under the notice or consideration of.--_n._ REMIND'ER, one who, or that
which, reminds.--_adj._ REMIND'FUL, tending to remind: calling to mind.
REMINISCENCE, rem-i-nis'ens, _n._ recollection: an account of what is
remembered: the recurrence to the mind of the past.--_n._ REMINIS'CENT, one
who calls past events to mind.--_adj._ capable of calling to mind.--_adjs._
REMINISCEN'TIAL, REMINIS'CITORY, tending to remind. [Fr.,--Low L.
_reminiscentiæ_, recollections--L. _reminisci_, to recall to mind.]
REMIPED, rem'i-ped, _adj._ oar-footed.--_n._ one of an order of insects
having feet adapted for swimming. [L. _remus_, an oar, _pes_, _pedis_, a
foot.]
REMISE, r[=e]-m[=i]z', _v.t._ to send or give back: to release, as a
claim.--_n._ (_law_) return or surrender, as of a claim: an effective
second thrust after the first has missed: a livery-carriage. [O. Fr.,--Low
L. _remissa_, a pardon--L. _remitt[)e]re_, _remissum_, to remit.]
REMISS, r[=e]-mis', _adj._ remitting in attention, &c.: negligent: not
punctual: slack: not vigorous.--_adj._ REMISS'FUL, tending to remit or
forgive: lenient.--_n._ REMISSIBIL'ITY.--_adj._ REMISS'IBLE, that may be
remitted or pardoned.--_n._ REMIS'SION, slackening: abatement:
relinquishment of a claim: release: pardon: remission of sins: the
forgiveness of sins.--_adj._ REMISS'IVE, remitting: forgiving.--_adv._
REMISS'LY.--_n._ REMISS'NESS.--_adj._ REMISS'ORY, pertaining to remission.
[O. Fr. _remis_--L. _remissus_, slack--_remitt[)e]re_, to remit.]
REMIT, r[=e]-mit', _v.t._ to relax: to pardon: to resign: to restore: to
transmit, as money, &c.: to put again in custody: to transfer from one
tribunal to another: to refer for information.--_v.i._ to abate in force or
violence:--_pr.p._ remit'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ remit'ted.--_n._ (_law_)
a communication from a superior court to one subordinate.--_ns._
REMIT'MENT, act of remitting; REMIT'TAL, a remitting: surrender;
REMIT'TANCE, that which is remitted: the sending of money, &c., to a
distance: also the sum or thing sent; REMITT[=EE]', the person to whom a
remittance is sent.--_adj._ REMIT'TENT, increasing and remitting, or
abating alternately, as a disease.--_ns._ REMIT'TER, one who makes a
remittance; REMIT'TOR (_law_), a remitting to a former right or
title--(_obs._) REMIT'TER. [O. Fr. _remettre_--L. _remitt[)e]re_,
_remissum_--_re-_, back, _mitt[)e]re_, to send.]
REMNANT, rem'nant, _n._ that which remains behind after a part is removed,
of a web of cloth, &c.: remainder: a fragment. [O. Fr. _remenant_,
remainder.]
REMOBOTH, rem'[=o]-both, _n._ a class of isolated hermit societies in Syria
which would be bound by no rule, after the regulation of monasticism by
Pachomius and Basil--like the Sarabaites in Egypt.
REMODEL, r[=e]-mod'l, _v.t._ to model or fashion anew.
REMODIFICATION, r[=e]-mod-i-fi-k[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of modifying
again.--_v.t._ REMOD'IFY, to mould anew.
REMOLADE, r[=e]-mo-lad', _n._ a kind of salad-dressing. [Fr.]
REMOLECULISATION, r[=e]-mol-ek'u-l[=i]-z[=a]-shun, _n._ a rearrangement of
the molecules leading to the formation of new compounds.
REMOLLIENT, r[=e]-mol'i-ent, _adj._ mollifying.
REMOLTEN, r[=e]-m[=o]lt'n, _p.adj._ melted again.
REMONETISE, r[=e]-mon'e-t[=i]z, _v.t._ to restore to circulation in the
form of money.--_n._ REMONETIS[=A]'TION.
REMONSTRANCE, r[=e]-mon'strans, _n._ strong statement of reasons against an
act: expostulation.--_adj._ REMON'STRANT, inclined to remonstrate.--_n._
one who remonstrates.--_adv._ REMON'STRANTLY.--_n.pl._ REMON'STRANTS, the
Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five
articles in the Remonstrance of 1610.--_v.i._ REMON'STR[=A]TE, to set forth
strong reasons against a measure.--_n._ REMONSTR[=A]'TION.--_adjs._
REMON'STRATIVE, REMON'STRATORY, expostulatory.--_n._
REMON'STR[=A]TOR.--GRAND REMONSTRANCE, a famous statement of abuses
presented to Charles I. by the House of Commons in 1641. [L. _re-_, again,
_monstr[=a]re_, to point out.]
REMONTANT, r[=e]-mon'tant, _adj._ blooming a second time.--_n._ a flower
which blooms twice in a season.
REMORA, rem'[=o]-ra, _n._ the sucking-fish, a genus not far removed from
mackerel: an obstacle: a stoppage: (_her._) a serpent.
REMORSE, r[=e]-mors', _n._ the gnawing pain of anguish or guilt: (_obs._)
pity, softening.--_v.t._ REMORD' (_obs._), to strike with remorse.--_n._
REMORD'ENCY, compunction.--_adj._ REMORSE'FUL, full of remorse:
compassionate.--_adv._ REMORSE'FULLY.--_n._ REMORSE'FULNESS, the state of
being remorseful.--_adj._ REMORSE'LESS, without remorse: cruel.--_adv._
REMORSE'LESSLY.--_n._ REMORSE'LESSNESS. [O. Fr. _remors_ (Fr.
_remords_)--Low L. _remorsus_--L. _remord[=e]re_, _remorsum_, to bite
again--_re-_, again, _mord[=e]re_, to bite.]
REMOTE, r[=e]-m[=o]t', _adj._ moved back to a distance in time or place:
far: distant: primary, as a cause: not agreeing: not nearly
related.--_adv._ REMOTE'LY.--_ns._ REMOTE'NESS; REM[=O]'TION (_Shak._), act
of removing: remoteness. [_Remove._]
REMOULD, r[=e]-m[=o]ld', _v.t._ to mould or shape anew.
REMOUNT, r[=e]-mownt', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to mount again.--_n._ a fresh
horse, or supply of horses.
REMOVE, r[=e]-m[=oo]v', _v.t._ to put from its place: to take away: to
withdraw: to displace: to make away with.--_v.i._ to go from one place to
another.--_n._ any indefinite distance: a step in any scale of gradation,
as promotion from one class to another, also a class or division: a dish to
be changed while the rest remain: (_Shak._) the raising of a siege, a
posting-stage.--_n._ REMOVABIL'ITY.--_adj._ REMO'VABLE, that may be
removed.--_adv._ REMO'VABLY.--_n._ REMO'VAL, the act of taking away:
displacing: change of place: a euphemism for murder.--_adj._ REMOVED'
(_Shak._), remote: distant by degrees of relationship.--_ns._ REMO'VEDNESS
(_Shak._), the state of being removed: remoteness; REMO'VER, one who
removes: (_Bacon_) an agitator.--REMOVAL TERMS (_Scot._), Whitsunday and
Martinmas. [O. Fr.,--L. _remov[=e]re_, _rem[=o]tum_--_re-_, away,
_mov[=e]re_, to move.]
REMPLI, rong-pl[=e]', _adj._ (_her._) having another tincture than its own
covering the greater part. [Fr.]
REMPLISSAGE, rong-pl[=e]-säzh', _n._ padding. [Fr.]
REMUNERATE, r[=e]-m[=u]'n[.e]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to render an equivalent for
any service: to recompense.--_n._ REMUNERABIL'ITY, capability of being
rewarded.--_adj._ REM[=U]'NERABLE, that may be remunerated: worthy of being
rewarded.--_n._ REMUNER[=A]'TION, reward: recompense: requital.--_adj._
REM[=U]'NERATIVE, fitted to remunerate: lucrative: yielding due
return.--_n._ REM[=U]'NERATIVENESS.--_adj._ REM[=U]'NERATORY, giving a
recompense. [L. _remuner[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_re-_, in return,
_muner[=a]re_, to give something--_munus_, _mun[)e]ris_, a gift.]
REMURMUR, r[=e]-mur'mur, _v.t._ to murmur again: to repeat in low
sounds.--_v.i._ to murmur back.
REMUTATION, r[=e]-m[=u]-t[=a]'shun, _n._ alteration to a previous form.
RENAISSANCE, re-n[=a]'sans, _n._ a new birth: the period (in the 15th
century) at which the revival of arts and letters took place, marking the
transition from the Middle Ages to the modern world--hence 'Renaissance
architecture,' &c.--_adj._ relating to the foregoing. [Fr.; cf.
_Renascent_.]
RENAL, r[=e]-nal, _adj._ pertaining to the reins or kidneys.--_n._ REN, the
kidney:--_pl._ RENES (r[=e]'nez). [L. _renalis_--_renes_, the kidneys.]
RENAME, r[=e]-n[=a]m', _v.t._ to give a new name to.
RENARD=_Reynard_ (q.v.).
RENASCENT, r[=e]-nas'ent, _adj._ rising again into being.--_ns._
RENAS'CENCE, RENAS'CENCY, the same as RENAISSANCE.--_adj._ RENAS'CIBLE,
capable of being reproduced. [L. _renascens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_renasci_--_re-_, again, _nasci_, to be born.]
RENATE, r[=e]-n[=a]t', _adj._ (_obs._) born again: renewed.
RENAVIGATE, re-nav'i-g[=a]t, _v.t._ to navigate again.
RENCOUNTER, ren-kownt'[.e]r, RENCONTRE, räng-kong'tr, _n._ a meeting in
contest: a casual combat: a collision.--_v.t._ to encounter. [Fr.
_rencontre_.]
REND, rend, _v.t._ to tear asunder with force: to split: to tear
away.--_v.i._ to become torn: _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ rent. [A.S. _rendan_, to
tear.]
RENDER, ren'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to give up: to make up: to deliver, furnish,
present: to cause to become: to translate into another language: to perform
officially, as judgment: to cause to be: to reproduce, as music: to
clarify: to plaster without the use of lath.--_n._ a surrender: a payment
of rent: an account given.--_adj._ REN'DERABLE.--_ns._ REN'DERER;
REN'DERING, the act of rendering: version: translation: interpretation;
RENDI'TION, the act of surrendering, as fugitives from justice:
translation.--_adj._ REND'IBLE, capable of being yielded up, or of being
translated. [O. Fr. _rendre_--L. _redd[)e]re_--_re-_, away, _d[)a]re_, to
give.]
RENDEZVOUS, ren'de-v[=oo], or räng'-, _n._ an appointed place of meeting,
esp. for troops or ships: a place for enlistment: a refuge:--_pl._
REN'DEZVOUS.--_v.i._ to assemble at any appointed place. [Fr. _rendez
vous_, render yourselves--_rendre_, to render.]
RENEGADE, ren'[=e]-g[=a]d, _n._ one faithless to principle or party: an
apostate: a deserter--also RENEG[=A]'DO.--_n._ REN'EGATE, a
renegade.--_adj._ apostate, traitorous.--_n._ RENEG[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ and
_v.i._ REN[=E]GE' (_Shak._), to deny, disown: to revoke at cards--also
RENIG' (_U.S._).--_n._ REN[=E]'GER (_obs._). [Sp.,--Low L. _renegatus_--L.
_re-_, inten., _neg[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to deny.]
RENERVE, r[=e]-n[.e]rv', _v.t._ to reinvigorate.
RENEW, r[=e]-n[=u]', _v.t._ to renovate: to transform to new life, revive:
to begin again: to make again: to invigorate: to substitute: to
regenerate.--_v.i._ to be made new: to begin again.--_n._
RENEWABIL'ITY.--_adj._ RENEW'ABLE, that may be renewed.--_ns._ RENEW'AL,
renovation: regeneration: restoration; RENEW'EDNESS; RENEW'ER; RENEW'ING.
RENFIERSE, ren-f[=e]rs', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to reinforce.--_pa.p._
RENFORST'.
RENIDIFY, r[=e]-nid'i-f[=i], _v.i._ to build another nest.--_n._
RENIDIFIC[=A]'TION.
RENIFORM, ren'i-form, _adj._ (_bot._) kidney-shaped. [L. _renes_, the
kidneys, _forma_, form.]
RENITENCE, ren'i-tens, or r[=e]-n[=i]'tens, _n._ the resistance of a body
to pressure: disinclination--also REN'ITENCY.--_adj._ REN'ITENT. [Fr.,--L.
_renitens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of _reniti_, to resist.]
RENNE, ren, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to run.
RENNET, ren'et, _n._ prepared inner membrane of a calf's stomach, used to
make milk coagulate--also RUNN'ET.--_v.t._ to treat with rennet.--_n._
RENN'ET-BAG, the fourth stomach of a ruminant. [A.S. _rinnan_, to run; Old
Dut. _rinsel_, curds.]
RENNET, ren'et, _n._ a sweet kind of apple. [O. Fr. _reinette_, dim. of
_reine_, queen--L. _regina_, a queen; or _rainette_, dim. of _raine_, a
frog--L. _rana_.]
RENOMINATE, r[=e]-nom'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to nominate again.--_n._
RENOMIN[=A]'TION.
RENOUNCE, r[=e]-nowns', _v.t._ to disclaim: to disown: to reject publicly
and finally: to forsake.--_v.i._ to fail to follow suit at cards.--_n._ a
failure to follow suit at cards.--_ns._ RENOUNCE'MENT, act of renouncing,
disclaiming, or rejecting; RENOUN'CER. [O. Fr.,--L. _renunti[=a]re_--_re-_,
away, _nunti[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to announce--_nuntius_, a messenger.]
RENOVATE, ren'[=o]-v[=a]t, _v.t._ to renew or make new again: to restore to
the original state.--_ns._ RENOV[=A]'TION, renewal: state of being renewed:
(_theol._) regeneration: RENOV[=A]'TIONIST, one who believes in the
improvement of society by the spiritual renovation of the individual;
REN'OV[=A]TOR. [L. _re-_, again, _nov[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to make
new--_novus_, new.]
RENOWN, r[=e]-nown', _n._ a great name: celebrity: éclat.--_v.t._ to make
famous.--_adj._ RENOWNED', celebrated: illustrious: famous.--_adv._
RENOWN'EDLY.--_n._ RENOWN'ER, one who gives renown: a swaggerer.--_adj._
RENOWN'LESS. [O. Fr. _renoun_ (Fr. _renom_)--L. _re-_, again, _nomen_, a
name.]
RENT, rent, _n._ an opening made by rending: fissure: break: tear: a
schism, as a rent in a church. [_Rend._]
RENT, rent, _n._ annual payment in return for the use of property held of
another, esp. houses and lands: revenue.--_v.t._ to hold or occupy by
paying rent: to let, or to hire, for a rent.--_v.i._ to be let for rent: to
endow.--_adj._ RENT'ABLE.--_ns._ RENT'AL, a schedule or account of rents,
with the tenants' names, &c.: a rent-roll: rent; RENT'ALLER; RENT'-CHARGE,
a rent on a conveyance of land in fee simple; RENT'-DAY, the day on which
rents are paid; RENTE (Fr.), annual income; RENT'ER, one who holds by
paying rent for; RENT'ER-WARD'EN, the warden of a company who receives
rents.--_adj._ RENT'-FREE, without payment of rent.--_ns._ RENT'-GATH'ERER,
a collector of rents; RENT'-ROLL, a roll or account of rents: a rental or
schedule of rents. [Fr. _rente_--L. _reddita_ (_pecunia_), money
paid--_redd[)e]re_, to pay.]
RENT, rent, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _rend_.
RENTER, ren't[.e]r, _v.t._ to sew together edge to edge, without
doubling.--_n._ RENT'ERER. [Fr. _rentraire_, to sew together.]
RENTIER, rong-ty[=a]', _n._ one who has a fixed income from stocks, &c.: a
fund holder.
