continuation of a clinical trial.


word: Redmouth
definition:
Redmouth

Red"mouth`
(-mouth`)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.


word: Redolency
definition:
Redolency

Redolence

{ Red"o*lence (r?d"?*lens), Red"o*len*cy (-len*s?), }
n.
The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.


word: Redolent
definition:
Redolent

Red"o*lent
(-lent)
a.
[L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See Odor.]
Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.
redolent
Dryden.
Red"o*lent*ly, adv.

Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.
Gray.


word: Redouble
definition:
Redouble

Re*dou"ble
(r?*d?b"'l)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + double: cf. F. redoubler.  Cf. Reduplicate.]
To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.

So they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.
Shak.


word: Redouble₂
definition:
Redouble

Re*dou"ble
v. i.
To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.


word: Redoubt
definition:
Redoubt

Re*doubt"
(r?*dout")
n.
[F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus. See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, Réduit, Ridotto.]
(Fort.)
(a)
A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
(b)
In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
[Written also redout.]


word: Redoubt₂
definition:
Redoubt

Re*doubt"
v. t.
[F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt.]
To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
[R.]


word: Redoubtable
definition:
Redoubtable

Re*doubt"a*ble
(-?*b'l)
a.
[F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.
[Written also redoutable.]


word: Redoubted
definition:
Redoubted

Re*doubt"ed
a.
Formidable; dread.
redoubted
Spenser.

Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy.
Shak.


word: Redoubting
definition:
Redoubting

Re*doubt"ing
n.
Reverence; honor.
[Obs.]

In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory.
Chaucer.


word: Redound
definition:
Redound

Re*dound"
(r?*dound")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding.]
[F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.]
1.
To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.

The evil, soon
Driven back, redounded as a flood on those
From whom it sprung.
Milton.

The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.
Rogers.

 both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture.
Addison.

2.
To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.

For every dram of honey therein found,
A pound of gall doth over it redound.
Spenser.


word: Redound₂
definition:
Redound

Re*dound"
n.
1.
The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.

We give you welcome; not without redound
Of use and glory to yourselves ye come.
Tennyson.

2.
Rebound; reverberation.
[R.]
Codrington.


word: Redowa
definition:
Redowa

Red"ow*a
(r?d"?*?)
n.
[F., fr. Bohemian.]
A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.


word: Redpoll
definition:
Redpoll

Red"poll`
(-p?l`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species  (Acanthis linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
(b)
The common European linnet.
(c)
The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).


word: Redraft₂
definition:
Redraft

Re*draft"
n.
1.
A second draft or copy.

2.
(Com.)
A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.


word: Redraw
definition:
Redraw

Re*draw"
(rē*dr&asuml_;")
v. t.
[imp. Redrew (rē*dr&usuml_;");p. p. Redrawn (rē*dr&asuml_;n"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redrawing.]
To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.


word: Redraw₂
definition:
Redraw

Re*draw"
v. i.
(Com.)
To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.


word: Redress₂
definition:
Redress

Re*dress"
(re̝*drĕs")
v. t.
[F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress.]
1.
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
[R.]

The common profit could she redress.
Chaucer.

In yonder spring of roses intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.
Milton.

Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared.
A. Hamilton.

2.
To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.

Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . 
I doubt not but with honor to redress.
Shak.

3.
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
redress
Dryden.

Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye?
Byron.


word: Redress₃
definition:
Redress

Re*dress"
n.
1.
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
[R.]

Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
Hooker.

2.
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
Shak.

A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
Davenant.

3.
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

Fair majesty, the refuge and redress
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.
Dryden.


word: Redressless
definition:
Redressless

Re*dress"less
a.
Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.
Sherwood.


word: Redressment
definition:
Redressment

Re*dress"ment
(-ment)
n.
[Cf. F. redressement.]
The act of redressing; redress.
Jefferson.


word: Red-riband
definition:
Red-riband

Red"-rib`and
(r?d"r?b`and)
n.
(Zool.)
The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.


word: Redroot
definition:
Redroot

Red"root`
(r?d"r?t`)
n.
(Bot.)
A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.


word: Redshank
definition:
Redshank

Red"shank`
(r?d"sh?nk`)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
(b)
The fieldfare.

2.
A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
Spenser.


word: Red-short
definition:
Red-short

Red"-short`
(-sh?rt`)
a.
(Metal.)
Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.
Red"-short`ness, n.


word: Redskin
definition:
Redskin

Red"skin`
(-sk?n`)
n.
1.
A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin.  It is now considered pejorative by some persons of North American Indian heritage.
Cooper.

2.
(Football)
A member of the Washington Redskins, a football team.


word: Redstart
definition:
Redstart

Red"start`
(-st?rt`)
n.
[Red + start tail.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small, handsome European singing bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail.  The black redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected by law in England.  The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla and allied genera, native of India.
(b)
An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla).  The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail.  The female is olive, with yellow patches.


word: Redstreak
definition:
Redstreak

Red"streak`
(-str?k`)
n.
1.
A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple.
Mortimer.

2.
Cider pressed from redstreak apples.


word: Red-tailed
definition:
Red-tailed

Red"-tailed`
(-t?ld`)
a.
Having a red tail.

Red-tailed hawk (Zool.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.


word: Red-tape
definition:
Red-tape

Red"-tape`
(-t?p`)
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.


word: Red-tapist
definition:
Red-tapist

Red`-tap"ist
n.
One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
Ld. Lytton.


word: Redthroat
definition:
Redthroat

Red"throat`
(r?d"thr?t`)
n.
(Zool.)
A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.


word: Redtop
definition:
Redtop

Red"top`
(-t?p`)
n.
(Bot.)
A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.


word: Redub
definition:
Redub

Re*dub"
(re̝*dŭb")
v. t.
[F. radouber to refit or repair.]
1.
To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.
[Obs.]

It shall be good that you redub that negligence.
Wyatt.

God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to the French.
Grafton.

2.
To dub again.


word: Reduce
definition:
Reduce

Re*duce"
(re̝*dūs")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reduced (-dūst"),; p. pr. & vb. n. Reducing (-dū"sĭng).]
[L. reducere, reductum; pref. red-. re-, re- +  ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Redoubt, n.]
1.
To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
[Obs.]

And to his brother's house reduced his wife.
Chapman.

The sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the great Shephered of souls oppose, or some of his delegates reduce and direct us.
Evelyn.

2.
To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat.
reduced
Sir W. Scott.

Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it.
Tillotson.

Having reduced
Their foe to misery beneath their fears.
Milton.

Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced.
Hawthorne.

3.
To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.

4.
To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp.

It were but right
And equal to reduce me to my dust.
Milton.

5.
To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules.

6.
(Arith.)
(a)
To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours.
(b)
To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc.

7.
(Chem.)
To add an electron to an atom or ion.
Specifically:
To remove oxygen from; to deoxidize.
(Metallurgy)
To bring to the metallic state by separating from combined oxygen and impurities; as, metals are reduced from their ores.
(Chem.)
To combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen or any other reducing agent; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; aldehydes can be reduced to alcohols by lithium hydride; -- opposed to oxidize.

8.
(Med.)
To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia.

Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called also iron by hydrogen. -- To reduce an equation (Alg.), to bring the unknown quantity by itself on one side, and all the known quantities on the other side, without destroying the equation. -- To reduce an expression (Alg.), to obtain an equivalent expression of simpler form. -- To reduce a square (Mil.), to reform the line or column from the square.


word: Reducent
definition:
Reducent

Re*du"cent
(r?*d?"sent)
a.
[L. reducens, p. pr. of reducere.]
Tending to reduce.
n. A reducent agent.


word: Reducer
definition:
Reducer

Re*du"cer
(-s?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, reduces.

2.
(Mach.)
(a)
A contrivance for reducing the dimensions of one part so as to fit it to another, as a reducing coupling, or a device for holding a drilling a chuck.
(b)
A reducing motion.
(c)
A reducing valve.
(d)
A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence increasing movement, used to transmit the load from the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy testing machines.

3.
(Photog.)
A reducing agent, either a developer or an agent for reducing density.

4.
(Chem.)
a reducing agent.


word: Reducing
definition:
Reducing

Re*du"cing
(r?*d?"s?ng)
a & n. from Reduce.

Reducing furnace (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. -- Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. -- Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.


word: Reducing agent
definition:
Reducing agent

Re*du"cing a`gent
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
a substance that causes reduction of another substance in a chemical reaction, as by donating electrons or adding hydrogen atoms; as, lithium hydride is a powerful reducing agent.


word: Reduct
definition:
Reduct

Re*duct"
(re̝*dŭkt")
v. t.
[L. reductus, p. p. of reducere. See Reduce.]
To reduce.
[Obs.]
W. Warde.


word: Reductibility
definition:
Reductibility

Re*duc`ti*bil"i*ty
(r?*d?k`t?*b?l"?*t?)
n.
The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.


word: Reduction
definition:
Reduction

Re*duc"tion
(re̝*dŭk"shŭn)
n.
[F. réduction, L.  reductio. See Reduce.]
1.
The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.

2.
(Arith. & Alg.)
The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.

3.
(Astron.)
(a)
The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
(b)
The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.

4.
The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
Fairholt.

5.
(Logic)
The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

6.
(Chem. & Metal.)
The act, process, or result of reducing{7}; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of an aldehyde into an alcohol.

7.
(Med.)
The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.

Reduction ascending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination, as cents to dollars. -- Reduction descending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to cents.


word: Reductive
definition:
Reductive

Re*duc"tive
(-t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réductif.]
Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.


word: Reduit
definition:
Reduit

Ré`duit"
(r?`dw?")
n.
[F. See Redoubt, n. ]
(Fort.)
A central or retired work within any other work.


word: Redundancy
definition:
Redundancy

Redundance

{ Re*dun"dance (r?*d?n"dans), Re*dun"dan*cy (-dan*s?), }
n.
[L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]

1.
The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

2.
That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.

Labor . . . throws off redundacies.
Addison.

3.
(Law)
Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.


word: Redundant
definition:
Redundant

Re*dun"dant
(-dant)
a.
[L. redundans, -antis, p. pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.]
1.
Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not increase fat so much as flesh.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.

Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched.
I. Watts.


word: Reduplicate
definition:
Reduplicate

Re*du"pli*cate
(r?*d?"pl?*k?t)
a.
[Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus.  Cf. Redouble.]
1.
Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.

2.
(Bot.)
Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the _;stivation of certain flowers.


word: Reduplicate₂
definition:
Reduplicate

Re*du"pli*cate
(-k?t)
v. t.
[Cf. LL. reduplicare.]

1.
To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.

2.
(Gram.)
To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.


word: Reduplication
definition:
Reduplication

Re*du`pli*ca"tion
(-k?sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1.
The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.

2.
(Pros.)
A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.

3.
(Philol.)
The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.


word: Reduplicative
definition:
Reduplicative

Re*du"pli*ca*tive
(-k?*t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réduplicatif.]
Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate.
I. Watts.


word: Reduvid
definition:
Reduvid

Red"u*vid
(r?d"?*v?d)
n.
[L. reduvia a hangnail.]
(Zool.)
Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.


word: Redwing
definition:
Redwing

Red"wing`
(-w?ng`)
n.
(Zool.)
A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phœniceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.


word: Redwithe
definition:
Redwithe

Red"withe`
(r?d"w?th`)
n.
(Bot.)
A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.


word: Redwood
definition:
Redwood

Red"wood`
(-wŏd`)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.
(b)
An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.

