1. T

2. To enroll; to enter in a list. Such follow him as shall be registered. Milton. Registered letter, a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.

REGISTER
Reg"is*ter, v. i.

1. To enroll one's name in a register.

2. (Print.)

Defn: To correspond in ralative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary.

REGISTERING
Reg"is*ter*ing, a.

Defn: Recording; — applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.

REGISTERSHIP
Reg"is*ter*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a register.

REGISTRANT
Reg"is*trant (-trant), n. Etym: [L. registrans, p. pr.]

Defn: One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.

REGISTRAR
Reg"is*trar (-trr), n. Etym: [LL. registrarius, or F. régistraire.
See Register.]

Defn: One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.

REGISTRARSHIP
Reg"is*trar*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a registrar.

REGISTRARY
Reg"is*tra*ry (- tr*r), n.

Defn: A registrar. [Obs.]

REGISTRATE
Reg"is*trate (-trt), v. t.

Defn: To register. [R.]

REGISTRATION Reg`is*tra"tion (-tr"shn), n. Etym: [LL. registratio, or F. régistration. See Register, v.]

1. The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

REGISTRY
Reg"is*try (rj"s*tr), n.

1. The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.

2. The place where a register is kept.

3. A record; an account; a register. Sir W. Temple.

REGIUS
Re"gi*us (rl"*s), a. Etym: [L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a king; royal. Regius professor, an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.

REGIVE
Re*give" (r*gv"), v. t.

Defn: To give again; to give back.

REGLE
Re"gle (rg"'l) v. t. Etym: [See Reglement.]

Defn: To rule; to govern. [Obs.] "To regle their lives." Fuller.

REGLEMENT Re"gle*ment (rg"'l*ment), n. Etym: [F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare. See Regulate.]

Defn: Regulation. [Obs.]
The reformation and reglement of usuary. Bacon.

REGLEMENTARY Reg`le*men"ta*ry (-l*mn"t*r), a. Etym: [F. réglementaire, fr. réglement.]

Defn: Regulative. [R.]

REGLET Reg"let (rg"lt), n. Etym: [F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule.]

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column.

2. (Print.)

Defn: A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like.

REGMA
Reg"ma (rg"m), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.

REGMACARP
Reg"ma*carp (-krp), n Etym: [Regma + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Any dry dehiscent fruit.

REGNAL
Reg"nal (rg"nal), a. Etym: [L. regnum reign.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.

REGNANCY
Reg"nan*cy (-nan*s), n.

Defn: The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
Coleridge.

REGNANT Reg"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [L. regnans, -antis, p. pr. of regnare to reign: cf. F régnant. See Reign.]

1. Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.

2. Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. "A traitor to the vices regnant." Swift.

REGNATIVE
Reg"na*tive (-n*tv), a.

Defn: Ruling; governing. [Obs.]

REGNE
Regne (rn), n. & v.

Defn: See Reign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REGORGE
Re*gorge" (r*grj"), v. t. Etym: [F. regorder; re- + gorger to gorge.
Cf. Regurgitate.]

1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward.

2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. DRyden.

REGRADE
Re*grade" (r*grd"), v. i. Etym: [L. re- re- + gradi to go. Cf.
Regrede. ]

Defn: To retire; to go back. [Obs.] W. Hales.

REGRAFT
Re*graft" (r*grft"), v. t.

Defn: To graft again.

REGRANT
Re*grant" (r*grnt"), v. t.

Defn: To grant back; to grant again or anew. Ayliffe.

REGRANT
Re*grant", n.

1. The act of granting back to a former proprietor.

2. A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.

REGRATE
Re*grate" (r*grt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Regrating.] Etym: [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-,
and Grate, v. t.]

1. (Masonry)

Defn: To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.

REGRATE Re*grate", v. t. Etym: [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law)

Defn: To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, — a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.

REGRATER
Re*grat"er (-r), n. Etym: [F. regrattier.]

Defn: One who regrates.

