In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has
large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in
reserve. -- Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under
Supplemental.
Syn. -- Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness;
coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.
Re*served" (-z?rvd"), a. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an
exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious,
in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
To all obliging, yet reserved to all.
Walsh.
Nothing reserved or sullen was to see.
Dryden.
-- Re*serv"ed*ly (r&?;-z&?;rv"&?;d-l&?;), adv. -- Re*serv"ed*ness, n.
Res`er*vee" (rz`r*v"), n. One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -
- contrasted with reservor.
Re*serv"er (r*zrv"r), n. One who reserves.
Re*serv"ist, n. A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia.
[Eng.]
Res"er*voir` (rz"r*vwôr`; 277), n. [F. réservoir, fr. LL.
reservatorium. See Reservatory.] 1. A place where anything is kept in
store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use
when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of
aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.
2. (Bot.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin,
essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
Receiving reservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an
aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing
reservoir draws its supply.
Re*serv"or (r?-z?rv"?r or r?z`?r-v?r), n. One who reserves; a reserver.
Re*set" (r?-s?t"), v. t. To set again; as, to reset type; to reset
copy; to reset a diamond.
Re"set (r?"s?t), n. 1. The act of resetting.