RENUENT, ren'[=u]-ent, _adj._ (_anat._) applied to muscles which throw back
the head. [L. _renuens_, pr.p. of _renu[)e]re_, to nod the head.]
RENULE, ren'[=u]l, _n._ a small kidney. [L. _ren_, kidney.]
RENUMBER, r[=e]-num'b[.e]r, _v.t._ to affix a new number.--_v.t._
REN[=U]'MER[=A]TE, to count again.
RENUNCIATION, re-nun-si-[=a]'shun, _n._ disowning: rejection: abandonment:
(_law_) the legal act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but
without transferring it to another: in the Anglican baptismal service, the
part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the
devil and all his works.--_n._ RENUN'CIANCE, renunciation.--_adj._
RENUN'CI[=A]TORY.--RENUNCIATION OF A LEASE, the surrender of a lease.
[_Renounce._]
RENVERSE, ren-v[.e]rs', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to reverse: to upset.--_adj._
(_her._) reversed.--_n._ RENVERSE'MENT.
RENVOY, ren-voi', _v.t._ (_obs._) to send back.--Also _n._
REOBTAIN, r[=e]-ob-t[=a]n', _v.t._ to obtain again.--_adj._ REOBTAIN'ABLE.
REOCCUPY, r[=e]-ok'[=u]-p[=i], _v.t._ to occupy anew.--_n._
REOCCUP[=A]'TION.
REOPEN, r[=e]-[=o]'pn, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to open again.
REOPPOSE, r[=e]-[=o]-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to oppose again.
REORDAIN, r[=e]-or-d[=a]n', _v.t._ to ordain again, when the first
ordination is defective.--_n._ REORDIN[=A]'TION, a second ordination.
REORDER, r[=e]-or'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to repeat a command: to arrange anew.
REORGANISE, r[=e]-or'gan-[=i]z, _v.t._ to organise anew: to
rearrange.--_n._ REORGANIS[=A]'TION, the act of reorganising, as of troops.
REORIENT, r[=e]-[=o]'ri-ent, _adj._ arising again.
REOSSIFY, r[=e]-os'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to ossify again.
REP, REPP, rep, _n._ a kind of cloth having a finely corded surface. [Prob.
a corruption of _rib_.]
REP, rep, _n._ a slang abbreviation of _reputation_.
REPACE, r[=e]-p[=a]s', _v.t._ to pace again, retrace.
REPACIFY, r[=e]-pas'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to pacify again.
REPACK, r[=e]-pak', _v.t._ to pack a second time.--_n._ REPACK'ER.
REPAID, r[=e]-p[=a]d', _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _repay_.
REPAINT, r[=e]-p[=a]nt', _v.t._ to paint anew.
REPAIR, r[=e]-p[=a]r', _v.i._ to betake one's self to: to go: to
resort.--_n._ a retreat or abode. [O. Fr. _repairer_, to return to a
haunt--Low L. _répatri[=a]re_, to return to one's country--L. _re-_, back,
_patria_, native country.]
REPAIR, r[=e]-p[=a]r', _v.t._ to restore after injury: to make amends for:
to make good, as a loss: to mend: (_Spens._) to recover into position, as a
weapon.--_n._ restoration after injury or decay: supply of loss.--_ns._
REPAIR'ER, one who restores or amends; REPAIR'MENT; REPARABIL'ITY.--_adj._
REP'ARABLE, that may be repaired.--_adv._ REP'ARABLY.--_n._ REPAR[=A]'TION,
repair: supply of what is wasted: amends.--_adj._ REPAR'ATIVE, amending
defect or injury.--_n._ that which restores to a good state: that which
makes amends. [O. Fr. _reparer_--L. _repar[=a]re_--_re-_, again,
_par[=a]re_, to prepare.]
REPAND, r[=e]-pand', _adj._ bent or curved backward or upward: (_bot._) of
leaves with uneven, slightly sinuous margin.--_adjs._ REPANDODEN'T[=A]TE,
repand and toothed; REPAND'OUS, curved convexly upward. [L.
_repandus_--_re-_, back, _pandus_, bent.]
REPART, r[=e]-part', _v.t._ to divide, share.
REPARTEE, rep-ar-t[=e]', _n._ a smart, ready, and witty reply.--_v.i._ to
make witty replies. [O. Fr. _repartie_--_repartir_, to go back
again--_re-_, back, _partir_, to set out--L. _part[=i]ri_, to divide.]
REPARTIMIENTO, re-pär-ti-mi-en't[=o], _n._ a division: an assessment:
allotment. [Sp.]
REPARTITION, r[=e]-par-tish'un, _n._ a second partition: a division into
smaller parts.
REPASS, r[=e]-pas', _v.t._ to pass again: to travel back.--_v.i._ to pass
or move back.--_n._ REPASS'AGE, the process of passing a second coat of
glue as a finish over unburnished surfaces.
REPASSION, r[=e]-pash'un, _n._ the reception of an effect from one body to
another.
REPAST, r[=e]-past', _n._ a meal: the food taken: victuals:
repose--(_obs._) REPAS'TURE.--_v.t._ to feed.--_v.i._ to take food.--_n._
REPAST'ER, one who takes repast. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _repastus_ (whence Fr.
_repas_)--L. _re-_, inten. _pastus_, food--_pasc[)e]re_, _pastum_, to
feed.]
REPASTINATION, r[=e]-pas-tin-[=a]'shun, _n._ (_obs._) a second digging up,
as of a garden.
REPATRIATE, r[=e]-p[=a]'tri-[=a]t, _v.t._ to restore to one's
country.--_n._ REPATRI[=A]'TION.
REPAY, r[=e]-p[=a]', _v.t._ to pay back: to make return for: to recompense:
to pay again or a second time.--_v.i._ to requite.--_adj._ REPAY'ABLE, that
is to be repaid: due, as a bill due in thirty days.--_n._ REPAY'MENT, act
of repaying: the money or thing repaid.
REPEAL, r[=e]-p[=e]l', _v.t._ to revoke by authority, as a law: to
abrogate: to recall: to dismiss.--_n._ a revoking or annulling.--_ns._
REPEALABIL'ITY, REPEAL'ABLENESS.--_adj._ REPEAL'ABLE, that may be
repealed.--_ns._ REPEAL'ER, one who repeals: one who seeks for a repeal,
esp. of the union between Great Britain and Ireland; REPEAL'MENT,
recall.--REPEAL AGITATION, a movement for the repeal of the legislative
union between Great Britain and Ireland. [O. Fr. _rapeler_--_re-_, back,
_apeler_--L. _appell[=a]re_, to call.]
REPEAT, r[=e]-p[=e]t', _v.t._ to do again: to speak again, to iterate: to
quote from memory: to rehearse: (_Scots law_) to refund.--_v.i._ to strike
the hours, as a watch: to recur: the act of repeating.--_n._ (_mus._) a
part performed a second time: a mark directing a part to be
repeated.--_adjs._ REPEAT'ABLE; REPEAT'ED, done again: frequent.--_adv._
REPEAT'EDLY, many times repeated: again and again: frequently.--_ns._
REPEAT'ER, one who, or that which, repeats: a decimal in which the same
figure or figures are continually repeated: a watch that strikes again the
previous hour at the touch of a spring: a frigate appointed to attend an
admiral in a fleet, and to repeat any signal he makes: (_teleg._) an
instrument for automatically retransmitting a message: in calico-printing,
a figure repeated at equal intervals in a pattern; REPEAT'ING, the fraud of
voting at an election for the same candidate more than once.--REPEATING
FIREARM, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession;
REPEAT ONE'S SELF, to say again what one has said already; REPEAT SIGNALS,
to repeat those of the senior officer: to make a signal again. [O. Fr.
_repeter_ (Fr. _répéter_)--L. _repet[)e]re_, _repetitum_--_re-_, again,
_pet[)e]re_, to seek.]
REPEL, r[=e]-pel', _v.t._ to drive back: to repulse: to check the advance
of, to resist.--_v.i._ to act with opposing force: (_med._) to check or
drive inwards:--_pr.p._ repel'ling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ repelled'.--_ns._
REPEL'LENCE, REPEL'LENCY.--_adj._ REPEL'LENT, driving back: able or tending
to repel.--_n._ that which repels.--_n._ REPEL'LER.--_adj._ REPEL'LESS. [O.
Fr.,--L. _repell[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _pell[)e]re_, to drive.]
REPENT, r[=e]-pent', _v.i._ to regret or sorrow for what one has done or
left undone: to change from past evil: (_theol._) to feel such sorrow for
sin as produces newness of life.--_v.t._ to remember with sorrow--often
used impersonally, as 'it repenteth me.'--_adj._ REPENT'ABLE.--_n._
REPENT'ANCE, sorrow for what has been done or left undone: contrition for
sin, producing newness of life.--_adj._ REPENT'ANT, repenting or sorry for
past conduct: showing sorrow for sin.--_n._ a penitent.--_adv._
REPENT'ANTLY.--_n._ REPENT'ER.--_adv._ REPENT'INGLY.--_adj._ REPENT'LESS.
[O. Fr. _repentir_--_re-_, and O. Fr. _pentir_--L. _poenit[=e]re_, to cause
to repent.]
REPENT, r[=e]'pent, _adj._ (_bot._) creeping. [L. _rep[)e]re_, to creep.]
REPEOPLE, r[=e]-p[=e]'pl, _v.t._ to people anew.
REPERCEPT, r[=e]-p[.e]r-sept', _n._ a represented percept.--_n._
REPERCEP'TION.
REPERCOLATION, r[=e]-p[.e]r-ko-l[=a]'shun, _n._ in pharmacy, the successive
application of the same menstruum to fresh parts of the substance to be
percolated.
REPERCUSSION, r[=e]-p[.e]r-kush'un, _n._ a striking or driving back:
reverberation: (_mus._) frequent repetition of the same sound.--_v.t._
REPERCUSS'.--_adj._ REPERCUSS'IVE, driving back: causing to reverberate.
[L. _repercussio_--_re-_, back, _percut[)e]re_--_per_, through,
_quat[)e]re_, to strike.]
REPERTOIRE, rep'[.e]r-twor, _n._ the list of musical works which a
performer is ready to perform.
REPERTOR, r[=e]-p[.e]r'tor, _n._ a finder.
REPERTORY, rep'[.e]r-t[=o]-ri, _n._ a place where things are kept to be
brought forth again: a treasury: a magazine. [Fr.,--Low L.
_repertorium_--L. _reper[=i]re_, to find--_re-_, again, _par[)e]re_, to
bring forth.]
REPERUSE, r[=e]-p[.e]r-[=u]z', _v.t._ to peruse again.--_n._ REPER[=U]S'AL.
REPET=L. _repetatur_, used in prescriptions=Let it be repeated.
REPETITION, rep-[=e]-tish'un, _n._ act of repeating: recital from
memory.--_ns._ REP'ETEND, that part of a repeating decimal which recurs
continually: the burden of a song; REPETENT', a tutor or private teacher in
Germany.--_adjs._ REPETI'TIONAL, REPETI'TIONARY.--_n._
REPETI'TIONER.--_adj._ REPETI'TIOUS, using undue repetitions.--_n._
REPETI'TIOUSNESS.--_adj._ REPET'ITIVE.--_n._ REPET'ITOR, a repetent.
REPINE, r[=e]-p[=i]n', _v.i._ to fret one's self (with _at_ or _against_):
to feel discontent: to murmur: to envy.--_n._ (_Shak._) a repining.--_ns._
REP[=I]'NER; REP[=I]'NING, the act of one who repines: (_Spens._) a
failing, as of courage.--_adv._ REP[=I]'NINGLY.
REPIQUE, r[=e]-p[=e]k', _n._ at piquet, the winning of thirty points or
more from combinations or in one's own hand, before playing begins.--_v.t._
to score a repique.
REPLACE, r[=e]-pl[=a]s', _v.t._ to place back: to put again in a former
place, condition, &c.: to repay: to provide a substitute for: to take the
place of.--_adj._ REPLACE'ABLE.--_ns._ REPLACE'MENT, act of replacing: the
removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more; REPLAC'ER, a
substitute; CAR'-REPLAC'ER, a device on American railways for replacing
derailed wheels on the track.--REPLACING SWITCH, a pair of iron plates
fitting over the rails, used as a bridge to replace on the track derailed
railway stock.
REPLAIT, r[=e]-pl[=a]t', _v.t._ to plait or fold again.
REPLANT, r[=e]-plant', _v.t._ to plant anew: to reinstate.--_adj._
REPLANT'ABLE.--_n._ REPLANT[=A]'TION.
REPLEAD, r[=e]-pl[=e]d', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to plead again.--_n._
REPLEAD'ER, a second course allowed for the correction of mispleading.
REPLEDGE, r[=e]-plej', _v.t._ to pledge again: to demand judicially.--_n._
REPLED'GER.
REPLENISH, r[=e]-plen'ish, _v.t._ to fill again: to fill completely: to
stock abundantly.--_p.adj._ REPLEN'ISHED (_Shak._), complete,
consummate.--_ns._ REPLEN'ISHER, one who replenishes: (_electr._) a static
induction machine used for maintaining the charge of a quadrant
electrometer; REPLEN'ISHMENT. [O. Fr. _replenir_, from _replein_,
full--_re-_, again, _plenus_, full.]
REPLETE, r[=e]-pl[=e]t', _adj._ full: completely filled, abounding.--_v.t._
to fill to repletion.--_ns._ REPLETE'NESS, REPL[=E]'TION, superabundant
fullness: surfeit: (_med._) fullness of blood: plethora.--_adj._
REPL[=E]'TIVE.--_adv._ REPL[=E]'TIVELY.--_adj._ REPL[=E]'TORY. [O. Fr.,--L.
_repletus_, pa.p. of _repl[=e]re_--_re-_, again, _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]
REPLEVY, r[=e]-plev'i, _v.t._ (_law_) to recover goods distrained upon
giving a pledge or security to try the right to them at law.--_n._
replevin.--_adjs._ REPLEV'IABLE, REPLEV'ISABLE.--_ns._ REPLEV'IN, an action
for replevying; REPLEV'ISOR, a plaintiff in replevin. [O. Fr.
_replevir_--_re-_, back, _plevir_, to pledge.]
REPLICA, rep'li-ka, _n._ (_paint._) a copy of a picture done by the same
hand that did the original: (_mus._) the same as repeat. [It.,--L.
_replic[=a]re_, to repeat.]
REPLICANT, rep'li-kant, _n._ one who makes a reply.
REPLICATE, rep'li-k[=a]t, _adj._ folded: (_bot._) folded outward as in
vernation, inward as in æstivation: (_mus._) a tone one or more octaves
from a given tone.--_adj._ REP'LIC[=A]TILE.--_n._ REPLIC[=A]'TION.--_adj._
REP'LIC[=A]TIVE.
REPLIER, r[=e]-pl[=i]'[.e]r, _n._ a respondent.
REPLUM, rep'lum, _n._ (_bot._) the frame-like placenta across which the
septum stretches.
REPLUME, r[=e]-pl[=oo]m', _v.t._ to preen, as feathers.
REPLUNGE, r[=e]-plunj', _v.t._ to immerse anew.
REPLY, r[=e]-pl[=i]', _v.t._ to fold back: to answer.--_v.i._ to make
response: to meet an attack, as to reply to the enemy's fire--(_law_) to a
defendant's plea.--_n._ an answer: the power of answering: a
counter-attack: (_mus._) the answer of a figure.--_ns._ REP'LICANT;
REPLIC[=A]'TION, a reply: repetition: (_law_) the plaintiff's answer to a
plea.--_adj._ REPLIC[=A]'TIVE. [O. Fr. _replier_--L. _replic[=a]re_, _re-_,
back, _plic[=a]re_, to fold.]
REPOLISH, r[=e]-pol'ish, _v.t._ to polish again.
REPONE, r[=e]-p[=o]n', _v.t._ to replace: to reply. [O. Fr.,--L.
_repon[)e]re_, _re-_, back, _pon[)e]re_, to put.]
REPOPULATE, r[=e]-pop'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to repeople.--_n._
REPOPUL[=A]'TION.