&hand_; The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides; that of some parts of tropical America, several species of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of Humirium.


word: Ree₂
definition:
Ree

Ree
v. t.
[Cf. Prov. G. räden, raden, raiten.  Cf. Riddle a sieve.]
To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Mortimer.


word: Reebok
definition:
Reebok

Ree"bok`
(r?"b?k`)
n.
[D., literally, roebuck.]
(Zool.)
The peele.
[Written also rehboc and rheeboc.]


word: Reecho
definition:
Reecho

re-echo

Re*ech"o, Re-ech"o
(rē*ĕk"o̝)
v. t.
To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.

2.
To repeat back.

Syn. -- echo back.


word: Reecho₂
definition:
Reecho

Re-echo

Re*ech"o, Re-ech"o
v. i.
To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant; to echo repeatedly, again and again.

And a loud groan reechoes from the main.
Pope.


word: Reed₄
definition:
Reed

Reed
n.
[AS. hreód; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]
1.
(Bot.)
A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).

2.
A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.

Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed
Of Hermes.
Milton.

3.
An arrow, as made of a reed.
Prior.

4.
Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
[Prov. Eng.]

5.
(Mus.)
(a)
A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
(b)
One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.

6.
(Weaving)
A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.

7.
(Mining)
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

8.
(Arch.)
Same as Reeding.

Egyptian reed (Bot.), the papyrus. -- Free reed (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. -- Meadow reed grass (Bot.), the Glyceria aquatica, a tall grass found in wet places. -- Reed babbler. See Reedbird. -- Reed bunting (Zool.) A European sparrow (Emberiza schœniclus) which frequents marshy places; -- called also reed sparrow, ring bunting. (b) Reedling. -- Reed canary grass (Bot.), a tall wild grass (Phalaris arundinacea). -- Reed grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, 1. (b) A plant of the genus Sparganium; bur reed. See under Bur. -- Reed organ (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. -- Reed pipe (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. -- Reed sparrow. (Zool.) See Reed bunting, above. -- Reed stop (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. -- Reed warbler. (Zool.) (a) A small European warbler (Acrocephalus streperus); -- called also reed wren. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers. -- Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. -- Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.


word: Reedbuck
definition:
Reedbuck

Reedbird

Reed"bird`
(r?d"b?rd`)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The bobolink.
(b)
One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schœnicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.
Reed"buck"
(-b?k`)
n.
(Zool.)
See Rietboc.


word: Reeded
definition:
Reeded

Reed"ed
a.
1.
Civered with reeds; reedy.
Tusser.

2.
Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.


word: Reeden
definition:
Reeden

Reed"en
(r?d"'n)
a.
Consisting of a reed or reeds.

Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood.
Dryden.


word: Reedification
definition:
Reedification

Re*ed`i*fi*ca"tion
(r?*?d`?*f?*k?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réédification. See Reedify.]
The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.


word: Reedify
definition:
Reedify

Re*ed"i*fy
(r?*?d"?*ff?)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + edify: cf. F. réédifier, L. reaedificare.]
To edify anew; to build again after destruction.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Reeding
definition:
Reeding

Reed"ing
(rēd"ĭng)
n.
[From 4th Reed.]
1.
(Arch.)
A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

&hand_; Several reedings are often placed together, parallel to each other, either projecting from, or inserted into, the adjoining surface. The decoration so produced is then called, in general, reeding.

2.
The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.


word: Reedling
definition:
Reedling

Reed"ling
(rēd"lĭng)
n.
(Zool.)
The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

&hand_; It is orange brown, marked with black, white, and yellow on the wings.  The male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.


word: Reedy
definition:
Reedy

Reed"y
(rēd"&ybreve_;)
a.
1.
Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
reedy
Thomson .

2.
Having the quality of a reed in tone, that is, harsh and thin, as some voices.


word: Reef
definition:
Reef

Reef
(rēf)
n.
[Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan. rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear.  Cf. Rift, Rive.]
1.
A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

2.
(Mining.)
A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia.  Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.

Reef builder (Zool.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs. -- Reef heron (Zool.), any heron of the genus Demigretta; as, the blue reef heron (Demigretta jugularis) of Australia.


word: Reef₂
definition:
Reef

Reef
n.
[Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together.  Cf. Reeve, v. t., River.]
(Naut.)
That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

&hand_; From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part.
Totten.

Close reef, the last reef that can be put in. -- Reef band. See Reef-band in the Vocabulary. -- Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under Knot. -- Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. Totten. -- Reef points, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. -- Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. Totten. -- To take a reef in, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar.


word: Reef₃
definition:
Reef

Reef
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reefed (rēft); p. pr. & vb. n. Reefing.]
(Naut.)
To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by rolling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
Totten.

To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.


word: Reef-band
definition:
Reef-band

Reef"-band`
(rēf"bănd`)
n.
(Naut.)
A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
Totten.


word: Reefer
definition:
Reefer

Reef"er
(rēf"ẽr)
n.
1.
(Naut.)
One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.
Marryat.

2.
A close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

3.
A marijuana cigarette.
[Slang]


word: Reefing
definition:
Reefing

Reef"ing
n.
(Naut.)
The process of taking in a reef.

Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.


word: Reek₂
definition:
Reek

Reek
n.
[AS. rēc; akin to OFries. rēk, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rög, Sw. rök, Icel. reykr, and to AS. reócan to reek, smoke, Icel. rjūka, G. riechen to smell.]
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.
Shak.


word: Reek₃
definition:
Reek

Reek
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reeked (rēkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.]
[As. rēcan. See Reek vapor.]
To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.

Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.
Spenser.

I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.
Milton.

The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.
Macaulay.


word: Reeky
definition:
Reeky

Reek"y
(-?)
a.
[From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.]
1.
Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
Shak.

2.
Emitting reek.
Reeky
Sir W. Scott.


word: Reel
definition:
Reel

Reel
(rēl)
n.
[Gael. righil.]
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English “country dance,” or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.


word: Reel₂
definition:
Reel

Reel
(rēl)
n.
[AS. hreól: cf. Icel. hræll a weaver's reed or sley.]
1.
A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.

2.
A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
McElrath.

3.
(Agric.)
A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

Reel oven, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a horizontal axis. Knight.


word: Reel₃
definition:
Reel

Reel
(rēl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reeled (r?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeling. ]
1.
To roll.
[Obs.]

And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel.
Spenser.

2.
To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.


word: Reel₄
definition:
Reel

Reel
(rēl)
v. i.
[Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.]
1.
To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man.
Ps. cvii. 27.

He, with heavy fumes oppressed,
Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest.
Pope.

The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.
Macaulay.

2.
To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.

In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
Hawthorne.


word: Reelection
definition:
Reelection

Re`e*lec"tion
(-l?k"sh?n)
n.
Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief.


word: Reeler
definition:
Reeler

Reel"er
(r?l"?r)
n.
1.
One who reels.

2.
(Zool.)
The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Reeligible
definition:
Reeligible

Re*el"i*gi*ble
(rē*ĕl"ĭ*jĭ*b'l)
a.
Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office.
Re*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty (rē*ĕl`ĭ*jĭ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;), n.


word: Reem
definition:
Reem

Reem
(r?m)
n.
[Heb.]
(Zool.)
The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.

&hand_; In King James's Version it is called unicorn; in the Revised Version,wild ox.   Job xxxix. 9.


word: Reem₂
definition:
Reem

Reem
v. t.
[Cf. Ream to make a hole in.]
(Naut.)
To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.


word: Reembark
definition:
Reembark

Re`em*bark"
(r?`?m*b?rk")
v. t. & i.
To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.


word: Reembarkation
definition:
Reembarkation

Re*em`bar*ka"tion
(r?*?m`b?r*k?"sh?n)
n.
A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.


word: Reembrace
definition:
Reembrace

Re`em*brace"
(-br?s")
v. i.
To embrace again.

re-emerge
v.
1.
to appear once more.

Syn. -- reappear, appear again.


word: re-emphasise
definition:
re-emphasise

re-emphasise

reemphasise, re-emphasise
v. t.
Same as reemphasize.
[mostly Brit.]

Syn. -- re-emphasize.


word: reemphasize
definition:
reemphasize

re-emphasize

reemphasize, re-emphasize
v. t.
To emphasize again.

Syn. -- re-emphasise.


word: Reenact
definition:
Reenact

Re-enact

Re`en*act", Re`-en*act"
(r?`?n*?kt")
v. t.
1.
To enact again.

2.
Specifically:
To enact into law, again; as, Congress reenacted the environmental law, which had expired.

3.
To perform (an action) as a simulation of a prior event; as, She re-enacted what had happened earlier that day; the historical society reenacted the signing of the Declaration of Independence; the militia reenacted the battle of Trenton.

Syn. -- model, reenact, simulate, act out.


word: Reenactment
definition:
Reenactment

Re`en*act"ment
(-?kt"ment)
n.
The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.


word: Reendow
definition:
Reendow

Re`en*dow"
(-dou")
v. t.
To endow again.

re-enforce
v.
1.
to make stronger; "reinforced concrete".

Syn. -- reinforce, reenforce.


word: Reenforce
definition:
Reenforce

re-enforce

Re`en*force", Re`-en*force"
(rē`ĕn*f&omacrrs")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + enforce: cf. F. renforcer.]
1.
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment;
especially,
to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
[Written also reinforce.]

2.
(Psychology)
To increase the likelihood that (a specific behavior) will be repeated by giving a reward or punishment to a person or animal; as, to reenforce the students' willingness to study by giving awards for good grades.


word: Reenforce₂
definition:
Reenforce

Re`en*force"
n.
[See Reenforce, v., and cf. Ranforce, Reinforce.]
Something which reenforces or strengthens.
Specifically:
(a)
That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon.
(b)
An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.
[Written also reinforce.]


word: Reenforced concrete
definition:
Reenforced concrete

Reenforced concrete
Concrete having within its mass a system of iron or steel supports, such as bars, rods, or a heavy mesh, to provide increased tensile strength and shear resistance.  Same as Ferro-concrete.

Syn. -- reinforced concrete.


word: Reenforcement
definition:
Reenforcement

Re`en*force"ment
(r?`?n*f?rs"ment)
n.
1.
The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.

2.
That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.

3.
(Psychology)
A reward or punishment which is given to a person or animal in order to increase the likelihood that a specific behavior will be repeated.


word: Reenter
definition:
Reenter

re-enter

Re*en"ter, Re-en"ter
(r?*?n"t?r)
v. t.
1.
To enter again; as, You cannot re-enter the country with this visa.

2.
(Engraving)
To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.

3.
(Computers)
To put (data) into a document or form on a computer again; -- usually to correct an erroneous entry; as, the password was incorrect, and had to be reentered.


word: Reenter₂
definition:
Reenter

Re*en"ter
v. i.
To enter anew or again.

Reentering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut. -- Reentering polygon, a polygon having one or more reentering angles.


word: Reentering
definition:
Reentering

Re*en"ter*ing
n.
(Calico Printing.)
The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.


word: Reentrant
definition:
Reentrant

Re*en"trant
(rē`ĕn"trant)
a.
Reentering; pointing or directed inwards; as, a reentrant angle.


word: Reentry
definition:
Reentry

Re*en"try
(rē`ĕn"tr&ybreve_;)
n.
1.
A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.