REGRATERY
Re*grat"er*y, n.

Defn: The act or practice of regrating.

REGRATIATORY
Re*gra"ti*a*to*ry (r*gr"sh**t*r), n.

Defn: A returning or giving of thanks. [Obs.] Skelton.

REGRATOR
Re*grat"or (r*grt"r), n.

Defn: One guilty of regrating.

REGREDE
Re*grede" (r*grd"), v. i. Etym: [L. regredi to go back. Cf. Regrade,
Regress.]

Defn: To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
[R.] Todhunter.

REGREDIENCE
Re*gre"di*ence (r*gr"d-ens), n.

Defn: A going back; a retrogression; a return. [R.] Herrick.

REGREET
Re*greet" (r*grt"), v. t.

Defn: To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet. Shak.

REGREET
Re*greet", n.

Defn: A return or exchange of salutation.

REGRESS
Re"gress (r"grs), n. Etym: [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See
Regrede.]

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". F. Harrison.

2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak.

REGRESS Re*gress" (r*grs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-grst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]

Defn: To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T.
Browne.

REGRESSION
Re*gres"sion (r*grsh"n), n. Etym: [L. regressio: cf. F. régression.]

Defn: The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; — called also a cuspidal edge. — Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.

REGRESSIVE
Re*gress"ive (r*grs"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régressif.]

1. Passing back; returning.

2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.

REGRESSIVELY
Re*gress"ive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a regressive manner.

REGRET
Re*gret" (r*grt"), n Etym: [F., fr. regretter. See Regret, ]

1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving.

2. Dislike; aversion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Syn. — Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance; penitence; self- condemnation. — Regret, Remorse, Compunction, Contrition, Repentance. Regret does not carry with it the energy of remorse, the sting of compunction, the sacredness of contrition, or the practical character of repentance. We even apply the term regret to circumstance over which we have had no control, as the absence of friends or their loss. When connected with ourselves, it relates rather to unwise acts than to wrong or sinful ones. C. J. Smith.

REGRET Re*gret", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-td); p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] Etym: [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. gr to weep, Icel. gr. See Greet to lament.]

Defn: To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends. Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. Pope. In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader. Macaulay. Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken. Macaulay.

REGRETFUL
Re*gret"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
— Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.

REGROW
Re*grow" (r*gr"), v. i. & t.

Defn: To grow again.
The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] A. B.
Buckley.

REGROWTH
Re*growth" (r*grth"), n.

Defn: The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin.
The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley.

REGUARDANT
Re*guard"ant (r*grd"ant), a. (Her.)

Defn: Same as Regardant.

REGUERDON Re*guer"don (r*gr"dn), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- re- + guerdon: cf. OF. reguerdonner.]

Defn: To reward. [Obs.] Shak.

REGULABLE
Reg"u*la*ble (rg"*l*b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being regulated. [R.]

REGULAR Reg"u*lar (-lr), a. Etym: [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. régulier. See Rule.]

1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. [Colloq.]

6. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Defn: Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

7. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Same as Isometric. Regular polygon (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular. — Regular polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, — the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. — Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. — Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; — opposed to militia.

Syn.
— Normal; orderly; methodical. See Normal.

REGULAR
Reg"u*lar (rg"*lr), n. Etym: [LL. regularis: cf. F. régulier. See
Regular, a.]

1. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. Bp. Fitzpatrick.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; — chiefly used in the plural.

REGULARIA
Reg`u*la"ri*a (rg`*l"r*), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.

REGULARITY
Reg`u*lar"i*ty (-lr"*t), n. Etym: [Cf. F. régularité.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.

REGULARIZE
Reg"u*lar*ize (rg"*lr*z), v. t.

Defn: To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]

REGULARLY
Reg"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.

REGULARNESS
Reg"u*lar*ness, n.

Defn: Regularity. Boyle.

REGULATE
Reg"u*late (-lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-l`td); p. pr. & vb.
n. Regulating.] Etym: [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula.
See Regular.]

