RECLOTHE, r[=e]-kl[=o]th, _v.t._ to clothe again.

RECLUSE, r[=e]-kl[=oo]s', _adj._ secluded: retired: solitary.--_n._ one

shut up or secluded: one who lives retired from the world: a religious

devotee living in a single cell, generally attached to a monastery.--_adv._

RECLUSE'LY, in retirement or seclusion from society.--_ns._ RECLUSE'NESS,

seclusion from society: retirement; RECLU'SION, religious retirement or

seclusion: the life of a recluse.--_adj._ RECLU'SIVE (_Shak._), affording

retirement or seclusion.--_n._ RECLU'SORY, a recluse's cell. [Fr.,--L.

_reclusus_, pa.p. of _reclud[)e]re_, to open, shut away--_re-_, away,

_claud[)e]re_, to shut.]

RECOCT, r[=e]-kokt', _v.t._ to cook anew, to vamp up.--_n._ RECOC'TION.

RECOGNISE, rek'og-n[=i]z, _v.t._ to know again: to recollect: to

acknowledge: to see the truth of.--_adj._ REC'OGNISABLE, that may be

recognised or acknowledged.--_adv._ REC'OGNISABLY, in a recognisable

manner.--_ns._ RECOG'NISANCE, a recognition: an avowal: a profession: a

legal obligation entered into before a magistrate to do, or not do, some

particular act: to enter into recognisances; REC'OGNISER, one who

recognises; RECOGNI'TION, act of recognising: state of being recognised:

recollection: avowal: (_Scots law_) a return of the feu to the

superior.--_adjs._ RECOG'NITIVE, RECOG'NITORY. [L.

_recognosc[)e]re_--_re-_, again, _cognosc[)e]re_, to know.]

RECOIL, r[=e]-koil', _v.t._ to start back: to rebound: to return: to shrink

from.--_n._ a starting or springing back: rebound: an escapement in which

after each beat the escape-wheel recoils slightly.--_n._ RECOIL'ER, one who

recoils.--_adj._ RECOIL'ING.--_adv._ RECOIL'INGLY.--_n._ RECOIL'MENT. [Fr.

_reculer_--L. _re-_, back, Fr. _cul_, the hinder part--L. _culus_.]

RECOIN, r[=e]-koin', _v.t._ to coin over again.--_ns._ RECOIN'AGE;

RECOIN'ER.

RECOLLECT, r[=e]-kol-ekt', _v.t._ to collect again.

RECOLLECT, rek-ol-ekt', _v.t._ to remember: to recover composure or

resolution (with reflex. pron.).--_n._ RECOLLEC'TION, act of recollecting

or remembering: the power of recollecting: memory: that which is

recollected: reminiscence.--_adj._ RECOLLEC'TIVE, having the power of

recollecting.

RECOLLECT, rek'ol-ekt, _n._ a member of a congregation of a monastic order

following a very strict rule--mostly of the Franciscan order forming a

branch of the Observantines.--Also REC'OLLET.

RECOMBINE, r[=e]-kom-b[=i]n', _v.t._ to combine again.--_n._

RECOMBIN[=A]'TION.

RECOMFORT, r[=e]-kum'furt, _v.t._ to comfort or console again: (_Bacon_) to

give new strength.--_adj._ RECOM'FORTLESS (_Spens._), comfortless.--_n._

RECOM'FORTURE (_Shak._), restoration of comfort.

RECOMMENCE, r[=e]-kom-ens', _v.t._ to commence again.--_n._

RECOMMENCE'MENT.

RECOMMEND, rek-o-mend', _v.t._ to commend to another: to bestow praise on:

to introduce favourably: to give in charge: to commit, as in prayer: to

advise.--_adj._ RECOMMEND'ABLE, that may be recommended: worthy of

praise.--_n._ RECOMMEND'ABLENESS, the quality of being

recommendable.--_adv._ RECOMMEND'ABLY, so as to deserve

recommendation.--_n._ RECOMMEND[=A]'TION, act of recommending: act of

introducing with commendation: repute: letter of recommendation.--_adj._

RECOMMEND'[=A]TORY, that recommends: commendatory.--_n._ RECOMMEND'ER, one

who, or that which, recommends.

RECOMMIT, r[=e]-kom-it', _v.t._ to commit again: particularly, to send back

to a committee.--_ns._ RECOMMIT'MENT, RECOMMIT'TAL.

RECOMMUNICATE, r[=e]-kom-[=u]n'i-k[=a]t, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to communicate

again.

RECOMPACT, r[=e]-kom-pakt', _v.t._ to join anew.

RECOMPENSE, rek'om-pens, _v.t._ to return an equivalent for anything: to

repay or requite: to reward: to compensate: to remunerate.--_n._ that which

is returned as an equivalent: repayment: reward: compensation:

remuneration.--_n._ REC'OMPENSER. [Fr. _récompenser_--L. _re-_, again,

_compens[=a]re_, to compensate.]

RECOMPILE, r[=e]-kom-p[=i]l', _v.t._ to compile anew.--_ns._

RECOMPIL[=A]'TION, RECOMPILE'MENT, a new compilation.

RECOMPLETE, r[=e]-kom-pl[=e]t', _v.t._ to complete anew.--_n._

RECOMPL[=E]'TION.

RECOMPOSE, r[=e]-kom-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to compose again or anew: to form

anew: to soothe or quiet.--_ns._ RECOMPOS'ER; RECOMPOSI'TION.

RECONCILE, rek'on-s[=i]l, _v.t._ to restore to friendship or union: to

bring to agreement: to bring to contentment: to pacify: to make consistent:

to adjust or compose.--_adj._ REC'ONCILABLE, that may be reconciled: that

may be made to agree: consistent.--_n._ REC'ONCILABLENESS, possibility of

being reconciled: consistency: harmony.--_adv._ REC'ONCILABLY, in a

reconcilable manner.--_ns._ REC'ONCILER; RECONCILI[=A]'TION,

REC'ONCILEMENT, act of reconciling: state of being reconciled: renewal of

friendship: propitiation: atonement: the bringing to agreement things at

variance.--_adj._ RECONCIL'IATORY, serving or tending to reconcile. [Fr.

_réconcilier_--L. _re-_, again, _concili[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to call

together.]

RECONDENSE, r[=e]-kon-dens', _v.t._ to condense again.--_n._

RECONDENS[=A]'TION.

RECONDITE, r[=e]-kon'dit, or rek'on-d[=i]t, _adj._ secret: abstruse:

profound.--_ns._ RECONDITE'NESS; RECON'DITORY, a storehouse. [L.

_recond[)e]re_, _-itum_, to put away--_re-_, again, _cond[)e]re_, to put

together.]

RECONDUCT, r[=e]-kon-dukt', _v.t._ to conduct back or anew.

RECONFIRM, r[=e]-kon-f[.e]rm', _v.t._ to confirm again.

RECONJOIN, r[=e]-kon-join', _v.t._ to join anew.

RECONNAISSANCE, re-kon'i-sans, _n._ the act of reconnoitring: a survey or

examination: the examination of a tract of country with a view to military

or engineering operations.--RECONNAISSANCE IN FORCE, an attack by a body of

troops to discover the strength of the enemy. [Fr.]

RECONNOITRE, rek-o-noi't[.e]r, _v.t._ to survey or examine: to survey with

a view to military operations.--_v.i._ to make preliminary

examination:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ reconnoi'tred.--_n._ a preliminary

survey. [O. Fr. _reconoistre_ (Fr. _reconnaître_)--L. _recognosc[)e]re_, to

recognise.]

RECONQUER, r[=e]-kong'k[.e]r, _v.t._ to conquer again: to recover: to

regain.--_n._ RECON'QUEST.

RECONSECRATE, r[=e]-kon's[=e]-kr[=a]t, _v.t._ to consecrate anew.--_n._

RECONSECR[=A]'TION.

RECONSIDER, r[=e]-kon-sid'[.e]r, _v.t._ to consider again, as to reconsider

a motion or vote: to review.--_n._ RECONSIDER[=A]'TION.

RECONSOLATE, r[=e]-kon's[=o]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ (_obs._) to comfort again.

RECONSOLIDATE, r[=e]-kon-sol'i-d[=a]t, _v.t._ to consolidate anew.--_n._

RECONSOLID[=A]'TION.

RECONSTITUTE, r[=e]-kon'sti-t[=u]t, _v.t._ to construct anew.--_adj._

RECONSTIT'[=U]ENT.--_n._ RECONSTIT[=U]'TION.

RECONSTRUCT, r[=e]-kon-strukt', _v.t._ to construct again: to

rebuild.--_n._ RECONSTRUC'TION.--_adj._ RECONSTRUC'TIONARY.--_n._

RECONSTRUC'TIONIST.--_adj._ RECONSTRUC'TIVE, able or tending to

reconstruct.

RECONTINUE, r[=e]-kon-tin'[=u], _v.t._ and _v.i._ to continue anew.--_n._

RECONTIN'[=U]ANCE.

RECONVALESCENCE, r[=e]-kon-val-es'ens, _n._ restoration to health.

RECONVENE, r[=e]-kon-v[=e]n', _v.t._ to convene or call together

again.--_v.i._ to come together again.

RECONVENT, r[=e]-kon-vent', _v.t._ to assemble together again.--_n._

RECONVEN'TION, a counter-action by a defendant against a plaintiff.

RECONVERT, r[=e]-kon-v[.e]rt', _v.t._ to convert again.--_n._

RECONVER'SION.

RECONVEY, r[=e]-kon-v[=a]', _v.t._ to transfer back to a former owner, as

an estate.--_n._ RECONVEY'ANCE.

RECORD, r[=e]-kord', _v.t._ to write anything formally, to preserve

evidence of it: to bear witness to: to register or enrol: to

celebrate.--_adj._ RECORD'ABLE, able to be recorded, worthy of

record.--_ns._ RECORD[=A]'TION (_Shak._), remembrance; RECORD'ER, one who

records or registers, esp. the rolls, &c., of a city: a judge of a city or

borough court of quarter-sessions: an old musical instrument somewhat like

a flageolet, but with the lower part wider than the upper, and a mouthpiece

resembling the beak of a bird: a registering apparatus in telegraphy;

RECORD'ERSHIP, the office of recorder, or the time of holding it. [O. Fr.

_recorder_--L. _record[=a]re_, to call to mind--_re-_, again, _cor_,

_cordis_, the heart.]

RECORD, rek'ord, _n._ a register: a formal writing of any fact or

proceeding: a book of such writings: a witness, a memorial: memory,

remembrance: anything entered in the rolls of a court, esp. the formal

statements or pleadings of parties in a litigation.--_n._ REC'ORD-OFF'ICE,

a place where public records are kept.--BEAT, or BREAK, THE RECORD, to

outdo the highest achievement yet done; CLOSE THE RECORD, an act of a

Scottish judge after each party has said all he wishes to say by way of

statement and answer; PUBLIC RECORDS, contemporary authenticated statements

of the proceedings of the legislature, and the judgments of those higher

courts of law known as Courts of Record; TRIAL BY RECORD, a common law mode

of trial when a disputed former decision of the court is settled by

producing the record.

RECOUNT, r[=e]-kownt', _v.t._ to count again: to tell over again: to

narrate the particulars of: to detail.--_n._ a second or repeated

count.--_ns._ RECOUNT'AL, RECOUNT'MENT, relation in detail, recital. [O.

Fr. _reconter_--_re-_, again, _conter_, to tell.]

RECOUP, r[=e]-k[=oo]p', _v.t._ to make good: to indemnify.--_adj._ RECOUPÉ

(_her._), divided a second time.--_n._ RECOUP'MENT, reimbursement: (_law_)

reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part. [Fr.

_recouper_, to cut again--_re-_, again, _couper_, to cut, _coup_, a

stroke--Low L. _colpus_--L. _colaphus_.]

RECOURE, r[=e]-k[=oo]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to recover.

RECOURSE, r[=e]-k[=o]rs', _n._ a going to for aid or protection:

access.--_v.i._ to return.--_adj._ RECOURSE'FUL, returning. [Fr.

_recours_--L. _recursus_--_re-_, back, _curr[)e]re_, _cursum_, to run.]

RECOVER, r[=e]-kuv'[.e]r, _v.t._ to cover again.

RECOVER, r[=e]-kuv'[.e]r, _v.t._ to get possession of again: to make up

for: to retrieve: to cure: to revive: to bring back to any former state: to

rescue: to obtain as compensation: to obtain for injury or debt: to

reconcile.--_v.i._ to regain health: to regain any former state: (_law_) to

obtain a judgment.--_n._ recovery: the forward movement in rowing, after

one stroke to take another.--_n._ RECOVERABIL'ITY, the state of being

recoverable.--_adj._ RECOV'ERABLE, that may be recovered or regained:

capable of being brought to a former condition.--_ns._ RECOV'ERABLENESS,

the state of being recoverable: capability of being recovered; RECOVEREE',

one against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery; RECOV'ERER, one

who recovers; RECOV'EROR, one who recovers a judgment in common recovery;

RECOV'ERY, the act of recovering: the act of regaining anything lost:

restoration to health or to any former state: the power of recovering

anything: (_law_) a verdict giving right to the recovery of debts or costs.

[O. Fr. _recovrer_--L. _recuper[=a]re_--_re-_, again, and Sabine _cuprus_,

good; some suggest _cup[)e]re_, to desire.]

RECREANT, rek'r[=e]-ant, _adj._ cowardly: false: apostate: renegade.--_n._

a mean-spirited wretch: an apostate: a renegade.--_n._ REC'R[=E]ANCY, the

quality of a recreant: a yielding, mean, cowardly spirit.--_adv._

REC'R[=E]ANTLY. [O. Fr., pr.p. of _recroire_, to change belief--Low L.

(_se_) _re-cred[)e]re_, to own one's self beaten--L. _re-_, again,

_cred[)e]re_, to believe.]

RECREATE, rek'r[=e]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to revive: to reanimate: to cheer or

amuse: to refresh: to delight.--_v.i._ to take recreation.--_n._

RECRE[=A]'TION, the act of recreating or state of being recreated:

refreshment after toil, sorrow, &c.: diversion: amusement: sport.--_adjs._

RECRE[=A]'TIONAL, REC'RE[=A]TIVE, serving to recreate or refresh: giving

relief in weariness, &c.: amusing.--_adv._ REC'RE[=A]TIVELY, so as to

afford recreation or diversion.--_n._ REC'RE[=A]TIVENESS, the quality of

being refreshing or amusing.

RECREMENT, rek'r[=e]-ment, _n._ superfluous matter: dross.--_adjs._

RECREMENT'AL, RECREMENTI'TIAL, RECREMENTI'TIOUS. [L. _recrementum_, dross.]

RECRIMINATE, r[=e]-krim'in-[=a]t, _v.t._ to criminate or accuse in

return.--_v.i._ to charge an accuser with a similar crime.--_n._

RECRIMIN[=A]'TION, the act of recriminating or returning one accusation by

another: a countercharge or accusation.--_adjs._ RECRIM'IN[=A]TIVE,

RECRIM'IN[=A]TORY, recriminating or retorting accusations or charges.--_n._

RECRIM'IN[=A]TOR, one who recriminates.

RECROSS, r[=e]-kros', _v.t._ to cross again.--_adj._ RECROSSED' (_her._),

having the ends crossed.

RECRUCIFY, r[=e]-kr[=oo]s'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to crucify anew.

RECRUDESCENT, r[=e]-kr[=oo]-des'ent, _adj._ growing sore or painful

again.--_v.i._ RECRUDESCE', to become raw again: to be renewed.--_ns._

RECRUDES'CENCE, RECRU'DENCY, RECRUDES'CENCY, the state of becoming sore

again: a state of relapse: (_med._) increased activity after recovery:

(_bot._) the production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. [L.

_recrudescens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of _recrudesc[)e]re_, to become raw

again--_re-_, again, _crudesc[)e]re_, to become raw--_crudis_, crude.]