2.
(Law)
A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
Burrill.

3.
(Astronautics)
To enter (the Earth's atmosphere) after having passed beyond the atmosphere, as when in orbit or returning from another planet.

Card of reentry, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.


word: reequip
definition:
reequip

re-equip

reequip, re-equip
v. t.
1.
1
to furnish with new equipment.  Forms with and without the hyphen are common.

Syn. -- rejig.


word: Reestablish
definition:
Reestablish

Re`es*tab"lish
(r?`?s*t?b"l?sh)
v. t.
To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health.


word: Reestablishment
definition:
Reestablishment

Re`es*tab"lish*ment
(-mnt)
n.
The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished.
Addison.


word: reevaluate
definition:
reevaluate

re-evaluate

reevaluate, re-evaluate
v. t.
To revise or renew one's assessment; to evaluate again.

Syn. -- re-assess, reassess.


word: Reexchange
definition:
Reexchange

Re`ex*change"
(r?`?ks*ch?nj")
v. t.
To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).


word: Reexchange₂
definition:
Reexchange

Re`ex*change"
n.
1.
A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.

2.
(Com.)
The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up.
Bouvier.

The rate of reexchange is regulated with respect to the drawer, at the course of exchange between the place where the bill of exchange was payable, and the place where it was drawn. Reexchange can not be cumulated.
Walsh.


word: reexplain
definition:
reexplain

re-explain

reexplain, re-explain
v. t.
1.
To explain or interpret from a different viewpoint.  The form without the hyphen is more common.

Syn. -- reinterpret.


word: reexplore
definition:
reexplore

re-explore

reexplore, re-explore
v. t.
to explore again; as, We need to re-explore Colonialism.

Syn. -- explore again.


word: Reexportation
definition:
Reexportation

Re*ex`por*ta"tion
(-p?r*t?"sh?n)
n.
The act of reexporting, or of exporting an import.
A. Smith.


word: Refaction
definition:
Refaction

Re*fac"tion
(r?*f?k"sh?n)
n.
[See Refection.]
Recompense; atonement; retribution.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Refait
definition:
Refait

Re*fait"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Card Playing)
A drawn game;
specif.
(Trente et quarante)
A state of the game in which the aggregate pip value of cards dealt to red equals that of those dealt to black. All bets are then off; unless the value is 31, in which case the banker wins half the stakes.


word: Refar
definition:
Refar

Re*far"
(r?*f?r")
v. t.
[Cf. F. refaire to do over again.]
To go over again; to repeat.
[Obs.]

To him therefore this wonder done refar.
Fairfax.


word: Refashion
definition:
Refashion

Re*fash"ion
(r?*f?sh"?n)
v. t.
To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.
MacKnight.


word: Refashionment
definition:
Refashionment

Re*fash"ion*ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.
[R.]
Leigh Hunt.


word: Refect
definition:
Refect

Re*fect"
(r?*f?kt)
v. t.
[L. refectus, p. p. of reficere; pref. re- re- + facere to make.]
To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh.
[Archaic]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Refection
definition:
Refection

Re*fec"tion
(r?*f?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. refectio: cf. F. réfection. See Refect, Fact.]
Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.

[His] feeble spirit inly felt refection.
Spenser.

Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods.
Curran.


word: Refectory
definition:
Refectory

Re*fec"to*ry
(-o̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
pl.; Refectories (-r_;z).
[LL. refectorium: cf. F.  réfectoire. See Refection.]
A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

&hand_; Sometimes pronounced rĕf"ĕk*to̝*r&ybreve_;, especially when signifying the eating room in monasteries.


word: Refel
definition:
Refel

Re*fel"
(r?*f?l")
v. t.
[L. refellere; pref. re- re- + fallere to deceive.]
To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.
[Obs.]

How he refelled me, and how I replied.
Shak.


word: Refer
definition:
Refer

Re*fer"
(re̝*fẽr")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Referred (re̝*fẽrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Referring.]
[F. référer, L.  referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See Bear to carry.]
1.
To carry or send back.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

3.
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.

To refer one's self, to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.]

I'll refer me to all things sense.
Shak.


word: Refer₂
definition:
Refer

Re*fer"
v. i.
1.
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.

In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust.
Bacon.

2.
To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.

Of those places that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job.
Bp. Burnet.

3.
To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.

4.
To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.

Now to the universal whole advert:
The earth regard as of that whole a part.
Blackmore.


word: Referable
definition:
Referable

Ref"er*a*ble
(r?f"?r*?*b'l)
a.
Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.
[Written also referrible.]

It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause.
W. Nicholson.


word: Referee
definition:
Referee

Ref`er*ee"
(-_;)
n.
One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.


word: Reference
definition:
Reference

Ref"er*ence
(r?f"?r-ens)
n.
[See Refer.]
1.
The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

2.
That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

3.
Relation; regard; respect.

Something that hath a reference to my state.
Shak.

4.
One who, or that which, is referred to.
Specifically;
(a)
One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
(b)
A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.

5.
(Law)
(a)
The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
(b)
(Equity)
The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.

6.
Appeal.
[R.]
reference
Shak.

Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin of the text.


word: Referendary
definition:
Referendary

Ref`er*en"da*ry
(r?f`?r*?n"d?*r?)
n.
[LL. referendarius, fr. L. referendus to be referred, gerundive of referre: cf. F. référendaire. See Refer.]
1.
One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
Referendaries
Harmar.

3.
Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.


word: Referendum
definition:
Referendum

Ref`er*en"dum
(r?f`?r*?n"d?m)
n.
pl. -da (#)
[Gerundive fr. L. referre. See Refer.]
1.
A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

2.
The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.

3.
The principle or practice of referring measures passed upon by the legislative body to the body of voters, or electorate, for approval or rejection, as in the Swiss cantons (except Freiburg) and in various local governments in the United States, and also in the local option laws, etc.; also, the right to so approve or reject laws, or the vote by which this is done. Referendum is distinguished from the mandate, or instruction of representatives by the people, from direct government by the people, in which they initiate and make the laws by direct action without representation, and from a plebiscite, or popular vote taken on any measure proposed by a person or body having the initiative but not constituting a representative or constituent body.


word: Referential
definition:
Referential

Ref`er*en"tial
(-shal)
a.
Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use.
Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv.


word: Re-ferment
definition:
Re-ferment

Re`-fer*ment"
(r_;`f_;r*m_;nt")
v. t. & i.
To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.
Blackmore.


word: Refine
definition:
Refine

Re*fine"
(r?*f?n")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refined (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refining.]
[Pref. re- + fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]
1.
To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.

I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined.
Zech. xiii. 9.

2.
To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.

Love refines
The thoughts, and heart enlarges.
Milton.


word: Refine₂
definition:
Refine

Re*fine"
v. i.
1.
To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.

So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,
Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines.
Addison.

2.
To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories.
Dryden.

But let a lord once own the happy lines,
How the wit brightens! How the style refines!
Pope.

3.
To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
refining
Atterbury.


word: Refined
definition:
Refined

Re*fined"
(-f?nd")
a.
Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.

Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens.
Peacham.


word: Refinement
definition:
Refinement

Re*fine"ment
(r?*f?n"ment)
n.
[Cf. F. raffinement.]
1.
The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they.
Norris.

From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements.
Swift.

2.
That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.
refinements
Rogers.


word: Refinery
definition:
Refinery

Re*fin"er*y
(-?)
n.
pl. Refineries (-_;z).
[Cf. F. raffinerie.]
1.
The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

2.
A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.


word: Refit
definition:
Refit

Re*fit"
(r?*f?t")
v. t.
1.
To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.
Macaulay.

2.
To fit out or supply a second time.


word: Reflect
definition:
Reflect

Re*flect"
(r?*fl?kt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.]
[L. reflectere, reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1.
To bend back; to give a backwa_;d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.

Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations.
Fuller.

Bodies close together reflect their own color.
Dryden.

2.
To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

Nature is the glass reflecting God,
As by the sea reflected is the sun.
Young.


word: Reflect₂
definition:
Reflect

Re*flect"
v. i.
1.
To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.

2.
To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.

Whose virtues will, I hope,
Reflect on Rome, as Titan's rays on earth.
Shak.

3.
To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.

We can not be said to reflect upon any external object, except so far as that object has been previously perceived, and its image become part and parcel of our intellectual furniture.
Sir W. Hamilton.

All men are concious of the operations of their own minds, at all times, while they are awake, but there few who reflect upon them, or make them objects of thought.
Reid.

As I much reflected, much I mourned.
Prior.

4.
To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.

Errors of wives reflect on husbands still.
Dryden.

Neither do I reflect in the least upon the memory of his late majesty.
Swift.


word: Reflected
definition:
Reflected

Re*flect"ed
a.
1.
Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.

2.
Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.

3.
Bent backward or outward; reflexed.


word: Reflectent
definition:
Reflectent

Re*flect"ent
(r?*fl?kt"ent)
a.
[L. reflectens, p. pr. of reflectere. See Reflect.]
1.
Bending or flying back; reflected.
reflectent
Sir K. Digby.

2.
Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.
Sir K. Digby.


word: Reflecting
definition:
Reflecting

Re*flect"ing
a.
1.
Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.

2.
Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind.

Reflecting circle, an astronomical instrument for measuring angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle. -- Reflecting galvanometer, a galvanometer in which the deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image of a scale; -- called also mirror galvanometer. -- Reflecting goniometer. See under Goniometer. -- Reflecting telescope. See under Telescope.


word: Reflection
definition:
Reflection

Re*flec"tion
(r?*fl?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. reflexio: cf. F. réflexion. See Riflect.]
[Written also reflexion.]
1.
The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
(a)
The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below.

The eye sees not itself,
But by reflection, by some other things.
Shak.

By reflection, . . . I would be understood to mean, that notice which the mind takes of its own operations, and the manner of them, by reason whereof there come to be ideas of these operations in the understanding.
Locke.

This delight grows and improves under thought and reflection.
South.

2.
Shining; brightness, as of the sun.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
That which is produced by reflection.
(a)
An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.

As the sun water we can bear,
Yet not the sun, but his reflection, there.
Dryden.

Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him.
Atterbury.

4.
Censure; reproach cast.

He died; and oh! may no reflection shed
Its poisonous venom on the royal dead.
Prior.

5.
(Physiol.)
The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.

Angle of reflection, the angle which anything, as a ray of light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes with the perpendicular to the surface. -- Angle of total reflection. (Opt.) Same as Critical angle, under Critical.


word: Reflective
definition:
Reflective

Re*flect"ive
(r?*fl?kt"?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réflectif.  Cf. Reflexive.]
1.
Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

In the reflective stream the sighing bride, viewing her charms.
Prior.

2.
Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
Prior.

His perceptive and reflective faculties . . . thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.
Motley.

3.
Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

4.
(Gram.)
Reflexive; reciprocal.


word: Reflector
definition:
Reflector

Re*flect"or
(-ẽr)
n.
[Cf. F. réflecteur.]
1.
One who, or that which, reflects.
Boyle.