REPORT, r[=e]-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to bring back, as an answer or account of
anything: to give an account of: to relate: to circulate publicly: to write
down or take notes of, esp. for a newspaper: to lay a charge against: to
echo back.--_v.i._ to make a statement: to write an account of
occurrences.--_n._ a statement of facts: description: a formal or official
statement, esp. of a judicial opinion or decision: rumour: sound: noise:
(_B._) repute: hearsay: reputation.--_adj._ REPORT'ABLE, fit to be reported
on.--_ns._ REPORT'AGE, report; REPORT'ER, one who reports, esp. for a
newspaper; REPORT'ERISM, the business of reporting; REPORT'ING, the act of
drawing up reports--newspaper reporting.--_adv._ REPORT'INGLY (_Shak._), by
common report.--_adj._ REPORT[=O]'RIAL.--REPORT ONE'S SELF, to give
information about one's self, one's whereabouts, &c.--BE REPORTED OF, to be
spoken well or ill of. [O. Fr.,--L. _report[=a]re_--_re-_, back,
_port[=a]re_, to carry.]
REPOSE, r[=e]-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to lay at rest: to compose: to place in trust
(with _on_ or _in_): to deposit: to tranquillise.--_v.i._ to rest: to
sleep: to rest in confidence (with _on_ or _upon_): to lie.--_n._ a lying
at rest: sleep: quiet: rest of mind: (_fine art_) that harmony which gives
rest to the eye.--_n._ REP[=O]'SAL (_Shak._), the act of reposing: that on
which one reposes.--_adj._ REP[=O]SED', calm: settled.--_adv._
REP[=O]'SEDLY.--_n._ REP[=O]'SEDNESS.--_adj._ REP[=O]SE'FUL.--_n._
REP[=O]'SER.--_v.t._ REPOS'IT, to lodge, as for safety--also _n._--_ns._
REP[=O]SI'TION, reduction; REPOS'ITOR, an instrument for restoring a
displaced organ; REPOS'ITORY, a place where anything is laid up for safe
keeping: a place where things are kept for sale: a shop. [Fr.
_reposer_--_re-_, back, _poser_, to pose.]
REPOSSESS, r[=e]-poz-zes', _v.t._ to possess again: to regain possession
of.--_n._ REPOSSES'SION.
REPOSURE, r[=e]-p[=o]'zhur, _n._ quiet repose.
REPOT, r[=e]-pot', _v.t._ to shift plants from pot to pot.
REPOUR, r[=e]-p[=o]r', _v.i._ to pour again.
REPOUSSAGE, r[=e]-p[=oo]'säj, _n._ the hammering from behind of ornamental
patterns upon a metal plate: or of etched plates making hollows which would
show as spots in printing.
REPOUSSÉ, r[=e]-p[=oo]'s[=a], _adj._ raised in relief by means of the
hammer.--REPOUSSÉ WORK, vessels ornamented by hammering on the reverse
side.
REPPED, rept, _adj._ corded transversely. [_Rep._]
REPREHEND, rep-r[=e]-hend', _v.t._ to blame: to reprove.--_n._
REPREHEN'DER.--_adj._ REPREHEN'SIBLE, worthy of being reprehended or
blamed.--_n._ REPREHEN'SIBLENESS.--_adv._ REPREHEN'SIBLY, culpably.--_n._
REPREHEN'SION, reproof: censure.--_adj._ REPREHEN'SIVE, containing reproof:
given in reproof.--_adv._ REPREHEN'SIVELY.--_adj._ REPREHEN'SORY. [O.
Fr.,--L. _reprehend[)e]re_, _-hensum_--_re-_, inten., _prehend[)e]re_, to
lay hold of.]
REPRESENT, rep-r[=e]-zent', _v.t._ to exhibit the image of: to serve as a
sign of: to personate or act the part of: to stand in the place of: to
bring before the mind: to describe: to portray: to exemplify.--_n._
REPRESENTABIL'ITY.--_adj._ REPRESENT'ABLE, that may be represented.--_ns._
REPRESENT[=A]'MEN, representation; REPRESENT'ANCE (_obs._),
likeness.--_adj._ REPRESENT'ANT, having vicarious power.--_n._
REPRESENT[=A]'TION, act of representing or exhibiting: that which
represents: an image: picture: dramatic performance: part performed by a
representative: share, participation: statement: delegation.--_adj._
REPRESENT[=A]'TIONAL.--_ns._ REPRESENT[=A]'TIONISM, the doctrine of
Descartes, that in the perception of the external world the immediate
object represents another object beyond the sphere of consciousness;
REPRESENT[=A]'TIONIST.--_adj._ REPRESENT'ATIVE, representing: showing a
likeness: bearing the character or power of others: replacing: presenting
the full character of a class: (_logic_) mediately known.--_n._ one who
stands for another, a deputy, delegate: (_law_) an heir.--_adv._
REPRESENT'ATIVELY.--_ns._ REPRESENT'ATIVENESS; REPRESENT'ER;
REPRESENT'MENT.--REPRESENTATIVE FACULTY, the imagination.--HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, the lower branch of the United States Congress, consisting
of members chosen biennially by the people. [O. Fr.,--L. _repræsent[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_re-_, again, _præsent[=a]re_, to place before.]
REPRESS, r[=e]-pres', _v.t._ to restrain, quell--also _n._--_ns._
REPRESS'ER, -OR.--_adj._ REPRESS'IBLE, that may be restrained.--_adv._
REPRESS'IBLY.--_n._ REPRES'SION, act of repressing.--_adj._ REPRESS'IVE,
tending or able to repress.--_adv._ REPRESS'IVELY.
REPRESS, r[=e]-pres', _v.t._ to press a second time.--_n._
REPRESS'ING-MACHINE', a machine for making pressed bricks: a press for
compressing cotton bales.
REPRIEF, r[=e]-pr[=e]f, _n._ (_Spens._) reproof.
REPRIEVE, r[=e]-pr[=e]v', _v.t._ to delay the execution of a criminal: to
give a respite to: (_obs._) acquit, release.--_n._ a suspension of a
criminal sentence: interval of ease or relief.--_n._ REPRIEV'AL. [O. Fr.
_reprover_ (Fr. _réprouver_)--L. _reprob[=a]re_, to reprove.]
REPRIMAND, rep'ri-mand, or -mand', _n._ a severe reproof.--_v.t._ to chide:
to reprove severely: to administer reproof publicly or officially. [O.
Fr.,--L. _reprimendum_--_reprim[)e]re_, _repressum_, to press back--_re-_,
back, _prim[)e]re_, to press.]
REPRIMER, r[=e]-pr[=i]'m[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for setting a cap upon a
cartridge shell.
REPRINT, r[=e]-print', _v.t._ to print again: to print a new impression of:
printed matter from some other publication.--_n._ R[=E]'PRINT, another
impression of a printed book or paper.
REPRISAL, r[=e]-pr[=i]'zal, _n._ a seizing back or in retaliation: the
retaking of goods captured by an enemy: anything seized, or inflicted, in
retaliation: that which is seized for injury inflicted: (_rare_) a
restitution. [O. Fr. _represaille_--It. _ripresaglia_--_ripreso_ (Fr.
_reprise_), retaken--L. _re-pre(he)nd[)e]re_, to seize again.]
REPRISE, r[=e]-pr[=i]z', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to take again, retake.--_n._ in
maritime law, a ship recaptured from an enemy: in masonry, the return of a
moulding in an internal angle: (_law_) yearly deductions, as annuities,
&c.: (_mus._) the act of repeating a passage. [Fr.
_reprise_--_reprendre_--L. _reprehend[)e]re_.]
REPRIVE, r[=e]-pr[=i]v', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to deprive, take away.
REPROACH, r[=e]-pr[=o]ch', _v.t._ to cast in one's teeth: to censure
severely: to upbraid: to revile: to treat with contempt.--_n._ the act of
reproaching: reproof: censure: blame in opprobrious language: disgrace:
occasion of blame: an object of scorn.--_adj._ REPROACH'ABLE, deserving
reproach: opprobrious.--_n._ REPROACH'ABLENESS.--_adv._
REPROACH'ABLY.--_n._ REPROACH'ER.--_adj._ REPROACH'FUL, full of reproach or
blame: abusive: scurrilous: bringing reproach: shameful:
disgraceful.--_adv._ REPROACH'FULLY.--_n._ REPROACH'FULNESS.--_adj._
REPROACH'LESS, without reproach.--THE REPROACHES, antiphons chanted in R.C.
churches on Good Friday after the prayers which succeed the Gospel of the
Passion, their subject the ingratitude of the Jews in rejecting and
crucifying Christ. [Fr. _reprocher_--_re-_, back, _proche_, near--L.
_propius_, comp. of _prope_, near.]
REPROBATE, rep'r[=o]-b[=a]t, _adj._ condemned: base: given over to sin:
depraved: vile: (_B._) that will not stand proof or trial: (_Sterne_)
condemnatory.--_n._ an abandoned or profligate person: one lost to
shame.--_v.t._ to disapprove: to censure: to disown.--_ns._
REP'R[=O]B[=A]CY, state of being a reprobate; REP'ROBANCE (_Shak._),
reprobation; REP'ROB[=A]TENESS; REP'ROB[=A]TER; REPROB[=A]'TION, the act of
reprobating: rejection: the act of abandoning to destruction: state of
being so abandoned: the doctrine of the fore-ordination of the impenitent
to eternal perdition: (_mil._) disqualification to bear office;
REPROB[=A]'TIONER, one who maintains the doctrine of reprobation by divine
decree.--_adj._ REPROB[=A]'TIVE, criminatory.--_n._ REP'ROB[=A]TOR (_Scots
law_), an old form of action to prove a witness to be perjured or
biassed.--_adj._ REP'ROB[=A]TORY, reprobative. [L. _reprobatus_, pa.p. of
_reprob[=a]re_, to reprove.]
REPRODUCE, r[=e]-pr[=o]-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to produce again: to form anew: to
propagate: to represent.--_n._ REPROD[=U]'CER, one who reproduces: the
diaphragm used in producing speech in the phonograph.--_adj._
REPROD[=U]'CIBLE.--_n._ REPRODUC'TION, the act of producing new
organisms--the whole process whereby life is continued from generation to
generation: repetition.--_adj._ REPRODUC'TIVE, tending to reproduce.--_ns._
REPRODUC'TIVENESS, REPRODUCTIV'ITY.--_adj._ REPRODUC'TORY.--REPRODUCTIVE
FACULTY, the faculty of the association of ideas; REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
(_bot._), the organs appropriate to the production of seeds or spines:
(_zool._) the generative system.
REPROMISSION, r[=e]-pr[=o]-mish'un, _n._ (_obs._) a promise.
REPROMULGATE, r[=e]-pr[=o]-mul'g[=a]t, _v.t._ to republish.--_n._
REPROMULG[=A]'TION.
REPROOF, r[=e]-pr[=oo]f', _n._ a reproving or blaming: rebuke: censure:
reprehension.--_adj._ REPROVABLE (-[=oo]v'-), deserving reproof, blame, or
censure.--_n._ REPROV'ABLENESS.--_adv._ REPROV'ABLY.--_n._ REPRO'VAL, the
act of reproving: reproof.--_v.t._ REPROVE', to condemn: to chide: to
convict: to censure: to disprove or refute.--_ns._ REPRO'VER;
REPRO'VING.--_adv._ REPRO'VINGLY. [O. Fr. _reprover_ (Fr. _réprouver_)--L.
_reprob[=a]re_, the opposite of _approb[=a]re_ (cf. _Approve_)--_re-_, off,
_prob[=a]re_, to try.]
REPRUNE, r[=e]-pr[=oo]n', _v.t._ to trim again.
REPTANT, rep'tant, _adj._ crawling: pertaining to the _Reptantia_, those
gasteropod mollusca adapted for crawling.--_n._ REPT[=A]'TION, the act of
creeping: (_math._) the motion of one plane figure around another, so that
the longest diameter of one shall come into line with the shortest of the
other.--_adjs._ REPTAT[=O]'RIAL, creeping or crawling; REP'TATORY
(_zool._), creeping.
REPTILE, rep't[=i]l, _adj._ moving or crawling on the belly or with very
short legs: grovelling: low.--_n._ an animal that moves or crawls on its
belly or with short legs: an oviparous quadruped: one of the class of
REPTIL'IA (_n.pl._) occupying a central position in the Vertebrate series,
beneath them Amphibians and Fishes, above them Birds and Mammals: a
grovelling, low person.--_adjs._ REPTIL'IAN, belonging to reptiles;
REPTILIF'EROUS, producing reptiles; REPTIL'IFORM, related to reptiles;
REPTIL'IOUS, like a reptile.--_n._ REPTIL'IUM, a place where reptiles are
kept.--_adjs._ REPTILIV'OROUS, feeding upon reptiles; REP'TILOID, reptile
form.--REPTILIAN AGE (_geol._), the Mesozoic age, during which reptiles
attained great development. [Fr.,--L. _reptilis_--_rep[)e]re_, to creep.]
REPUBLIC, r[=e]-pub'lik, _n._ a commonwealth: a form of government without
a monarch, in which the supreme power is vested in representatives elected
by the people.--_adj._ REPUB'LICAN, belonging to a republic: agreeable to
the principles of a republic.--_n._ one who advocates a republican form of
government: a democrat: one of the two great political parties in the
United States, opposed to the _Democrats_, favouring a high protective
tariff, a liberal expenditure, and an extension of the powers of the
national government.--_v.t._ REPUB'LICANISE.--_n._ REPUB'LICANISM, the
principles of republican government: attachment to republican
government.--_n._ REPUBLIC[=A]'RIAN.--REPUBLIC OF LETTERS, a name for the
general body of literary and learned men.--REPUBLICAN ERA, the era adopted
by the French after the downfall of the monarchy, beginning with 22d
September 1792.--RED REPUBLICAN, a violent republican, from the red cap
affected by such. [Fr. _république_--L. _respublica_, commonwealth.]
REPUBLISH, r[=e]-pub'lish, _v.t._ to publish again or anew.--_ns._
REPUBLIC[=A]'TION, act of republishing: that which is republished, esp. a
reprint of a book, &c.: a second publication of a former will;
REPUB'LISHER.
REPUDIATE, r[=e]-p[=u]'di-[=a]t, _v.t._ to reject: to disclaim, as
liability for debt: to disavow: to divorce.--_adj._ REP[=U]'DIABLE, that
may be repudiated: fit to be rejected.--_ns._ REPUDI[=A]'TION, the act of
repudiating: rejection: an unprincipled method for the extinction of a debt
by simply refusing to acknowledge the obligation: the state of being
repudiated; REPUDI[=A]'TIONIST; REP[=U]'DI[=A]TOR. [L. _repudi[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_repudium_--_re-_, away, _pud[=e]re_, to be ashamed.]
REPUGN, r[=e]-p[=u]n', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to fight against, to
oppose.--_adj._ REPUGNABLE (r[=e]-p[=u]'-, or r[=e]-pug'-na-bl), capable of
being resisted.--_ns._ REPUGNANCE (r[=e]-pug'-, like all the succeeding
words), the state of being repugnant: resistance: aversion: reluctance;
REPUG'NANCY.--_adj._ REPUG'NANT, hostile: adverse: contrary: distasteful:
at variance.--_adv._ REPUG'NANTLY.--_n._ REPUG'NANTNESS.--_v.t._
REPUG'NATE, to oppose: to fight against.--_adj._ REPUGNAT[=O]'RIAL, serving
as a means of defence.--_n._ REPUGNER (r[=e]-p[=u]'n[.e]r), one who rebels.
[Fr.,--L. _repugn[=a]re_--_re-_, against, _pugn[=a]re_, to fight.]
REPULLULATE, r[=e]-pul'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to sprout again.--_n._
REPULLUL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ REPULLULES'CENT.
REPULPIT, r[=e]-p[=oo]l'pit, _v.t._ to restore to the pulpit.
REPULSE, r[=e]-puls', _v.t._ to drive back: to repel: to beat off: to
refuse, reject.--_n._ the state of being repulsed or driven back: the act
of repelling: refusal.--_ns._ REPUL'SER; REPUL'SION, act of repulsing or
driving back: state of being repelled: aversion: the action by which bodies
or their particles repel each other.--_adj._ REPUL'SIVE, that repulses or
drives off: repelling: cold, reserved, forbidding: causing aversion and
disgust.--_adv._ REPUL'SIVELY.--_n._ REPUL'SIVENESS.--_adj._ REPUL'SORY.