RECRUIT, r[=e]-kr[=oo]t', _v.i._ to obtain fresh supplies: to recover in

health, &c.: to enlist new soldiers.--_v.t._ to repair: to supply: to

supply with recruits.--_n._ the supply of any want: a substitute for

something wanting: a newly enlisted soldier.--_ns._ RECRUIT'AL, renewed

supply; RECRUIT'ER.--_adj._ RECRUIT'ING, obtaining new supplies: enlisting

recruits.--_n._ the business of obtaining new supplies or enlisting new

soldiers.--_ns._ RECRUIT'ING-GROUND, a place where recruits may be

obtained; RECRUIT'ING-PAR'TY, a party of soldiers engaged in enlisting

recruits; RECRUIT'ING-SER'GEANT, a sergeant who enlists recruits;

RECRUIT'MENT, the act, business, or employment of raising new supplies of

men for an army. [O. Fr. _recruter_--_re-_, _croître_--L.

_recresc[)e]re_--_re-_, again, _cresc[)e]re_, to grow.]

RECRYSTALLISATION, r[=e]-kris-tal-[=i]z-[=a]'shun, _n._ the process of

crystallising again.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ R[=E]CRYS'TALLISE.

RECTA, rek'ta, _n.pl._--_adj._ REC'TAL. See RECTUM.

RECTANGLE, rek'tang-gl, _n._ a four-sided figure with all its angles right

angles and its opposite sides equal.--_adjs._ REC'TANGLED, having right

angles; RECTANG'[=U]LAR, right-angled.--_n._ RECTANG[=U]LAR'ITY, the state

or quality of being right-angled.--_adv._ RECTANG'[=U]LARLY, with, or at,

right angles.--_n._ RECTANG'[=U]LARNESS.--RECTANGULAR HYPERBOLA, a

hyperbola whose asymptotes are at right angles to one another; RECTANGULAR

SOLID, a solid whose axis is perpendicular to its base. [Fr.,--L. _rectus_,

right, _angulus_, an angle.]

RECTIFY, rek'ti-f[=i], _v.t._ to make straight or right: to adjust: to

correct or redress: to purify by repeated crystallisation or sublimation,

or by distillations: (_math._) to determine the length of a curve included

between two limits: to prepare a sun-dial for an observation:--_pa.t._ and

_pa.p._ rec'tified.--_adj._ RECTIF[=I]'ABLE, that may be rectified or set

right.--_ns._ RECTIFIC[=A]'TION, the act of rectifying or setting right:

the process of refining any substance by repeated distillation:

rectification of a globe, its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a

proposed problem; REC'TIFIER, one who corrects: one who refines a substance

by repeated distillation.--RECTIFY THE COURSE OF A VESSEL, to determine its

true course from indications of the ship's compass, and allowing for

magnetic variations, &c.; RECTIFY THE GLOBE, to bring the sun's place in

the ecliptic on a globe to the brass meridian. [Fr.,--L. _rectus_,

straight, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

RECTIGRADE, rek'ti-gr[=a]d, _adj._ walking straight forward. [L. _rectus_,

straight, _gradi_, to step.]

RECTILINEAL, rek-ti-lin'[=e]-al, _adj._ bounded by straight lines:

straight--also RECTILIN'EAR.--_adv._ RECTILIN'EALLY.--_n._ RECTILINEAR'ITY,

the state or quality of being right-lined.--_adv._ RECTILIN'EARLY, in a

right line.--_n._ RECTILIN'EARNESS. [L. _rectus_, straight, _linea_, a

line.]

RECTINERVED, rek'ti-nervd, _adj._ (_bot._) straight or parallel nerved.

RECTION, rek'shun, _n._ (_gram._) the influence of a word in regard to the

number, case, &c. of another word in a sentence.

RECTIPETALITY, rek-ti-pe-tal'i-ti, _n._ (_bot._) the natural tendency of

stems to grow in a straight line.

RECTIROSTRAL, rek'ti-ros'tral, _adj._ having a straight bill. [L. _rectus_,

straight, _rostrum_, a beak.]

RECTISERIAL, rek-ti-s[=e]'ri-al, _adj._ placed in a straight line: (_bot._)

arranged in one or more straight ranks.

RECTITIS, rek't[=i]-tis, _n._ inflammation of the rectum.--_adj._

RECTIT'IC.

RECTITUDE, rek'ti-t[=u]d, _n._ uprightness: correctness of principle or

practice: integrity: correctness. [Fr.,--L. _rectitudo_--_rectus_,

straight.]

RECTO, rek't[=o], _n._ (_print._) the right-hand page--opp. to _Reverso_ or

_Verso_: (_law_) a writ of right.

RECTOR, rek'tor, _n._ a ruler: in the Church of England, a clergyman who

has the charge and cure of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate,

and who accordingly has the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues therein:

a common name for all incumbents in the Episcopal churches of the United

States and (since 1890) Scotland: the head-master of a superior public

school in Scotland, Germany, &c.: the chief elective officer of certain

Scotch and French universities: the head of Lincoln and of Exeter Colleges,

Oxford, &c.: (_R.C._) an ecclesiastic in charge of a congregation, a

college, or religious house, esp. the head of a Jesuit seminary.--_adjs._

REC'TORAL, RECT[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to a rector or to a rectory--_ns._

REC'TORATE, REC'TORSHIP; REC'TORESS, a female rector: a governess;

REC'TORY, the province or mansion of a rector.--RECTOR MAGNIFICUS, the head

of a German university.--LAY RECTOR, a layman who enjoys the great tithes

of a parish; MISSIONARY RECTOR (_R.C._), a priest appointed to the charge

of some important mission in England. [L.,--_reg[)e]re_, _rectum_, to

rule.]

RECTRIX, rek'triks, _n._ one of the long tail-feathers of a bird, so called

because used in steering the bird in its flight:--_pl._ RECTRICES

(rek'tri-s[=e]z).

RECTUM, rek'tum, _n._ the lowest part of the large intestine:--_pl._

REC'TA.--_adj._ REC'TAL.--_ns._ REC'TOSCOPE, a speculum for rectal

examination; RECTOT'OMY, the operation for dividing a rectal

stricture.--_adjs._ REC'TO-UR[=E]'THRAL, pertaining to the rectum and to

the urethra; REC'TO-[=U]'TERINE, to the rectum and the uterus;

REC'TO-VAG'INAL, to the rectum and the vagina; REC'TO-VES'ICAL, to the

rectum and the bladder. [L. _rectus_, straight.]

RECTUS, rek'tus, _n._ a muscle so called from the straightness of its

course:--_pl._ REC'TI.

RECUBANT, rek'[=u]-bant, _adj._ reclining, recumbent--_n._ RECUB[=A]'TION.

[L. _recub[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to lie back.]

RECUIL, RECULE, r[=e]-k[=u]l' (_Spens._). Same as RECOIL.

RECULTIVATE, r[=e]-kul'ti-v[=a]t, _v.t._ to cultivate again.--_n._

RECULTIV[=A]'TION.

RECUMBENT, r[=e]-kum'bent, _adj._ lying back: reclining: idle.--_ns._

RECUM'BENCE, RECUM'BENCY.--_adv._ RECUM'BENTLY. [L. _recumb[)e]re_--_re-_,

back, _cub[=a]re_, to lie down.]

RECUPERATIVE, r[=e]-k[=u]'p[.e]r-a-tiv, _adj._ tending to recovery--also

REC[=U]'PERATORY.--_adj._ R[=E]C[=U]'PERABLE, recoverable.--_v.t._

REC[=U]'PER[=A]TE, to recover, to regain strength.--_ns._ RECUPER[=A]'TION,

recovery, as of something lost; REC[=U]'PER[=A]TOR, one who, or that which,

recuperates. [L. _recuperativus_--_recuper[=a]re_, to recover.]

RECUR, r[=e]-kur', _v.i._ to return, resort: to happen at a stated

interval:--_pr.p._ recur'ring; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ recurred'.--_ns._

RECUR'RENCE, RECUR'RENCY, return.--_adj._ RECUR'RENT, returning at

intervals: (_anat._) running back in the opposite to a former direction:

(_entom._) turned back toward the base.--_adv._ RECUR'RENTLY.--RECURRING

DECIMAL, a decimal in which after a certain point the digits are

continually repeated--_repeating_, if but one recurring figure;

circulating, if more than one. [Fr.,--L. _recurr[)e]re_--_re-_, back,

_curr[)e]re_, to run.]

RECURE, r[=e]-k[=u]r', _v.t._ to cure again: to recover--also _n._--_adjs._

RECURE'FUL; RECURE'LESS, incurable.

RECURSANT, r[=e]-kur'sant, _adj._ (_her._) turned backwards, of an animal

with its back toward the spectator. [L. _re-_, back, _cursans_, _-antis_,

pr.p. of _curs[=a]re_, to run.]

RECURVE, r[=e]-kurv', _v.t._ to curve or bend back--also RECUR'VATE.--_ns._

RECURV[=A]'TION, RECUR'VITY, RECUR'VATURE, the act of recurving: the state

of being recurved: a bending backwards.--_adjs._ RECURVED';

RECURVIROS'TRAL, having a recurved bill; R[=E]CUR'VOUS, bent backward.

RECUSANT, rek'[=u]-zant, or r[=e]-k[=u]'zant, _adj._ obstinate in refusal,

esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.--_n._ a nonconformist: one who

refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious

matters.--_ns._ REC'[=U]SANCE, REC'[=U]SANCY, state of being a recusant:

nonconformity, or its tenets; RECUS[=A]'TION.--_adj._ REC[=U]'SATIVE.

[Fr.,--L. _recusans_, pr.p. of _recus[=a]re_--_re-_, against, _causa_, a

cause.]

RECUSE, r[=e]-k[=u]z', _v.t._ (_law_) to reject.--_adj._ REC[=U]'SATIVE.

RECUSSION, r[=e]-kush'un, _n._ the act of beating or striking back. [L.

_recut[)e]re_, _recussum_, to beat back--_re-_, back, _quat[)e]re_, to

shake.]

RED, red, _adj._ (_comp._ RED'DER; _superl._ RED'DEST) of a colour like

blood: ultra-radical, revolutionary.--_n._ one of the primary colours, of

several shades, as scarlet, pink, carmine, vermilion, &c.: a red cent, the

smallest coin of the United States.--_adjs._ RED'-BACKED, having a red

back; RED'-BEAKED, -BILLED, having a red beak or bill; RED'-BELL'IED,

having the under parts red.--_n._ RED'-BELL'Y, the United States slider, a

terrapin: the Welsh torgoch, a char.--_adj._ RED'-BELT'ED, having a red

band or bands.--_n._ RED'-BIRD, the common European bullfinch: the United

States grosbeak, also the tanager.--_adj._ RED'-BLOOD'ED, having reddish

blood.--_ns._ RED'-BOOK, a book containing the names of all persons in the

service of the state: the peerage; RED'BREAST, a favourite song-bird, so

called from the red colour of its breast, the robin; RED'-BUD, the

Judas-tree of America; RED'-CABB'AGE, a variety of cabbage, with purplish

heads, used for pickling; RED'-CAP, a species of goldfinch, having a

conical crest of red feathers on the top of the head: a ghost with long

teeth who haunts some Scotch castles; RED'-CENT, a copper cent; RED'-CHALK,

-CLAY (see REDDLE); RED'-COAT, a British soldier, so called from his red

coat; RED'-COCK (_slang_), an incendiary fire; RED'-COR'AL, the most

important kind of coral in commerce, found off the coasts of Algiers and

Tunis and the Italian islands.--_adj._ RED'-CORPUS'CLED, having red

blood-discs.--_n._ RED'-CRAG, a division of the Pliocene.--_adjs._

RED'-CREST'ED, having a red crest; RED'-CROSS, wearing or distinguished by

a cross of a red colour.--_n._ the badge and flag adopted by every society,

of whatever nation, formed for the aid of the sick and wounded in time of

war, recognised by the military authorities of its own nation, and enjoying

certain privileges and immunities under the Convention of Geneva

(1864).--_n._ RED'-DEER, a species of deer which is reddish-brown in

summer: the common stag.--_v.t._ RED'DEN, to make red.--_v.i._ to grow red:

to blush.--_adj._ RED'DISH, somewhat red: moderately red.--_ns._

RED'DISHNESS; RED'-DOG, the lowest grade of flour in high milling;

RED'-DRUM, the southern red-fish, or red-bass, of the southern Atlantic

coast of the United States; RED'-EARTH, the reddish loam frequently found

in regions composed of limestones; RED'-EYE, or RUDD, a fresh-water fish of

the same genus as the roach, chub, and minnow.--_adjs._ RED'-FACED

(_Shak._), having a red face; RED'-FIG'URED, relating to an ancient Greek

ceramic ware, in which a black glaze was painted over the surface so as to

leave the design in the red of the body.--_n._ RED'-GUM, strophulus, a skin

disease usually occurring in infants about the time of teething, and

consisting of minute red pimples with occasional red patches.--_adjs._

RED'-HAIRED, RED'-HEAD'ED, having red hair.--_n._ RED'-HAND, a bloody hand:

(_her._) a sinister hand, erect, open, and 'couped,' the distinguishing

badge of baronets.--_adj._ RED'-HAND'ED, in the very act, as if with bloody

hands.--_n._ RED'-HEAD, a person with red hair: the pochard, a red-headed

duck.--_adj._ RED'-HOT, heated to redness.--_ns._ RED'-LAC, the Japan

wax-tree; RED'-LATT'ICE (_Shak._), an alehouse window, then usually painted

red; RED'-LEAD, a preparation of lead of a fine red colour, used in

painting, &c.--_adj._ RED'-LEGGED, having red legs or feet, as a

bird.--_n._ RED'-LEGS, the European red-legged partridge: the turnstone:

the red-shank: (_bot._) the bistort.--_adj._ RED'-LETT'ER, having red

letters: auspicious or fortunate, as a day, the holidays or saints' days

being indicated by red letters in the old calendars.--_n._ RED'-LIQ'UOR, a

crude aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in calico-printing.--_adjs._

RED'-LITT'EN, showing a red light; RED'-LOOKED (_Shak._), having a red

look.--_adv._ RED'LY.--_adj._ RED'-MAD (_prov._), quite mad.--_n._

RED'-MET'AL, one of several alloys of copper used in silver-ware: a

Japanese alloy used in decorative metal-work.--_adj._ RED'-NECKED, having a

red neck.--_n._ RED'NESS.--_adjs._ RED'-NOSE, -NOSED, having a red nose,

like a habitual drunkard.--_ns._ RED'-OAK, an oak with heavy and durable

reddish wood, rising to ninety feet high in eastern North America;

RED'-PLAGUE, a form of the plague marked by a red spot or bubo; RED'-POLL,

a small northern finch: the common European linnet: the North American

palm-warbler.--_adjs._ RED'-POLLED; RED'-RIBBED (_Tenn._), having red

ribs.--_ns._ RED'-ROOT, a genus of plants of the natural order

_Rhamnaceæ_--_New Jersey Tea_; REDS, or RED REPUBLICANS (see REPUBLIC);

RED'-SAUN'DERS, the sliced or rasped heart-wood of _Pterocarpus

santalinus_, used for giving colour to alcoholic liquors &c.--_v.i._

RED'SEAR, to break when too hot.--_ns._ RED'SEED, small crustaceans which

float on the sea; RED'-SHANK, an aquatic bird of the snipe family, with

legs of a bright-red colour: a name given in ridicule to the Scottish

Highlanders, and to the Irish.--_adj._ RED'-SHORT, noting iron that is

brittle at red-heat.--_ns._ RED'-SHORT'NESS; RED'SKIN, a Red Indian;

RED'-STAFF, a miller's straight-edge, used in dressing millstones;

RED'START, a bird belonging to the family of the warblers, appearing in

Britain as a summer bird of passage; RED'STREAK, an apple, so called from

the colour of its skin; RED'-TAIL, the red-tailed buzzard, one of the

commonest hawks of North America.--_adj._ RED'-TAILED (_Shak._), having a

red tail.--_ns._ RED'-THRUSH, the red-wing; RED'-TOP, a kind of bent grass;

RED'-WA'TER, a disease of cattle, named from the urine being reddened with

the red globules of the blood.--_adj._ RED'-WAT'-SHOD (_Scot._), walking in

blood over the shoes.--_ns._ RED'-WEED, the common poppy; RED'-WING, a

species of thrush well known in Britain as a winter bird of passage, having

an exquisite, clear, flute-like song; RED'WOOD, a Californian timber-tree,

growing to nearly three hundred feet high.--_adj._ RED'-WUD (_Scot._),

stark mad.--RED-CROSS KNIGHT, a knight having on his shield a red cross;

RED ENSIGN, the British flag for all vessels not belonging to the navy,

consisting of a plain red flag, having the canton filled by the Union-jack

(before 1864 also the special flag of the Red Squadron); RED-GUM TREE, a

species of Eucalyptus attaining the height of 200 feet; RED PHEASANT, a

tragopan; RED SNOW, snow coloured by the minute alga _Protococcus nivalis_,

found in large patches in arctic and alpine regions.--INDIAN RED, a

permanent red pigment, orig. a natural earth rich in oxide of iron, now

prepared artificially.--ROYAL RED CROSS, a decoration for nurses,

instituted by Queen Victoria in 1883. [A.S. _reád_; Ger. _roth_, L.