2.
(Physics)
(a)
Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.
(b)
A reflecting telescope.
(c)
A device for reflecting sound.


word: Reflet
definition:
Reflet

Re*flet"
(re*flĕ")
n.
[F., reflection. See Reflect.]
Luster; special brilliancy of surface; -- used esp. in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustered pottery such as majolica; as, silver reflet; gold reflet.


word: Reflex
definition:
Reflex

Re"flex
(r?"fl?ks)
a.
[L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F.  réflexe. See Reflect.]
1.
Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.

3.
(Physiol.)
Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.

Reflex action (Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells. -- Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory.


word: Reflex₂
definition:
Reflex

Re"flex
(r?"fl?ks; formerly r?*fl?ks")
n.
[L. reflexus a bending back. See Reflect.]
1.
Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

Yon gray is not the morning's eye,
'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow.
Shak.

On the depths of death there swims
The reflex of a human face.
Tennyson.

2.
(Physiol.)
An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.

Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.


word: Reflex₃
definition:
Reflex

Re*flex"
(r?*fl?ks")
v. t.
[L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere. See Reflect.]
1.
To reflect.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To bend back; to turn back.
J. Gregory.


word: Reflexibility
definition:
Reflexibility

Re*flex`i*bil"i*ty
(r?*fl?ks`?*b?l"?*t?)
n.
[Cf. F. réflexibilité.]
The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Reflexible
definition:
Reflexible

Re*flex"i*ble
(r?*fl?ks"?*b'l)
a.
[CF. F. réflexible.]
Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.

The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible and reflexible.
Cheyne.


word: Reflexive
definition:
Reflexive

Re*flex"ive
(-?v)
a.
1.
[Cf. F. réflexif.]
Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith.
Hammond.

2.
Implying censure.
[Obs.]
reflexive
South.

3.
(Gram.)
Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective.


word: Reflorescence
definition:
Reflorescence

Re`flo*res"cence
(r?`fl?*r?s"sens)
n.
(Bot.)
A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.


word: Refluency
definition:
Refluency

Refluence

{ Ref"lu*ence (r?f"l?-ens), Ref"lu*en*cy (-en*s?), }
n.
The quality of being refluent; a flowing back.


word: Refluent
definition:
Refluent

Ref"lu*ent
(-ent)
a.
[L. refluens, p. pr. of refluere to flow back; pref. re- re- + fluere to flow. See Flurent.]
Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
Cowper.

And refluent through the pass of fear
The battle's tide was poured.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Reflux₂
definition:
Reflux

Re"flux`
n.
[F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.]
A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.

All from me
Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound.
Milton.


word: Refocillate
definition:
Refocillate

Re*foc"il*late
(r?*f?s"?l*l?t)
v. t.
[L. refocillatus, p. p. of refocillare; pref. re- re- + focillare to revive by warmth.]
To refresh; to revive.
[Obs.]
Aubrey.


word: Refocillation
definition:
Refocillation

Re*foc`il*la"tion
(-l?"sh?n)
n.
Restoration of strength by refreshment.
[Obs.]
Middleton.


word: Reforest
definition:
Reforest

Re*for"est
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reforested (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Reforesting.]
To replant with trees; to reafforest; to reforestize.


word: Reforestation
definition:
Reforestation

Re`for*est*a"tion
(?)
n
replanting with trees; reconversion into a forest; the act of reforesting.


word: Reforestization
definition:
Reforestization

Re*for`est*i*za`tion
(r?*f?r`?st*?*z?"sh?n)
n.
The act or process of reforestizing.


word: Reforestize
definition:
Reforestize

Re*for"est*ize
(r?*f?r"?st*?z)
v. t.
To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.


word: Reforge
definition:
Reforge

Re*forge"
(r?*f?rj")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + forge: cf. F. reforger.]
To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over.
Udall.


word: Reform
definition:
Reform

Re*form"
(r?*f?rm")
v. t.
[F. réformer, L. reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. See Form.]
To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.
Swift.


word: Reform₂
definition:
Reform

Re*form"
v. i.
To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform.


word: Reform₃
definition:
Reform

Re*form"
n.
[F. réforme.]
Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.

Civil service reform. See under Civil. -- Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. -- Reform school, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]


word: Re-form
definition:
Re-form

Re-form"
(r?*f?rm")
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Re-formed (-f?rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Re-forming.]
To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.


word: Reformado
definition:
Reformado

Ref`or*ma"do
(-m?"d?)
n.
[Sp., fr. reformar, L. reformare. SEe Reform, v. t.]
1.
A monk of a reformed order.
[Obs.]
Weever.

2.
An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay.
[Obs.]


word: Reformalize
definition:
Reformalize

Re*form"al*ize
(r?*f?rm"al*?z)
v. i.
To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
[R.]


word: Reformation
definition:
Reformation

Ref`or*ma"tion
(r?f`?r*m?"sh?n)
n.
[F. réformation, L. reformatio.]
1.
The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.

Satire lashes vice into reformation.
Dryden.

2.
Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.


word: Re-formation
definition:
Re-formation

Re`-for*ma"tion
(r?`f?r*m?"sh?n)
n.
The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.


word: Reformative
definition:
Reformative

Re*form"a*tive
(r?*f?rm"?*t?v)
a.
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
Good.


word: Reformatory₂
definition:
Reformatory

Re*form"a*to*ry
n.
pl. -ries (-r_;z).
An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.

Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons.
Eng. Cyc.


word: Reformed
definition:
Reformed

Re*formed"
(r?*f?rmd")
a.
1.
Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.

The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith.
Macaulay.

2.
Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.

3.
(Mil.)
Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
[Eng.]


word: Reformer
definition:
Reformer

Re*form"er
(r?*f?rm"?r)
n.
1.
One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

2.
(Eccl.Hist.)
One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.


word: Refortification
definition:
Refortification

Re*for`ti*fi*ca"tion
(r?*f?r`t?*f?*k?"sh?n)
n.
A fortifying anew, or a second time.
Mitford.


word: Refossion
definition:
Refossion

Re*fos"sion
(r?*f?sh"?n)
n.
[L. refodere, refossum, to dig up again. See Fosse.]
The act of digging up again.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Refound
definition:
Refound

Re*found"
(r?*found")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + found to cast; cf. F. refondare.  Cf. Refund.]
1.
To found or cast anew.
refounded
T. Warton.

2.
To found or establish again; to re_;stablish.


word: Refract
definition:
Refract

Re*fract"
(r?*fr$kt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refracting.]
[L. refractus, p. p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F. réfracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n.]
1.
To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

2.
To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.


word: Refracted
definition:
Refracted

Re*fract"ed
a.
1.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.

2.
Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.


word: Refracting
definition:
Refracting

Re*fract"ing
a.
Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.

Refracting angle of a prism (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of light. -- Refracting telescope. (Opt.) See under Telescope.


word: Refraction
definition:
Refraction

Re*frac"tion
(r?*fr?k"sh?n)
n.
[F. réfraction.]
1.
The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.

2.
The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.

Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular.
Sir I. Newton.

3.
(Astron.)
(a)
The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction.
(b)
The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.

Angle of refraction (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the two media traversed by the ray. -- Conical refraction (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction, in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence; and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. -- Differential refraction (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed relative places of the two bodies. -- Double refraction (Opt.), the refraction of light in two directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative, double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix. -- Index of refraction. See under Index. -- Refraction circle (Opt.), an instrument provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of refraction. -- Refraction of latitude, longitude, declination, right ascension, etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. -- Terrestrial refraction, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying density.


word: Refractive
definition:
Refractive

Re*fract"ive
(r?*fr?kt"?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réfractif. See Refract.]
Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.

Refractive index. (Opt.) See Index of refraction, under Index. -- Absolute refractive index (Opt.), the index of refraction of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum. -- Relative refractive index (of two media) (Opt.), the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of the media into the other.


word: Refractometer
definition:
Refractometer

Re`frac*tom"e*ter
(r?`fr?k*t?m"?*t?r)
n.
[Refraction + -meter.]
(Opt.)
A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.


word: Refractor
definition:
Refractor

Re*fract"or
(r_;-fr_;kt"_;r)
n.
Anything that refracts
(Opt.)
A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.


word: Refractorily
definition:
Refractorily

Re*frac"to*ri*ly
(r?*fr?k"t?*r?*l?)
adv.
In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.


word: Refractory
definition:
Refractory

Re*frac"to*ry
(-r?)
a.
[L. refractorius, fr. refringere: cf.  F. refractaire. See Refract.]
1.
Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

Raging appetites that are
Most disobedient and refractory.
Shak.

2.
Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.


word: Refractory₂
definition:
Refractory

Re*frac"to*ry
n.
1.
A refractory person.
Bp. Hall.

2.
Refractoriness.
[Obs.]
Jer. TAylor.

3.
OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.
Knight.


word: Refracture
definition:
Refracture

Re*frac"ture
(r?*fr?k"t?r;135)
n.
(Surg.)
A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.


word: Refragable
definition:
Refragable

Ref"ra*ga*ble
(r?f"r?*g?*b'l)
a.
[LL. refragabilis, fr. L.  refragari to oppose.]
Capable of being refuted; refutable.
[R.]
Ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. [R.] -- Ref`ra*ga*bil"i*ty (-b_;l`_;*t_;), n. [R.]


word: Refrain
definition:
Refrain

Re*frain"
(re̝*frān")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refrained (-frānd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refraining.]
[OE. refreinen, OF. refrener, F. refréner, fr. L. refrenare; influenced by OF. refraindre to restrain, moderate, fr. LL.  refrangere, for L. refringere to break up, break (see Refract). L. refrenare is fr. pref. re- back + frenum bridle; cf. Skr. dh&rsdot_; to hold.]
1.
To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

His reason refraineth not his foul delight or talent.
Chaucer.

Refrain thy foot from their path.
Prov. i. 15.

2.
To abstain from.
[Obs.]

Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other counsel than to refrain cold drink.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Refrain₂
definition:
Refrain

Re*frain"
v. i.
To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.

Refrain from these men, and let them alone.
Acts v. 38.

They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Refrain₃
definition:
Refrain

Re*frain"
n.
[F. refrain, fr. OF. refraindre; cf. Pr. refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract,Refrain, v.]
The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

We hear the wild refrain.
Whittier.


word: Refrangibility
definition:
Refrangibility

Re*fran`gi*bil"i*ty
(r?*fr?n`j?*b?l"?*t?)
n.
[Cf. F. réfrangibilité.]
The quality of being refrangible.


word: Refrangible
definition:
Refrangible

Re*fran"gi*ble
(-fr?n"j?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. réfrangible. See Refract.]
Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.
Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.


word: Refrenation
definition:
Refrenation

Ref`re*na"tion
(r?f`r?*n?"sh?n)
n.
[L. refrenatio. See Refrain, v. t.]
The act of refraining.
[Obs.]


word: Refresh
definition:
Refresh

Re*fresh"
(r?*fr?sh")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refreshed (-fr?sht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing.]
[OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F.  rafra_;chir); pref. re- re- + fres fresh. F. frais. See Fresh, a.]
1.
To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
Chaucer.

Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours.
1 Cor. xvi. 18.

And labor shall refresh itself with hope.
Shak.

2.
To make as if new; to repair; to restore.

The rest refresh the scaly snakes that fol_;
The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold.
Dryden.

To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion.


word: Refresher
definition:
Refresher

Re*fresh"er
(-?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, refreshes.

2.
(Law)
An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted.