[L. _repulsus_, pa.p. of _repell[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _pell[)e]re_, to
drive.]
REPURCHASE, r[=e]-pur'ch[=a]s, _v.t._ to purchase or buy back or
again.--_n._ the act of buying again: that which is bought again.
REPURGE, r[=e]-purj', _v.t._ to cleanse again.
REPURIFY, r[=e]-p[=u]'ri-f[=i], _v.t._ to purify again.
REPUTATION, rep-[=u]-t[=a]'shun, _n._ state of being held in repute:
estimation: character in public opinion: credit: fame.--_adj._
REP'[=U]TABLE, in good repute: respectable: honourable: consistent with
reputation.--_n._ REP'[=U]TABLENESS.--_adv._ REP'[=U]TABLY.--_adj._
REP'[=U]T[=A]TIVE, reputed: putative.--_adv._ REP'[=U]T[=A]TIVELY, by
repute. [Fr.,--L. _reputation-em_, consideration--_re-put[=a]re_, to think
over.]
REPUTE, r[=e]-p[=u]t', _v.t._ to account or estimate: to hold.--_n._
estimate: established opinion: character.--_adv._ REP[=U]T'EDLY, in common
repute or estimation.--_adj._ REPUTE'LESS (_Shak._), without good repute,
disreputable.--REPUTED OWNER, a person who has to all appearance the title
to the property. [Fr.,--L. _reput[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_re-_, again,
_put[=a]re_, to reckon.]
REQUERE, r[=e]-kw[=e]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to require.
REQUEST, r[=e]-kwest', _v.t._ to ask for earnestly: to entreat: to
desire.--_n._ petition: prayer: desire: demand: that which is requested: a
want: a question: the state of being desired.--_n._ REQUEST'ER.--REQUEST
NOTE, in the inland revenue, an application to obtain a permit for removing
excisable articles: programme.--COURT OF REQUESTS, a former Court of Equity
in England, inferior to the Court of Chancery, abolished in 1641: a local
tribunal instituted in London by Henry VIII. for the recovery of small
debts--called also _Court of Conscience_: LETTERS OF REQUEST, the formal
instrument by which in English ecclesiastical law an inferior judge waives
his jurisdiction over a cause, and refers it to a higher court. [O. Fr.
_requeste_ (Fr. _requête_)--L. _requisitum_, pa.p. of
_requir[)e]re_--_re-_, away, _quær[)e]re_, to seek.]
REQUICKEN, r[=e]-kwik'n, _v.t._ to give new life to.
REQUIEM, r[=e]'kwi-em, _n._ a hymn or mass sung for the rest of the soul of
the dead: a grand musical composition in honour of the dead: (_obs._) rest,
peace.--_n._ REQUIES'CENCE, repose.--REQUIESCAT IN PACE, may he (or she)
rest in peace, often abbreviated _R.I.P._ [L., accus. of _requies_--(_re-_,
inten., _quies_, rest); so called from the initial words of the introit,
_Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine!_ 'Give eternal rest to them, O Lord!']
REQUIRE, r[=e]-kw[=i]r', _v.t._ to ask: to demand: to need: to exact: to
direct.--_adj._ REQUIR'ABLE, that may be required: fit or proper to be
required.--_ns._ REQUIRE'MENT, act of requiring: claim: demand; REQUIR'ER;
REQUIR'ING. [Fr.,--L. _requir[)e]re_.]
REQUISITE, rek'wi-zit, _adj._ required: needful: indispensable.--_n._ that
which is required: anything necessary or indispensable.--_adv._
REQ'UISITELY.--_ns._ REQ'UISITENESS, state of being requisite;
REQUISI'TION, the act of requiring: an application--for a public meeting,
for a person to become a candidate for Parliament, &c.: a demand, as for
necessaries for a military force: a written request or invitation.--_v.t._
to make a requisition or demand upon, to seize.--_n._ REQUISI'TIONIST, one
who makes a requisition.--_adj._ REQUIS'ITIVE.--_n._ REQUIS'ITOR.--_adj._
REQUIS'ITORY.--_n._ REQUIS'ITUM, that which a problem asks for.
REQUITE, r[=e]-kw[=i]t', _v.t._ to repay: to retaliate.--_adjs._ REQUIT'
(_Spens._), requited, returned; REQU[=I]'TABLE.--_ns._ REQU[=I]'TAL, the
act of requiting: payment in return: recompense: reward; REQUITE',
requital.--_adjs._ REQUITE'FUL; REQUITE'LESS, without requital:
free.--_ns._ REQUITE'MENT; REQU[=I]'TER.
RERAIL, r[=e]-r[=a]l', _v.t._ to replace on the rails.
REREAD, r[=e]-r[=e]d', _v.t._ to read again.
REREBRACE, r[=e]r'br[=a]s, _n._ the armour of the upper arm from shoulder
to elbow.--Also _Arrière-bras_.
REREBRAKE, r[=e]r-br[=a]k', _n._ an appurtenance of a mounted warrior in
the fifteenth century.
REREDOS, r[=e]r'dos, _n._ the wall or screen at the back of an altar,
usually in the form of a screen detached from the east wall, adorned with
niches, statues, &c., or with paintings or tapestry: the back of an open
fire-hearth, in medieval halls. [O. Fr., _rere_, rear, _dos_--L. _dorsum_,
back.]
REREFIEF, r[=e]r'f[=e]f, _n._ (_Scot._) an under-fief.
RE-REITERATED, r[=e]-r[=e]-it'[.e]r-[=a]t-ed, _p.adj._ (_Tenn._) reiterated
or repeated again and again.
REREMOUSE, r[=e]r'mows, _n._ a bat. [A.S. _hréremús_--_hréran_, to move,
_mús_, a mouse.]
RERESUPPER, r[=e]r'sup-[.e]r, _n._ a late supper.
REREWARD. Same as REARWARD.
RES, r[=e]z, _n._ a thing, a point.--RES ANGUSTA DOMI, straitened
circumstances; RES GESTÆ, things done; RES JUDIC[=A]TA, a matter decided.
RESAIL, r[=e]-s[=a]l', _v.i._ to sail back.
RESALE, r[=e]-s[=a]l', _n._ a second sale.
RESALUTE, r[=e]-sa-l[=u]t', _v.t._ to salute anew or in return.
RESAW, r[=e]-saw', _v.t._ to saw into still thinner pieces.
RESCIND, r[=e]-sind', _v.t._ to cut away or off: to annul: to repeal: to
reverse.--_adj._ RESCIND'ABLE.--_ns._ RESCIND'MENT; RESCIS'SION, the act of
rescinding: the act of annulling or repealing.--_adj._
RESCIS'SORY.--RESCISSORY ACTIONS (_law_), those actions whereby deeds are
declared void. [Fr.,--L. _rescind[)e]re_, _rescissum_--_re-_, back,
_scind[)e]re_, to cut.]
RESCORE, r[=e]-sk[=o]r', _v.t._ to rearrange music for voices and
instruments.
RESCRIBE, r[=e]-skr[=i]b', _v.t._ to write again.--_n._ RESCRIB'END[=A]RY,
a papal official who determines what documents are to be copied and
registered, &c.
RESCRIPT, r[=e]'skript, _n._ the official answer of a pope or an emperor to
any legal question: an edict or decree.--_n._ RESCRIP'TION, the answering
of a letter.--_adj._ RESCRIP'TIVE.--_adv._ RESCRIP'TIVELY. [Fr.,--L.
_rescriptum_--_re-_, back, _scrib[)e]re_, _scriptum_, to write.]
RESCUE, res'k[=u], _v.t._ to free from danger or violence: to deliver: to
liberate:--_pr.p._ res'c[=u]ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ res'c[=u]ed.--_n._ the
act of rescuing: deliverance from violence or danger: forcible release from
arrest or imprisonment.--_adj._ RES'CUABLE.--_ns._ RES'CUER;
RESC[=U]SS[=EE]', the party rescued; RESCUS'SOR, one who makes an unlawful
rescue. [M. E. _rescous_, a rescue--O. Fr. _rescousse_--_rescourre_--L.
_re-_, away, _excut[)e]re_, to shake out--_ex_, out, _quat[)e]re_, to
shake.]
RESCUE-GRASS, res'k[=u]-gras, _n._ a species of brome-grass, native to
South America.
RESEARCH, r[=e]-s[.e]rch', _n._ a careful search: diligent examination or
investigation: scrutiny.--_v.i._ to examine anew.--_n._
RESEARCH'ER.--_adj._ RESEARCH'FUL, inquisitive, prone to investigation.
RESEAT, r[=e]-s[=e]t', _v.t._ to furnish with new seats.
RÉSEAU, r[=a]-z[=o]', _n._ a fine meshed ground for lace-work.
RESECTION, r[=e]-sek'shun, _n._ act of cutting off: removal of a bone's
articular extremity.--_v.t._ RESECT', to cut off. [L. _resec[=a]re_, _re-_,
again, _sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
RESEDA, r[=e]-s[=e]'da, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants, the mignonette
family.
RESEEK, r[=e]-s[=e]k', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to seek again.
RESEIZE, r[=e]-s[=e]z', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to seize again: to
reinstate.--_ns._ RESEIZ'ER; RESEIZ'[=U]RE.
RESELL, r[=e]-sel', _v.t._ to sell again.
RESEMBLE, r[=e]-zem'bl, _v.t._ to be similar to: to have the likeness of:
to possess similar qualities or appearance: to compare: to make
like.--_adj._ RESEMBLABLE, admitting of being compared.--_n._ RESEM'BLANCE,
the state of resembling: similitude: likeness: similarity: that which is
similar.--_adj._ RESEM'BLANT.--_n._ RESEM'BLER.--_adj._
RESEM'BLING.--_adv._ RESEM'BLINGLY. [O. Fr. _resembler_ (Fr.
_ressembler_)--re-, again, _sembler_, to seem--L. _simul[=a]re_, to make
like--_similis_, like.]
RESEMINATE, r[=e]-sem'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to propagate again.
RESEND, r[=e]-send', _v.t._ to send again or back.
RESENT, r[=e]-zent', _v.t._ to take ill: to consider as an injury or
affront: to be indignant at: to express indignation: to have a strong
perception of: to perceive by the sense of smell--_v.i._ to be
indignant.--_n._ RESENT'ER.--_adj._ RESENT'FUL, full of, or prone to,
resentment.--_advs._ RESENT'FULLY; RESENT'INGLY.--_adj._ RESENT'IVE.--_n._
RESENT'MENT, the act of resenting: displeasure: anger. [O. Fr. _resentir_,
_ressentir_--L. _re-_, in return, _sent[=i]re_, to feel.]
RESERVE, r[=e]-z[.e]rv', _v.t._ to keep back: to keep for future or other
use: to retain, except: to keep safe.--_n._ that which is reserved: that
which is kept for future use: a part of an army or a fleet reserved to
assist those engaged in action: that which is kept back in the mind: mental
concealment: absence of freedom in words or action: caution: that part of
capital which is retained to meet average liabilities.--_n._
RESERV[=A]'TION, the act of reserving or keeping back: the withholding from
a statement of a word or clause necessary to convey its real meaning:
something withheld: safe keeping: a clause, proviso, or limitation by which
something is reserved: (_U.S._) a tract of public land reserved for some
special purpose, as for Indians, schools, &c.: the practice of reserving
part of the consecrated bread of the eucharist for the communion of the
sick: the act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to
certain benefices.--_adj._ RESERV'ATIVE.--_n._ RESERV'ATORY.--_n.pl._
RESERVES', the reserve forces of a country, the men composing such.--_n._
RESER'VIST, a soldier who belongs to the reserves.--MENTAL RESERVATION, the
act of reserving or holding back some word or clause which is necessary to
convey fully the meaning really intended by the speaker--distinct from
equivocation (L. _equivocatio_ or _amphibolia_).--WITHOUT RESERVE, a phrase
implying that a property will be sold absolutely, neither the vendor nor
any one acting for him bidding it in. [O. Fr. _reserver_--L.
_reserv[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _serv[=a]re_, to save.]
RESERVED, r[=e]-z[.e]rvd', _adj._ characterised by reserve: not free or
frank in words or behaviour: shy: cold.--_adv._ RESER'VEDLY.--_ns._
RESER'VEDNESS; RESER'VER.--RESERVED CASE, a sin, the power to absolve from
which is reserved to the pope, or his legate, &c.; RESERVED LIST, formerly
a list of officers on half-pay, who might be called upon in an emergency;
RESERVED POWER, a reservation made in deeds, &c.; RESERVED POWERS (_U.S._),
powers pertaining to sovereignty, but not delegated to a representative
body.
RESERVOIR, rez'[.e]r-vwor, _n._ a place where anything is kept in store: a
place where water and other liquids are stored for use.--Also _v.t._ [Fr.]
RESET, r[=e]-set', _v.t._ and _v.i._ to set again.--_n._ printed matter set
over again.--_adj._ RESET'TABLE (_Tenn._), that may be reset.
RESET, re-set', _v.t._ (_Scot._) to receive and hide, as stolen goods, or a
criminal.--_n._ RESET'TER, one who receives and hides stolen goods. [Perh.
_receipt_.]
RESETTLE, r[=e]-set'l, v.t, and _v.i._ to settle again.--_n._
RESETT'LEMENT.
RESHAPE, r[=e]-sh[=a]p', _v.t._ to give a new shape to.
RESHIP, r[=e]-ship', _v.t._ to ship again.--_n._ RESHIP'MENT, the act of
reshipping: things reshipped.
RESIANT, rez'i-ant, _adj._ (_obs._) resident, always residing in a
place.--_n._ RES'IANCE. [Doublet of _resident_.]
RESIDE, r[=e]-z[=i]d', _v.i._ to remain sitting: to dwell permanently: to
abide: to live: to inhere.--_ns._ RES'IDENCE, act of dwelling in a place:
place where one resides, a domicile: that in which anything permanently
inheres: the settling of liquors; RES'IDENCY, residence: the official
dwelling of a government officer in India.--_adj._ RES'IDENT, dwelling in a
place for some time: residing on one's own estate: residing in the place of
one's duties: not migratory.--_n._ one who resides: a public minister at a
foreign court.--_n._ RES'IDENTER (_Scot._).--_adjs._ RESIDEN'TIAL,
residing: having actual residence--(_rare_) RESIDENT'AL; RESIDEN'TIARY,
residing, esp. of one bound to reside for a certain time every year at a
cathedral church.--_n._ one who keeps a certain residence, esp. an
ecclesiastic.--_ns._ RESIDEN'TIARYSHIP; RES'IDENTSHIP; RES[=I]'DER. [O.
Fr.,--L. _resid[=e]re_--_re-_, back, _sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
RESIDUE, rez'i-d[=u], _n._ that which is left behind after a part is taken
away: the remainder: the residuum of an estate after payment of debts and
legacies.--_adj._ RESID'UAL, remaining as residue.--_n._ that which remains
after a subtraction, as the difference between one of a series of observed
values and the mean of the series, &c.--_ns._ RESID'UAL-AIR, that portion
of air which cannot be expelled by the most violent efforts from the lungs;
RESID'UAL-CHARGE, a charge of electricity spontaneously acquired by coated
glass; RESID'UAL-MAG'NETISM, remanent magnetism; RESID'UAL-QUAN'TITY, a
binomial connected with the sign - (_minus_).--_adj._ RESID'UARY,
pertaining to the residue: receiving the remainder, as residuary
estate.--_ns._ RESID'UARY-CLAUSE, that part of a will which disposes of
whatever may be left after satisfying the other provisions of the will;
RESID'UARY-LEGAT[=EE]', the legatee to whom is bequeathed the
residuum.--_v.t._ RESID'UATE, to find the residual of.--_ns._
RESIDU[=A]'TION, the act of finding the residual; RESID'UENT, a by-product
left after the removal of a principal product.--_adj._ RESID'UOUS,
residual.--_n._ RESID'[=U]UM, that which is left after any process of
purification: a residue. [O. Fr. _residu_--L. _residuum_--_resid[=e]re_, to
remain behind.]
RESIGN, r[=e]-s[=i]n', _v.t._ to sign again.