1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. Macaulay. The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. Bancroft.

2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.

Syn. — To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.

REGULATION
Reg`u*la"tion (-l"shn), n.

1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay.

2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.

Syn.
— Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.

REGULATIVE
Reg"u*la*tive (rg"*l*tv), a.

1. Tending to regulate; regulating. Whewell.

2. (Metaph.)

Defn: Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.

Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.

REGULATOR
Reg"u*la`tor (-l`tr), n.

1. One who, or that which, regulates.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

3. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

4. A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. [U.S.] A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft.

REGULINE
Reg"u*line (rg"*ln), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régulin. See Regulus.] (Chem. &
Metal.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to regulus.

REGULIZE
Reg"u*lize (-lz), v. t. (Old Chem.)

Defn: To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony. [Archaic]

REGULUS
Reg"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. E. Reguluses (-Reguli (-l. Etym: [L., a
petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. régule. See
Regal.]

1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

2. (Chem. & Metal.)

Defn: The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.

Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. Ilittle king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. Ure.

3. (Astron.)

Defn: A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; — called also the Lion's Heart.

REGURGITATE Re*gur"gi*tate (r*gr"j*tt), v. t. Etym: [LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. Regorge.]

Defn: To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

REGURGITATE
Re*gur"gi*tate, v. i.

Defn: To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth.
Quain.

REGURGITATION
Re*gur`gi*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. régurgitation.]

1. The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance; specifically (Med.),

Defn: the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. Quain.

2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

REHABILITATE Re`ha*bil"i*tate (r`h*bl"*tt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (- t`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.] Etym: [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. réhabiliter.]

Defn: To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; — a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.

REHABILITATION
Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F.
Réhabilitation.]

Defn: The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.
Bouvier. Walsh.

REHASH
Re*hash" (r*hsh"), v. t.

Defn: To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

REHASH
Re*hash", n.

Defn: Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

REHEAR
Re*hear" (r*hr"), v. t.

Defn: To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in
Chancery.

REHEARSAL
Re*hears"al (r*hrs"a), n.

Defn: The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.

REHEARSE Re*hearse" (r*hrs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-hrst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.] Etym: [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.]

1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.

2. To narrate; to relate; to tell. Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judg. . v. 11.

3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.] He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. Dickens.

Syn. — To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate.

REHEARSE
Re*hearse", v. i.

Defn: To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak.

REHEARSER
Re*hears"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who rehearses.

REHEAT
Re*heat" (r*ht"), v. t.

1. To heat again.

2. To revive; to cheer; to cherish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

REHIBITION
Re`hi*bi"tion (r`h*bsh"n), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. habere to have.]
(Law)

Defn: The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.

REHIBITORY
Re*hib"i*to*ry (r*hb"*t*r), a. (Law)

Defn: Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.

REHIRE
Re*hire" (r*hr"), v. t.

Defn: To hire again.

REHYPOTHECATE
Re`hy*poth"e*cate (r`h*pth"*kt), v. t. (Law)

Defn: To hypothecate again.
— Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion, n.

REI Rei (r), n.;pl. Reis (ror r. Etym: [Pg. real, pl. reis. See Real a coin.]

Defn: A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]

REICHSRATH
Reichs"rath` (rks"rt), n. Etym: [G]

Defn: The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

REICHSSTAND
Reichs"stand` (rks"stt`), n. Etym: [G.]

Defn: A free city of the former German empire.

REICHSTAG
Reichs"tag` (rks"tg`), n. Etym: [G.]

Defn: The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath.

REIF
Reif (rf), n. Etym: [AS. re.]

Defn: Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]

REIGLE
Rei"gle (r"g'l), n. Etym: [F. règle a rule, fr. L. regula. See Rule.]

Defn: A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate. Carew.

REIGLE
Rei"gle, v. t.

Defn: To regulate; to govern. [Obs.]