Ten guineas a day is the highest refresher which a counsel can charge.
London Truth.


word: Refreshment
definition:
Refreshment

Re*fresh"ment
(-ment)
n.
[CF. OF. refreschissement, F. rafraîchissement.]
1.
The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

2.
That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.


word: Refret
definition:
Refret

Re*fret"
(r?*fr?t")
n.
[OF. refret, L. refractus, p. p. See Refrain, n., Refract.]
Refrain.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Refreyd
definition:
Refreyd

Re*freyd"
(r?*fr?d")
v. t.
[OF. refreidier.]
To chill; to cool.
[Obs.]

Refreyded by sickness . . . or by cold drinks.
Chaucer.


word: Refrication
definition:
Refrication

Ref`ri*ca"tion
(r?f`r?*k?"sh?n)
n.
[L. refricare to rub again.]
A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
[Obs.]

A continual refrication of the memory.
Bp. Hall.


word: Refrigerant
definition:
Refrigerant

Re*frig"er*ant
(r?*fr?j"?r-ant)
a.
[L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. réfrigérant. See Refrigerate.]
Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Bacon.


word: Refrigerant₂
definition:
Refrigerant

Re*frig"er*ant
n.
That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively.
Holland.
refrigerant
Blair.


word: Refrigerate
definition:
Refrigerate

Re*frig"er*ate
(-āt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refrigerated (-ā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Refrigerating.]
[L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare; pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid.]
To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.


word: Refrigeration
definition:
Refrigeration

Re*frig`er*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réfrigération, L.  refrigeratio.]
The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.


word: Refrigerative
definition:
Refrigerative

Re*frig"er*a*tive
(r?*fr?j"?r*?*t?v)
a.
[Cf. F. réfrigératif.]
Cooling; allaying heat.
n. A refrigerant.

Crazed brains should come under a refrigerative treatment.
I. Taylor.


word: Refrigerator
definition:
Refrigerator

Re*frig"er*a`tor
(-?`t?r)
n.
That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
(a)
A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
(b)
An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.

Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.


word: Refrigeratory₂
definition:
Refrigeratory

Re*frig"er*a*to*ry
n.
pl. -ries (-fr_;z).
[CF. F. réfrigératoire.]
That which refrigerates or cools.
(a)
In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed.
(b)
The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.


word: Refrigerium
definition:
Refrigerium

Ref`ri*ge"ri*um
(r?f`r?*j?"r?*?m)
n.
[L.]
Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.
[Obs.]
South.


word: Refringency
definition:
Refringency

Re*frin"gen*cy
(r?*fr?n"jen*s?)
n.
The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies.
Nichol.


word: Refringent
definition:
Refringent

Re*frin"gent
(-jent)
a.
[L. refringens, p. pr. of refringere. See Refract.]
Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar.
Nichol.


word: Refuge
definition:
Refuge

Ref"uge
(r?f"?j)
n.
[F. réfuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive.]

1.
Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or refuge.
Milton.

We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
Heb. vi. 18.

2.
That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

The high hills are a refuger the wild goats.
Ps. civ. 18.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed.
Ps. ix. 9.

3.
An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Their latest refuge
Was to send him.
Shak.

Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing _;_;_; story in danger of darkness.
Sir H. Wotton.

Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. xx. -- House of refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.


word: Refugee
definition:
Refugee

Ref`u*gee"
(r?f`?*j?")
n.
[F. réfugié, fr. se réfugier to take refuge. See Refuge, n.]
1.
One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

2.
Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.


word: Refulgency
definition:
Refulgency

Refulgence

{ Re*ful"gence (r?*f?l"jens), Re*ful"gen*cy (-jen*s?), }
n.
[L. refulgentia. See Refulgent.]
The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.


word: Refulgent
definition:
Refulgent

Re*ful"gent
(r?*f?l"jent)
a.
[L. refulgens, p. pr. of refulgere to flash back, to shine bright; pref. re- re- + fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.]
Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams.
Re*ful"gent*ly, adv.

So conspicuous and refulgent a truth.
Boyle.


word: Refund
definition:
Refund

Re*fund"
(r?*f?nd")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + fund.]
To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.


word: Refund₂
definition:
Refund

Re*fund"
(r?*f?nd")
v. t.
[L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse.]
1.
To pour back.
[R. & Obs.]

Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object.
Ray.

2.
To give back; to repay; to restore.

A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken.
L'Estrange.

3.
To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
[Obs.]


word: Refurnishment
definition:
Refurnishment

Re*fur"nish*ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.

The refurnishment was in a style richer than before.
L. Wallace.


word: Refusable
definition:
Refusable

Re*fus"a*ble
(r?*f?z"?*b'l)
a.
[Cf. F. refusable. See Refuse.]
Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.


word: Refusal
definition:
Refusal

Re*fus"al
(-al)
n.
1.
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal, to distress me more?
Milton.

2.
The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.


word: Refuse
definition:
Refuse

Re*fuse"
(r?*f?z")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refused (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refusing.]
[F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L.  refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see Refund to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. Accuse, Ruse), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel, refute.  Cf. Refute.]
1.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

That never yet refused your hest.
Chaucer.

2.
(Mil.)
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar_; about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.

3.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use.
Herbert.

4.
To disown.
[Obs.]
Refuse
Shak.


word: Refuse₂
definition:
Refuse

Re*fuse"
v. i.
To deny compliance; not to comply.

Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse.
Garth.

If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword.
Isa. i. 20.


word: Refuse₄
definition:
Refuse

Ref`use
(r?f"?s;277)
n.
[F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny.]
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.


word: Refuse₅
definition:
Refuse

Ref"use
a.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1. Sam. xv. 9.


word: Refusion
definition:
Refusion

Re*fu"sion
(r?*f?"zh?n)
n.
[Pref. re- + fusion.]

1.
New or repeated melting, as of metals.

2.
Restoration.
refusion
Bp. Warbuton.


word: Refutable
definition:
Refutable

Re*fut"a*ble
(r?*f?t"?*b'l;277)
a.
[Cf. F. réfutable.]
Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.


word: Refutation
definition:
Refutation

Ref`u*ta"tion
(r?f`?*t?"sh?n)
n.
[L. refutatio: cf. F. réfutation.]
The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof.

Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation.
Macaulay.


word: Refutatory
definition:
Refutatory

Re*fut"a*to*ry
(re̝*fūt"ȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
[L. refutatorius: cf. F. réfutatoire.]
Tending to refute; refuting.


word: refute
definition:
refute

re*fute"
(re̝*fūt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Refuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refuting.]
[F. réfuter, L. refuteare to repel, refute.  Cf. Confute, Refuse to deny.]
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.

There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes.
Addison.


word: Regain
definition:
Regain

Re*gain"
(r?*g?n")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.]
To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.


word: Regal
definition:
Regal

Re"gal
(rē"gal)
a.
[L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]
Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.
regal
Shak.

He made a scorn of his regal oath.
Milton.


word: Regal₂
definition:
Regal

Re"gal
n.
[F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.]
(Mus.)
A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.


word: Regale
definition:
Regale

Re*ga"le
(re̝*gā"le̝)
n.
[LL. regale, pl. regalia, fr. L. regalis: cf. F. régale. See Regal.]
A prerogative of royalty.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Regale₂
definition:
Regale

Re*gale"
(re̝*gāl")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regaled (re̝*gāld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regaling.]
[F. régaler, Sp. regalar to regale, to caress, to melt, perhaps fr. L. regalare to thaw (cff. Gelatin), or cf. Sp. gala graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf. Gala), or most likely from OF. galer to rejoice, gale pleasure.]
To entertain in a regal or sumptuous manner; to entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.


word: Regale₄
definition:
Regale

Re*gale"
n.
[F. régal. See Regale, v. t.]
A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
Johnson. Cowper.

Two baked custards were produced as additions to the regale.
E. E. Hale.


word: Regalement
definition:
Regalement

Re*gale"ment
(re̝*gāl"ment)
n.
The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.


word: Regalia
definition:
Regalia

Re*ga"li*a
(re̝*gā"lĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
[LL., from L. regalisregal. See Regal.]
1.
That which belongs to royalty.
Specifically:
(a)
The rights and prerogatives of a king.
(b)
Royal estates and revenues.
(c)
Ensigns, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.

2.
Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.

3.
Sumptuous food; delicacies.
[Obs.]
Cotton.

Regalia of a church, the privileges granted to it by kings; sometimes, its patrimony. Brande & C.


word: Regalia₂
definition:
Regalia

Re*ga"li*a
n.
A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.


word: Regalian
definition:
Regalian

Re*ga"li*an
(-an)
a.
Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.
Hallam.


word: Regalism
definition:
Regalism

Re"gal*ism
(r?"gal*?z'm)
n.
The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.
[R.]
Cardinal Manning.


word: Regality
definition:
Regality

Re*gal"i*ty
(r?*g?l"?*t?)
n.
[LL. regalitas, from L. regalis regal, royal. See Regal, and cf. Royality.]

1.
Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.

[Passion] robs reason of her due regalitie.
Spenser.

He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in all points of regality.
Bacon.

2.
An ensign or badge of royalty.
[Obs.]


word: Regard
definition:
Regard

Re*gard"
(r?*g?rd")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Regarding.]
[F. regarder; pref. re- re + garder to guard, heed, keep. See Guard, and cf. Reward.]
1.
To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

Your niece regards me with an eye of favor.
Shak.

2.
Hence, to look or front toward; to face.
[Obs.]

It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland.
Sandys.

That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass_;ent of a hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river.
Evelyn.

3.
To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.

If much you note him,
You offened him; . . . feed, and regard him not.
Shak.

4.
To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.

5.
To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.

His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness.
Macaulay.

6.
To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.

He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd.
Rom. xiv. 6.

Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king.
Shak.

7.
To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition.
regarding
Shak.

8.
To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.


word: Regard₃
definition:
Regard

Re*gard"
n.
[F. regard See Regard, v. t.]
1.
A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.

But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled.
Milton.

2.
Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.

Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard.
Shak.

3.
That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.

He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards.
A. Smith.

Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference.
Hawthorne.

4.
State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.

A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power.
Spenser.

5.
Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.

Sad pause and deep regard become the sage.
Shak.

6.
Matter for consideration; account; condition.
[Obs.]
regard
Shak.

7.
Respect; relation; reference.

Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with regard to themselves; in justice and goodness with regard to their neighbors; and piefy toward God.
I. Watts.

&hand_; The phrase in regard of was formerly used as equivalent in meaning to on account of, but in modern usage is often improperly substituted for in respect to, or in regard to.
G. P. Marsh.

Change was thought necessary in regard of the injury the church did receive by a number of things then in use.
Hooker.

In regard of its security, it had a great advantage over the bandboxes.
Dickens.

8.
Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.
[R.]

Throw out our eyes for brave Othello,
Even till we make the main and the aerial blue
An indistinct regard.
Shak.

9.
(O.Eng.Law)
Supervision; inspection.

At regard of, in consideration of; in comparison with. [Obs.]  “Bodily penance is but short and little at regard of the pains of hell.” Chaucer. -- Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.


word: Regardable
definition:
Regardable

Re*gard"a*ble
(-?*b'l)
a.
Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Regardant
definition:
Regardant

Re*gard"ant
(-ant)
a.
[F. regardant, fr. regarder. See Regard, v. t.]
[Written also regardant.]
1.
Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

[He] turns thither his regardant eye.
Southey.