RESIGN, r[=e]-z[=i]n', _v.t._ to yield up to another: to submit calmly: to
relinquish: to entrust.--_v.i._ to submit one's self: to give up an office,
&c.--_n._ RESIGN[=A]'TION, act of giving up: state of being resigned or
quietly submissive: acquiescence: patience: (_Scots law_) the form by which
a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.--_p.adj._ RESIGNED',
calmly submissive: uncomplaining.--_adv._ RESIGNED'LY, with
submission.--_ns._ RESIGN[=EE]', the person to whom a thing is resigned;
RESIGN'ER; RESIGN'MENT. [O. Fr.,--L. _resign[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to
annul--_re-_, sig. reversal, _sign[=a]re_--_signum_, a mark.]
RESILE, r[=e]-z[=i]l', _v.i._ to leap back: to fly from: to recoil, to
recede:--_pr.p._ res[=i]l'ing; _pa.p._ res[=i]led'.--_ns._ RESILE'MENT;
RESIL'IENCE, RESIL'IENCY, act of springing back or rebounding.--_adj._
RESIL'IENT, springing back or rebounding.--_ns._ RESILI'TION;
RESILU[=A]'TION, renewed attack. [O. Fr.,--L. _resil[=i]re_, to leap
back--_re-_, back, _sal[=i]re_, to leap.]
RESIN, rez'in, _n._ an amorphous substance that exudes from plants,
supposed to be the product of oxidation of volatile oils secreted by the
plant: the precipitate obtained from a vegetable tincture by treatment with
water.--_v.t._ to coat with resin.--_adj._ RESIN[=A]'CEOUS, resinous.--_n._
RES'IN[=A]TE, a salt of the acids obtained from turpentine.--_adj._
RESINIF'EROUS, yielding resin.--_n._ RESINIFIC[=A]'TION, the process of
treating with resin.--_adj._ RES'INIFORM.--_vs.t._ RES'INIFY, to change
into resin; RES'INISE, to treat with resin.--_adjs._ RES'INO-ELEC'TRIC,
containing negative electricity; RES'INOID; RES'INOUS, having the qualities
of, or resembling, resin.--_adv._ RES'INOUSLY.--_n._ RES'INOUSNESS.--_adj._
RES'INY, like resin.--GUM RESINS, the milky juices of certain plants
solidified by exposure to air; HARD RESINS, at ordinary temperatures solid
and brittle, easily pulverised, containing little or no essential oil
(_copal_, _lac_, _jalap_, &c.); SOFT RESINS, mouldable by the hand--some
are viscous and semi-fluid _balsams_ (_turpentine_, _storax_, _Canada
balsam_, &c.). [Fr.,--L. _res[=i]na_.]
RESINATA, rez-i-n[=a]'ta, _n._ the common white wine in Greece, its
peculiar odour due to the resin of the wine.--_v.t._ RES'IN[=A]TE.
RESIPISCENCE, res-i-pis'ens, _n._ change to a better frame of mind.--_adj._
RESIPIS'CENT, right-minded. [Fr.,--L. _resipiscentia_--_resipisc[)e]re_, to
repent--_re-_, again, _sap[)e]re_, to be wise.]
RESIST, r[=e]-zist', _v.t._ to strive against: to oppose.--_v.i._ to make
opposition.--_n._ a composition applied to a surface to enable it to resist
chemical action: a material, as a paste, applied to a fabric to prevent the
action of a dye or mordant from affecting the parts not to be
coloured.--_ns._ RESIS'TAL (_obs._); RESIS'TANCE, act of resisting:
opposition: (_mech._) the power of a body which acts in opposition to the
impulse of another: (_electr._) that property of a conductor in virtue of
which the passage of a current through it is accompanied with a dissipation
of energy; RESIS'TANCE-BOX, a box containing one or more resistance-coils;
RESIS'TANCE-COIL, a coil of wire which offers a resistance to the passage
of a current of electricity; RESIS'TANT, one who, or that which,
resists.--_adjs._ RESIS'TANT, RESIS'TENT, making resistance.--_ns._
RESIS'TER; RESISTIBIL'ITY, RESIS'TIBLENESS.--_adj._ RESIS'TIBLE.--_advs._
RESIS'TIBLY; RESIS'TINGLY.--_adj._ RESIS'TIVE.--_adv._ RESIS'TIVELY.--_n._
RESISTIV'ITY.--_adj._ RESIST'LESS, irresistible: unresisting, unable to
resist.--_adv._ RESIST'LESSLY.--_ns._ RESIST'LESSNESS; RESIST'-STYLE, in
calico printing, the process of dyeing in a pattern by the use of a resist;
RESIST'-WORK, calico printing, in which the pattern is produced by means of
resist which preserves parts uncoloured. [Fr.,--L. _resist[)e]re_--_re-_,
against, _sist[)e]re_, to make to stand.]
RESMOOTH, r[=e]-sm[=oo]_th_', _v.t._ to smooth again.
RESOLDER, r[=e]-sol'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to solder again.
RESOLUBLE, rez'[=o]-l[=u]-bl, _adj._ that may be resolved, soluble.--_n._
RES'OLUBLENESS.
RESOLUTE, rez'[=o]-l[=u]t, _adj._ resolved: determined: having a fixed
purpose: constant in pursuing a purpose: bold.--_n._ a determined
person.--_adv._ RES'OL[=U]TELY.--_n._ RES'OL[=U]TENESS.
RESOLUTION, rez-o-l[=u]'shun, _n._ act of resolving: analysis: solution:
state of being resolved: fixed determination: steadiness: that which is
resolved: certainty: (_mus._) the relieving of a discord by a following
concord: a formal proposal put before a public assembly, or the formal
determination of such on any matter: (_math._) reduction, solution:
(_med._) the disappearance or dispersion of a tumour or inflammation.--_n._
RESOL[=U]'TIONER, one of a party in Scotland who approved of the
resolutions of the Commission of General Assembly (1650) admitting to take
part in the struggle against Cromwell all persons except those
excommunicate and hostile to the Covenant--opp. to the
_Protesters_.--_adj._ RES'OL[=U]TIVE.--RESOLUTION OF FORCES, OR OF
VELOCITIES, the application of the principle of the parallelogram of forces
or velocities to the separation of a force or velocity into parts.
RESOLVE, r[=e]-zolv', _v.t._ to separate into parts: to analyse: to free
from doubt or difficulty: to explain: to decide: to fix by resolution or
formal declaration: (_math._) to solve: (_med._) to disperse, as a tumour:
(_mus._) to carry a discord into a concord.--_v.i._ to determine.--_n._
anything resolved or determined: resolution: fixed purpose.--_n._
RESOLVABIL'ITY.--_adj._ ROSOL'VABLE, that may be resolved or reduced to its
elements.--_n._ RESOL'VABLENESS.--_adv._ RESOL'VABLY.--_adj._ RESOLVED',
fixed in purpose.--_adv._ RESOL'VEDLY, firmly: clearly.--_n._
RESOL'VEDNESS.--_adj._ RESOL'VENT, having power to resolve.--_n._ that
which causes solution: (_med._) a substance which resolves tumours:
(_math._) an equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem
depends.--_n._ RESOL'VER. [Fr.,--L. _resolv[)e]re_, _resolutum_--_re-_,
inten., _solv[)e]re_, to loose.]
RESONANCE, rez'[=o]-nans, _n._ act of resounding: the returning of sound by
reflection or by the production of vibrations in other bodies: the sound
discovered by means of auscultation--also RES'ONANCY.--_n._ RES'ONANCE-BOX,
a chamber in a musical instrument for increasing its sonority.--_adj._
RES'ONANT, returning sound: vibrating.--_adv._ RES'ONANTLY.--_v.i._
RES'ON[=A]TE, to resound.--_n._ RESON[=A]'TOR, a vessel for the analysis of
complex sounds. [L. _reson[=a]re_, _re-_, back, _son[=a]re_, to sound.]
RESORB, r[=e]-sorb', _v.t._ to reabsorb, to swallow up.--_adj._ RESORB'ENT.
[L. _resorb[)e]re_, to suck back.]
RESORCIN, r[=e]-sor'sin, _n._ a colourless crystalline phenol.--_adj._
RESOR'CINAL.--_n._ RESOR'CINISM. [Fr.]
RESORPTION, r[=e]-sorp'shun, _n._ the disappearance of an organ by
absorption.--_adj._ RESORP'TIVE.
RESORT, r[=e]-zort', _v.i._ to go: to betake one's self: to have recourse:
to apply.--_n._ act of resorting: a place much frequented: a haunt:
resource: company.--_n._ RESORT'ER, a frequenter.--LAST RESORT, the last
means of relief, the final tribunal--the French _dernier ressort_. [Fr.
_ressortir_--L. _re-_, back, _sort[=i]ri_, to cast lots--_sors_, _sortis_,
a lot.]
RESOUND, r[=e]-zownd', _v.t._ to sound back: to echo: to praise or
celebrate with sound: to spread the fame of.--_v.i._ to be sent back or
echoed: to echo: to sound loudly: to be much mentioned.--_ns._ RESOUND';
RESOUND'ER, a monotelephone.
RESOURCE, re-s[=o]rs', _n._ a source of help: an expedient: (_pl._) means
of raising money: means of any kind: funds.--_adj._ RESOURCE'FUL,
shifty.--_n._ RESOURCE'FULNESS.--_adj._ RESOURCE'LESS. [O. Fr.
_resource_--_resourdre_--L. _resurg[)e]re_, to rise again.]
RESOW, r[=e]-s[=o]', _v.t._ to sow again.
RESPEAK, r[=e]-sp[=e]k', _v.i._ to speak again, echo.
RESPECT, r[=e]-spekt', _v.t._ to esteem for merit: to honour: to relate to:
to regard unduly: to heed.--_n._ act of esteeming highly: regard:
expression of esteem: deportment arising from esteem: relation: reference:
point of view, any particular: (_B._) good-will, also undue regard:
partiality: reflection: decency: reputation.--_n._ RESPECTABIL'ITY, state
or quality of being respectable.--_adj._ RESPEC'TABLE, worthy of respect or
regard: moderate in excellence or number: not mean or despicable:
reputable: moderately well-to-do.--_n._ RESPEC'TABLENESS.--_adv._
RESPEC'TABLY, moderately: pretty well.--_adj._ RESPEC'TANT (_her._), facing
one another--said of figures of animals.--_n._ RESPEC'TER.--_adj._
RESPECT'FUL, full of respect: marked by civility.--_adv._
RESPECT'FULLY.--_n._ RESPECT'FULNESS.--_prep._ RESPEC'TING, regarding:
considering.--_n._ RESPEC'TION, respect.--_adj._ RESPEC'TIVE, having
respect or reference to: relative: relating to a particular person or
thing: particular.--_adv._ RESPEC'TIVELY.--_ns._ RESPEC'TIVENESS;
RESPEC'TIVIST (_obs._), a captious critic.--_adjs._ RESPECT'LESS,
regardless; RESPEC'T[=U]OUS (_obs._), causing respect: respectful.--HAVE
RESPECT OF PERSONS, unduly to favour certain persons, as for their wealth,
&c.; IN RESPECT OF, in comparison with; WITH RESPECT TO, with regard to.
[O. Fr.,--L. _respic[)e]re_, _respectum_--_re-_, back, _spec[)e]re_, to
look.]
RESPELL, r[=e]-spel', _v.t._ to spell again, or in new form.
RESPERSE, r[=e]-spers', _v.t._ to sprinkle.--_n._ RESPER'SION.
RESPIRE, r[=e]-sp[=i]r', _v.i._ to breathe again and again: to breathe: to
take rest.--_v.t._ to breathe out--in the higher animals there is an
absorption of oxygen and a discharge of carbonic acid, also in
plants.--_n._ RESP[=I]RABIL'ITY, quality of being respirable.--_adj._
RESP[=I]R'ABLE, that may be breathed: fit for respiration.--_n._
RESP[=I]R'ABLENESS; RESPIR[=A]'TION, the function of breathing: relief from
toil.--_adjs._ RESPIR[=A]'TIONAL; RESP[=I]R'ATIVE.--_ns._ RES'PIR[=A]TOR, a
network of fine wire for respiring or breathing through; RESPIRAT[=O]'RIUM,
a gill-like organ used by certain insects to draw water from the
air.--_adj._ R[=E]SPI'RATORY (or res'pi-r[=a]-t[=o]-ri), pertaining to, or
serving for, respiration.--_ns._ RESP[=I]R'ING; RESPIROM'ETER, an apparatus
for supplying air to a diver under water.--Artificial respiration,
respiration induced by artificial means. [Fr.,--L. _respir[=a]re_--_re-_,
sig. repetition, _spir[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to breathe.]
RESPITE, res'pit, _n._ temporary cessation of anything: pause: interval of
rest: (_law_) temporary suspension of the execution of a criminal.--_v.t._
to grant a respite to: to relieve by a pause: to delay.--_adj._
RES'PITELESS. [O. Fr. _respit_ (Fr. _répit_)--L. _respectus_, respect.]
RESPLENDENT, r[=e]-splen'dent, _adj._ very splendid, shining brilliantly:
very bright: (_her._) issuing rays.--_ns._ RESPLEN'DENCE, RESPLEN'DENCY,
state of being resplendent.--_adv._ RESPLEN'DENTLY. [L.
_resplend[=e]re_--_re-_, inten., _splend[=e]re_, to shine.]
RESPLIT, r[=e]-split', _v.t._ to split again.
RESPOND, r[=e]-spond', _v.i._ to answer or reply: to correspond to or suit:
to be answerable: to make a liturgical response: to be liable for
payment.--_v.t._ to satisfy.--_n._ a versicle, &c., occurring at intervals,
as in the responses to the commandments in the Anglican service:
(_archit._) a pilaster, &c., in a wall for receiving the impost of an
arch.--_ns._ RESPON'DENCE, RESPON'DENCY, act of responding: reply:
(_Spens._) correspondence.--_adj._ RESPON'DENT, answering: corresponding to
expectation.--_n._ one who answers, esp. in a law-suit: one who refutes
objections.--_ns._ RESPONDEN'TIA, a loan on the cargo of a vessel;
RESPON'SAL, a liturgical response: a proctor for a monastery; RESPONSE', a
reply: an oracular answer: the answer made by the congregation to the
priest during divine service: reply to an objection in a formal
disputation: a short anthem sung at intervals during a lection;
RESPONSIBIL'ITY, RESPON'SIBLENESS, state of being responsible: what one is
responsible for: a trust.--_adj._ RESPON'SIBLE, liable to be called to
account or render satisfaction: answerable: capable of discharging duty:
able to pay.--_adv._ RESPON'SIBLY.--_n.pl._ RESPON'SIONS, the first of the
three examinations for the B.A. degree at Oxford, familiarly called
'smalls.'--_adj._ RESPON'SIVE, inclined to respond: answering:
correspondent.--_adv._ RESPON'SIVELY.--_n._ RESPON'SIVENESS, the state of
being responsive.--_adj._ RESPONS[=O]'RIAL, responsive.--_n._ an
office-book containing the responsories.--_adj._ RESPON'SORY, making
answer.--_n._ a portion of a psalm sung between the missal lections: the
answer of the people to the priest in church service: a response
book.--_n._ RESPON'S[=U]RE (_obs._), response. [Fr.,--L. _respond[=e]re_,
_responsum_--_re-_, back, _spond[=e]re_, to promise.]
RESSAUT, res-awt', _n._ (_archit._) a projection of one part from another.
[Fr.,--L. _resil[=i]re_, to leap back.]