REIGLEMENT
Rei"gle*ment (-ment), n. Etym: [See Reglement.]

Defn: Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.

REIGN
Reign (rn), n. Etym: [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L.
regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal,
Regimen.]

1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and deep hell beneath. Prior.

2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer.

3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

REIGN
Reign (rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (rnd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reigning.] Etym: [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L.
regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]

1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak.

2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.

3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12.

Syn.
— To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.

REIGNER
Reign"er (rn"r), n.

Defn: One who reigns. [R.]

REILLUME
Re`il*lume" (r`l*lm"), v. t.

Defn: To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine. "Thou must reillume its spark." J. R. Drake.

REILLUMINATE
Re`il*lu"mi*nate (-l"m*nt), v. t.

Defn: To enlighten again; to reillumine.

REILLUMINATION
Re`il*lu`mi*na"tion (-n"shn), n.

Defn: The act or process of enlightening again.

REILLUMINE
Re`il*lu"mine (-l"mn), v. t.

Defn: To illumine again or anew; to reillume.

REIM
Reim (rm), n. Etym: [D. riem, akin to G riemen; CF. Gr.

Defn: A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, — used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.

REIMBARK
Re`im*bark" (r`m*brk"), v. t. & i.

Defn: See Re.

REIMBODY
Re`im*bod"y (-bd"), v. t. & i. Etym: [See Re.]

Defn: To imbody again. Boyle.

REIMBURSABLE
Re`im*burs"a*ble (r`m*brs"*b'l), a. Etym: [CF. F. remboursable.]

Defn: Capable of being repaid; repayable. A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton.

REIMBURSE Re`im*burse" (-brs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.]

1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; — often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.

REIMBURSEMENT
Re`im*burse"ment (-brs"ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rembursement.]

Defn: The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

REIMBURSER
Re`im*burs"er (-brs"r), n.

Defn: One who reimburses.

REIMPLANT
Re`im*plant" (-plnt"), v. t.

Defn: To implant again.

REIMPORT Re`im*port" (-prt"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + import: cf. F. remporter.]

Defn: To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.

REIMPORTATION
Re*im`por*ta"tion (r*m`pr*t"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

REIMPORTUNE
Re*im`por*tune" (-pr*tn"), v. t.

Defn: To importune again.

REIMPOSE
Re`im*pose" (r`m*pz), v. t.

Defn: To impose anew.

REIMPREGNATE
Re`im*preg"nate (-prg"nt), v. t.

Defn: To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne.

REIMPRESS
Re`im*press" (-prs"), v. t.

Defn: To impress anew.

REIMPRESSION
Re`im*pres"sion (-prsh"n), n.

Defn: A second or repeated impression; a reprint.

REIMPRINT
Re`im*print" (-prnt"), v. t.

Defn: To imprint again.

REIMPRISON
Re`im*pris"on (-prz'n), v. t.

Defn: To imprison again.

REIMPRISONMENT
Re`im*pris"on*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.

REIN Rein (rn), n. Etym: [F. rêne, fr. (assumed) LL. retina, fr. L. retinere to hold back. See Retain.]

1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer.

2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein." Milton. To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. — To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

REIN
Rein, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reined (rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reining.]

1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman.

2. To restrain; to control; to check. Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance. Shak. To rein in or rein up, to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins.

REIN
Rein, v. i.

Defn: To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak.

REINAUGURATE
Re`in*au"gu*rate, v. t.

Defn: To inaugurate anew.

REINCIT
Re"in*cit" (-st"), v. t.

Defn: To incite again.

REINCORPORATE
Re`in*cor"po*rate, v. t.

Defn: To incorporate again.

REINCREASE
Re`in*crease" (-krs"), v. t.

Defn: To increase again.

REINCUR
Re`in*cur" (-kr"), v. t.

Defn: To incur again.

REINDEER
Rein"deer` (rn"dr), n. Etym: [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel.
hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.]
[Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.)

