The life reorient out of dust.
Tennyson.
Re"o*stat (r?"?-st?t), n. (Physics) See Rheostat.
Re"o*trope (-tr?p), n. (Physics) See Rheotrope.
Rep (r?p), n. [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.] A fabric made
of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded
or ribbed surface.
Rep, a. Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely;
-- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
Re*pace" (r?-p?s"), v. t. To pace again; to walk over again in a
contrary direction.
Re*pac"i*fy (r?-p?s"?-f?), v. t. To pacify again.
Re*pack" (r?-p?k"), v. t. To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack
beef; to repack a trunk.
Re*pack"er (-?r), n. One who repacks.
Re*pa"gan*ize (r?-p?"gan-?z), v. t. To paganize anew; to bring back to
paganism.
Re*paid" (r?-p?d"), imp. & p. p. of Repay.
Re*paint" (r?-p?nt"), v. t. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a
house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
Re*pair" (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr.
L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re-
re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf.
Repatriate.] 1. To return. [Obs.]