REST, rest, _n._ cessation from motion or disturbance: peace: quiet: sleep:
the final sleep, or death: place of rest, as an inn, &c.: repose: release:
security: tranquillity: stay: that on which anything rests or is supported:
a pause of the voice in reading: (_mus._) an interval between tones, also
its mark: in ancient armour, a projection from the cuirass to support the
lance: a quick and continued returning of the ball at tennis: in the game
of primero, the final stake made by the player.--_v.i._ to cease from
action or labour: to be still: to repose: to sleep: to be dead: to be
supported: to lean or trust: to be satisfied: to come to an end: to be
undisturbed: to take rest: to lie: to trust: (_law_) to terminate
voluntarily the adducing of evidence: to be in the power of, as 'it rests
with you.'--_v.t._ to lay at rest: to quiet: to place on a support.--_n._
REST'-CURE, the treatment of exhaustion by isolation in bed.--_adj._
REST'FUL (_Shak._), being at rest, quiet, giving rest.--_adv._ REST'FULLY,
in a state of rest.--_ns._ REST'FULNESS, the state or quality of being
restful: quietness; REST'-HOUSE a house of rest for travellers in India, a
dak-bungalow REST'INESS (_obs._), sluggishness.--_adj._ REST'ING-OW'ING
(_Scots law_), indebted.--_ns._ REST'ING-PLACE, a place of security, or of
rest, the grave: in building, a landing in a staircase; REST'ING-SPORE, a
spore which germinates after a period of dormancy; REST'ING-STAGE, -STATE,
a state of suspended activity, as of woody plants, bulbs; REST'ING-WHILE, a
period of leisure.--AT REST, applied to a body, means, having no velocity
with respect to that on which the body stands. [A.S. _rest_, _ræst_; Ger.
_rast_, Dut. _rust_.]
REST, rest, _n._ that which remains after the separation of a part:
remainder: others: balance of assets above liabilities.--_v.i._ to
remain.--FOR THE REST, as regards other matters. [Fr. _reste_--L.
_rest[=a]re_, to remain--_re-_, back, _st[=a]re_, to stand.]
REST, rest, _v.t._ (_coll._) to arrest.
RESTANT, res'tant, _adj._ remaining persistent.
RESTATE, r[=e]-st[=a]t', _v.t._ to state again.--_n._ RESTATE'MENT.
RESTAUR, res-tawr', _n._ the remedy which assurers have against each other,
or a person has against his guarantor. [Fr.]
RESTAURANT, res't[=o]-rang, or res't[=o]-rant, _n._ a house for the sale of
refreshments: an eating-house.--_n._ RESTAURATEUR (res-t[=o]'ra-t[.e]r),
the keeper of a restaurant. [Fr.,--restaurer, to restore.]
RESTEM, r[=e]-stem', _v.t._ (_Shak._) to force back against the current: to
move back against, as a current.
REST-HARROW, rest'-har'[=o], _n._ a half-shrubby plant with a spiny stem
and tough, woody roots, common in ill-cleaned land: a small moth.
RESTIBRACHIUM, res-ti-br[=a]'ki-um, _n._ (_anat._) the inferior peduncle of
the cerebellum.--_adj._ RESTIBR[=A]'CHIAL.
RESTIFF, an obsolete form of _restive_.
RESTIFORM, res'ti-form, _adj._ cord-like.--RESTIFORM BODY, the inferior
peduncle of the cerebellum. [L. _restis_, a net, _forma_, form.]
RESTILY, res'ti-li, _adv._ stubbornly, sluggishly.
RESTINCTION, r[=e]-stingk'shun, _n._ the act of extinguishing.--_v.t._
RESTING'UISH, to quench.
RESTIO, res'ti-[=o], _n._ a genus of glumaceous plants.--_n._ RESTIOI'DEÆ.
RESTIPULATE, r[=e]-stip'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to stipulate anew.--_n._
RESTIPUL[=A]'TION.
RESTITUTION, res-ti-t[=u]'shun, _n._ act of restoring what was lost or
taken away: indemnification: making good: (_law_) the restoration of what a
party had gained by a judgment.--_v.t._ RES'TIT[=U]TE (_obs._), to
restore.--_adj._ RES'TIT[=U]TIVE.--_n._ RES'TIT[=U]TOR. [L.
_restitutio_--_restitu[)e]re_, to set up again--_re-_, again,
_statu[)e]re_, to make to stand.]
RESTIVE, res'tiv, _adj._ unwilling to go forward: obstinate: jibbing back
like a restive horse.--_adv._ RES'TIVELY.--_n._ RES'TIVENESS. [O. Fr.
_restif_--L. _rest[=a]re_, to rest.]
RESTLESS, rest'les, _adj._ in continual motion: uneasy: passed in
unquietness: seeking change or action: unsettled: turbulent.--_adv._
REST'LESSLY.--_n._ REST'LESSNESS. [_Rest_, cessation from motion.]
RESTORE, r[=e]-st[=o]r', _v.t._ to repair: to replace: to return: to bring
back to its former state: to revive: to cure: to compensate: to mend:
(_mus._) to bring a note back to its original signification.--_adj._
REST[=O]R'ABLE, that may be restored to a former owner or condition.--_ns._
REST[=O]R'ABLENESS, the state or quality of being restorable;
REST[=O]R[=A]'TION, act of restoring: replacement: recovery: revival:
reparation: renewal: restoration of a building to its original design:
(_theol._) receiving of a sinner to the divine favour: the final recovery
of all men: (_palæont._) the proper adjustment of the bones of an extinct
animal; REST[=O]R[=A]'TIONIST, one who holds the belief that after a
purgation all wicked men and angels will be restored to the favour of God,
a universalist.--_adj._ REST[=O]R'ATIVE, able or tending to restore, esp.
to strength and vigour.--_n._ a medicine that restores.--_adv._
REST[=O]R'ATIVELY.--_ns._ REST[=O]RE'MENT; REST[=O]R'ER.--THE RESTORATION,
the re-establishment of the monarchy with the return of Charles II. in
1660. [Fr. _restaurer_--L. _restaur[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_re-_, again, root
_st[=a]re_, to stand.]
RESTRAIN, r[=e]-str[=a]n', _v.t._ to hold back: to check: to withhold, to
forbid: to hinder: to limit.--_adj._ RESTRAIN'ABLE, capable of being
restrained.--_adv._ RESTRAIN'EDLY.--_n._ RESTRAIN'ER (_phot._), a chemical
used to retard the act of the developer in an overexposed plate,
&c.--_p.adj._ RESTRAIN'ING.--_ns._ RESTRAIN'MENT; RESTRAINT', act of
restraining: state of being restrained: want of liberty: limitation:
hinderance: reserve; RESTRAINT'-BED, -CHAIR, used for the insane. [O. Fr.
_restraindre_--L. _restring[)e]re_, _restrictum_--_re-_, back,
_string[)e]re_, to draw tightly.]
RESTRENGTHEN, r[=e]-strength'n, _v.t._ to strengthen anew.
RESTRIALL, r[=e]-str[=i]'al, _adj._ (_her._) divided barwise, palewise, and
pilewise.
RESTRICT, r[=e]-strikt', _v.t._ to limit: to confine: to repress: to attach
limitations.--_adv._ RESTRIC'TEDLY.--_n._ RESTRIC'TION, act of restricting:
limitation: confinement.--_adj._ RESTRIC'TIVE, having the power or tendency
to restrict: astringent.--_adv._ RESTRIC'TIVELY.--_n._ RESTRIC'TIVENESS,
the state or quality of being restrictive. [_Restrain._]
RESTRIKE, r[=e]-str[=i]k', _v.t._ to strike again, as a coin.
RESTRINGE, r[=e]-strinj', _v.t._ to contract: to astringe.--_ns._
RESTRIN'GEND, RESTRIN'GENT, an astringent.
RESTY, rest'i, _adj._ (_Spens._) restive: (_Milt._) disposed to rest,
indolent.
RESUBLIME, r[=e]-sub-l[=i]m', _v.t._ to sublime again.--_n._
RESUBLIM[=A]'TION.
RESUDATION, r[=e]-s[=u]-d[=a]'shun, _n._ a sweating again.
RESULT, r[=e]-zult', _v.i._ to issue (with _in_): to follow as a
consequence from facts: to rebound: to be the outcome: to terminate.--_n._
consequence: conclusion: decision: resolution, as the result of a
council.--_n._ RESUL'TANCE, act of resulting.--_adj._ RESUL'TANT, resulting
from combination.--_n._ (_phys._) a force compounded of two or more
forces.--_n._ RESUL'T[=A]TE (_obs._), a result.--_adjs._ RESULT'FUL, having
results or effect; RESUL'TIVE; RESULT'LESS, without result.--_n._
RESULT'LESSNESS.--RESULTANT TONE, a tone produced by the simultaneous
sounding of two sustained tones; RESULTING FORCE, a motion which is the
result of two or more motions combined. [Fr.,--L.
_result[=a]re_--_resil[=i]re_. Cf. _Resilient_.]
RESUME, r[=e]-z[=u]m', _v.t._ to take back what has been given: to take up
again: to begin again after interruption.--_adj._ RES[=U]'MABLE, liable to
be taken back again, or taken up again. [L. _resum[)e]re_--_re-_, back,
_sum[)e]re_, _sumptum_, to take.]
RÉSUMÉ, r[=a]-z[=u]-m[=a]', _n._ a summing up: a summary.--_v.t._ RESUME'.
[Fr.,--L. _resum[)e]re_, to resume.]
RESUMMON, r[=e]-sum'un, _v.t._ to summon again: to recover.--_n._
RESUMM'ONS, a second summons.
RESUMPTION, r[=e]-zump'shun, _n._ act of resuming or taking back again, as
the resumption of a grant: the return to special payments.--_adj._
RESUMP'TIVE.--_n._ a restoring medicine.
RESUPINATE, r[=e]-s[=u]'pin-[=a]t, _adj._ lying on the back: (_bot._)
inverted in position by a twisting of the stalk upside down--also
RES[=U]PINE'.--_n._ RESUPIN[=A]'TION. [L. _resupinatus_, pa.p. pass. of
_resupin[=a]re_, to bend back--_re-_, back, _supinus_, bent backward.]
RESURGE, r[=e]-surj', _v.i._ to rise again.--_n._ RESUR'GENCE.--_adj._
RESUR'GENT, rising again or from the dead.--_v.t._ RESURRECT' (_coll._), to
restore to life.--_n._ RESURREC'TION, the rising again from the dead: the
life thereafter: a restoration: body-snatching.--_adj._
RESURREC'TIONARY.--_v.t._ RESURREC'TIONISE.--_ns._ RESURREC'TIONIST,
RESURREC'TION-MAN, one who steals bodies from the grave for dissection. [L.
_re-_, again, _surg[)e]re_, _surrectum_, to rise.]
RESURPRISE, r[=e]-sur-pr[=i]z', _n._ a second surprise.
RESURVEY, r[=e]-sur-v[=a]', _v.t._ to survey again, to review.--_n._ a
second or renewed survey.
RESUSCITATE, r[=e]-sus'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to revive, to revivify.--_v.i._ to
revive: to awaken and come to life again.--_adjs._ RESUS'CITABLE;
RESUS'CITANT.--_n._ one who, or that which, resuscitates.--_n._
RESUSCIT[=A]'TION, act of reviving from a state of apparent death: state of
being revivified.--_adj._ RESUS'CIT[=A]TIVE, tending to resuscitate:
reviving: revivifying: reanimating.--_n._ RESUS'CIT[=A]TOR, one who
resuscitates.--RESUSCITATIVE FACULTY, the reproductive faculty of the mind.
[L. _re-_, again, _suscit[=a]re_--_sus-_, _sub-_, from beneath,
_cit[=a]re_, to put into quick motion--_ci[=e]re_, to make to go.]
RET, ret, _v.t._ to expose hemp, jute, &c. to moisture.
RETABLE, r[=e]-t[=a]'bl, _n._ a shelf behind the altar for the display of
lights, vases of flowers, &c. [Fr.]
RETAIL, r[=e]-t[=a]l', _v.t._ to sell or deal out in small parts: to sell
in broken parts, or at second hand: to hand down by report.--_adj._
pertaining to retail.--_ns._ R[=E]'TAIL, the sale of goods in small
quantities; RETAIL'ER; RETAIL'MENT. [Fr. _retailler_, to cut again--_re-_,
again, _tailler_, to cut.]
RETAILLE, r[.e]-ta-ly[=a]', _adj._ (_her._) cut or divided twice.
RETAIN, r[=e]-t[=a]n', _v.t._ to keep in possession: to detain: to employ
by a fee paid: to restrain: to keep up, as to retain a custom: to keep in
mind.--_adj._ RETAIN'ABLE, that may be retained.--_ns._ RETAIN'ER, one who
is retained or kept in service: a dependant, but higher than a servant: a
sutler: a retaining fee; RETAIN'ERSHIP; RETAIN'MENT.--RETAINING FEE, the
advance fee paid to a lawyer to defend a cause; RETAINING WALL, a wall to
prevent a bank from slipping down.--GENERAL RETAINER, a fee to secure a
priority of claim on a counsel's services; SPECIAL RETAINER, a fee for a
particular case. [Fr.,--L. _retin[=e]re_--_re-_, back, _ten[=e]re_, to
hold.]
RETAKE, r[=e]-t[=a]k', _v.t._ to take or receive again: to recapture.
RETALIATE, r[=e]-tal'i-[=a]t, _v.t._ to return like for like: to
repay.--_v.i._ to return like for like.--_n._ RETALI[=A]'TION, act of
retaliating: 'lex talionis:' retribution.--_adjs._ RETAL'I[=A]TIVE,
RETAL'I[=A]TORY, returning like for like. [L. _retali[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_re-_, in return, _talio_, _-onis_, like for like--_talis_, of
such a kind.]
RETAMA, re-tä'mä, or re-t[=a]'mä, _n._ a group of yellow-flowered shrubs,
with rush-like branches.
RETARD, r[=e]-tärd', _v.t._ to keep back: to delay: to defer.--_adj._
RETAR'DANT.--_n._ RETARD[=A]'TION, delay: hinderance: obstacle: (_phys._) a
continuous decrement in velocity: in acoustics, the distance by which one
wave is behind another: (_mus._) the act of diminishing the rate of speed:
(_teleg._) decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.--_adjs._
RETAR'D[=A]TIVE, tending or serving to retard; RETAR'D[=A]TORY.--_ns._
RETAR'DER; RETARD'MENT.--RETARDATION OF MEAN SOLAR TIME, the change of the
sun's right ascension in a sidereal day. [Fr.,--L. _retard[=a]re_--_re-_,
inten., _tard[=a]re_, to make slow--_tardus_, slow.]
RETCH, rech, _v.i._ to try to vomit: to strain: to reach. [A.S.
_hr['æ]can_--_hr['æ]c_, a cough; Ice. _hrækja_.]
RETCHLESS, rech'les, _adj._ (_obs._) reckless.--_adv._ RETCH'LESSLY.--_n._
RETCH'LESSNESS.
RETE, r[=e]'t[=e], _n._ a network of blood-vessels, a plexus.--_adjs._
RET[=E]'CIOUS; R[=E]'TIAL.
RETECTION, r[=e]-tek'shun, _n._ the act of disclosing something concealed.
RETELL, r[=e]-tel', _v.t._ to tell again.
RETENTION, r[=e]-ten'shun, _n._ act or power of retaining: memory:
restraint: custody: preservation: (_med._) power of retaining, inability to
void: (_Scots law_) a lien, the right of withholding a debt until a debt
due to the claimant is paid.--_n._ RETENT', that which is retained.--_adj._
RETEN'TIVE, having power to retain.--_adv._ RETEN'TIVELY.--_ns._
RETEN'TIVENESS, RETENTIV'ITY; RETEN'TOR, a muscle which serves to retain an
organ in place.--MAGNETIC RETENTIVENESS, coercive force.
RETEPORE, r[=e]'te-p[=o]r, _n._ a coral of the genus _Reteporidæ_.
RETEX, r[=e]-teks', _v.t._ to annul.
RETEXTURE, r[=e]-tekst'[=u]r, _n._ a second or new texture.
RETIARY, r[=e]'shi-[=a]-ri, _adj._ net-like: constructing a web to catch
prey: provided with a net.--_n._ a gladiator who fights with a net--also
RETI[=A]'RIUS.--_n.pl._ R[=E]'TI[=A]RIÆ, the spinning spiders. [L.
_retiarius_--_rete_, a net.]
RETICENCE, ret'i-sens, _n._ concealment by silence: reserve in speech--also
RET'ICENCY.--_adj._ RET'ICENT, concealing by silence: reserved in speech.
[Fr.,--L. _retic[=e]re_--_re-_, _tac[=e]re_, to be silent.]