_ruber_, Gr. _e-rythros_, Gael. _ruath_.]

RED, red, _v.t._ to put in order, make tidy: to disentangle: (_coll._) to

separate two men in fighting.--_ns._ RED'DER (_Scot._), one who endeavours

to settle a quarrel; RED'DING, the process of putting in order;

RED'DING-COMB, a large-toothed comb for dressing the hair; RED'DING-STRAIK

(_Scot._), a stroke received in trying to separate fighters.

RED, REDD, red (_Spens._), _pa.t._ of _read_, declared.

REDACTION, r[=e]-dak'shun, _n._ the act of arranging in systematic order,

esp. literary materials: the digest so made: an editorial staff.--_v.t._

REDACT', to edit, work up into literary form.--_n._ REDACT'OR, an

editor.--_adj._ REDACT[=O]'RIAL. [Fr.,--L. _redactus_, pa.p. of

_redig[)e]re_, to bring back.]

REDAN, r[=e]-dan', _n._ (_fort._) the simplest form of fieldwork,

consisting of two faces which form a salient angle towards the enemy,

serving to cover a bridge or causeway--quite open at the gorge. [O. Fr.

_redan_, _redent_--L. _re-_, back, _dens_, a tooth.]

REDARGUE, r[=e]-där'g[=u], _v.t._ to disprove.--_n._ REDARG[=U]'TION. [O.

Fr. _redarguer_--L. _redargu[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _argu[)e]re_, to argue.]

REDDENDUM, re-den'dum, _n._ (_law_) the clause by which the rent is

reserved in a lease:--_pl._ REDDEN'DA.--_n._ REDDEN'DO (_Scots law_), a

clause in a charter specifying the services to be rendered by a vassal to

his superior. [L., fut. part. pass. of _redd[)e]re_.]

REDDING. See RED (2).

REDDITION, re-dish'un, _n._ a giving back of anything: surrender: a

rendering of the sense: explanation.--_adj._ REDD'ITIVE, returning an

answer. [Fr.,--L. _reddition-em_--_redd[)e]re_, _redditum_, to restore.]

REDDLE, red'l, _n._ an impure peroxide of iron (ferric oxide) associated

with very variable proportions of clay or chalk--also RED'-CLAY, RADD'LE,

RED'-CHALK.--_n._ REDD'LEMAN, a dealer in red clay.

REDE, r[=e]d, _v.t._ to counsel or advise.--_n._ advice: a phrase: a

motto.--_n._ REDE'CRAFT, logic.--_adj._ REDE'LESS, without counsel or

wisdom. [_Read_.]

REDECORATE, r[=e]-dek'o-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to decorate again.

REDEDICATION, r[=e]-ded-i-k[=a]'shun, _n._ a second or renewed dedication.

REDEEM, r[=e]-d[=e]m', _v.t._ to ransom: to relieve from captivity by a

price: to rescue, deliver: to pay the penalty of: to atone for: to perform,

as a promise: to improve, put to the best advantage: to recover, as a

pledge.--_adj._ REDEEM'ABLE, that may be redeemed.--_ns._ REDEEM'ABLENESS;

REDEEM'ER, one who redeems or ransoms, esp. Jesus Christ, the Saviour of

the world.--_adjs._ REDEEM'ING, saving: good, as exceptional to what is

bad; REDEEM'LESS, incurable; REDEMP'TIVE, pertaining to redemption: serving

or tending to redeem; REDEMP'TORY, serving to redeem: paid for ransom. [O.

Fr. _redimer_--L. _redim[)e]re_--_red-_, back, _em[)e]re_, to buy.]

REDELIBERATE, r[=e]-de-lib'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.i._ to deliberate again.

REDELIVER, r[=e]-de-liv'[.e]r, _v.t._ to deliver back or again: to liberate

a second time.--_ns._ REDELIV'ERANCE; REDELIV'ERY, the act of delivering

back: a second delivery or liberation.

REDEMAND, r[=e]-d[=e]-mand', _v.t._ to demand back or again.--_n._ the

repetition of a demand: a demand for the return of a thing.

REDEMISE, r[=e]-d[=e]-m[=i]z', _v.t._ to convey back, as an estate.--_n._

such a transfer.

REDEMPTION, r[=e]-demp'shun, _n._ act of redeeming or buying back: ransom:

release: the deliverance of mankind from sin and misery by Christ.--_ns._

REDEMP'TIONARY, one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by

paying a compensation or fulfilling some stipulated conditions;

REDEMP'TIONER, one who redeemed himself from debt, or the like, by service;

REDEMP'TIONIST, one of an order of monks devoted to the redemption of

Christian captives from slavery; REDEMP'TORIST, one of a congregation of

R.C. missionary priests, founded by Alfonso Liguori in 1732, whose object

is the religious instruction of the people and the reform of public

morality, by periodically visiting, preaching, and hearing confessions.

[Fr.,--L.,--_redemptus_, pa.p. of _redim[)e]re_, to redeem.]

REDENTED, r[=e]-den'ted, _adj._ formed like the teeth of a saw. [O. Fr.

_redent_, a double notching--L. _re-_, again, _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth.]

REDESCEND, r[=e]-d[=e]-send', _v.i._ to descend again.--_n._ REDESCENT', a

descending again.

REDESCRIBE, r[=e]-d[=e]-skr[=i]b', _v.t._ to describe again.

REDETERMINE, r[=e]-d[=e]-t[.e]r'min, _v.t._ to determine again.

REDEVELOP, r[=e]-d[=e]-vel'op, _v.t._ to intensify in photography by a

second process.--_n._ REDEVEL'OPMENT.

REDHIBITION, red-hi-bish'un, _n._ (_law_) an action to oblige the seller to

annul the sale because of a defect--also REHIBI'TION.--_adjs._

REDHIB'ITORY, REHIB'ITORY.

REDIA, r[=e]'di-a, _n._ a stage in some trematode worms immediately before

_cercaria_:--_pl._ R[=E]'DIÆ. [From _Redi_, an Italian naturalist.]

REDIFFERENTIATE, r[=e]-dif-e-ren'shi-[=a]t, _v.i._ to differentiate a

differential coefficient.--_n._ REDIFFERENTI[=A]'TION.

REDIGEST, r[=e]-di-jest', _v.t._ to reduce to form again.

REDINGOTE, red'ing-g[=o]t, _n._ a double-breasted outer coat with long full

skirts, worn by men, also a similar outer garment for women.

REDINTEGRATE, r[=e]-din't[=e]-gr[=a]t, _v.t._ to restore to integrity

again: to renew:--_pr.p._ redin'tegr[=a]ting; _pa.p._

redin'tegr[=a]ted.--_n._ REDINTEGR[=A]'TION, restoration to integrity or to

a whole or sound state: renovation. [L. _redintegr[=a]re_,

_-[=a]tum_--_re-_, again, _integr[=a]re_, to make whole--_integer_.]

REDIRECT, r[=e]-di-rekt', _v.t._ to direct anew.

REDISBURSE, r[=e]-dis-burs', _v.t._ to refund.

REDISCOVER, r[=e]-dis-kuv'[.e]r, _v.t._ to discover again.--_n._

REDISCOV'ERY.

REDISPOSE, r[=e]-dis-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to dispose or adjust again.--_n._

REDISPOSI'TION.

REDISSEIZE, r[=e]-dis-s[=e]z', _v.t._ to disseize anew.--_ns._ REDISSEIZ'IN

(_law_), a writ to recover seizin of lands; REDISSEIZ'OR.

REDISSOLVE, r[=e]-di-zolv', _v.t._ to dissolve again.--_n._

REDISSOL[=U]'TION.

REDISTRIBUTE, r[=e]-dis-trib'[=u]t, _v.t._ to apportion anew.--_n._

REDISTRIB[=U]'TION, a second or renewed distribution.

REDISTRICT, r[=e]-dis'trikt, _v.t._ to divide again, as a state into

districts.--_n._ REDIS'TRICTING (_U.S._).

REDITION, r[=e]-dish'un, _n._ the act of going back.

REDIVIDE, r[=e]-di-v[=i]d', _v.t._ to divide again or anew.

REDIVIVUS, red-i-v[=i]'vus, _adj._ alive again: restored.

REDOLENT, red'[=o]-lent, _adj._ diffusing odour or fragrance:

scented.--_ns._ RED'OLENCE, RED'OLENCY.--_adv._ RED'OLENTLY. [Fr.,--L.

_redolens_, _-entis_--_red-_, _re-_, again, _ol[=e]re_, to emit an odour.]

REDONDILLA, red-on-d[=e]'lya, _n._ an early form of versification in which

the 1st and 4th and the 2d and 3d lines of the stanza generally rhymed: in

later Spanish use, a term applied to verses of 6 and 8 syllables in

general, whether making perfect rhymes or assonances only. [Sp.,--L.

_rotundus_, round.]

REDORSE, r[=e]-dors', _n._ the reverse side of a dorsal or dorse.

REDOUBLE, r[=e]-dub'l, _v.t._ to double again or repeatedly: to increase

greatly: to multiply.--_v.i._ to become greatly increased: to become twice

as much.

REDOUBT, REDOUT, r[=e]-dowt', _n._ (_fort._) a field-work enclosed on all

sides, its ditch not flanked from the parapet: a central or retired work

within any other works, intended to afford the garrison a last

retreat--also REDUIT'.--_adj._ (_her._) bent in many angles. [Fr.

_redoute_, _réduit_, a redoubt--It. _ridotto_--L. _reduc[)e]re_,

_reductum_--to bring back.]

REDOUBT, r[=e]-dowt', _v.t._ (_arch._) to fear.--_adjs._ REDOUBT'ABLE,

valiant; REDOUBT'ED (_Spens._).--_n._ REDOUBT'ING. [O. Fr. _redouter_, to

fear greatly--L. _re-_, back, _dubit[=a]re_, to doubt.]

REDOUND, r[=e]-downd', _v.i._ to be sent back by reaction, to rebound: to

result, turn out: (_Spens._, _Milt._) to overflow, to be in excess.--_n._

the coming back, as an effect or consequence, return.--_n._ REDOUND'ING.

[Fr. _rédonder_--L. _redund[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _und[=a]re_, to

surge--_unda_, a wave.]

REDOWA, red'[=o]-a, _n._ a Bohemian round dance, one form resembling the

waltz, the other the polka: the music for such a dance, usually in quick

triple time. [Fr.,--Bohem. _rejdowák_.]

REDRAFT, r[=e]-draft', _n._ a second draft or copy: a new bill of exchange

which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for

the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.

REDRAW, r[=e]-draw', _v.t._ to draw again: to draw a second copy: to draw a

new bill: to meet another bill of the same amount.

REDRESS, r[=e]-dres', _v.t._ to set right: to relieve from: to make amends

to: to compensate: to dress again.--_n._ relief: reparation.--_n._

REDRESS'ER, one who gives redress.--_adjs._ REDRESS'IBLE, that may be

redressed; REDRESS'IVE, affording redress; REDRESS'LESS, without

relief.--_n._ REDRESS'MENT, the act of redressing.

REDRIVE, r[=e]-dr[=i]v', _v.t._ to drive back.

RED-TAPE, red'-t[=a]p, _n._ the red tape used in public, and esp.

government, offices for tying up documents, &c.: applied satirically to the

intricate system of routine in vogue there: official formality.--_adj._

pertaining to official formality.--_ns._ RED'-T[=A]'PISM, the system of

routine in government and other public offices; RED'-T[=A]'PIST, a great

stickler for routine.

REDUB, r[=e]-dub', _v.t._ (_obs._) to make amends for.--_n._ REDUB'BER, one

who buys stolen cloth and so alters it as not to be recognised.

REDUCE, r[=e]-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to bring into a lower state, as to reduce the

ores of silver: to lessen: to impoverish: to subdue: to arrange: (_arith._

and _alg._) to change numbers or quantities from one denomination into

another: to reduce to its proper form, as to reduce a fracture: to bring

into a new form, as to reduce Latin to English: to weaken: to bring into a

class: (_Scots law_) to annul by legal means: (_mil._) to strike off the

pay-roll.--_ns._ REDUC'ER, one who reduces: a joint-piece for connecting

pipes of varying diameter; REDUCIBIL'ITY, REDUC'IBLENESS, the quality of

being reducible.--_adj._ REDUC'IBLE, that may be reduced.--_ns._

REDUC'ING-SCALE, a scale used by surveyors for reducing chains and links to

acres and roods; REDUC'TION, act of reducing or state of being reduced:

diminution: subjugation: a rule for changing numbers or quantities from one

denomination to another.--_adj._ REDUC'TIVE, having the power to

reduce.--REDUCE TO THE RANKS, to degrade, for misconduct, to the condition

of a private soldier; REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM, the proof of a proposition by

proving the falsity of its contradictory opposite; REDUCTION WORKS,

smelting works. [L. _reduc[)e]re_, _reductum_--_re-_, back, _duc[)e]re_, to

lead.]

REDUIT. See REDOUBT (1).

REDUNDANCE, r[=e]-dun'dans, _n._ quality of being superfluous:

superabundance--also REDUN'DANCY.--_adj._ REDUN'DANT, superfluous, as in

words or images: (_Milt._) flowing back, as a wave.--_adv._ REDUN'DANTLY.

[Fr.,--L. _redund-ans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of _redund[=a]re_, to redound.]

REDUPLICATE, r[=e]-d[=u]'pli-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to double again: to multiply:

to repeat.--_adj._ doubled.--_n._ REDUPLIC[=A]'TION, the act of redoubling:

the repetition of a syllable, or of the initial part, in inflection and

word-formation, as in L. _fefelli_, perf. of _fallo_, Gr. _tetupha_, perf.

of _tupt[=o]_: (_anat._) a folding or doubling of a part or organ.--_adj._

RED[=U]'PLIC[=A]TIVE.

REDUVIIDÆ, red-[=u]-v[=i]'i-d[=e], _n.pl._ a family of predacious

bugs.--_adj._ RED[=U]'VIOID.--_n._ RED[=U]'VIUS, a genus embracing about

fifty species, mostly African--the _Fly-bug_ is European.

REDUX, r[=e]'duks, _adj._ led back, as from captivity, &c., as in Dryden's

poem on the Restoration entitled _Astræa Redux_: (_med._) noting the

reappearance of certain physical signs after interruption in consequence of

disease.