Defn: Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

Note: The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R. Groelandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. — Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.

REINDUCE
Re`in*duce" (r`n*ds"), v. t.

Defn: To induce again.

REINETTE
Rei*nette" (r*nt"), n. Etym: [F. See 1st Rennet.] (Bot.)

Defn: A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of
French origin.

REINFECT Re`in*fect" (r`n*fkt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + infect: cf. F. réinfecter.]

Defn: To infect again.

REINFECTIOUS
Re`in*fec"tious (-fk"shs), a.

Defn: Capable of reinfecting.

REINFORCE
Re`in*force" (-frs"), v. t.

Defn: See Reënforce, v. t.

REINFORCE
Re`in*force", n.

Defn: See Reënforce, n.

REINFORCEMENT
Re`in*force"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: See Reënforcement.

REINFUND Re`in*fund" (-fnd"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in.]

Defn: To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.

REINGRATIATE
Re`in*gra"ti*ate (-gr"sh*t), v. t.

Defn: To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert.

REINHABIT
Re`in*hab"it (-hb"t), v. t.

Defn: To inhabit again. Mede.

REINLESS
Rein"less (rn"ls), a.

Defn: Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

REINS Reins (rnz), n. pl. Etym: [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.]

1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; — so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown andd the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.

REINSERT
Re`in*sert" (r`n*srt"), v. t.

Defn: To insert again.

REINSERTION
Re`in*ser"tion (-sr"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reinserting.

REINSPECT
Re`in*spect" (-spkt"), v. t.

Defn: To inspect again.

REINSPECTION
Re`in*spec"tion (-spk"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reinspecting.

REINSPIRE
Re`in*spire" (-spr"), v. t.

Defn: To inspire anew. Milton.

REINSPIRIT
Re`in*spir"it (-sp`r"t), v. t.

Defn: To give fresh spirit to.

REINSTALL Re`in*stall" (-stl"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller.]

Defn: To install again. Milton.

REINSTALLMENT
Re`in*stall"ment (ment), n.

Defn: A renewed installment.

REINSTATE
Re`in*state" (-stt"), v. t.

Defn: To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill.

REINSTATEMENT
Re`in*state"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re

REINSTATION
Re`in*sta"tion (-st"shn), n.

Defn: Reinstatement. [R.]

REINSTRUCT
Re`in*struct" (-strkt"), v. t.

Defn: To instruct anew.

REINSURANCE
Re`in*sur"ance (-shr"ans), n.

1. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

2. A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.

REINSURE
Re`in*sure" (-shr"), v. t.

1. To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.

2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an inssurance risk upon it. The innsurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. Walsh.

REINSURER
Re`in*sur"er (-shr"r), n.

Defn: One who gives reinsurance.

REINTEGRATE
Re*in"te*grate (r*n"t*grt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + integrate. Cf.
Redintegrate.]

Defn: To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reas, to reintegrate a nation. Bacon.

REINTEGRATION
Re*in`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n.

Defn: A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.

REINTER
Re`in*ter" (r`n*tr"), v. t.

Defn: To inter again.

REINTERROGATE
Re`in*ter"ro*gate (-tr"r*gt), v. t.

Defn: To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.

REINTHRONE
Re`in*throne" (-thrn"), v. t.

Defn: See Reënthrone.

REINTHRONIZE
Re`in*thron"ize (-z), v. t.

Defn: To enthrone again.[Obs.]

REINTRODUCE
Re*in`tro*duce" (r*n`tr*ds"), v. t.

Defn: To introduce again.
— Re*in`tro*duc"tion (-d, n.

REINVEST
Re`in*vest" (r`n*vst"), v. t.

Defn: To invest again or anew.

REINVESTIGATE
Re`in*ves"ti*gate (-vs"t*gt), v. t.

Defn: To investigate again.
— Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.

REINVESTMENT
Re`in*vest"ment (-vst"ment), n.

Defn: The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

REINVIGORATE
Re`in*vig"or*ate (-vg"r*t), v. t.