RETICLE, ret'i-kl, _n._ Same as RETICULE.
RETICULE, ret'i-k[=u]l, RETICLE, ret'i-kl, _n._ a little network bag: a
lady's workbag: an attachment to a telescope consisting of a network of
lines ruled on glass.--_adj._ RETIC'ULAR, having the form of network:
formed with interstices: (_anat._) cellular.--_ns._ RETICUL[=A]'R[=E];
RETICUL[=A]'RIA, a genus of the myxomycetous fungi.--_n.pl._
RETICULARI[=A]'CEÆ.--_adjs._ RETICUL[=A]'RIAN; RETICUL[=A]'RIOUS.--__adv.__
RETIC'ULARLY.--_adjs._ RETIC'ULARY; RETIC'UL[=A]TE, -D, netted: having the
form or structure of a net: having veins crossing like network, as a
reticulate leaf.--_n._ RETICUL[=A]'TION, a method of copying a painting by
the help of threads stretched across a frame.--_adj._ RETIC'UL[=O]SE,
finely reticulate.--_n._ RETIC'ULUM, a network: the second stomach of a
ruminant: a southern constellation.--RETICULAR CARTILAGE, a cartilage in
which the matrix is permeated with elastic fibres; RETICULAR LAYER OF SKIN,
the deeper part of the corium; RETICULATED GLASS, ware made from glass, in
which one set of coloured lines meets with another; RETICULATED MICROMETER,
a micrometer for an optical instrument with a reticule in the focus of an
eyepiece; RETICULATED MOULDING, a fillet interlaced in various ways;
RETICULATED WORK, masonry constructed with diamond-shaped stones. [L.
_reticulum_--_rete_, net.]
RETIERCÉ, r[=e]-ty[=a]r's[=a], _adj._ (_her._) divided fesswise into three
equal parts.
RETIFERA, r[=e]-tif'er-a, _n._ the true limpet.
RETIFORM, r[=e]'ti-form, _adj._ having the form or structure of a net. [L.
_rete_, net, _forma_, form.]
RETINA, ret'i-na, _n._ the innermost coating of the eye, consisting of a
fine network of optic nerves.--_adj._ RET'INAL, pertaining to the retina of
the eye.--_n._ RETIN[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the retina. [Fr.,--L. _rete_,
a net.]
RETINACULUM, ret-i-nak'[=u]-lum, _n._ (_anat._) a connecting band: one of
the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones of the
larger joints: (_zool._) one of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of
certain worms: (_bot._) a small viscid gland.
RETINALITE, r[=e]-tin'a-l[=i]t, _n._ a green translucent variety of
serpentine.
RETINERVED, r[=e]'ti-n[.e]rvd, _adj._ netted, veined.
RETINITE, ret'i-n[=i]t, _n._ pitch-stone or obsidian.
RETINOID, ret'i-noid, _adj._ resin-like.
RETINOL, ret'i-nol, _n._ a hydro-carbon oil used in printers' ink.
RETINOPHORA, ret-i-nof'[=o]-ra, _n._ a cell of the embryonic eye of
anthropods.
RETINOSCOPY, ret'in-[=o]-sk[=o]-pi, _n._ examination of the retina with an
ophthalmoscope.
RETINOSPORA, ret-in-os'p[=o]-ra, _n._ a genus of coniferous trees, in use
for lawn decoration.
RETINUE, ret'i-n[=u], _n._ the body of retainers who follow a person of
rank: a suite: a cortege. [_Retain._]
RETINULA, r[=e]-tin'[=u]-la, _n._ (_entom._) a group of pigmented
cells.--_adj._ RETIN'ULAR.
RETIPED, r[=e]'tip-ed, _n._ having reticulated tarsi.
RETIRACY, r[=e]-t[=i]r'[=a]-si, _n._ retirement.
RETIRADE, ret-i-räd', _n._ a retrenchment in the body of a bastion which a
garrison may defend. [Fr.]
RETIRE, r[=e]-t[=i]r', _v.i._ to draw back: to retreat: to recede: to go to
bed.--_v.t._ to withdraw from circulation, as to retire a bill: to cause to
retire.--_n._ a call sounded on a bugle: act of retiring: retreat: (_obs._)
a place of retreat.--_n._ RET[=I]'RAL, the act of taking up a bill when
due.--_adj._ RETIRED', withdrawn: secluded: private: withdrawn from
business.--__adv.__ RETIRED'LY.--_ns._ RETIRED'NESS; RETIRE'MENT, act of
retiring or withdrawing from society or from public life, or of an army:
state of being retired: solitude: privacy.--_p.adj._ RETIR'ING, reserved:
unobtrusive: retreating: modest: given to one who retires from a public
office or service.--RETIRED LIST, a list of officers who are relieved from
active service but receive a certain amount of pay. [O. Fr.
_retirer_--_re-_, back, _tirer_, to draw.]
RETITELÆ, ret-i-t[=e]'l[=e], _n.pl._ a group of spiders which spin
irregular webs.--_n._ RETITEL[=A]'RIAN.
RETOLD, r[=e]-t[=o]ld', _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _retell_.
RETORQUE, r[=e]-t[=o]rk', _v.t._ (_obs._) to turn back.
RETORSION, r[=e]-t[=o]r'shun, _n._ retaliation.
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RETORT, r[=e]-tort', _v.t._ to throw back: to return: to retaliate: to
separate by means of a retort.--_v.i._ to make a sharp reply.--_n._ a ready
and sharp reply: a witty answer: a vessel used in distillation, properly a
spiral tube.--_p.adj._ RETOR'TED (_her._), interlaced.--_ns._ RETOR'TER;
RETOR'TION.--_adj._ RETOR'TIVE.--_n._ RETORT'-SEAL'ER, an instrument for
removing the encrustation in coal-gas retorts. [Fr.,--L. _retortum_, pa.p.
of _retorqu[=e]re_--_re-_, back, _torqu[=e]re_, to twist.]
RETOSS, r[=e]-tos', _v.t._ to toss back.
RETOUCH, r[=e]-tuch', _v.t._ to improve, as a picture, by new
touches.--_n._ the reapplication of the artist's hand to a work: (_phot._)
the act of finishing and correcting.--_ns._ RETOUCH'ER;
RETOUCH'MENT.--RETOUCHING FRAME, a desk formed of fine ground glass, used
for retouching negatives.
RETOUR, r[=e]-t[=oo]r', _n._ a returning: (_Scots law_) an extract from
chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.--_adj._ RETOURED'.
RETOURN, r[=e]-turn', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to turn back.
RETRACE, r[=e]-tr[=a]s', _v.t._ to trace back: to go back by the same
course: to renew the outline of: to repeat.--_adj._ RETRACE'ABLE.
RETRACT, r[=e]-trakt', _v.t._ to retrace or draw back: to recall: to
recant.--_v.i._ to take back what has been said or granted.--_adjs._
RETRAC'TABLE, RETRAC'TIBLE, capable of being retracted or recalled.--_n._
RETRACT[=A]'TION.--_p.adj._ RETRAC'TED (_her._), couped by a line diagonal
to the main direction: (_bot._) bent back.--_adj._ RETRAC'TILE, that may be
drawn back, as claws.--_n._ RETRAC'TION, act of retracting or drawing back:
recantation.--_adj._ RETRAC'TIVE, able or ready to retract.--_adv._
RETRAC'TIVELY.--_n._ RETRAC'TOR, one who, or that which, retracts or draws
back: in breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a
cartridge-shell from the barrel: (_surg._) an instrument for holding apart
the edges of a wound during operation: a bandage to protect the soft parts
from injury by the saw: (_zool._) a muscle serving to draw in any part.
[Fr.,--L. _retrah[)e]re_, _retractum_--_re-_, back, _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
RETRAD, r[=e]'trad, _adv._ (_anat._) backward.
RETRAHENS, r[=e]'tr[=a]-henz, _n._ (_anat._) a muscle which draws the ear
backward.--_adj._ R[=E]'TR[=A]HENT.
RETRAIT, r[=e]-tr[=a]t', _n._ (_Spens._) a picture, a portrait:
aspect.--_adj._ retired. [O. Fr.,--_retraire_, to draw back, to take a
portrait--L. _retrah[)e]re_--_re-_, back, _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
RETRAL, r[=e]'tral, _adj._ back, posterior.
RETRANCHÉ, re-trong-sh[=a]', _adj._ (_her._) divided bend-wise twice or
into three parts.
RETRANSFER, r[=e]-trans-f[.e]r', _v.t._ to transfer back.--_n._
RETRANS'FER.
RETRANSFORM, r[=e]-trans-form', _v.t._ to transform or change back
again.--_n._ RETRANSFORM[=A]'TION, a second or renewed transformation: a
change back to a former state.
RETRANSLATE, r[=e]-trans-l[=a]t', _v.t._ to translate anew: to translate
back into the original languages.--_n._ RETRANSL[=A]'TION.
RETRANSMISSION, r[=e]-trans-mish'un, _n._ a repeated transmission.--_v.t._
R[=E]'TRANSMIT.
RETRATE, r[=e]-tr[=a]t', _n._ (_Spens._)=_retreat_.
RETRAVERSE, r[=e]-trav'[.e]rs, _v.t._ to traverse again.
RETRAXIT, r[=e]-trak'sit, _n._ (_law_) the open renunciation of a suit in
court.
RETREAT, r[=e]-tr[=e]t', _n._ a drawing back or retracing one's steps:
retirement: place of privacy: withdrawal: a place of security: a shelter:
(_mil._) the act of retiring in order from before the enemy, or from an
advanced position: the signal for retiring from an engagement or to
quarters: a special season of religious meditation.--_v.i._ to draw back:
to recede: to consider: to retire, esp. to a place of shelter: to retire
before an enemy or from an advanced position: in fencing, to move back so
as to avoid the point of the adversary's sword: to slope back, as a
retreating forehead.--_ns._ RETREAT'ER; RETREAT'MENT. [O. Fr. _retrete_--L.
_retractus_, pa.p. of _retrah[)e]re_.]
RETREE, r[=e]-tr[=e]', _n._ in paper-making, broken or imperfect paper.
RETRENCH, r[=e]-trensh', _v.t._ to cut off or away: to render less: to
curtail.--_v.i._ to live at less expense: to economise.--_n._
RETRENCH'MENT, cutting off: lessening or abridging: reduction: economy:
(_fort._) a work within another for prolonging the defence. [O. Fr.
_retrencher_ (Fr. _retrancher_)--_re-_, off, _trencher_, to cut, which,
acc. to Littré, is from L. _trunc[=a]re_, to cut off.]
RETRIAL, r[=e]-tr[=i]'al, _n._ a repetition of trial.
RETRIBUTE, r[=e]-trib'[=u]t, _v.t._ to give back: to make repayment
of.--_ns._ R[=E]TRIB'[=U]TER, -OR; RETRIB[=U]'TION, repayment: suitable
return: reward or punishment: retaliation.--_adjs._ R[=E]TRIB'[=U]TIVE,
repaying: rewarding or punishing suitably; R[=E]TRIB'[=U]TORY. [L.
_retributio_--_retribu[)e]re_, to give back--_re-_, back, _tribu[)e]re_, to
give.]
RETRIEVE, r[=e]-tr[=e]v', _v.t._ to recover: to recall or bring back: to
bring back to a former state: to repair: to search for and fetch, as a dog
does game--also _n._ (_obs._).--_adj._ RETRIEV'ABLE, that may be
recovered.--_n._ RETRIEV'ABLENESS, the state of being retrievable.--_adv._
RETRIEV'ABLY.--_ns._ RETRIEV'AL; RETRIEVE'MENT; RETRIEV'ER, a dog trained
to find and fetch game that has been shot. [O. Fr. _retreuver_ (Fr.
_retrouver_)--_re-_, again, _trouver_, to find--Low L. _tropare_--L.
_tropus_, a song--Gr. _tropos_, a trope.]
RETRIM, r[=e]-trim', _v.t._ to trim again.
RETRIMENT, ret'ri-ment, _n._ dregs. [L. _retrimentum._]
RETROACT, r[=e]-tr[=o]-akt', _v.i._ to act backward, or in return or
opposition, or on something past or preceding.--_n._ RETROAC'TION.--_adj._
RETROAC'TIVE.--_adv._ RETROAC'TIVELY, in a retroactive manner: by operating
on something past.--RETROACTIVE LAW, a retrospective law. [L. _retroactus_,
_retroag[)e]re_--_retro_, backward, _ag[)e]re_, _actum_, to do.]
RETROBULBAR, r[=e]-tr[=o]-bul'bär, _adj._ being behind the eyeball.
RETROCEDE, r[=e]-tr[=o]-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to go back: to relapse: to retire:
to give back.--_adj._ RETROC[=E]'DENT.--_n._ RETROCES'SION (_med._), the
disappearance of a tumour inwardly: a retreating outline: (_Scots law_) the
act of retroceding, or giving back, as of a right by an assignee. [Fr.,--L.
_retroced[)e]re_, _-cessum_--_retro_, backward, _ced[)e]re_, to go.]
RETROCHOIR, r[=e]'tr[=o]-kw[=i]r, _n._ (_archit._) an extension of a church
behind the high altar, as a chapel.
RETROCLUSION, r[=e]-tr[=o]-kl[=oo]'zhun, _n._ a method of using the pin in
acupressure.
RETROCOLLIC, r[=e]-tr[=o]-kol'ik, _adj._ pertaining to the back of the
neck.
RETRODATE, r[=e]'tr[=o]-d[=a]t, _v.t._ to assign a date to a book earlier
than its actual publication.
RETRODUCT, r[=e]-tr[=o]-dukt', _v.t._ to draw back: to withdraw.--_n._
RETRODUC'TION.
RETROFLEX, r[=e]'tr[=o]-fleks, _adj._ reflexed, bent backward--also
R[=E]'TROFLEXED.--_n._ RETROFLEC'TION. [L. _retro_, backward,
_flect[)e]re_, _flexum_, to bend.]
RETROFRACT, -ED, r[=e]'tr[=o]-frakt, -ed, _adj._ (_bot._) bent sharply
back, so as to appear as if broken. [L. _retro_, backward, _fractus_, pa.p.
of _frang[)e]re_, _fractum_, to break.]
RETROGRADE, ret'r[=o]-, or r[=e]'tr[=o]-gr[=a]d, _adj._ going backward:
falling from better to worse: contrary: (_biol._) becoming less highly
organised, as 'a retrograde theory:' swimming backwards, as many animals:
(_astron._) moving westwards relatively to the fixed stars.--_v.i._ to go
backwards.--_ns._ RETROGRAD[=A]'TION, deterioration; R[=E]'TROGRESS,
falling off; R[=E]TROGRES'SION, a going backward: a decline in quality or
merit.--_adjs._ R[=E]TROGRES'SIONAL, R[=E]TROGRESS'IVE.--_adv._
R[=E]TROGRESS'IVELY.--_n._ R[=E]TROGRESS'IVENESS. [L. _retrogradus_, going
backward--_retro_, backward, _gradi_, _gressus_, to go.]
RETROLINGUAL, r[=e]-tr[=o]-ling'gwal, _adj._ serving to retract the tongue.
RETROMINGENT, r[=e]-tr[=o]-min'jent, _adj._ urinating backward.--_n._
RETROMIN'GENCY.--_adv._ RETROMIN'GENTLY.
RETRO-OCULAR, r[=e]-tr[=o]-ok'[=u]-lar, _adj._ situated behind the eyeball.
RETRO-OPERATIVE, r[=e]-tr[=o]-op'e-r[=a]-tiv, _adj._ retrospective in
effect.
RETROPOSITION, r[=e]-tr[=o]-p[=o]-zish'un, _n._ displacement backward.
RETROPULSION, r[=e]-tr[=o]-pul'shun, _n._ a disorder of locomotion:
repulsion.--_adj._ RETROPUL'SIVE.
RETRORSE, r[=e]-trors', _adj._ turned back or downward--_adv._ RETRORSE'LY.
RETROSERRATE, r[=e]-tr[=o]-ser'[=a]t, _adj._ (_entom._) armed with minute
retrorse teeth.