REE, r[=e], (_prov._) _v.t._ to riddle.

REE, r[=e], _adj._ (_prov._) wild, tipsy.

REEBOK, r[=e]'bok, _n._ a South African antelope.

RE-ECHO, r[=e]-ek'[=o], _v.t._ to echo back.--_v.i._ to give back echoes:

to resound.--_n._ an echo repeated.

REECHY, r[=e]ch'i, _adj._ (_Shak._) smoky, sooty, tanned.--_n._ REECH,

smoke--the Scotch _reek_ (q.v.).

REED, r[=e]d, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_Spens._) to deem.

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REED, r[=e]d, _n._ the common English name of certain tall grasses, growing

in moist or marshy places, and having a very hard or almost woody culm: a

musical pipe anciently made of a reed: the sounding part of several musical

instruments, as the clarinet, bassoon, oboe, and bagpipe: the speaking part

of the organ, though made of metal: the appliance in weaving for separating

the threads of the warp, and for beating the weft up to the web: a tube

containing the powder-train leading to the blast-hole: a piece of

whalebone, &c., for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress:

(_poet._) a missile weapon: reeds or straw for thatch: a measuring

reed.--_v.t._ to thatch.--_ns._ REED'-BAND, a musical band including

clarinets and other reed-instruments; REED'-BIRD, the bobolink;

REED'-BUNT'ING, the black-headed bunting of Europe.--_adjs._ REED'ED,

covered with reeds: formed with reed-like ridges or channels; REED'EN,

consisting of a reed or reeds.--_ns._ REED'ER, a thatcher; REED'-GRASS, any

one of the grasses called reeds; REED'INESS, the state of being reedy;

REED'ING, the milling on the edge of a coin: (_archit._) ornamental beaded

mouldings, &c.; REED'-IN'STRUMENT, a musical instrument, the tone of which

is produced by the vibration of a reed; REED'-KNIFE, a metal implement for

adjusting the tuning wires in a pipe-organ; REED'LING, the European bearded

titmouse; REED'-MACE, any plant of the genus _Typha_, esp. either of two

species, also called _Cat's tail_, the most common of which grows to a

height of five or six feet, and is sometimes called _Bulrush_;

REED'-M[=O]'TION, the mechanism which in power-looms moves the batten;

REED'-OR'GAN, a key-board musical instrument of which the harmonium and the

American organ are the principal types; REED'-PHEAS'ANT, the bearded

titmouse or reedling; REED'-PIPE, in organ-building, a pipe whose tone is

produced by the vibration of a reed: REED'-PLANE, a concave-soled plane

used in making beads; REED'-STOP, a set of reed-pipes in organs, the use of

which is controlled by a single stop-knob; REED'-WAR'BLER, a species of the

warblers, frequenting marshy places, and building its nest on the reeds

which grow there--also REED'-THRUSH; REED'-WREN, the greater reed-warbler:

an American wren.--_adj._ REED'Y, abounding with reeds: resembling or

sounding as a reed--_n._ masses of rods of iron imperfectly welded

together. [A.S. _hreód_; Dut. _riet_, Ger. _ried_.]

RE-EDIFY, r[=e]-ed'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to rebuild.--_n._ RE-EDIFIC[=A]'TION,

the act of rebuilding: the state of being rebuilt.

REEF, r[=e]f, _n._ a chain of rocks lying at or near the surface of the

water: a shoal or elevated bank: a lode, vein, or ledge, in Australian

mining phraseology. [Dut. _rif_; Ice. _rif_.]

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REEF, r[=e]f, _n._ a portion of a sail rolled or folded up.--_v.t._ to

reduce the exposed surface of, as a sail: to gather up any material in a

similar way.--_ns._ REEF'-BAND, a strong strip of canvas extending across a

sail to strengthen it; REEF'ER, a reef-oyster: one who reefs: a short

jacket worn by sailors: a midshipman; REEF'-GOOSE, the common wild goose of

North America; REEF'ING, the gathering up of a curtain in short festoons;

REEF'ING-JACK'ET, a pea-jacket; REEF'-KNOT, a square knot; REEF'-LINE, a

temporary means of spilling a sail; REEF'-PEND'ANT, in fore and aft sails,

a rope through a sheave-hole in the boom; REEF'-SQUID, a lashing used

aboard the luggers on the south coast of England; REEF'-TACK'LE, a tackle

used to facilitate reefing.--_adjs._ REEF'Y, full of reefs; CLOSE'-REEFED,

the condition of a sail when all its reefs have been taken in. [Dut.

_reef_, reef; Ice. _rif_, Dan. _reb_.]

REEF, r[=e]f, _adj._ (_Scot._) scabby.--_n._ the itch. [A.S. _hreóf_,

scabby.]

REEK, r[=e]k, _n._ smoke: vapour.--_v.i._ to emit smoke or vapour: to

steam.--_adj._ REEK'Y, full of reek: smoky: soiled with steam or smoke:

foul. [A.S. _réc_; Ice. _reykr_, Ger. _rauch_, Dut. _rook_, smoke.]

REEL, r[=e]l, _n._ a lively Scottish dance for two couples or more, its

music generally written in common time of four crotchets in a measure, but

sometimes in jig time of six quavers: music for such a dance.--_v.i._ to

dance a reel. [Gael. _righil_.]

REEL, r[=e]l, _n._ a rolling or turning frame for winding yarn, &c.--_v.t._

to wind on a reel.--_adj._ REEL'ABLE, capable of being reeled.--_ns._

REEL'-CLICK, an attachment to an angler's reel, which checks the line from

running out too freely; REEL'-COTT'ON, sewing cotton thread wound on reels

or spools; REEL'ER, one who reels: the grasshopper-warbler; REEL'-HOLD'ER,

a rotatory frame to hold spools or reels of thread used in sewing: one of

the watch in a man-of-war who hauls in the line when the log is heaved to

ascertain the ship's speed; REEL'ING-MACHINE', a machine for winding thread

on spools or reels: a machine which winds into hanks the cotton yarn

received from the bobbins of the spinning-frames; REEL'-LINE, a

fishing-line used on a reel by anglers, esp. the part _reeled_, as

distinguished from that _cast;_ REEL'-PLATE, the metal plate of a

fishing-reel that fits into the reel-seat; REEL'-SEAT, the groove on an

angler's rod which receives the reel.--REEL OFF, to give out with rapidity

or fluency. [A.S. _reól_, _hreól_.]

REEL, r[=e]l, _v.i._ to stagger: to vacillate.--_n._ giddiness.--_adv._

REEL'-RALL (_Scot._), topsy-turvy. [Conn. with preceding word.]

RE-ELECT, r[=e]-[=e]-lekt', _v.t._ to elect again.--_n._ RE-ELEC'TION.

RE-ELEVATE, r[=e]-el'e-v[=a]t, _v.t._ to elevate again or anew.

RE-ELIGIBLE, r[=e]-el'i-ji-bl, _adj._ capable of re-election.--_n._

RE-ELIGIBIL'ITY.

REEM, r[=e]m, _n._ an animal mentioned in Job, xxxix. 9--unicorn, wild ox,

or ox-antelope.

RE-EMBARK, r[=e]-em-bärk', _v.t._ to embark or put on board again.--_n._

RE-EMBARK[=A]'TION.

RE-EMBATTLE, r[=e]-em-bat'l, _v.t._ (_Milt._) to range again in order of

battle.

RE-EMBODY, r[=e]-em-bod'i, _v.t._ to embody again.

RE-EMBRACE, r[=e]-em-br[=a]s', _v.t._ or _v.i._ to embrace again.

RE-EMERGE, r[=e]-[=e]-m[.e]rj', _v.i._ to emerge again.--_n._

RE-EMERG'ENCE, the act of emerging again.

REEMING, r[=e]m'ing, _n._ the act of opening the seams between the planks

of a vessel with a caulking-iron, in order to admit the oakum.

RE-ENACT, r[=e]-en-akt', _v.t._ to enact again.--_n._ RE-ENACT'MENT.

RE-ENCOURAGEMENT, r[=e]-en-kur'[=a]j-ment, _n._ renewed or repeated

encouragement.

RE-ENDOW, r[=e]-en-dow', _v.t._ to endow again or anew.

RE-ENFORCE, RE-ENFORCEMENT. Same as REINFORCE, REINFORCEMENT.

RE-ENGAGE, r[=e]-en-g[=a]j', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to engage again or a second

time.--_n._ RE-ENGAGE'MENT, a renewed or repeated engagement.

RE-ENGENDER, r[=e]-en-jen'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to regenerate.

RE-ENGRAVE, r[=e]-en-gr[=a]v', _v.t._ to engrave again or anew.

RE-ENJOY, r[=e]-en-joi', _v.t._ to enjoy anew or a second time.

RE-ENLIST, r[=e]-en-list, _v.t._ or _v.i._ to enlist again.

RE-ENTER, r[=e]-en't[.e]r, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to enter again or anew: in

engraving, to cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten

sufficiently.--_p.adj._ RE-EN'TERING, entering again: turning

inwards.--_n._ RE-EN'TRANCE, the act of entering again.--_adj._ RE-EN'TRANT

(same as RE-ENTERING).--_n._ RE-EN'TRY, an entering again: the resuming a

possession lately lost.--RE-ENTERING ANGLE, an angle pointing inwards.

RE-ENTHRONE, r[=e]-en-thr[=o]n', _v.t._ to restore to the throne.--_n._

RE-ENTHRONE'MENT.

RE-ERECT, r[=e]-e-rekt', _v.t._ to erect again.

REERMOUSE. Same as REREMOUSE.

REESK, r[=e]sk, _n._ (_Scot._) rank grass, or waste land growing such.

REEST, REIST, r[=e]st, _v.i._ (_Scot._) of a horse, suddenly to refuse to

move, to baulk.--_v.t._ to arrest, stop.

RE-ESTABLISH, r[=e]-es-tab'lish, _v.t._ to establish again: to

restore.--_ns._ RE-ESTAB'LISHER, one who re-establishes; RE-ESTAB'LISHMENT.

RE-ESTATE, r[=e]-es-t[=a]t', _v.t._ to re-establish.

REEVE, r[=e]v, _n._ a steward or other officer (now used only in

composition, as in _sheriff_)--a title applied to several classes of old

English magistrates over various territorial areas, as _borough-reeves_,

over boroughs; _port-reeves_, in trading towns, in ports; _high-reeves_,

&c. [M. E. _reve_--A.S. _geréfa_--_róf_, excellent. Cf. Ger. _graf_.]

REEVE, r[=e]v, _v.t._ to pass the end of a rope through any hole, as the

channel of a block:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ reeved, also rove (_naut._).

[_Reef_ (2).]

RE-EXAMINE, r[=e]-eg-zam'in, _v.t._ to examine again or anew.--_n._

RE-EXAMIN[=A]'TION, a renewed or repeated examination.

RE-EXCHANGE, r[=e]-eks-ch[=a]nj', _v.t._ to exchange again or anew.--_n._ a

renewed exchange.

RE-EXHIBIT, r[=e]-eg-zib'it, _v.t._ to exhibit again.

RE-EXPEL, r[=e]-eks-pel', _v.t._ to expel again.

RE-EXPORT, r[=e]-eks-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to export again, as what has been

imported.--_n._ RE-EXPORT[=A]'TION, the act of exporting what has first

been imported.

REFACTION, r[=e]-fak'shun, _n._ (_obs._) _retribution_.

REFAIT, re-f[=a]', _n._ a drawn game, esp. in _rouge-et-noir_.

REFASHION, r[=e]-fash'un, _v.t._ to fashion or mould again.--_n._

REFASH'IONMENT.

REFASTEN, r[=e]-fas'n, _v.t._ to fasten again.

REFECTION, r[=e]-fek'shun, _n._ refreshment: a meal or repast.--_n._

REFEC'TIONER.--_adj._ REFEC'TIVE, refreshing.--_n._ REFEC'TORY, the place

where refections or meals are taken, esp. in convents or monasteries.

[_Fr._,--L. _refectio_--_refic[)e]re_, _refectum_--_re-_, again,

_fac[)e]re_, to make.]

REFEL, r[=e]-fel', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to refute, to disprove. [O. Fr.,--L.

_refell[)e]re_--_re-_, again, _fall[)e]re_, to deceive.]

REFEOFF, r[=e]-fef', _v.t._ to reinvest.

REFER, r[=e]-f[.e]r, _v.t._ to submit to another person or authority: to

assign: to reduce: to carry back: to trace back: to hand over for

consideration: to deliver over, as to refer a matter: to appeal: to direct

for information.--_v.i._ to direct the attention: to give a reference: to

have reference or recourse: to relate: to allude:--_pr.p._ refer'ring;

_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ referred'.--_adjs._ REF'ERABLE, REFER'RIBLE, that may

be referred or assigned to.--_ns._ REFER[=EE]', one to whom anything is

referred: an arbitrator, umpire, or judge; REF'ERENCE, the act of

referring: a submitting for information or decision: relation: allusion:

one who, or that which, is referred to: (_law_) the act of submitting a

dispute for investigation or decision: a testimonial: a direction in a

book, a quotation; REF'ERENCE-B[=I]'BLE, a Bible having references to

parallel passages; REF'ERENCE-BOOK, a book to be referred to or consulted,

as an encyclopædia; REF'ERENCE-L[=I]'BRARY, a library containing books to

be consulted only in the premises.--_n.pl._ REF'ERENCE-MARKS (_print._),

the characters *, +, &c., used to refer to notes, &c.--_ns._ REFERENDAR',

in Germany, a legal probationer who has passed the first of the two

examinations for the judicial service; REFEREN'DARY, one to whose decision

a cause is referred, a referee: formerly a public official whose duty was

to procure, execute, and despatch diplomas and charters, or who served as

the medium of communication with a sovereign: the official through whom the

patriarch of Constantinople communicates with the civil authorities;

REFEREN'DUM, in Switzerland, the right of the people to have all

legislative acts passed in the Federal or Cantonal Assemblies referred to

them _en masse_.--_adj._ REFEREN'TIAL, containing a reference: pointing or

referring to something else.--_adv._ REFEREN'TIALLY, in the way of

reference.--_ns._ REFER'MENT; REFER'RER. [O. Fr. _referer_ (_référer_)--L.

_referre_, to carry back--_re-_, back, _ferre_, to carry.]

REFERRIBLE. Same as REFERABLE.

REFIGURE, r[=e]-fig'[=u]r, _v.t._ to represent anew: (_astrol._) to restore

the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.

REFILL, r[=e]-fil', _v.t._ to fill again.

REFIND, r[=e]-f[=i]nd', _v.t._ to find or experience again.

REFINE, r[=e]-f[=i]n', _v.t._ to separate from extraneous matter: to reduce

to a fine or pure state: to purify: to clarify: to polish: to make elegant:

to purify the manners, morals, language, &c.--_v.i._ to become fine or

pure: to affect nicety: to improve in any kind of excellence.--_p.adj._

REFINED', made fine: polished: highly cultivated.--_adv._ REFIN'EDLY, in a

refined manner: with affected elegance.--_ns._ REFIN'EDNESS, REFINE'MENT,

act of refining or state of being refined: purification: separation from

what is impure, &c.: cultivation: elegance: polish: purity: an excessive

nicety; REFIN'ER, one who refuses anything: a piece of mechanism for

refining, as a gas purifier; REFIN'ERY, a place for refining; REFIN'ING,

the act or process of refining or purifying, particularly metals. [L.

_re-_, denoting change of state, and _fine_; cf. Fr. _raffiner_.]

REFIT, r[=e]-fit', _v.t._ to fit or prepare again.--_v.i._ to repair

damages.--_ns._ REFIT', REFIT'MENT.

REFLAME, r[=e]-fl[=a]m', _v.i._ to burst again into flame.

