Re*stinc"tion (r?*st?nk"sh?n), n.[L. restinctio. See Restinguish.] Act
of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]
Rest"i*ness (r?st`*n?s), n. The quality or state of being resty;
sluggishness. [Obs.]
The snake by restiness and lying still all winter.
Holland.
Rest"ing, a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i.
Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of algæ, which remains
quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. C. E.
Bessey.
Re*stin"guish (r?*st?n"gw?sh), v. t. [L. restinquere, restinctum; pref.
re- re- + stinquere to quench.] To quench or extinguish. [Obs.] R.
Field.
Res"ti*tute (r?s"t?*t?t), v. t. [L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere;
pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute.] To restore to a
former state. [R.] Dyer.
Res"ti*tute, n. That which is restored or offered in place of
something; a substitute. [R.]
Res`ti*tu"tion (r?s`t?*t?"sh?n), n. [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See
Restitute, v.] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner,
or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or
injury; indemnification.
A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
Spenser.
He restitution to the value makes.
Sandys.
2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost,
injured, or destroved; compensation.
3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state;
as, the restitution of an elastic body.
4. (Med.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth
after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point
towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.
Syn. -- Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation;
amends; remuneration.
Res"ti*tu`tor (r?s"t?*t?`t?r), n. [L.: cf. F. restituteur.] One who
makes restitution. [R].
Rest"ive (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay
back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff.] .
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn;
drawing back.
Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some
horses do.
E. Philips (1658).
The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were
to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and
went back.
Macaulay.