2.
(Her.)
Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.

3.
(O.Eng.Law)
Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.


word: Regarder
definition:
Regarder

Re*gard"er
(r?*g?rd"?r)
n.
1.
One who regards.

2.
(Eng. Forest law)
An officer appointed to supervise the forest.
Cowell.


word: Regardful
definition:
Regardful

Re*gard"ful
(-f?l)
a.
Heedful; attentive; observant.
Re*gard"ful*ly, adv.

Let a man be very tender and regardful of every pious motion made by the Spirit of God to his heart.
South.


word: Regardless
definition:
Regardless

Re*gard"less
a.
1.
Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.

Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat.
Milton.

2.
Not regarded; slighted.
[R.]
Spectator.


word: Regatta
definition:
Regatta

Re*gat"ta
(r?*g?t"t?)
n.
pl. Regattas (-t_;z).
[It. regatta, regata.]
Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.


word: Regelate
definition:
Regelate

Re"ge*late
(r?"j?*l?t or r?j"?-)
v. i.
(Physics)
To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.


word: Regelation
definition:
Regelation

Re`ge*la"tion
(-l?"sh?n)
n.
[Pref. re- + L. gelatio a freezing.]
(Physics)
The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.

&hand_; Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32_; Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is called regelation.
Faraday.


word: Regency
definition:
Regency

Re"gen*cy
(r?*jen*s?)
n.
pl. Regencies (-s_;z).
[CF. F. régence, LL. regentia. See Regent, a.]
1.
The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

2.
Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
Sir W. Temple.

3.
A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.

A council or regency consisting of twelve persons.
Lowth.


word: Regeneracy
definition:
Regeneracy

Re*gen"er*a*cy
(r?*j?n"?r*?*s?)
n.
[See Regenerate.]
The state of being regenerated.
Hammond.


word: Regenerate
definition:
Regenerate

Re*gen"er*ate
(-?t)
a.
[L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.]
1.
Reproduced.

The earthly author of my blood,
Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate,
Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up.
Shak.

2.
(Theol.)
Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.


word: Regenerate₂
definition:
Regenerate

Re*gen"er*ate
(r?*j?n"?r*?t)
v. t.
1.
To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.

Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads.
Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads.
Blackmore.

2.
(Theol.)
To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.

3.
Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.


word: Regeneration
definition:
Regeneration

Re*gen`er*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration.]
1.
The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

2.
(Theol.)
The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.

He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost.
Tit. iii. 5.

3.
(Biol.)
The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.

4.
(Physiol.)
(a)
The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.
(b)
The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.


word: Regenerative
definition:
Regenerative

Re*gen"er*a*tive
(r?*j?n"?r*?*t?v)
a.
Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences.
H. Bushnell.

Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.


word: Regenerator
definition:
Regenerator

Re*gen"er*a`tor
(-?`t?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, regenerates.

2.
(Mech.)
A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.


word: Regeneratory
definition:
Regeneratory

Re*gen"er*a*to*ry
(-?*t?*r?)
a.
Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
G. S. Faber.


word: Regenesis
definition:
Regenesis

Re*gen"e*sis
(-?*s?s)
n.
New birth; renewal.

A continued regenesis of dissenting sects.
H. Spenser.


word: Regent
definition:
Regent

Re"gent
(r?"jent)
a.
[L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. régent. See Regiment.]
1.
Ruling; governing; regnant.
regent
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Exercising vicarious authority.
Milton.

Queen regent. See under Queen, n.


word: Regent₂
definition:
Regent

Re"gent
n.
[F. régent. See Regent, a.]
1.
One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Milton.

2.
Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.

3.
One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

4.
(Eng.Univ.)
A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.

Regent bird (Zool.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III. -- The Regents of the University of the State of New York, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State.


word: Regent diamond
definition:
Regent diamond

Re"gent di"a*mond
A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.


word: Regerminate
definition:
Regerminate

Re*ger"mi*nate
(r?*j?r"m?*n?t)
v. i.
[Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L. regerminare.]
To germinate again.

Perennial plants regerminate several years successively.
J. Lee.


word: Regest
definition:
Regest

Re*gest"
(r?*j?st")
n.
[L. regesta, pl.: cf. OF. regestes, pl. See Register.]
A register.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Regian
definition:
Regian

Re"gi*an
(r?"j?-an)
n.
[L. regius regal.]
An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Regible
definition:
Regible

Reg"i*ble
(rĕj"ĭ*b'l)
a.
[L. regibilis, from regere to rule.]
Governable; tractable.
[Obs.]


word: Regicidal
definition:
Regicidal

Reg"i*ci`dal
(rĕj"ĭ*sī`dal)
a.
Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Regicide
definition:
Regicide

Reg"i*cide
(rĕj"ĭ*sīd)
n.
[F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill.  Cf. Homicide.]
1.
One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng. Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.

2.
The killing or the murder of a king.


word: Regidor
definition:
Regidor

Re`gi*dor"
(?)
n.
pl. -dores (#)
[Sp., fr. regir to rule, L. regere.]
One of a body of officers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman.


word: Regie
definition:
Regie

Ré`gie"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
Direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed to the contract system.

2.
Specif.:
The system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them out.

3.
Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco, salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain.


word: Regime
definition:
Regime

Ré`gime"
(r?`zh?m")
n.
[F. See Regimen.]
1.
Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come.
H. Kingsley.

2.
(Hydraul.)
The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.

The ancient régime, or Ancien régime [F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.


word: Regimen
definition:
Regimen

Reg"i*men
(r?j"?*m?n)
n.
[L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, Régime, Regiment.]
1.
Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
Hallam.

2.
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
(Med.)
a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

3.
(Gram.)
(a)
A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
(b)
The word or words governed.


word: Regiment
definition:
Regiment

Reg"i*ment
(-ment)
n.
[F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.]
1.
Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Regiment
Bacon.

But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Marlowe.

The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment.
Hocker.

2.
A region or district governed.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
(Mil.)
A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

&hand_; In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades.

Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]


word: Regiment₂
definition:
Regiment

Reg"i*ment
(-ment)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.]
1.
To form into a regiment or into regiments.
Washington.


2.
To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.
The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.
J. W. Powell.

3.
To organize and manage in a uniform and rigid manner; to control with a strict discipline.


word: Regimental
definition:
Regimental

Reg`i*men"tal
(-mĕn"tal)
a.
Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing.

Regimental school, in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.


word: Regimentally
definition:
Regimentally

Reg`i*men"tal*ly
adv.
In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.


word: Regimentals
definition:
Regimentals

Reg`i*men"tals
(-talz)
n. pl.
(Mil.)
The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
Colman.


word: Region
definition:
Region

Re"gion
(r?"j?n)
n.
[F. région, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]
1.
One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.

If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,
Or unknown region.
Milton.

2.
Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.
region
Shak.

Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis.
Luke iii. 1.

3.
The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
[Obs.]

Anon the dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region.
Shak.

4.
The inhabitants of a district.
Matt. iii. 5.  

5.
Place; rank; station.
[Obs. or R.]

He is of too high a region.
Shak.


word: Regious
definition:
Regious

Re"gi*ous
(-j?*?s)
a.
[L. regius royal, fr. rex, regis, king.]
Regal; royal.
[Obs.]
Harrington.


word: Register
definition:
Register

Reg"is*ter
(r?j"?s*t?r)
n.
[OE. registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta, pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register; pref. re- re- + gerere to carry. See Jest, and cf. Regest.]
1.
A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn another into the register of your own.
Shak.

2.
(Com.)
(a)
A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
(b)
A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

3.
[Cf. LL. registrarius.  Cf. Regisrar.]
One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.

4.
That which registers or records.
(a)
(Mech.)
A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.
(b)
(Teleg.)
The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.
(c)
A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale.

5.
A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.

6.
(Print.)
(a)
The inner part of the mold in which types are cast.
(b)
The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet.
(c)
The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2.

7.
(Mus.)
(a)
The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register.

&hand_; In respect to the vocal tones, the thick register properly extends below from the F on the lower space of the treble staff. The thin register extends an octave above this. The small register is above the thin. The voice in the thick register is called the chest voice; in the thin, the head voice. Falsetto is a kind off voice, of a thin, shrull quality, made by using the mechanism of the upper thin register for tones below the proper limit on the scale.
E. Behnke.

Parish register, A book in which are recorded the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish.


word: Register₂
definition:
Register

Reg"is*ter
(rĕj"ĭs*tẽr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Registere (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Registering.]
[Cf. F. regisrer, exregistrer, LL. registrare. See Register, n.]
1.
To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service.

2.
To enroll; to enter in a list.

Such follow him as shall be registered.
Milton.

3.
(Securities)
To enter the name of the owner of (a share of stock, a bond, or other security) in a register, or record book. A registered security is transferable only on the written assignment of the owner of record and on surrender of his bond, stock certificate, or the like.

Registered letter, a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.


word: Register₃
definition:
Register

Reg"is*ter
v. i.
1.
To enroll one's name in a register.

2.
(Print.)
To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary.


word: Registering
definition:
Registering

Reg"is*ter*ing
a.
Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.


word: Registrant
definition:
Registrant

Reg"is*trant
(-trant)
n.
[L.  registrans, p. pr.]
One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.


word: Registrar
definition:
Registrar

Reg"is*trar
(-tr?r)
n.
[LL. registrarius, or F. régistraire. See Register.]
One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.


word: Registration
definition:
Registration

Reg`is*tra"tion
(-tr?"sh?n)
n.
[LL. registratio, or F. régistration. See Register, v.]
1.
The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

2.
(Mus.)
The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.


word: Registry
definition:
Registry

Reg"is*try
(r?j"?s*tr?)
n.
1.
The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.

2.
The place where a register is kept.

3.
A record; an account; a register.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Regius
definition:
Regius

Re"gi*us
(r?l"?*?s)
a.
[L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.]
Of or pertaining to a king; royal.

Regius professor, an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.


word: Reglement
definition:
Reglement

Re"gle*ment
(r?g"'l*ment)
n.
[F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare. See Regulate.]
Regulation.
[Obs.]

The reformation and reglement of usury.
Bacon.


word: Reglementary
definition:
Reglementary

Reg`le*men"ta*ry
(-l?*m?n"t?*r?)
a.
[F. réglementaire, fr. réglement.]
Regulative.
[R.]


word: Reglet
definition:
Reglet

Reg"let
(r?g"l?t)
n.
[F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule.]
1.
(Arch.)
A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column.

2.
(Print.)
A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like.


word: Regma
definition:
Regma

Reg"ma
(r?g"m?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;, -_;_;_;, fracture, fr. _;_;_;_;_;_; to break.]
(Bot.)
A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.


word: Regnal
definition:
Regnal

Reg"nal
(r?g"nal)
a.
[L. regnum reign.]
Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.


word: Regnancy
definition:
Regnancy

Reg"nan*cy
(-nan*s?)
n.
The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
Coleridge.


word: Regnant
definition:
Regnant

Reg"nant
(-nant)
a.
[L. regnans, -antis, p. pr. of regnare to reign: cf. F régnant. See Reign.]
1.
Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.

2.
Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
regnant
Swift.


word: Regorge
definition:
Regorge

Re*gorge"
(r?*g?rj")
v. t.
[F. regorder; re- + gorger to gorge.  Cf. Regurgitate.]
1.
To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
Hayward.