REFLECT, r[=e]-flekt', _v.t._ to bend back: to throw back after striking

upon any surface, as light, &c.--_v.i._ to be thrown back, as light, heat,

&c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder:

to cast reproach or censure (with _on_, _upon_).--_p.adj._ REFLECT'ED, cast

or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.--_adjs._ REFLECT'IBLE, capable of

being reflected; REFLECT'ING, throwing back light, heat, &c.: given to

reflection: thoughtful.--_adv._ REFLECT'INGLY, with reflection: with

censure.--REFLECTING TELESCOPE, a form of telescope in which the image of

the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a

lens, as in the refracting telescope. [Fr.,--L. _reflect[)e]re_,

_reflexum_--_re-_, again, _flect[)e]re_, to bend.]

REFLECTION, REFLEXION, r[=e]-flek'shun, _n._ the act of reflecting: the

change of direction when a ray of light, &c., strikes upon a surface and is

thrown back: the state of being reflected: that which is reflected: the

action of the mind by which it is conscious of its own operations:

attentive consideration: contemplation: censure or reproach: (_anat._) the

folding of a part, a fold.--_adj._ REFLECT'IVE, reflecting: considering the

operations of the mind: exercising thought or reflection: (_gram._)

reciprocal.--_adv._ REFLECT'IVELY.--_ns._ REFLECT'IVENESS; REFLECT'OR, one

who, or that which, reflects: a mirror or polished reflecting surface: a

censurer.--_adj._ REFLECT'ORY.

REFLET, re-fl[=a]', _n._ iridescent glaze, as on pottery: ware possessing

this property.

REFLEX, r[=e]'fleks, _adj._ bent or turned back: reflected: reciprocal:

acting and reacting, as reflex influence: (_physiol._) said of certain

movements which take place independent of the will, being sent back from a

nerve-centre in answer to a stimulus from the surface: (_paint._)

illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.--_n._

reflection: light reflected from an illuminated surface: a copy.--_v.t._

REFLEX', to bend back.--_p.adj._ REFLEXED' (_bot._), bent backward or

downward.--_n._ REFLEXIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ REFLEX'IBLE, REFLECT'IBLE, that

may be reflected or thrown back.--_n._ REFLEX'ITY.--_adj._ REFLEX'IVE,

turning backward: reflective: respecting the past: relating to a verb in

which the action turns back upon the subject, as _I bethought

myself_.--_adv._ REFLEX'IVELY.--_n._ REFLEX'IVENESS, the state or quality

of being reflexive.--_adv._ R[=E]'FLEXLY (also REFLEX'LY).--_adj._

REFLEXOGEN'IC, tending to increase reflex motions.

REFLOAT, r[=e]-fl[=o]t', _n._ ebb.

REFLORESCENCE, r[=e]-flor-es'ens, _n._ a blossoming anew.--_v.i._

REFLOUR'ISH.

REFLOW, r[=e]-fl[=o]', _v.i._ to flow back.--_ns._ REFLOW', REFLOW'ING.

REFLOWER, r[=e]-flow'[.e]r, _v.i._ to bloom again.

REFLUENT, ref'l[=oo]-ent, _adj._ flowing back: ebbing.--_ns._ REF'LUENCE,

REF'LUENCY.--_adj._ R[=E]'FLUX, flowing or returning back: reflex.--_n._ a

flowing back: ebb.--_n._ REFLUX'ING. [L. _refluens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of

_reflu[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _flu[)e]re_, _fluxum_, to flow.]

REFOCILLATE, r[=e]-fos'il-[=a]t, _v.t._ (_obs._) to revive.--_n._

REFOCILL[=A]'TION. [L. _re-_, again, _focill[=a]re_, to cherish--_focus_, a

hearth.]

REFOLD, r[=e]-f[=o]ld', _v.t._ to fold again.--_adj._ REFOLD'ED.

REFOOT, r[=e]-f[=oo]t', _v.t._ to supply with a new foot.

REFOREST, r[=e]-for'est, _v.t._ to plant again with trees.--_n._

REFOREST[=A]'TION.

REFORGE, r[=e]-f[=o]rj', _v.t._ to forge again or anew: to make over

again.--_n._ REFORG'ER.

REFORM, r[=e]-form', _v.t._ to form again or anew: to transform: to make

better: to remove that which is objectionable from: to repair or improve:

to reclaim.--_v.i._ to become better: to abandon evil: to be corrected or

improved.--_n._ a forming anew: change, amendment, improvement: an

extension or better distribution of parliamentary representation, as in the

Reform Bill.--_adj._ REFOR'MABLE.--_n._ REFORM[=A]'TION, the act of forming

again: the act of reforming: amendment: improvement: the great religious

revolution of the 16th century, which gave rise to the various evangelical

or Protestant organisations of Christendom.--_adjs._ REFOR'M[=A]TIVE,

forming again or anew: tending to produce reform; REFOR'M[=A]TORY,

reforming: tending to produce reform.--_n._ an institution for reclaiming

youths and children who have been convicted of crime.--_adj._ REFORMED',

formed again or anew: changed: amended: improved: denoting the churches

formed after the Reformation, esp. those in which the Calvinistic

doctrines, and still more the Calvinistic polity, prevail, in

contradistinction to the _Lutheran_.--_ns._ REFOR'MER, one who reforms: one

who advocates political reform: one of those who took part in the

Reformation of the 16th century; REFOR'MIST, a reformer.--REFORMED

PRESBYTERIANS, a Presbyterian denomination originating in Scotland (see

CAMERONIAN); REFORM SCHOOL, a reformatory. [L. _re-_, again, _form[=a]re_,

to shape--_forma_, form.]

REFORMADE, ref-or-m[=a]d', _n._ (_Bunyan_) a reduced or dismissed

soldier.--_n._ REFORM[=A]'DO, an officer without a command.--_adj._

degraded: penitent.

REFORTIFY, r[=e]-for'ti-f[=i], _v.t._ to fortify again or anew.

REFOUND, r[=e]-fownd', _v.t._ to establish on a new basis: to cast

anew.--_n._ REFOUND'ER.

REFRACT, r[=e]-frakt', _v.t._ to break back or open: to break the natural

course, or bend from a direct line, as rays of light, &c.--_adj._

R[=E]FRAC'TABLE.--_p.adjs_. R[=E]FRAC'TED, turned out of its straight

course, as a ray of light: (_bot._, &c.) bent back at an acute angle;

R[=E]FRAC'TING, serving or tending to refract: refractive.--_n._

R[=E]FRAC'TION, the act of refracting: the change in the direction of a ray

of light, heat, &c., when it enters a different medium.--_adj._

R[=E]FRAC'TIVE, refracting: pertaining to refraction.--_ns._

R[=E]FRAC'TIVENESS; R[=E]FRACTIV'ITY; R[=E]FRACTOM'ETER, an instrument for

measuring the refractive power of different substances; R[=E]FRAC'TOR, a

refracting telescope.--ANGLE OF REFRACTION, the angle between a

perpendicular and a ray of light after its change of direction, bearing a

constant ratio to the sine of the _angle of incidence_--the index of

refraction; ASTRONOMICAL, or ATMOSPHERIC, REFRACTION, the apparent angular

elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the

refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the earth's

atmosphere; DOUBLE REFRACTION, the separation of an incident ray of light

into two refracted rays, polarised in perpendicular planes. [L.

_refring[)e]re_, _refractum_--_re-_, back, _frang[)e]re_, to break.]

REFRACTORY, r[=e]-frak'to-ri, _adj._ breaking through rules: unruly:

unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion, as metals, &c.: not

susceptible, as to disease.--_adv._ REFRAC'TORILY.--_n._ REFRAC'TORINESS.

REFRACTURE, r[=e]-frak't[=u]r, _n._ a breaking again.

REFRAGABLE, ref'ra-ga-bl, _adj._ that may be resisted: capable of

refutation.--_ns._ REFRAGABIL'ITY, REF'RAGABLENESS.--_v.i._ REF'RAG[=A]TE

(_obs._), to be contrary in effect. [L. _refrag[=a]ri_, to resist--_re-_,

again, _frang[)e]re_, to break.]

REFRAIN, r[=e]-fr[=a]n', _n._ a burden or chorus recurring at the end of

each division of a poem: the musical form to which the burden of a song is

set: an after-taste or other sense impression. [O. Fr.

_refrain_--_refraindre_--L. _refring[)e]re_ (_refrang[)e]re_).]

REFRAIN, r[=e]-fr[=a]n', _v.t._ to curb: to restrain.--_v.i._ to keep from

action: to forbear.--_ns._ REFRAIN'ER; REFRAIN'MENT. [O. Fr. _refraindre_

(Fr. _refréner_)--Low L. _refren[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _frenum_, a bridle.]

REFRAME, r[=e]-fr[=a]m', _v.t._ to frame again.

REFRANATION, r[=e]f-ra-n[=a]'shun, _n._ (_astrol._) the failure of a

planetary aspect to occur.

REFRANGIBLE, r[=e]-fran'ji-bl, _adj._ that may be refracted, or turned out

of a direct course, as rays of light, heat, &c.--_ns._ REFRANGIBIL'ITY,

REFRAN'GIBLENESS.

REFREEZE, r[=e]-fr[=e]z', _v.t._ to freeze a second time.

REFRENATION, ref-r[=e]-n[=a]'shun, _n._ (_obs_.) the act of restraining.

REFRESH, r[=e]-fresh', _v.t._ to give new strength, spirit, &c. to: to

revive after exhaustion: to enliven: to restore a fresh appearance

to.--_v.i._ to become fresh again: (_coll._) to take refreshment, as food

and drink.--_v.t._ R[=E]FRESH'EN, to make fresh again.--_n._ R[=E]FRESH'ER,

one who, or that which, refreshes: a fee paid to counsel for continuing his

attention to a case, esp. when adjourned.--_adj._ R[=E]FRESH'FUL, full of

power to refresh: refreshing.--_adv._ R[=E]FRESH'FULLY.--_p.adj._

R[=E]FRESH'ING, reviving, invigorating.--_adv._ R[=E]FRESH'INGLY, in a

refreshing manner: so as to revive.--_ns._ R[=E]FRESH'INGNESS;

REFRESH'MENT, the act of refreshing: new strength or spirit after

exhaustion: that which refreshes, as food or rest--(_pl._) usually food and

drink.--REFRESHMENT, or REFECTION, SUNDAY, the fourth Sunday in Lent.

REFRIGERANT, r[=e]-frij'[.e]-rant, _adj._ making cold: cooling:

refreshing.--_n._ that which cools.--_v.t._ R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TE, to make

cold: to cool: to refresh.--_n._ R[=E]FRIGER[=A]'TION.--_adjs._

R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TIVE, R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TORY, cooling: refreshing.--_ns._

R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TOR, an apparatus for preserving food by keeping it at a

low temperature: an ice-safe; R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TOR-CAR, a freight-car fitted

for preserving meat, &c., during transmission, by means of cold;

R[=E]FRIG'ER[=A]TORY, a cooler: a vessel or apparatus for cooling, used in

brewing, &c.; R[=E]FRIG[=E]'RIUM (_obs._), cooling refreshment. [Fr.,--L.

_re-_, denoting change of state, _friger[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to cool,

_frigus_, cold.]

REFRINGE, r[=e]-frinj', _v.t._ to infringe.--_n._ R[=E]FRING'ENCY,

refractive power.--_adj._ R[=E]FRIN'GENT.

REFT, reft, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _reave_.

REFUGE, ref'[=u]j, _n._ that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum

or retreat: a resource or expedient.--_v.t._ to find shelter for.--_v.i._

to take shelter.--_ns._ REFUG[=EE]', one who flees for refuge to another

country, esp. from religious persecution or political commotion;

REFUG[=EE]'ISM.--CITY OF REFUGE (see City); HOUSE OF REFUGE, an institution

for the shelter of the destitute. [Fr.,--L. _refugium_--_re-_, back,

_frug[)e]re_, to flee.]

REFULGENCE, r[=e]-ful'jens, _n._ state of being refulgent: brightness:

brilliance--also R[=E]FUL'GENCY.--_adj._ R[=E]FUL'GENT, casting a flood of

light: shining: brilliant.--_adv._ R[=E]FUL'GENTLY. [Fr.,--L. _refulgens_,

_-entis_, pr.p. of _refulg[=e]re_--_re-_, inten., _fulg[=e]re_, to shine.]

REFUND, r[=e]-fund', _v.t._ to repay: to restore: to return what has been

taken.--_ns._ REFUND'; REFUND'ER; REFUND'MENT. [Fr.,--L. _refund[)e]re_,

_refusum_--_re-_, back, _fund[)e]re_, to pour.]

REFURBISH, r[=e]-fur'bish, _v.t._ to furbish again: to polish.

REFURNISH, r[=e]-fur'nish, _v.t._ to furnish again: to supply or provide

anew.

REFUSE, r[=e]-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to reject: to deny, as a request, &c.: to

disown: to fail to receive, to repel: (_mil._) to hold troops back from the

regular alignment.--_v.i._ to decline acceptance: not to comply.--_adj._

REF[=U]'SABLE, capable of being refused.--_ns._ REF[=U]'SAL, denial of

anything requested: rejection: the right of taking in preference to others;

R[=E]F[=U]'SER. [Fr. _refuser_, prob. due to confusion of L. _refut[=a]re_,

to drive back, _recus[=a]re_, to make an objection against.]

REFUSE, ref'[=u]s, _adj._ refused: worthless.--_n._ that which is rejected

or left as worthless: dross.

REFUSE, r[=e]-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to melt again.--_n._ R[=E]F[=U]'SION,

repeated fusion or melting, as of metals: restoration.

REFUTE, r[=e]-f[=u]t', _v.t._ to repel: to oppose: to disprove.--_n._

R[=E]FUTABIL'ITY.--_adj._ R[=E]F[=U]'TABLE, that may be refuted or

disproved.--_adv._ R[=E]F[=U]'TABLY.--_n._ REFUT[=A]'TION, the act of

refuting or disproving.--_adj._ R[=E]F[=U]'T[=A]TORY, tending to refute:

refuting.--_n._ R[=E]F[=U]'TER, one who, or that which, refutes. [Fr.

_réfuter_--L. _refut[=a]re_--_re-_, back, root of _fund[)e]re_, _futilis_.]

REGAIN, r[=e]-g[=a]n, _v.t._ to gain back or again: to recover.

REGAL, r[=e]'gal, _adj._ belonging to a king: kingly: royal.--_adv._

R[=E]'GALLY. [Fr.,--L. _regalis_--_rex_, a king--_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REGAL, r[=e]'gal, _n._ a small portable organ used to support treble

voices.--Also RIG'OLE. [Fr.,--It.,--L. _regalis_, royal.]

REGALE, r[=e]-g[=a]l', _v.t._ to entertain in a sumptuous manner: to

refresh: to gratify.--_v.i._ to feast.--_n._ a regal or magnificent

feast.--_ns._ REGALE'MENT, the act of regaling: entertainment: refreshment;

REG[=A]'LER. [Fr. _régaler_, derived by Diez, like Sp. _regalar_, from L.

_regel[=a]re_, to thaw. Scheler prefers to connect with O. Fr. _galer_, to

rejoice (cf. _Gala_), and Skeat follows him.]

REGALIA, r[=e]-g[=a]'li-a, _n.pl._ the ensigns of royalty: the crown,

sceptre, &c., esp. those used at a coronation: the rights and privileges of

kings: the distinctive symbols of a particular order.--_n._

R[=E]G[=A]'L[=E], the power of the sovereign in ecclesiastical

affairs.--_adj._ R[=E]G[=A]'LIAN, regal, sovereign.--_ns._ R[=E]'GALISM,

R[=E]GAL'ITY, state of being regal: royalty: sovereignty: (_Scot._) a

territorial jurisdiction formerly conferred by the king.--_adv._

R[=E]'GALLY. [Neut. pl. of L. _regalis_, royal.]