RETROSPECT, ret'r[=o]-spekt, or r[=e]'-, _n._ a looking back: a
contemplation of the past: the past.--_n._ RETROSPEC'TION, the act or
faculty of looking back on the past.--_adj._ RETROSPEC'TIVE.--_adv._
RETROSPEC'TIVELY. [L. _retrospectus_, pa.p. of _retrospic[)e]re_--_retro_,
back, _spec[)e]re_, to look.]
RETROSTERNAL, r[=e]-tr[=o]-ster'nal, _adj._ being behind the sternum.
RETROTARSAL, r[=e]-tr[=o]-tar'sal, _adj._ being behind the tarsus of the
eye.
RETROTRACHEAL, r[=e]-tr[=o]-tr[=a]'k[=e]-al, _adj._ being at the back of
the trachea.
RETROUSSAGE, re-tr[=oo]-sazh', _n._ a method of producing effective tones
in the printing of etchings by skilful treatment of the ink in certain
parts.
RETROUSSÉ, re-tr[=oo]-s[=a]', _adj._ turned up: pug.
RETROVACCINATE, r[=e]-tr[=o]-vak'si-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to vaccinate a cow with
human virus.--_ns._ RETROVACCIN[=A]'TION; RETROVAC'CINE.
RETROVENE, r[=e]'tr[=o]-v[=e]n, _adj._ inclined backward.
RETROVERT, r[=e]'tr[=o]-v[.e]rt, _v.t._ to turn back.--_n._ one who returns
to his original creed.--_n._ RETROVER'SION, a turning or falling back. [L.
_retro_, backward, _vert[)e]re_, to turn.]
RETROVISION, r[=e]-tr[=o]-vizh'un, _n._ the power of mentally seeing past
events.
RETRUDE, r[=e]-tr[=oo]d', _v.t._ to thrust back.--_adj._ RETRUSE'.--_n._
RETRU'SION. [L. _retrud[)e]re_, _retrusum_.]
RETRY, r[=e]-tr[=i]', _v.t._ to try again: to put on trial a second time.
RETTING, ret'ing, _n._ the act or process of preparing flax for use by
rotting the useless part of the plant.--_n._ RETT'ERY. [Conn. with _rot_.]
RETUND, r[=e]-tund', _v.t._ to blunt, as the edge of a weapon.
RETURN, r[=e]-turn', _v.i._ to come back to the same place or state: to
answer: to retort: to turn back: to repeat: to revert: to recur: to
reappear.--_v.t._ to bring or send back: to transmit: to give back: to
repay: to give back in reply: to report: to give an account: to cast back:
to reflect: to re-echo: to revolve: to restore: to requite: to return a
call: to elect, as a member of parliament: in card-playing, to lead back in
response to the lead of one's partner: in tennis, to bat the ball back over
the net: in fencing, to give a thrust or cut after parrying a
sword-thrust.--_n._ the act of going back: revolution: periodic renewal:
the act of bringing or sending back: restitution: repayment: the profit on
capital or labour: a reply: a report or account, esp. official: (_pl._) a
light-coloured and mild kind of tobacco: (_law_) the rendering back of a
writ to the proper officer: (_mil._) the return of the men fit for duty:
(_archit._) the continuation in a different direction of the face of a
building, as a moulding.--_adj._ RETUR'NABLE, legally requiring to be
returned.--_ns._ RETURN'-BEND, a pipe-coupling in the shape of the letter
[U shape]; RETURN'-CAR'GO, a cargo brought back in place of merchandise
previously sent out; RETURN'-CHECK, a ticket for readmission; RETURN'-DAY,
the day fixed when the defendant is to appear in court; RETUR'NER;
RETUR'NING-OFF'ICER, the officer who makes returns of writs, &c.: the
presiding officer at an election.--_adj._ RETURN'LESS.--_ns._
RETURN'-MATCH, a second match played by the same set of players;
RETURN'-SHOCK, an electric shock due to the action of induction sometimes
felt after a lightning-flash; RETURN'-TAG, a tag attached to a railway-car
as evidence of its due arrival; RETURN'-TICK'ET, a ticket issued by a
company for a journey and its return, usually at a reduced charge;
RETURN'-VALVE, a valve which opens to allow reflux of a fluid in case of
overflow. [Fr. _retourner_--_re-_, back, _tourner_, to turn--L.
_torn[=a]re_, to turn.]
RETUSE, r[=e]-t[=u]s', _adj._ (_bot._) terminating in a round end, with a
centre somewhat depressed. [L. _retusus_--_retund[)e]re_, to blunt.]
RETYRE, r[=e]-t[=i]r', _n._ (_Spens._) retirement.
RETZIA, ret'si-a, _n._ a genus of brachiopods.
REUNE, r[=e]-[=u]n', _v.t._ (_obs._) to reunite.--_v.i._ to hold a
reunion.--_adjs._ RE[=U]'NIENT; RE[=U]'NITIVE.
REUNION, r[=e]-[=u]n'yun, _n._ a union after separation: an assembly or
social gathering. [Fr. _réunion_--_re-_, again, _union_, union.]
REUNITE, r[=e]-[=u]-n[=i]t', _v.t._ to join after separation: to reconcile
after variance.--_v.i._ to become united again: to join again.--_v.t._
RE[=U]'NIFY.--_adv._ REUN[=I]'TEDLY.--_n._ REUNI'TION.--_adj._
RE[=U]'NITIVE.
REURGE, r[=e]-urj', _v.t._ to urge again.
REUS, r[=e]'us, _n._ (_law_) a defendant. [L.]
REUSE, r[=e]-[=u]z', _v.t._ to use again.--_n._ (r[=e]-[=u]s') repeated
use.
REUTILISE, r[=e]-[=u]'til-[=i]z, _v.t._ to make use of a second time.
REUTTER, r[=e]-ut'[.e]r, _v.t._ to utter again.
REV., an abridgment of _Reverend_, in addressing clergymen, as 'Rev. Thomas
Davidson;' deans are styled 'Very Reverend,' also principals of
universities in Scotland, if clergymen, and the moderator of the General
Assembly for the time being; bishops are styled 'Right Reverend,' and
archbishops, 'Most Reverend.'
REVACCINATE, r[=e]-vak'si-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to vaccinate again.--_n._
REVACCIN[=A]'TION.
REVALENTA, rev-a-len'ta, _n._ the ordinary name of lentil-meal.
REVALESCENT, rev-a-les'ent, _adj._ beginning to grow well.--_n._
REVALES'CENCE.
REVALUE, r[=e]-val'[=u], _v.t._ to value again.--_n._ REVALU[=A]'TION.
REVAMP, r[=e]-vamp', _v.t._ to patch up again.
REVE, rev, _v.i._ (_obs._) to dream. [_Rave._]
REVEAL, r[=e]-v[=e]l', _v.t._ to unveil: to make known, as by divine
agency: to disclose.--_n._ REVEALABIL'ITY.--_adj._ REVEAL'ABLE.--_ns._
REVEAL'ABLENESS; REVEAL'ER; REVEAL'MENT, revelation.--REVEALED RELIGION,
that which has been supernaturally revealed. [O. Fr. _reveler_ (Fr.
_révéler_)--L. _revel[=a]re_--_re-_, back, _vel[=a]re_, to veil--_velum_, a
veil.]
REVEAL, r[=e]-v[=e]l', _n._ (_archit._) the square ingoing of a window,
doorway, or the like, between the frame and the outer surface of the
wall.--Also REVEL'.
REVEHENT, r[=e]'v[=e]-hent, _adj._ carrying forth: taking away.
REVEILLE, re-v[=a]l'ye, _n._ the sound of the drum or bugle at daybreak to
awaken soldiers. [O. Fr. _reveil_--_re-_, again, _esveiller_, to awake--L.
_vigil[=a]re_, to watch.]
REVEL, rev'el, _v.i._ to feast in a riotous or noisy manner: to
carouse.--_v.i._ to draw back:--_pr.p._ rev'elling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
rev'elled.--_n._ a riotous feast: carousal: a kind of dance: a wake.--_ns._
REV'EL-COIL, REV'EL-DASH (_obs._), a wild revel; REV'ELLER, one who takes
part in carousals: a low liver; REV'EL-MAS'TER, the director of Christmas
revels: the lord of misrule; REV'ELMENT; REV'EL-ROUT, lawless revelry;
REV'ELRY, riotous or noisy festivity. [O. Fr. _reveler_--L. _rebell[=a]re_,
to rebel.]
REVELATION, rev-[=e]-l[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of revealing: that which is
revealed: the revealing divine truth: that which is revealed by God to man:
the Apocalypse or last book of the New Testament.--_adj._
REVEL[=A]'TIONAL.--_n._ REVEL[=A]'TIONIST.--_adj._ REV'EL[=A]TORY.
[Fr.,--L. _revelatio_--_revel[=a]re_, to reveal.]
REVELLENT, r[=e]-vel'ent, _adj._ causing revulsion.
REVENANT, rev'[=e]-nant, _n._ one who returns after a long absence, esp.
from the dead: a ghost. [Fr.]
REVENGE, r[=e]-venj', _v.t._ to punish in return: to avenge.--_v.i._ to
take vengeance.--_n._ the act of revenging: injury inflicted in return: a
malicious injuring in return for an injury received: the passion for
retaliation.--_adj._ REVENGE'FUL, full of revenge or a desire to inflict
injury in return: vindictive: malicious.--_adv._ REVENGE'FULLY.--_n._
REVENGE'FULNESS.--_adj._ REVENGE'LESS.--_ns._ REVENGE'MENT;
REVENG'ER.--_adv._ REVENG'INGLY.--GIVE ONE HIS REVENGE, to play a return
match with a defeated opponent. [O. Fr. _revenger_, _revencher_ (Fr.
_revancher_)--L. _re-_, in return, _vindic[=a]re_, to lay claim to.]
REVENUE, rev'en-[=u] (earlier r[=e]-ven'[=u]), _n._ the receipts or rents
from any source: return, as a revenue of praise: income: the income of a
state.--_n._ REV'ENUE-CUT'TER, an armed vessel employed by custom-house
officers in preventing smuggling.--_adj._ REV'ENUED.--_ns._
REV'ENUE-EN'SIGN, a distinctive flag authorised in 1798 in United States;
REV'ENUE-OFF'ICER, an officer of the customs or excise; IN'LAND-REV'ENUE,
revenue derived from stamps, excise, income-tax, &c. [Fr. _revenue_, pa.p.
of _revenir_, to return--L. _reven[=i]re_--_re-_, back, _ven[=i]re_, to
come.]
REVERBERATE, r[=e]-v[.e]r'b[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to send back, echo: to
reflect: to drive from side to side: to fuse.--_v.i._ to echo: to resound:
to bound back: to be repelled: to use heat, as in the fusion of
metals.--_v.t._ REVERB' (_Shak._).--_adj._ REVER'BERANT, resounding,
beating back.--_n._ REVERBER[=A]'TION, the reflection of sound, &c.--_adj._
REVER'BER[=A]TIVE.--_n._ REVER'BER[=A]TOR.--_adj._
REVER'BER[=A]TORY.--REVERBERATORY FURNACE, a furnace in which the flame is
reflected on the substance to be burned. [L.,--_re-_, back, _verber[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to beat--_verber_, a lash.]
REVERDURE, r[=e]-ver'd[=u]r, _v.t._ to cover again with verdure.
REVERE, r[=e]-v[=e]r', _v.t._ to regard with respectful awe: to
venerate.--_adj._ REV[=E]R'ABLE, worthy of reverence.--_n._ REV'ERENCE,
fear arising from high respect: respectful awe: veneration: honour: an act
of revering or obeisance: a bow or courtesy: a title of the clergy.--_v.t._
to regard with reverence: to venerate or honour.--_n._
REV'ERENCER.--_adjs._ REV'EREND, worthy of reverence: a title of the clergy
(see REV.): (_B._) awful: venerable; REV'ERENT, showing reverence:
submissive: humble; REVEREN'TIAL, proceeding from reverence: respectful:
submissive.--_advs._ REVEREN'TIALLY; REV'ERENTLY.--_n._ RE'VERER, one who
reveres.--DO REVERENCE, to do honour; MAKE REVERENCE, to worship; SAVING
YOUR REVERENCE, with all due respect to you. [O. Fr. _reverer_ (Fr.
_révérer_)--L. _rever[=e]ri_--_re-_, inten., _ver[=e]ri_, to feel awe.]
REVERIE, REVERY, rev'e-ri, _n._ an irregular train of thoughts or fancies
in meditation: voluntary inactivity of the external senses to the
impressions of surrounding objects during wakefulness: mental abstraction:
a waking dream: a brown study.--_n._ REV'ERIST. [O. Fr. _resveri_ (Fr.
_rêverie_)--_resver_, _rever_, to dream.]
REVERS, re-v[=a]r' (gener. r[=e]-v[=e]r'), _n._ that part of a garment
which is turned back, as the lapel of a coat.
REVERSE, r[=e]-v[.e]rs', _v.t._ to place in the contrary order or position:
to change wholly: to overthrow: to change by an opposite decision: to
annul: to revoke, as a decree: to recall.--_n._ that which is reversed: the
opposite: the back, esp. of a coin or medal: change: misfortune: a
calamity: in fencing, a back-handed stroke: (_her._) the exact contrary of
what has been described just before, as an escutcheon.--_adj._ turned
backward: having an opposite direction: upset.--_n._ REVER'SAL, act of
reversing.--_adj._ REVERSED', turned or changed to the contrary: inside
out: (_bot._) resupinate.--_adv._ REVER'SEDLY.--_adj._ REVERSE'LESS,
unalterable.--_adv._ REVERSE'LY, in a reverse order: on the other hand: on
the opposite.--_ns._ REVER'SER (_Scots law_), a mortgager of land;
REVER'SI, a game played by two persons with sixty-four counters;
REVERSIBIL'ITY, the capability of being reversed, as of heat into work and
work into heat.--_adj._ REVER'SIBLE, that may be reversed, as in a fabric
having both sides well finished.--_ns._ REVER'SING-CYL'INDER, the cylinder
of a small auxiliary steam-engine; REVER'SING-GEAR, those parts of a
steam-engine by which the direction of the motion is changed;
REVER'SING-L[=E]'VER, a lever in a steam-engine which operates the
slide-valve; REVER'SING-MACHINE', a moulding-machine in founding, in which
the flask can be reversed; REVER'SING-M[=O]'TION, any mechanism for
changing the direction of motion of an engine; REVER'SING-SHAFT, a shaft
which permits a reversal of the order of steam passage through the ports;
REVER'SING-VALVE, the valve of a reversing-cylinder; REVER'SION, the act of
reverting or returning: that which reverts or returns: the return or future
possession of any property after some particular event: the right to future
possession: (_biol._) return to some type of ancestral character: return to
the wild state after domestication.--_adj._ REVER'SIONARY, relating to a
reversion: to be enjoyed in succession: atavic.--_ns._ REVER'SIONER;
REVER'SIS, an old French game of cards in which the aim was to take the
fewest tricks.--_adj._ REVER'SIVE.--_n._ REVER'SO (_print._), any one of
the left-hand pages of a book.--REVERSE A BATTERY, to turn the current of
electricity by means of a commutator; REVERSE SHELL, a univalve shell which
has its volutions the reversed way of the common screw; REVERSIONARY
ANNUITY, a deferred annuity. [L. _reversus_, pa.p. of _revert[)e]re_, to
turn back--_re-_, back, _vert[)e]re_, to turn.]
REVERT, r[=e]-v[.e]rt', _v.t._ to turn or drive back: to reverse.--_v.i._
to return: to fall back: to refer back: to return to the original owner or
his heirs.--_adjs._ R[=E]VER'TANT (_her._), flexed, bent twice at a sharp
angle; R[=E]VER'TED, reversed; R[=E]VER'TIBLE, that may revert or be
reverted; R[=E]VER'TIVE, tending to revert: changing: turning to the
contrary.--_adv._ R[=E]VER'TIVELY, by way of reversion. [Fr.,--L.
_revert[)e]re_.]
REVERY. Same as REVERIE.
REVEST, r[=e]-vest', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to clothe again: to vest again in a
possession or office.--_v.i._ to take effect again: to return to a former
owner. [Fr.,--L.,--_revest[=i]re_--_re-_, again, _vest[=i]re_, to clothe.]