2.
To swallow again; to swallow back.

Tides at highest mark regorge the flood.
Dryden.


word: Regrade
definition:
Regrade

Re*grade"
(r?*gr?d")
v. i.
[L. re- re- + gradi to go.  Cf. Regrede. ]
To retire; to go back.
[Obs.]
W. Hales.


word: Regrant₂
definition:
Regrant

Re*grant"
n.
1.
The act of granting back to a former proprietor.

2.
A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.


word: Regrate
definition:
Regrate

Re*grate"
(r?*gr?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.]
[F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]
1.
(Masonry)
To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

2.
To offend; to shock.
[Obs.]
Derham.


word: Regrate₂
definition:
Regrate

Re*grate"
v. t.
[F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.]
(Eng.Law)
To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.


word: Regratiatory
definition:
Regratiatory

Re*gra"ti*a*to*ry
(r?*gr?"sh?*?*t?*r?)
n.
A returning or giving of thanks.
[Obs.]
Skelton.


word: Regrede
definition:
Regrede

Re*grede"
(r?*gr?d")
v. i.
[L. regredi to go back.  Cf. Regrade, Regress.]
To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
[R.]
Todhunter.


word: Regredience
definition:
Regredience

Re*gre"di*ence
(r?*gr?"d?-ens)
n.
A going back; a retrogression; a return.
[R.]
Herrick.


word: Regreet
definition:
Regreet

Re*greet"
(r?*gr?t")
v. t.
To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
Shak.


word: Regress
definition:
Regress

Re"gress
(r?"gr?s)
n.
[L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]
1.
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”.
F. Harrison.

2.
The power or liberty of passing back.
Shak.


word: Regress₂
definition:
Regress

Re*gress"
(r?*gr?s")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Regressed (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]
To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Regression
definition:
Regression

Re*gres"sion
(r?*gr?sh"?n)
n.
[L. regressio: cf. F. régression.]
The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Sir T. Browne.

Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. -- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.


word: Regressive
definition:
Regressive

Re*gress"ive
(r?*gr?s"?v)
a.
[Cf. F. régressif.]

1.
Passing back; returning.

2.
Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.

Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.


word: Regret
definition:
Regret

Re*gret"
(r?*gr?t")
n.
[F., fr. regretter. See Regret, v.]
1.
Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.
regret
Dr. H. More.

What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe?
Macaulay.

Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant.
Clarendon.

From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
W. Irving.

2.
Dislike; aversion.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Regret₂
definition:
Regret

Re*gret"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regretted (-tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting.]
[F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. grētan to weep, Icel. grāta. See Greet to lament.]
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.

Calmly he looked on either life, and here
Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear.
Pope.

In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
Macaulay.

Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken.
Macaulay.


word: Regretful
definition:
Regretful

Re*gret"ful
(-f?l)
a.
Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.


word: regroup
definition:
regroup

re-group

regroup, re-group
v. i. & t.
To reorganize into new groups; to reform a group that has been dispersed.  The spelling without the hyphen is more common.


word: Regrow
definition:
Regrow

Re*grow"
(r?*gr?")
v. i. & t.
To grow again.

The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.]
A. B. Buckley.


word: Regrowth
definition:
Regrowth

Re*growth"
(r?*gr?th")
n.
The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.
Darwin.

The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off.
A. B. Buckley.


word: Reguerdon
definition:
Reguerdon

Re*guer"don
(r?*g?r"d?n)
v. t.
[Pref. re- re- + guerdon: cf. OF. reguerdonner.]
To reward.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Regular
definition:
Regular

Reg"u*lar
(-l?r)
a.
[L. regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. régulier. See Rule.]

1.
Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

2.
Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

3.
Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

4.
Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

5.
Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
[Colloq.]

6.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

7.
(Crystallog.)
Same as Isometric.

Regular polygon (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular. -- Regular polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. -- Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. -- Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; -- opposed to militia.


word: Regular₂
definition:
Regular

Reg"u*lar
(rĕg"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
n.
[LL. regularis: cf. F. régulier. See Regular, a.]
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.
Bp. Fitzpatrick.

2.
(Mil.)
A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.


word: Regularia
definition:
Regularia

Reg`u*la"ri*a
(rĕg`&uuptack_;*lā"rĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.


word: Regularity
definition:
Regularity

Reg`u*lar"i*ty
(-l?r"?*t?)
n.
[Cf. F.  régularité.]
The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.


word: Regularize
definition:
Regularize

Reg"u*lar*ize
(rĕg"&uuptack_;*lẽr*īz)
v. t.
To cause to become regular; to regulate.
[R.]


word: Regularly
definition:
Regularly

Reg"u*lar*ly
adv.
In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.


word: Regulate
definition:
Regulate

Reg"u*late
(-lāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Regulated (-lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.]
[L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1.
To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons.
Macaulay.

The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
Bancroft.

2.
To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

3.
To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.

To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.


word: Regulation
definition:
Regulation

Reg`u*la"tion
(-l?"sh?n)
n.
1.
The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

The temper and regulation of our own minds.
Macaulay.

2.
A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.


word: Regulative
definition:
Regulative

Reg"u*la*tive
(r?g"?*l?*t?v)
a.
1.
Tending to regulate; regulating.
Whewell.

2.
(Metaph.)
Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty.
Sir W. Hamilton.

&hand_; These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.


word: Regulator
definition:
Regulator

Reg"u*la`tor
(-l?`t?r)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, regulates.

2.
(Mach.)
A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion
as:
(a)
The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance.
(b)
The governor of a steam engine.
(c)
A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

3.
A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

4.
A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes.
[U.S.]

A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators.
Bancroft.


word: Reguline
definition:
Reguline

Reg"u*line
(r?g"?*l?n)
a.
[Cf. F. régulin. See Regulus.]
(Chem. & Metal.)
Of or pertaining to regulus.


word: Regulize
definition:
Regulize

Reg"u*lize
(-l?z)
v. t.
(Old Chem.)
To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony.
[Archaic]


word: Regulus
definition:
Regulus

Reg"u*lus
(-l?s)
n.
pl. E. Reguluses (-_;z), L. Reguli (-l_;).
[L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. régule. See Regal.]
1.
A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

2.
(Chem. & Metal.)
The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.

&hand_; The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone.
Ure.

3.
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.


word: Regurgitate
definition:
Regurgitate

Re*gur"gi*tate
(r?*g?r"j?*t?t)
v. t.
[LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf.  Cf. Regorge.]
To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.


word: Regurgitate₂
definition:
Regurgitate

Re*gur"gi*tate
v. i.
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth.
Quain.


word: Regurgitation
definition:
Regurgitation

Re*gur`gi*ta"tion
(-t?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. régurgitation.]
1.
The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance
(Med.)
the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.
Quain.

2.
The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.


word: Rehabilitate
definition:
Rehabilitate

Re`ha*bil"i*tate
(r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.]
[Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. réhabiliter.]
To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law.

Restoring and rehabilitating the party.
Burke.


word: Rehabilitation
definition:
Rehabilitation

Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion
(-t?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. Réhabilitation.]
The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.
Bouvier. Walsh.


word: Rehash
definition:
Rehash

Re*hash"
(r?*h?sh")
v. t.
To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.


word: Rehear
definition:
Rehear

Re*hear"
(r?*h?r")
v. t.
To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.


word: Rehearsal
definition:
Rehearsal

Re*hears"al
(r?*h?rs"a)
n.
The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
Chaucer.

In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer.
Hooker.

Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal.
Shak.

Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.


word: Rehearse
definition:
Rehearse

Re*hearse"
(r?*h?rs")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-h?rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.]
[OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.]
1.
To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
Chaucer.

When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul.
1 Sam. xvii. 31.

2.
To narrate; to relate; to tell.

Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord.
Judg. . v. 11.

3.
To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

4.
To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
[R.]

He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.
Dickens.


word: Reheat
definition:
Reheat

Re*heat"
(r?*h?t")
v. t.
1.
To heat again.

2.
To revive; to cheer; to cherish.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Rehibition
definition:
Rehibition

Re`hi*bi"tion
(r?`h?*b?sh"?n)
n.
[Pref. re- + L. habere to have.]
(Law)
The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.


word: Rehibitory
definition:
Rehibitory

Re*hib"i*to*ry
(r?*h?b"?*t?*r?)
a.
(Law)
Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.


word: Rehypothecate
definition:
Rehypothecate

Re`hy*poth"e*cate
(r?`h?*p?th"?*k?t)
v. t.
(Law)
To hypothecate again.
Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion, n.


word: Rei
definition:
Rei

Rei
(r?)
n.
pl. Reis (r_;"_;s or r_;z).
[Pg. real, pl. reis. See Real a coin.]
A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent.
[Spelt also ree.]


word: Reichsrath
definition:
Reichsrath

Reichs"rath`
(r?ks"r?t)
n.
[G]
The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.


word: Reichstag
definition:
Reichstag

Reichs"tag`
(r?ks"t?g`)
n.
[G.]
1.
[Note: from the 1913 definition]
The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire (and of the Weimar Republic), which was composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. This term is no longer (in 1997) applied to the German parliament. See also Bundesrath.

2.
[Note: from the 1913 definition]
The national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members). See Legislative, Diet.
[archaic]


word: Reigle
definition:
Reigle

Rei"gle
(r?"g'l)
n.
[F. règle a rule, fr. L. regula. See Rule.]
A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate.
Carew.


word: Reign
definition:
Reign

Reign
(rān)
n.
[OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen.]
1.
Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

He who like a father held his reign.
Pope.

Saturn's sons received the threefold reign
Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
Prior.

2.
The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

[God] him bereft the regne that he had.
Chaucer.

3.
The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.


word: Reign₂
definition:
Reign

Reign
(r?n)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Reigned (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reigning.]
[OE.  regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]
1.
To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
Chaucer.

We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke xix. 14.

Shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom?
Shak.

2.
Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
reign
Bacon.

3.
To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.
Rom. vi. 12.


word: Reillume
definition:
Reillume

Re`il*lume"
(r?`?l*l?m")
v. t.
To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
reillume
J. R. Drake.


word: Reim
definition:
Reim

Reim
(r?m)
n.
[D. riem, akin to G riemen; CF. Gr. _;_;_;_; a towing line.]
A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.
[South Africa]
Simmonds.


word: Reimbursable
definition:
Reimbursable

Re`im*burs"a*ble
(r?`?m*b?rs"?*b'l)
a.
[CF. F. remboursable.]
Capable of being repaid; repayable.

A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years.
A. Hamilton.


word: Reimburse
definition:
Reimburse

Re`im*burse"
(-b?rs")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-b?rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.]
[Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.]
1.
To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

2.
To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation.
Paley.


word: Reimbursement
definition:
Reimbursement

Re`im*burse"ment
(-b?rs"ment)
n.
[Cf. F. rembursement.]
The act reimbursing.
A. Hamilton.


word: Reimport
definition:
Reimport

Re`im*port"
(-p?rt")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + import: cf. F. remporter.]
To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.
Young.


word: Reimportation
definition:
Reimportation

Re*im`por*ta"tion
(r?*?m`p?r*t?"sh?n)
n.
The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.


word: Reimprisonment
definition:
Reimprisonment

Re`im*pris"on*ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.


word: Rein
definition:
Rein

Rein
(r?n)
n.
[F. rêne, fr. (assumed) LL. retina, fr. L. retinere to hold back. See Retain.]
1.
The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

This knight laid hold upon his reyne.
Chaucer.