REGALIA, r[=e]-g[=a]'lya, _n._ a superior Cuban cigar.

REGARD, r[=e]-gärd', _v.t._ to observe particularly: to hold in respect or

affection: to pay attention to: to care for: to keep or observe: to esteem:

to consider as important or valuable: to have respect or relation to.--_n._

(_orig._) look, gaze: attention with interest: observation: respect:

affection: repute: relation: reference: (_pl._) good wishes.--_adjs._

REGAR'DABLE; REGAR'DANT, looking to: (_her._) looking behind or

backward.--_n._ REGAR'DER.--_adj._ REGARD'FUL, full of regard: taking

notice: heedful: attentive.--_adv._ REGARD'FULLY.--_n._

REGARD'FULNESS.--_prep._ REGAR'DING, respecting, concerning.--_adj._

REGARD'LESS, without regard: not attending: negligent: heedless.--_adv._

REGARD'LESSLY.--_ns._ REGARD'LESSNESS; REGARD'-RING, a ring set with stones

whose initial letters make the word _regard_, as _r_uby, _e_merald,

_g_arnet, _a_methyst, _r_uby, _d_iamond.--AS REGARDS, with regard to; IN

REGARD OF, in view of; IN THIS REGARD, in this respect. [Fr.

_regarder_--_re-_, again, _garder_, to keep.]

REGATHER, r[=e]-gath'[.e]r, _v.t._ to gather again.

REGATTA, r[=e]-gat'a, _n._ a race of yachts: any rowing or sailing match.

[It. _regatta_, _rigatta_--Old It. _regattare_, to haggle, prob. a form of

It. _recatare_, to retail--L. _re-_, again, _capt[=a]re_, to catch.]

REGELATION, r[=e]-j[=e]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of freezing anew.--_v.i._

R[=E]'GEL[=A]TE, to freeze together. [L. _re-_, again, _gel[=a]re_, to

freeze.]

REGENCY, r[=e]'jen-si, _n._ the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a

regent: a body entrusted with vicarious government.--_n._ R[=E]'GENCE

(_obs._), government.

REGENERATE, r[=e]-jen'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to produce anew: (_theol._) to

renew the heart and turn it to the love of God.--_adj._ regenerated,

renewed: changed from a natural to a spiritual state.--_ns._

REGEN'ER[=A]CY, REGEN'ER[=A]TENESS, state of being _regenerate_.--_n._

REGENER[=A]'TION, act of regenerating: state of being regenerated:

(_theol._) new birth, the change from a carnal to a Christian life: the

renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.--_adj._

REGEN'ER[=A]TIVE, pertaining to regeneration: renewal.--_adv._

REGEN'ER[=A]TIVELY.--_n._ REGEN'ER[=A]TOR, a chamber filled with a

checker-work of fire-bricks, in which the waste heat is, by reversal of the

draught, alternately stored up and given out to the gas and air entering

the furnace.--_adj._ REGEN'ER[=A]TORY.--_n._ REGEN'ESIS, the state of being

renewed.--BAPTISMAL REGENERATION (see BAPTISE). [L. _regener[=a]re_,

_-[=a]tum_, to bring forth again--_re-_, again, _gener[=a]re_, to

generate.]

REGENT, r[=e]'jent, _adj._ invested with interim or vicarious sovereign

authority.--_n._ one invested with interim authority: one who rules for the

sovereign: a college professor, as formerly in Scotland and elsewhere: a

master or doctor who takes part in the regular duties of instruction and

government in some universities.--_ns._ R[=E]'GENT-BIRD, an Australian bird

related to the bower-birds; R[=E]'GENTESS; R[=E]'GENTSHIP, office of a

regent: deputed authority. [Fr.,--L. _regens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of

_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REGERMINATE, r[=e]-j[.e]r'min-[=a]t, _v.i._ to germinate or bud

again.--_n._ REGERMIN[=A]'TION.

REGEST, r[=e]-jest', _v.t._ (_obs._) to throw back.--_n._ a register.

REGET, r[=e]-get', _v.t._ to get or obtain again.

REGIAN, r[=e]'ji-an, _n._ (_obs._) a royalist.--R[=E]'GIAM MAJEST[=A]'TEM,

a collection of ancient laws bearing to have been compiled by order of

David I. of Scotland, now generally believed to be a compilation from

Glanville's _Tractatus de legibus_.

REGIBLE, rej'i-bl, _adj._ governable.

REGICIDE, rej'i-s[=i]d, _n._ the murderer of a king--applied esp. to the

members of the High Court of Justice who sentenced Charles I. to

death.--_adj._ REGIC[=I]'DAL. [Fr.,--L. _rex_, _regis_, a king,

_cæd[)e]re_, to kill.]

REGIFUGIUM, r[=e]-ji-f[=u]'ji-um, _n._ an ancient Roman festival

commemorating the expulsion of the Tarquins.

REGILD, r[=e]-gild', _v.t._ to gild again or anew.

RÉGIME, r[=a]-zh[=e]m', _n._ mode of ruling one's diet: form of government:

administration.--ANCIEN RÉGIME, the political system that prevailed in

France before the Revolution of 1789. [Fr.,--L. _regimen_--_reg[)e]re_, to

rule.]

REGIMEN, rej'i-men, _n._ rule prescribed: orderly government: any

regulation for gradual improvement: (_med._) rule of diet, habit with

regard to food: (_gram._) the government of one word by another: words

governed:--_pl._ REGIM'INA.--_adj._ REGIM'INAL. [L.]

REGIMENT, rej'i-ment, _n._ a body of soldiers constituting the largest

permanent unit, commanded by a colonel: rule.--_v.t._ to form into a

regiment: to organise.--_adj._ REGIMENT'AL, relating to a

regiment.--_n.pl._ the uniform of a regiment.--_n._ REGIMENT[=A]'TION,

classification.--REGIMENTAL DISTRICT, the territory allotted to each

regiment for recruiting purposes.

REGINA, r[=e]-j[=i]'na, _n._ (_U.S._) the striped water-snake.

REGION, r[=e]'jun, _n._ a portion of land: country: any area or district,

with respect to fauna, flora, &c.: (_Shak._) rank, dignity: (_Shak._) the

elemental space between the earth and the moon's orbit.--_adj._

R[=E]'GIONAL, topical: local: topographical.--_n._ R[=E]'GIONALISM,

sectionalism.--_adv._ R[=E]'GIONALLY.--_n._ REGION[=A]'RIUS, a title given

to R.C. ecclesiastics who have jurisdiction over certain districts of

Rome.--_adjs._ R[=E]'GIONARY; R[=E]GION'IC. [O. Fr.,--L. _regio_,

_regionis_--_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REGISTER, rej'is-t[.e]r, _n._ a written record, regularly kept: the book

containing the register: that which registers or records: one who

registers, as the Scotch 'Lord Clerk Register:' that which regulates, as

the damper of a furnace or stove: a stop or range of pipes on the organ,

&c.: the compass of a voice or of a musical instrument: (_print._) exact

adjustment of position in the presswork of books printed on both

sides.--_v.t._ to enter in a register: to record.--_adjs._ REG'ISTERABLE,

REG'ISTRABLE, capable of being registered; REG'ISTERED, enrolled, as a

registered voter.--_ns._ REG'ISTER-GRATE, a grate with a shutter behind;

REG'ISTER-OFF'ICE, a record-office: an employment office; REG'ISTER-PLATE,

in rope-making, a disc having holes so arranged as to give the yarns

passing through them their proper position for entering into the general

twist; REG'ISTRANT, one who registers, esp. a trade-mark or patent;

REG'ISTRAR, one who keeps a register or official record;

REG'ISTRAR-GEN'ERAL, an officer having the superintendence of the

registration of all births, deaths, and marriages; REG'ISTRARSHIP, office

of a registrar.--_v.t._ REG'ISTR[=A]TE.--_ns._ REGISTR[=A]'TION, act of

registering: in organ-playing, the act of combining stops for the playing

of given pieces of music; REG'ISTRY, act of registering: place where a

register is kept: facts recorded.--REGISTRATION ACT, a statute of 1885

extending the borough system of registration to county towns; REGISTRATION

OF BRITISH SHIPS, a duty imposed on ship-owners in order to secure to their

vessels the privileges of British ships; REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT, the

recording of the title of a book for the purpose of securing the copyright;

REGISTRATION OF TRADE-MARKS, the public system of registering such, with a

view to secure their exclusive use.--PARISH REGISTER, a book in which the

births, deaths, and marriages are inscribed; SHIP'S REGISTER, a document

showing the ownership of a vessel. [O. Fr. _registre_--Low L. _registrum_,

for L. _regestum_, pl. _regesta_--_re-_, back, _ger[)e]re_, to carry.]

REGIUS, r[=e]'ji-us, _adj._ appointed by the Crown, as R[=E]'GIUS

PROFESS'OR, one whose chair was founded by Henry VIII.; in Scotland, any

professor whose chair was founded by the Crown.--R[=E]'GIUM D[=O]'NUM, an

annual grant of public money to Presbyterian and other nonconformist

ministers in England, Scotland, and esp. Ireland, where it only ceased in

1871.

REGIVE, r[=e]-giv', _v.t._ to restore.

REGLEMENT, reg'l-ment, _n._ (_Bacon_) regulation.--_adj._ REGLEMEN'TARY.

[Fr.]

REGLET, reg'let, _n._ a flat, narrow moulding, used to separate panels,

&c.: a fillet: (_print._) a ledge of wood thicker than a lead, and used for

a like purpose.--_n._ REG'LET-PLANE, a plane for making printers' reglets.

[Fr., dim. of _règle_--L. _regula_, a rule.]

REGLOW, r[=e]-gl[=o]', _v.i._ to recalesce.--_n._ recalescence.

REGMA, reg'ma, _n._ (_bot._) a capsule with two or more lobes, each of

which dehisces at maturity:--_pl._ REG'MATA. [Gr. _rh[=e]gma_, a fracture.]

REGMACARP, reg'ma-kärp, _n._ any dehiscent fruit.

REGNAL, reg'nal, _adj._ pertaining to the reign of a monarch.--_n._

REG'NANCY, condition of being regnant: reign: predominance.--_adj._

REG'NANT, reigning or ruling: predominant: exercising regal

authority.--_ns._ REG'NICIDE, the destroyer of a kingdom; REG'NUM, a badge

of royalty, esp. the early form of the pope's tiara.--REGNAL YEAR, the year

of a sovereign's reign. [L. _regnans_, _regnantis_, pr.p. of _regn[=a]re_,

_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REGORGE, r[=e]-gorj', _v.t._ to swallow again: (_Milt._) to swallow

eagerly: to vomit, to throw back.

REGRADE, r[=e]-gr[=a]d, _v.i._ (_obs._) to retire.

REGRAFT, r[=e]-graft', _v.t._ to graft again.

REGRANT, r[=e]-grant', _v.t._ to grant back.--_n._ a fresh grant.

REGRATE, r[=e]-gr[=a]t', _v.t._ in masonry, to remove the outer surface so

as to give a fresh appearance.

REGRATE, r[=e]-gr[=a]t', _v.t._ to buy and sell again in the same market,

thus raising the price--once a criminal offence in England.--_ns._

REGR[=A]'TER, -TOR, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same

fair; REGR[=A]'TING. [O. Fr. _regrater_--Low L. _recatare_, to retail--L.

_re-_, back, _capt[=a]re_, to catch.]

REGREDE, r[=e]-gr[=e]d', _v.i._ to retrograde.--_n._ REGR[=E]'DIENCE.

REGREET, r[=e]-gr[=e]t', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to greet or salute again.--_n._

(_Shak._) exchange of salutation.

REGRESS, r[=e]-gres', _n._ passage back: return: power of returning:

re-entry.--_v.i._ to go back: to return to a former place or state:

(_astron._) to move from east to west.--_n._ REGRES'SION, act of going back

or returning.--_adj._ REGRESS'IVE, going back: returning.--_adv._

REGRESS'IVELY, in a regressive manner: by return. [L. _regressus_, perf. p.

of _regredi_--_re-_, back, _gradi_, _gressus_, to step, go.]

REGRET, r[=e]-gret', _v.t._ to grieve at: to remember with sorrow:--_pr.p._

regret'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ regret'ted.--_n._ sorrow for anything:

concern: remorse: a written expression of regret.--_adj._ REGRET'FUL, full

of regret.--_adv._ REGRET'FULLY.--_adj._ REGRET'TABLE.--_adv._

REGRET'TABLY. [O. Fr. _regrater_, to desire, prob. from L. _re-_, again,

and an Old Low Ger. form, appearing in A.S. _gr['æ]tan_, Goth. _gretan_, to

weep, Scot. _greet_. Others explain as from L. _re-_, in neg. sense, and

_gratus_, pleasing.]

REGROWTH, r[=e]-gr[=o]th', _n._ a new growth.

REGUERDON, r[=e]-g[.e]r'dun, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to reward.--_n._ (_Shak._) a

reward.--_n._ REGUER'DONMENT.

REGULA, reg'[=u]-la, _n._ a book of rules for a religious house:

(_archit._) one of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals

of the triglyphs:--_pl._ REG'ULÆ (-l[=e]). [L. _regula_, a rule.]

REGULAR, reg'[=u]-lar, _adj._ according to rule, or to law, order, custom,

established practice, or mode prescribed: in accordance with nature or art,

or the ordinary form or course of things: governed by rule: uniform:

periodical: unbroken: methodical, orderly, systematic: strict: pursued with

steadiness: straight: level: instituted according to established forms:

normal, natural: consistent: usual, customary: (_gram._) according to

ordinary rule, as 'regular verbs:' (_bot._) symmetrical in form: (_geom._)

having all the sides and angles equal: belonging to the permanent or

standing army--opp. to _Militia_ and _Volunteer_: (_coll._) thorough, out

and out, as 'a regular deception:' as opp. to _Secular_ in the R.C. Church,

denoting monks, friars, &c. under a monastic rule.--_n._ a soldier

belonging to the permanent army: a member of a religious order who has

taken the three ordinary vows: (_chron._) a number for each year, giving,

added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the

paschal full moon falls: a fixed number for each month serving to ascertain

the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any

month.--_n.pl._ REGUL[=A]'RIA, the regular sea-urchins.--_n._

REGULARIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ REG'ULARISE, to make regular.--_n._

REGULAR'ITY, conformity to rule: method: uniformity.--_adv._

REG'ULARLY.--_n._ REG'ULARNESS.--_v.t._ REG'UL[=A]TE, to make regular: to

adjust by rule: to subject to rules or restrictions: to put in good

order.--_ns._ REG'ULATING-SCREW, in organ-building, a screw by which the

dip of the digitals of the keyboard of an organ may be adjusted;

REGUL[=A]'TION, act of regulating: state of being regulated: a rule or

order prescribed: precept: law.--_adj._ REG'UL[=A]TIVE, tending to

regulate.--_n._ REG'UL[=A]TOR, one who, or that which, regulates: a lever

which regulates the motion of a watch, &c.: anything that regulates

motion.--_adj._ REG'UL[=A]TORY.--_n.fem._ REG'UL[=A]TRESS. [L.

_regularis_--_regula_, a rule--_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REGULUS, reg'[=u]-lus, _n._ an intermediate and impure product in the

smelting of metallic ores: antimony: the golden-crested wren.--_adj._

REG'ULINE.--_v.t._ REG'ULISE. [L., 'little king.']

REGUR, r[=e]'gur, _n._ the rich black cotton soil of India, full of organic

matter.--Also R[=E]'GAR. [Hind.]

REGURGITATE, r[=e]-gur'ji-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to throw or pour back from a deep

place.--_v.i._ to be thrown or poured back:--_pr.p._ regur'git[=a]ting;

_pa.p._ regur'git[=a]ted.--_n._ REGURGIT[=A]'TION, the act of pouring or

flowing back. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _regurgit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_re-_, back,

_gurges_, _gurgitis_, a gulf.]