2.
Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.
rein
Milton.

To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. -- To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.


word: Rein₂
definition:
Rein

Rein
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reined (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reining.]
1.
To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.

He mounts and reins his horse.
Chapman.

2.
To restrain; to control; to check.

Being once chafed, he can not
Be reined again to temperance.
Shak.

To rein in or To rein up, (a) to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence, (a) to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; -- to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive.


word: Reindeer
definition:
Reindeer

Rein"deer`
(rān"dēr)
n.
[Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.]
[Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.]
(Zool.)
Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

&hand_; The common European species (Rangifer tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland.  The woodland reindeer or caribou (Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.)  The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (Rangifer Groenlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries.

Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions.  It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. -- Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.


word: Reinette
definition:
Reinette

Rei*nette"
(r?*n?t")
n.
[F. See 1st Rennet.]
(Bot.)
A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.


word: Reinforced concrete
definition:
Reinforced concrete

Re`in*forced con"crete
Concrete having within its mass a system of iron or steel supports, such as bars, rods, or a heavy mesh, to provide increased tensile strength and shear resistance.  Same as Ferro-concrete.
[Also spelled reenforced concrete.]


word: Reinfund
definition:
Reinfund

Re`in*fund"
(-f?nd")
v. i.
[Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in.]
To flow in anew.
[Obs.]
Swift.


word: Reinless
definition:
Reinless

Rein"less
(r?n"l?s)
a.
Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.


word: Reins
definition:
Reins

Reins
(rānz)
n. pl.
[F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.]
1.
The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

2.
The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.

My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Prov. xxiii. 16.

I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
Rev. ii. 23.

Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.


word: reinstall
definition:
reinstall

re-install

Re`in*stall", Re`-in*stall"
(-st?l")
v. t.
[Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller.]
To install again; as, She reinstalled the the washer after it had been repaired.
Milton.


word: Reinstate
definition:
Reinstate

Re`in*state"
(-st?t")
v. t.
To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.

For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity.
Glanvill.


word: Reinstatement
definition:
Reinstatement

Re`in*state"ment
(-ment)
n.
The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re_;stablishment.


word: Reinsurance
definition:
Reinsurance

Re`in*sur"ance
(-sh?r"ans)
n.
1.
Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

2.
A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.


word: re-insure
definition:
re-insure

re-insure
v.
1.
to provide additional insurance for.

Syn. -- reinsure.

2.
to insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed.

Syn. -- reinsure.


word: Reinsure
definition:
Reinsure

Re`in*sure"
(-sh?r")
v. t.
1.
To insure again after a former insurance has ceased; to renew insurance on.

2.
To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.

The insurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons.
Walsh.


word: Reintegrate
definition:
Reintegrate

Re*in"te*grate
(r?*?n"t?*gr?t)
v. t.
[Pref. re- + integrate.  Cf. Redintegrate.]
To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts of anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation.
Bacon.


word: Reintegration
definition:
Reintegration

Re*in`te*gra"tion
(-gr?"sh?n)
n.
A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.


word: Reinterrogate
definition:
Reinterrogate

Re`in*ter"ro*gate
(-t?r"r?*g?t)
v. t.
To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.
Cotgrave.


word: Reintroduce
definition:
Reintroduce

Re*in`tro*duce"
(r?*?n`tr?*d?s")
v. t.
To introduce again.
Re*in`tro*duc"tion (-d_;k"sh_;n), n.


word: Reinvestigate
definition:
Reinvestigate

Re`in*ves"ti*gate
(-v?s"t?*g?t)
v. t.
To investigate again.
Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g_;"sh_;n), n.


word: Reinvestment
definition:
Reinvestment

Re`in*vest"ment
(-v?st"ment)
n.
The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.


word: Reis
definition:
Reis

Re`is
(r?"?s or r?z)
n.
[Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.]
The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.


word: Reis₂
definition:
Reis

Reis
(rīs)
n.
[Ar. raïs head, chief, prince.]
A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.
[Written also rais and ras.]


word: Reis Effendi
definition:
Reis Effendi

Reis` Ef*fen"di
(r?s` ?f*f?n"d?)
[See 2d Reis, and Effendi.]
A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state.  He was chancellor of the empire, etc.


word: Reissner's membrane
definition:
Reissner's membrane

Reiss"ner's mem"brane
(r?s"n?rz m?m"br?n)
[Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.]
(Anat.)
The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.


word: Reiter
definition:
Reiter

Rei"ter
(r?"t?r)
n.
[G., rider.]
A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.


word: Reiterate
definition:
Reiterate

Re*it"er*ate
(-āt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Reiterated (-ā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reiterating.]
[Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.]
To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

That with reiterated crimes he might
Heap on himself damnation.
Milton.

You never spoke what did become you less
Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
Shak.


word: Reiteration
definition:
Reiteration

Re*it`er*a"tion
(-?"sh?n)
n.
[Cf. F. réitération.]
The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.


word: Reiterative
definition:
Reiterative

Re*it"er*a*tive
(r?-?t"?r-?-t?v)
n.
1.
(Gram.)
A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

2.
A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.


word: Reject
definition:
Reject

Re*ject"
(r?-j?kt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.]
[L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1.
To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

Reject me not from among thy children.
Wisdom ix. 4.

2.
To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
Milton.

Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
Hos. iv. 6.

3.
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.


word: Rejectamenta
definition:
Rejectamenta

Re*jec`ta*men"ta
(r?-j?k`t?-m?n"ta)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject.]
Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.
J. Fleming.


word: Rejectaneous
definition:
Rejectaneous

Re`jec*ta"ne*ous
(r?`j?k-t?"n?-?s)
a.
[L. rejectaneus.]
Not chosen or received; rejected.
[Obs.]
rejectaneous
Barrow.


word: Rejection
definition:
Rejection

Re*jec"tion
(r?-j?k"sh?n)
n.
[L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.]
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.


word: Rejectitious
definition:
Rejectitious

Re`jec*ti"tious
(r?`j?k-t?sh"?s)
a.
Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.
Cudworth.


word: Rejoice
definition:
Rejoice

Re*joice"
(re̝*jois")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rejoiced (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing (-joi"s?ng).]
[OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F. éjouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]
To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.
rejoice
Shak.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
Ps. xxxi. 7.


word: Rejoice₂
definition:
Rejoice

Re*joice"
v. t.
1.
To enjoy.
[Obs.]
Bp. Peacock.

2.
To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.

I me rejoysed of my liberty.
Chaucer.

While she, great saint, rejoices heaven.
Prior.

Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.
Arbuthnot.


word: Rejoicing
definition:
Rejoicing

Re*joi"cing
(-s?ng)
n.
1.
Joy; gladness; delight.

We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors.
R. Nelson.

2.
The expression of joy or gladness.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous.
Ps. cxviii. 15.

3.
That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps. cxix. 111.


word: Rejoin
definition:
Rejoin

Re*join"
(r?-join")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.]
[F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See Join, and cf. Rejoinder.]
1.
To join again; to unite after separation.

2.
To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot.
Pope.

3.
To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.


word: Rejoin₂
definition:
Rejoin

Re*join"
v. i.
1.
To answer to a reply.

2.
(Law)
To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.


word: Rejoinder
definition:
Rejoinder

Re*join"der
(-d?r)
n.
[From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.]
1.
An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2.
(Law)
The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.


word: Rejoint
definition:
Rejoint

Re*joint"
(re̝-joint")
v. t.
1.
To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.
Barrow.

2.
Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather.
Gwilt.


word: Rejolt
definition:
Rejolt

Re*jolt"
(r?-j?lt")
n.
A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
[R.]

These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind.
South.


word: Rejourn
definition:
Rejourn

Re*journ"
(r?-j?rn")
v. t.
[Cf. F. réajourner. See Adjourn.]
To adjourn; to put off.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Rejudge
definition:
Rejudge

Re*judge"
(r?-j?j")
v. t.
To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.

Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace.
Pope.


word: Rejuvenate
definition:
Rejuvenate

Re*ju"ve*nate
(r?-j?"v?-n?t)
v. t.
[Pref. re- re- + L. juventis young, youthful.]
To render young again.


word: Rejuvenated
definition:
Rejuvenated

Re*ju"ve*na`ted
(?)
p. a.
from Rejuvenate.
1.
Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.

2.
(Phys. Geog.)
(a)
Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; -- said of streams.
(b)
Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level; -- said of topography, or features of topography, as valleys, hills, etc.


word: Rejuvenescence
definition:
Rejuvenescence

Re*ju`ve*nes"cence
(-n?s"sens)
n.
1.
A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.

2.
(Bot.)
A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc.


word: Rejuvenescent
definition:
Rejuvenescent

Re*ju`ve*nes"cent
(-sent)
a.
Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.


word: Relais
definition:
Relais

Re*lais"
(re*la̝")
n.
[F. See Relay, n.]
(Fort.)
A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.
Wilhelm.


word: Reland
definition:
Reland

Re*land"
(r?-l?nd")
v. t.
To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.


word: Relapse
definition:
Relapse

Re*lapse"
(r?-l?ps")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-l?pst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing.]
[L. relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse.]
1.
To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

2.
To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.

That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselves.
Cowper.

3.
(Theol.)
To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.

They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along, unless they relapse.
Waterland.


word: Relapse₂
definition:
Relapse

Re*lapse"
n.
[For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v.]
1.
A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.

Alas! from what high hope to what relapse
Unlooked for are we fallen!
Milton.

2.
One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.
[Obs.]


word: Relapsing
definition:
Relapsing

Re*laps"ing
a.
Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochaete) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever.


word: Relate
definition:
Relate

Re*late"
(r?-l?t")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Related; p. pr. & vb. n. Relating.]
[F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L.  relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.]
1.
To bring back; to restore.
[Obs.]

 Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again
Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
Spenser.

2.
To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.
[Obs. or R.]

3.
To recount; to narrate; to tell over.

This heavy act with heavy heart relate.
Shak.

4.
To ally by connection or kindred.

To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]


word: Relate₂
definition:
Relate

Re*late"
v. i.
1.
To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.

All negative or privative words relate positive ideas.
Locke.

2.
To make reference; to take account.
[R. & Obs.]

Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account.
Fuller.


word: Related
definition:
Related

Re*lat"ed
(-l?t"?d)
p. p. & a.
1.
Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

2.
Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.

3.
Narrated; told.

4.
(Mus.)
Same as Relative, 4.


word: Relatedness
definition:
Relatedness

Re*lat"ed*ness
n.
The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.
[R.]
Emerson.


word: Relation
definition:
Relation

Re*la"tion
(r?-l?"sh?n)
n.
[F. relation, L.  relatio. See Relate.]
1.
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

_;_;_;_;_;_;oet's relation doth well figure them.
Bacon.

2.
The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation.
I. Taylor.

3.
Reference; respect; regard.

I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry.
Dryden.

4.
Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.

Relations dear, and all the charities
Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Milton.

5.
A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

For me . . . my relation does not care a rush.
Ld. Lytton.

6.
(Law)
(a)
The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
(b)
The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
Wharton. Burrill.