REH, r[=a], _n._ a saline efflorescence which comes to the surface in

extensive tracts of Upper India.

REHABILITATE, r[=e]-ha-bil'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to reinstate, restore to former

privileges.--_n._ REHABILIT[=A]'TION, the act of restoring to forfeited

rights or privileges. [Fr. _réhabiliter_--L. _re-_, again,

_habilit[=a]re_--_hab[=e]re_, to have.]

REHANDLE, r[=e]-hand'l, _v.t._ to remodel.

REHASH, r[=e]-hash', _v.t._ to hash over again.--_n._ something made up of

materials formerly used.

REHEAD, r[=e]-hed', _v.t._ to furnish with a head again.

REHEAR, r[=e]-h[=e]r', _v.t._ to hear again: to try over again, as a

lawsuit.--_n._ REHEAR'ING.

REHEARSAL, r[=e]-h[.e]r'sal, _n._ act of rehearsing: recital: recital and

performance for practice previous to public representation.--_v.t._

REHEARSE', to repeat what has already been said: to narrate: to recite

before a public representation.--_ns._ REHEAR'SER; REHEAR'SING. [O. Fr.

_rehercer_, _reherser_--_re-_, again, _hercer_, to harrow--_herce_ (Fr.

_herse_), a harrow.]

REHEAT, r[=e]-h[=e]t, _v.t._ to heat anew.--_n._ REHEAT'ER, an apparatus

for restoring heat to a body.

REHEEL, r[=e]-h[=e]l', _v.t._ to supply a heel to a stocking, boot, &c.

REHIBITION. See REDHIBITION.

REHYBRIDISE, r[=e]-h[=i]'bri-d[=i]z, _v.t._ to cause to interbreed with a

different species.

REHYPOTHECATE, r[=e]-h[=i]-poth'[=e]-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to lend as security

bonds already pledged.--_n._ REHYPOTHEC[=A]'TION.

REICHSRATH, r[=i]hs'rät, _n._ the chief deliberative body in the western

part of the Austrian Empire, excluding Hungary, which has its own

parliament.

REICHSTAG, r[=i]hs'täh, _n._ the chief deliberative body in the German

Empire, exercising legislative power in conjunction with the _Bundesrath_:

the diet of the old German Empire.

REIFICATION, r[=e]-if-i-k[=a]'shun, _n._ materialisation.--_v.t._

R[=E]'IFY, to make real or material.

REIGN, r[=a]n, _n._ rule: dominion, as Reign of Terror: royal authority:

supreme power: influence: time during which a sovereign rules.--_v.i._ to

rule: to have sovereign power: to be predominant. [Fr. _règne_--L.

_regnum_--_reg[)e]re_, to rule.]

REILLUMINATE, r[=e]-il-l[=u]'min-[=a]t, _v.t._ to illuminate or enlighten

again.--_n._ REILLUMIN[=A]'TION.

REIMBURSE, r[=e]-im-burs', _v.t._ to refund: to pay an equivalent to for

loss or expense.--_adj._ REIMBURS'ABLE, capable of being repaid: intended

to be repaid.--_ns._ REIMBURSE'MENT, act of reimbursing; REIMBURS'ER, one

who reimburses. [Fr. _rembourser_--_re-_, back, _embourser_, to put in a

purse--_bourse_, a purse.]

REIMPLACE, r[=e]-im-pl[=a]s', _v.t._ (_obs._) to replace.

REIMPLANT, r[=e]-im-plant', _v.t._ to implant again.--_n._

REIMPLANT[=A]'TION.

REIMPORT, r[=e]-im-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to bring back: to import again.--_n._

REIMPORT[=A]'TION.

REIMPOSE, r[=e]-im-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to retax.--_n._ REIMPOSI'TION, the act

of reimposing: a tax levied anew.

REIMPRESS, r[=e]-im-pres', _v.t._ to impress anew.--_n._ REIMPRES'SION, a

second or repeated impression: the reprint of a work.--_v.t._ REIMPRINT',

to print again.

REIMPRISON, r[=e]-im-pris'n, _v.t._ to imprison again.--_n._

REIMPRIS'ONMENT.

REIN, r[=a]n, _n._ the strap of a bridle: an instrument for curbing or

governing: government.--_v.t._ to govern with the rein or bridle: to

restrain or control: to rein in, to curb.--_v.i._ to obey the rein.--_ns._

REIN'-HOLD'ER, a clasp on the dash-board of a carriage for holding the

reins; REIN'-HOOK, a hook on a gig-saddle for holding the

bearing-rein.--_adj._ REIN'LESS, without rein or restraint.--_n._

REINS'MAN, a skilful driver.--REIN UP, to bring a horse to a stop.--GIVE

THE REINS TO, to leave unchecked; TAKE THE REINS, to take the control. [O.

Fr. _reine_ (Fr. _rêne_), through Late L. _retina_, from _retin[=e]re_, to

hold back.]

REINAUGURATE, r[=e]-in-aw'g[=u]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to inaugurate again or anew.

REINCARNATE, r[=e]-in-kär'n[=a]t, _v.t._ to embody anew.--_n._

REINCARN[=A]'TION.

REINCENSE, r[=e]-in-sens', _v.t._ to rekindle.

REINCITE, r[=e]-in-s[=i]t', _v.t._ to reanimate.

REINCORPORATE, r[=e]-in-kor'p[=o]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to incorporate or embody

again or anew.

REINCREASE, r[=e]-in-kr[=e]s', _v.t._ to augment.

REINCRUDATION, r[=e]-in-kr[=oo]-d[=a]'shun, _n._ recrudescence.

REINDEER, r[=a]n'd[=e]r, _n._ a kind of deer in the north, valuable for the

chase and for domestic uses.--_n._ REIN'DEER-MOSS, a lichen, the winter

food of the reindeer. [Ice. _hreinn_, and Eng. _deer_.]

REINFECT, r[=e]-in-fekt', _v.t._ to infect again.--_n._ REINFEC'TION.

REINFLAME, r[=e]-in-fl[=a]m', _v.t._ to rekindle.

REINFORCE, r[=e]-in-f[=o]rs', _v.t._ to enforce again: to strengthen with

new force or support: (_Spens._) to compel.--_ns._ REINFORCE'MENT, the act

of reinforcing: additional force or assistance, esp. of troops;

REINFOR'CER, any additional strengthening added to a thing.--_adj._

REINFOR'CIBLE.

REINFORM, r[=e]-in-form', _v.t._ to inform anew.

REINFUND, r[=e]-in-fund', _v.t._ to flow in again.

REINFUSE, r[=e]-in-f[=u]z', _v.t._ to infuse again.

REINGRATIATE, r[=e]-in-gr[=a]'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to recommend again: to

favour.

REINHABIT, r[=e]-in-hab'it, _v.t._ to inhabit again.

REINOCULATION, r[=e]-in-ok-[=u]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ subsequent inoculation.

REINS, r[=a]nz, _n.pl._ the kidneys: the lower part of the back over the

kidneys: (_B._) the inward parts: the heart. [O. Fr.,--L. _renes_.]

REINSCRIBE, r[=e]-in-skr[=i]b', _v.t._ to record a second time.

REINSERT, r[=e]-in-s[.e]rt', _v.t._ to insert a second time.--_n._

REINSER'TION.

REINSPECT, r[=e]-in-spekt', _v.t._ to inspect again.--_n._ REINSPEC'TION.

REINSPIRE, r[=e]-in-sp[=i]r', _v.t._ to inspire anew.

REINSTALL, r[=e]-in-stawl', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to put again in possession:

(_Milt._) to seat again.--_n._ REINSTAL'MENT.

REINSTATE, r[=e]-in-st[=a]t', _v.t._ to place in a former state.--_ns._

REINST[=A]TE'MENT, REINST[=A]'TION, act of reinstating: re-establishment.

REINSTRUCT, r[=e]-in-strukt', _v.t._ to instruct again.

REINSURE, r[=e]-in-sh[=oo]r', _v.t._ to insure a second time by other

underwriters.--_ns._ REINSUR'ANCE; REINSUR'ER.

REINTEGRATE, r[=e]-in'te-gr[=a]t, _v.t._ to bring into harmony.--_n._

REINTEGR[=A]'TION.

REINTER, r[=e]-in-ter', _v.t._ to bury again.

REINTERROGATE, r[=e]-in-ter'[=o]-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to interrogate again.--_n._

REINTERROG[=A]'TION.

REINTRODUCE, r[=e]-in-tr[=o]-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to introduce again.--_n._

REINTRODUC'TION.

REINVENT, r[=e]-in-vent', _v.t._ to create anew or independently.--_n._

REINVEN'TION.

REINVEST, r[=e]-in-vest', _v.t._ to invest again or a second time.--_n._

REINVEST'MENT, act of reinvesting: a second investment.

REINVESTIGATE, r[=e]-in-ves'ti-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to investigate again.--_n._

REINVESTIG[=A]'TION.

REINVIGORATE, r[=e]-in-vig'or-[=a]t, _v.t._ to invigorate again.--_n._

REINVIGOR[=A]'TION.

REINVITE, r[=e]-in-v[=i]t', to repeat an invitation.--_n._

REINVIT[=A]'TION.

REINVOLVE, r[=e]-in-volv', _v.t._ to involve anew.

REIS, r[=a]s, _n._ a Portuguese money, of which 1000 make a milreis--4s.

5d. [Port., pl. of _real_.]

REISSUE, r[=e]-ish'[=oo], _v.t._ to issue again.--_n._ a second

issue.--_adj._ REIS'SUABLE.

REITER, r[=i]'t[.e]r, _n._ a German cavalry soldier. [Ger.]

REITERATE, r[=e]-it'e-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to iterate or repeat again: to repeat

again and again.--_adj._ REIT'ERANT, reiterating.--_adv._

REIT'ERATEDLY.--_n._ REITER[=A]'TION, act of reiterating.--_adj._

REIT'ER[=A]TIVE (_gram._), a word signifying repeated action.

REJECT, r[=e]-jekt', _v.t._ to throw away: to refuse: to renounce: to

despise.--_adjs._ REJEC'TABLE, REJEC'TIBLE.--_n.pl._ REJECTAMEN'TA,

excrement.--_ns._ REJEC'TER, -OR; REJEC'TION, act of rejecting:

refusal.--_adj._ REJEC'TIVE.--_n._ REJECT'MENT. [L. _rejic[)e]re_,

_rejectum_--_re-_, back, _jac[)e]re_, to throw.]

REJOICE, r[=e]-jois', _v.i._ to feel and express joy again and again: to be

glad: to exult or triumph.--_v.t._ to make joyful: to gladden.--_ns._

REJOICE'MENT, rejoicing; REJOIC'ER; REJOIC'ING, act of being joyful:

expression, subject, or experience of joy.--_adv._ REJOIC'INGLY, with joy

or exultation. [O. Fr. _resjoir_ (Fr. _réjouir_)--_re-_, again, _jouir_, to

enjoy--_joie_, joy.]

REJOIN, r[=e]-join', _v.t._ to join again: to unite what is separated: to

meet again.--_v.i._ to answer to a reply.--_ns._ REJOIN'DER, an answer

joined on to another, an answer to a reply: (_law_) the defendant's answer

to a plaintiff's _replication_; REJOIN'D[=U]RE (_Shak._), a joining again.

REJOINT, r[=e]-joint', _v.t._ to joint anew: to fill up the joints of, as

with mortar.

REJOLT, r[=e]-jolt', _v.t._ to shake anew.--_n._ a new shock.

REJOURN, r[=e]-jurn', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to adjourn or postpone, to

defer.--_n._ REJOURN'MENT. [Fr. _réajourner_.]

REJUDGE, r[=e]-juj', _v.t._ to re-examine.

REJUVENATE, r[=e]-j[=oo]'ve-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to renew: to make young

again.--_n._ REJUVEN[=A]'TION.--_v.i._ REJUVENESCE', to grow young

again.--_n._ REJUVENES'CENCE, growing young again: (_biol._) a

transformation whereby the entire protoplasm of a vegetative cell changes

into a cell of a different character.--_adj._ REJUVENES'CENT.--_v.t._

REJU'VENISE, to rejuvenate. [L. _re-_, again, and _juvenescent_.]

REKINDLE, r[=e]-kin'dl, _v.t._ to kindle again: to set on fire or arouse

anew.--_v.i._ to take fire anew.

RELAIS, re-l[=a]', _n._ (_fort._) a walk left within a rampart to keep

earth from falling into the ditch. [Fr.]

RELAPSE, r[=e]-laps', _v.i._ to slide, sink, or fall back: to return to a

former state of practice: to backslide.--_n._ a falling back into a former

bad state: (_med._) the return of a disease after convalescence.--_n._

RELAP'SER.--_adj._ RELAP'SING. [L. _relabi_, _relapsus_--_re-_, back,

_labi_, to slide.]

RELATE, r[=e]-l[=a]t', _v.t._ to describe: to tell: to ally by connection

or kindred.--_v.i._ to have reference: to refer.--_adj._ REL[=A]'TED,

allied or connected by kindred or blood.--_ns._ REL[=A]'TEDNESS;

REL[=A]'TER, -OR, one who relates; REL[=A]'TION, act of relating or

telling: recital: that which is related: mutual connection between two

things, analogy: resemblance, affinity: connection by birth or marriage: a

person related by blood or marriage, a relative.--_adj._ REL[=A]'TIONAL,

having relation: exhibiting some relation.--_ns._ REL[=A]TIONAL'ITY;

REL[=A]'TIONISM, the doctrine that relations have a real existence;

REL[=A]'TIONIST; REL[=A]'TIONSHIP; REL[=A]'TOR (_law_), an informant on

whose behalf certain writs are issued:--_fem._ REL[=A]'TRIX. [O. Fr.,--L.

_referre_, _relatum_--_re-_, back, _ferre_, to carry.]

RELATIVE, rel'a-tiv, _adj._ having relation: respecting: not absolute or

existing by itself: considered as belonging to something else: (_gram._)

expressing relation.--_n._ that which has relation to something else: a

relation: (_gram._) a pronoun which relates to something before, called its

antecedent.--_adj._ RELAT[=I]'VAL (or REL'ATIVAL).--_adv._

REL'ATIVELY.--_ns._ REL'ATIVENESS, RELATIV'ITY.--RELATIVITY OF HUMAN

KNOWLEDGE, the doctrine that the nature and extent of our knowledge is

determined not merely by the qualities of the objects known, but

necessarily by the conditions of our cognitive powers.

RELAX, r[=e]-laks', _v.t._ to loosen one thing away from another: to

slacken: to make less close, tense, or rigid: to make less severe: to

relieve from attention or effort: to divert: to open or loosen, as the

bowels: to make languid.--_v.i._ to become less close: to become less

severe: to attend less.--_adj._ RELAX'ABLE.--_ns._ RELAX'ANT, a relaxing

medicine; RELAX[=A]'TION, act of relaxing: state of being relaxed:

remission of application: unbending: looseness.--_adj._ RELAX'ATIVE.

[Fr.,--L. _relax[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_re-_, away from, _lax[=a]re_, to

loosen--_laxus_, loose.]

RELAY, r[=e]-l[=a]', _n._ a supply of horses, &c., to relieve others on a

journey: a fresh set of dogs in hunting: a shift of men: a supplementary

store of anything: (_electr._) an apparatus by which the current of the

receiving telegraphic station is strengthened. [O. Fr.

_relais_--_relaisser_--L. _relax[=a]re_, to loosen.]

RELAY, r[=e]-l[=a]', _v.t._ to lay again, as a pavement.

RELEASE, r[=e]-l[=e]s', _v.t._ to grant a new lease of.--_ns._

RELEAS[=EE]', RELESS[=EE]', the one to whom a release is granted;

RELEAS'OR, RELESS'OR, one who grants a release.

RELEASE, r[=e]-l[=e]s', _v.t._ to let loose from: to set free: to discharge

from: to relieve: to let go, give up a right to.--_n._ a setting free:

discharge or acquittance: the giving up of a claim: liberation from

pain.--_adj._ RELEAS'ABLE.--_ns._ RELEASE'MENT (_Milt._), act of releasing

or discharging; RELEAS'ER, -OR, RELESS'OR, one who executes a release. [O.

Fr. _relaissier_--L. _lax[=a]re_, to relax.]

RELEGATE, rel'e-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to send away, to consign: to exile: to

dismiss: to remit.--_n._ RELEG[=A]'TION. [L. _releg[=a]re_,

_-[=a]tum_--_re-_, away, _leg[=a]re_, to send.]

RELENT, r[=e]-lent', _v.i._ to slacken, to soften or grow less severe: to

grow tender: to feel compassion.--_adj._ soft-hearted: yielding.--_n._

(_Spens._) relenting.--_adjs._ RELENT'ING, inclining to yield: too soft;

RELENT'LESS, without relenting: without tenderness or compassion:

merciless.--_adv._ RELENT'LESSLY.--_ns._ RELENT'LESSNESS; RELENT'MENT, the

state of relenting: relaxation: compassion. [O. Fr. _ralentir_, to

retard--L. _relentesc[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _lentus_, pliant.]

RELET, r[=e]-let', _v.t._ to let again, as a house.

RELEVANCY, rel'e-van-si, _n._ state of being relevant: pertinence:

applicability: obvious relation: (_Scots law_) sufficiency for a

decision--the arguments and evidence in point of law and of fact against

and in favour of the accused--also REL'EVANCE.--_adj._ REL'EVANT, bearing

upon, or applying to, the purpose: pertinent: related: sufficient legally.

[Fr., pr.p. of _relever_, to raise again--L. _relev[=a]re_, to relieve.]

RELEVATION, rel-e-v[=a]'shun, _n._ (_obs._) a raising up.

RELIABLE, r[=e]-l[=i]'a-bl, _adj._ that may be relied upon:

trustworthy.--_ns._ RELIABIL'ITY, REL[=I]'ABLENESS.--_adv._

REL[=I]'ABLY.--_n._ REL[=I]'ANCE, trust: confidence.--_adj._ REL[=I]'ANT,

confident in one's self. [_Rely_.]

RELIC, rel'ik, _n._ that which is left after loss or decay of the rest: a

corpse (gener. _pl._): (_R.C._) any personal memorial of a reputed saint,

to be held in reverence as an incentive to faith and piety: a memorial, a

souvenir: a monument.--_n._ REL'IC-MONG'ER, one who traffics in relics.

[Fr. _relique_--L. _reliquiæ_--_relinqu[)e]re_, _relictum_, to leave

behind.]

RELICT, rel'ikt, _n._ a woman surviving her husband, a widow. [L.

_relicta_--_relinqu[)e]re_.]

RELICTED, r[=e]-lik'ted, _adj._ (_law_) left bare, as land by the permanent

retrocession of water.--_n._ RELIC'TION, land left bare by water: the

recession of water.

RELIEF, r[=e]-l[=e]f', _n._ the removal of any evil: release from a post or

duty, replacement: one who replaces another: that which relieves or

mitigates: aid: assistance to a pauper, as _outdoor relief_: a certain fine

or composition paid by the heir of a tenant at the death of the ancestor:

(_fine art_) the projection of a sculptured design from its ground, as _low

relief_ (_bas-relief_, _basso-rilievo_), _middle relief_ (_mezzo-rilievo_),

and _high relief_ (_alto-rilievo_), according as the carved figures project

very little, in a moderate degree, or in a very considerable degree from

the background: a work of art executed in relief: (_her._) the supposed

projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on

the sinister and lower sides: the condition of land surfaces as regards

elevations and depressions--as indicated in a RELIEF'-MAP, in which the

form of the country is expressed by elevations and depressions of the

material used.--_ns._ RELIEF'-PERSPEC'TIVE, the art of applying the

principles of perspective to relief in painting and sculpture, in

theatrical settings, &c.; RELIEF'-WORK, public work to provide employment

for the poor in times of distress.--RELIEF CHURCH, a body who left the

Established Church of Scotland on account of the oppressive exercise of

patronage, organised in 1761, uniting with the United Secession Church in

1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church. [O. Fr. _relef_--_relever_, to

raise up--L. _re-_, again, _lev[=a]re_, to raise.]

RELIEVE, r[=e]-l[=e]v', _v.t._ to remove from that which weighs down or

depresses: to lessen: to ease: to help: to release: to support: to

mitigate: to raise the siege of: (_art_) to set off by contrast: (_law_) to

redress.--_adj._ RELIEV'ABLE.--_n._ RELIEV'ER, one who, or that which,

relieves: (_slang_) a garment kept for being lent out.--_adj._ RELIEV'ING,

serving to relieve: (_naut._) a temporary tackle attached to the tiller of

a vessel in a storm.--RELIEVING ARCH, an arch in a wall to relieve the part

below it from a superincumbent weight; RELIEVING OFFICER, a salaried

official who superintends the relief of the poor. [O. Fr. _relever_, to

raise again--L. _relev[=a]re_--_re-_, again, _lev[=a]re_, to

raise--_levis_, light.]

RELIEVO, RILIEVO, r[=e]-ly[=a]'v[=o], _n._ See ALTO-RELIEVO, BAS-RELIEF.

RELIGHT, r[=e]-l[=i]t', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to light or take light anew.

RELIGION, r[=e]-lij'un, _n._ the recognition of supernatural powers and of

the duty lying upon man to yield obedience to these: the performance of our

duties of love and obedience towards God: piety: any system of faith and

worship: sense of obligation or duty.--_ns._ RELIG'IONER,

RELIG'IONARY.--_v.t._ RELIG'IONISE, to imbue with religion.--_v.i._ to make

profession of religion.--_ns._ RELIG'IONISM, RELIGIOS'ITY, religiousness,

religious sentimentality; RELIG'IONIST, one attached to a religion: a

bigot.--_adj._ RELIG'IONLESS, having no religion.--_adv._ RELIGI[=O]'SO

(_mus._), in a devotional manner.--ESTABLISHED RELIGION, that form which is

officially recognised by the state; NATURAL RELIGION, that religion which

is derived from nature and not revelation; REVEALED RELIGION, that which is

derived from positive revelation by divinely inspired Scripture, or

otherwise. [L. _religio_, _-onis_--_re-_, back, _lig[=a]re,_ to bind.]

RELIGIOUS, r[=e]-lij'us, _adj._ pertaining to religion: concerned with or

set apart to religion, as a religious society, religious books: pious:

godly: (_R.C._) bound to a monastic life: strict.--_n._ one bound by

monastic vows.--_ns._ RELIGIEUSE (r[.e]-l[=e]-zhi-[.e]z'), a nun; RELIGIEUX

(r[.e]-l[=e]-zhi-[.e]'), a monk.--_adv._ RELIG'IOUSLY.--_n._

RELIG'IOUSNESS, the state of being religious.

RELINQUISH, r[=e]-ling'kwish, _v.t._ to abandon: to give up: to renounce a

claim to.--_adj._ RELIN'QUENT, relinquishing.--_ns._ RELIN'QUISHER;

RELIN'QUISHMENT, act of giving up. [O. Fr. _relinquir_--L. _relinqu[)e]re_,

_relictum_--_re-_, away from, _linqu[)e]re_, to leave.]

RELIQUARY, rel'i-kw[=a]-ri, _n._ a small chest or casket for holding

relics: (_law_) one who owes a balance.--Also RELIQUAIRE'. [Fr.

_reliquaire_; cf. _Relic_.]

RELIQUE, re-l[=e]k', _n._ a relic.--_n.pl._ RELIQUIÆ (r[=e]-lik'wi-[=e]),

remains, esp. of fossil organisms: (_archæology_) artifacts, or things made

or modified by human art.

RELIQUIDATE, r[=e]-lik'wi-d[=a]t, _v.t._ to adjust anew.--_n._

RELIQUID[=A]'TION.

RELISH, rel'ish, _v.t._ to like the taste of: to be pleased with: to

enjoy.--_v.i._ to have an agreeable taste: to give pleasure.--_n._ an

agreeable peculiar taste or quality: enjoyable quality: power of pleasing:

inclination or taste for: appetite: just enough to give a flavour: a

sauce.--_adj._ REL'ISHABLE. [O. Fr. _relecher_, to lick again, from _re-_,

again, _lecher_--L. _re-_, again, and Old High Ger. _lech[=o]n_, lick.]

RELISTEN, r[=e]-lis'n, _v.i._ to listen again or anew.

RELIVE, r[=e]-liv', _v.i._ to live again.--_v.t._ (_Spens._) to bring back

to life.

RELOAD, r[=e]-l[=o]d', _v.t._ to load again.

RELOCATE, r[=e]-l[=o]'k[=a]t, _v.t._ to locate again.--_n._ RELOC[=A]'TION,

the act of relocating: renewal of a lease.

RELOVE, r[=e]-luv', _v.t._ to love in return.

RELUCENT, r[=e]-l[=u]'sent, _adj._ shining: bright.

RELUCTANT, r[=e]-luk'tant, _adj._ struggling or striving against:

unwilling: disinclined.--_v.i._ R[=E]LUCT', to make resistance.--_ns._

RELUC'TANCE, RELUC'TANCY, state of being reluctant: unwillingness.--_adv._

RELUC'TANTLY.--_v.i._ RELUC'T[=A]TE, to be reluctant.--_n._

RELUCT[=A]'TION, repugnance. [L. _reluctans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of

_reluct[=a]ri_--_re-_, against, _luct[=a]ri_, to struggle.]

RELUME, r[=e]-l[=u]m', _v.t._ to light anew, to rekindle:--_pr.p._

rel[=u]m'ing; _pa.p._ rel[=u]med'.--_v.t._ REL[=U]'MINE (_Shak._), to

relume, light anew. [Fr. _relumer_--L. _re-_, again, _lumen_, light.]

RELY, r[=e]-l[=i]', _v.i._ to rest or repose: to have full confidence in:

to lean:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ relied'.--_n._ REL[=I]'ER. [Acc. to Skeat,

compounded from _re-_, back, and _lie_, to rest. Others explain as O. Fr.

_relier_--L. _relig[=a]re_, to bind back.]

REMAIN, r[=e]-m[=a]n', _v.i._ to stay or be left behind: to continue in the

same place: to be left after or out of a greater number: to continue in an

unchanged form or condition: to last.--_n._ stay: abode: what is left, esp.

in _pl._ REMAINS', a corpse: the literary productions of one dead.--_n._

REMAIN'DER, that which remains or is left behind after the removal of a

part: the balance: an interest in an estate to come into effect after a

certain other event happens: that which remains of an edition when the sale

of a book has practically ceased.--_adj._ left over. [O. Fr.

_remaindre_--L. _reman[=e]re_--_re-_, back, _man[=e]re_, to stay.]

REMAKE, r[=e]-m[=a]k', _v.t._ to make anew.

REMANATION, r[=e]-ma-n[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of returning: reabsorption.

[L. _reman[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to flow back.]

REMAND, r[=e]-mand, _v.t._ to recommit or send back.--_n._ state or act of

being remanded or recommitted, as a prisoner.--_n._ REM'ANENCE, REM'ANENCY,

permanence.--_adj._ REM'ANENT, remaining: (_Scot._) additional.--_ns._

REMANES'CENCE, a residuum; REM'ANET, a postponed case. [O. Fr.

_remander_--L. _remand[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _mand[=a]re_, to order.]

REMARK, r[=e]-märk', _v.t._ to mark or take notice of: to express what one

thinks or sees: to say.--_n._ words regarding anything: notice: any

distinguishing mark on an engraving or etching indicating a certain state

of the plate before completion, also a print or proof bearing this special

remark--also REMARQUE'.--_adj._ REMARK'ABLE, deserving remark or notice:

distinguished: famous: that may excite admiration or wonder: strange:

extraordinary.--_n._ REMARK'ABLENESS.--_adv._ REMARK'ABLY.--_adj._

REMARKED', conspicuous: bearing a remark, as an etching.--_n._ REMARK'ER.

[O. Fr. _remarquer_--_re-_, inten., _marquer_, to mark.]

RE-MARK, r[=e]-märk', _v.t._ to mark a second time.

REMARRY, r[=e]-mar'i, _v.t._ to marry again.--_n._ REMARR'IAGE.

REMASTICATE, r[=e]-mas'ti-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to ruminate.--_n._

REMASTIC[=A]'TION.

REMBLAI, rong-bl[=a]', _n._ (_fort._) the materials used to form the

rampart and parapet: the mass of earth brought to form a railway

embankment, &c. [Fr.]

REMBLE, rem'bl, _v.t._ (_prov._) to remove.

REMBRANDTESQUE, rem-bran-tesk', _adj._ like _Rembrandt_ (1607-1669), esp.

in his characteristic contrast of high lights and deep shadows, and in his

treatment of chiaroscuro.--Also REM'BRANDTISH.

REMEANT, r[=e]'m[=e]-ant, _adj._ (_rare_) coming back. [L.

_reme[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _me[=a]re_, to go.]

REMEASURE, r[=e]-mezh'[=u]r, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to measure anew.

REMEDY, rem'e-di, _n._ any medicine, appliance, or particular treatment

that cures disease: that which counteracts any evil or repairs any

loss--(_obs._) REM[=E]DE'.--_v.t._ to remove, counteract, or

repair:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ rem'edied.--_adj._ REM[=E]'DIABLE, that may be

remedied: curable.--_n._ REM[=E]'DIABLENESS.--_adv._

REM[=E]'DIABLY.--_adj._ REM[=E]'DIAL, tending to remedy or remove.--_adv._

REM[=E]'DIALLY.--_adjs._ REM[=E]'DI[=A]TE (_Shak._), remedial; REM'EDILESS,

without remedy: incurable.--_adv._ REM'EDILESSLY.--_n._

REM'EDILESSNESS.--_p.adj._ REM'EDYING. [O. Fr. _remede_--L.

_remedium_--_re-_, back, _med[=e]ri_, to restore.]

REMEMBER, r[=e]-mem'b[.e]r, _v.t._ to keep in mind: to recall to mind: to

recollect: (_B._) to meditate on: (_Shak._) to mention: to bear in mind

with gratitude and reverence: to attend to: to give money for service

done.--_adj._ REMEM'BERABLE, that may be remembered.--_adv._

REMEM'BERABLY.--_ns._ REMEM'BERER; REMEM'BRANCE, memory: that which serves

to bring to or keep in mind: a memorial: the power of remembering: the

length of time a thing can be remembered; REMEM'BRANCER, that which

reminds: a recorder: an officer of exchequer.--REMEMBER ONE TO, to commend

one to. [O. Fr. _remembrer_--L. _rememor[=a]re_--_re-_, again,

_memor[=a]re_, to call to mind--_memor_, mindful.]

REMERCIE, REMERCY, r[=e]-m[.e]r'si, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to thank. [O. Fr.

_remercier_, _re-_, again, _mercier_, to thank, _merci_, thanks.]

REMERGE, r[=e]-m[.e]rj', _v.t._ (_Tenn._) to merge again.

REMEX, r[=e]'meks, _n._ one of the flight-feathers of a bird:--_pl._

REM'IG[=E]S. [L., 'a rower'--_remus_, an oar, _ag[)e]re_, to move.]

REMIFORM, rem'i-form, _adj._ shaped like an oar.--_adj._ REM'IGABLE,

capable of being rowed upon. [L. _remus_, an oar, _forma_, form,

_ag[)e]re_, to move.]

REMIGIA, r[=e]-mij'i-a, _n._ a genus of noctuid moths.--_adj._ REMIG'IAL.

REMIGRATE, r[=e]-m[=i]'gr[=a]t, _v.i._ to migrate again.--_n._

REMIGR[=A]'TION.