Defn: To invigorate anew.

REINVOLVE
Re`in*volve" (-vlv"), v. t.

Defn: To involve anew.

REIS Re`is (r"s or rz), n. Etym: [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.]

Defn: The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

REIS
Reis (rs), n. Etym: [Ar. ra head, chief, prince.]

Defn: A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]

REIS EFFENDI
Reis` Ef*fen"di (rs` f*fn"d). Etym: [See 2d Reis, and Effendi.]

Defn: A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

REISSNER'S MEMBRANE
Reiss"ner's mem"brane (rs"nrz mm"brn). Etym: [Named from E. Reissner,
A German anatomist.] (Anat.)

Defn: The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

REISSUABLE
Re*is"su*a*ble (r*sh"**b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being reissued.

REISSUE
Re*is"sue (r*sh"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To issue a second time.

REISSUE
Re*is"sue, n.

Defn: A second or repeated issue.

REIT
Reit (rt), n.

Defn: Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

REITER
Rei"ter (r"tr), n. Etym: [G., rider.]

Defn: A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

REITERANT
Re*it"er*ant (r-t"r-ant), a. Etym: [See Reiterate.]

Defn: Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

REITERATE Re*it"er*ate (-at), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reiterated (-a`têd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reiterating.] Etym: [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.]

Defn: To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes,
to repeat.
That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation.
Milton.
You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to
reiterate were sin. Shak.

Syn.
— To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

REITERATE
Re*it"er*ate (-t), a.

Defn: Reiterated; repeated. [R.]

REITERATEDLY
Re*it"er*a`ted*ly (-`td-l), adv.

Defn: Repeatedly.

REITERATION
Re*it`er*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réitération.]

Defn: The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

REITERATIVE
Re*it"er*a*tive (r-t"r—tv), n.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.

REIVER
Reiv"er (rv"r), n.

Defn: See Reaver. Ruskin.

REJECT
Re*ject" (r-jkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rejecting.] Etym: [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re-
re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter.
See Jet a shooting forth.]

1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.

2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hog. iv. 6.

3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Syn.
— To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

REJECTABLE
Re*ject"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.

REJECTAMENTA Re*jec`ta*men"ta (r-jk`t-mn"ta), n.pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject.]

Defn: Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming.

REJECTANEOUS
Re`jec*ta"ne*ous (r`jk-t"n-s), a. Etym: [L. rejectaneus.]

Defn: Not chosen orr received; rejected. [Obs.] "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.

REJECTER
Re*ject"er (r-jkt"r), n.

Defn: One who rejects.

REJECTION
Re*jec"tion (r-jk"shn), n. Etym: [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.]

Defn: Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

REJECTITIOUS
Re`jec*ti"tious (r`jk-tsh"s), a.

Defn: Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. Cudworth.

REJECTIVE
Re*ject"ive (r-jkt"v), a.

Defn: Rejecting, or tending to reject.

REJECTMENT
Re*ject"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. Eaton.

REJOICE Re*joice" (r-jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rejoced (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing (-joi"sng).] Etym: [OE.rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. , to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]

Defn: To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have
pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond a
common joy." Shak.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. Ps. xxxi. 7.

Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.

REJOICE
Re*joice", v. t.

1. To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock.

2. To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden. I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer. While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior. Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. Arbuthnot.

Syn.
— To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.

REJOICE
Re*joice", n.

Defn: The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.

REJOICEMENT
Re*joice"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Rejoicing. [Obs.]

REJOICER
Re*joi"cer (r-joi"sr), n.

Defn: One who rejoices.

REJOICING
Re*joi"cing (-sng), n.

1. Joy; gladness; delight. We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors. R. Nelson.

2. The expression of joy or gladness. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. cxviii. 15.

3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ps. cxix. 111.

REJOICINGLY
Re*joi"cing*ly, adv.

Defn: With joi or exultation.

REJOIN Re*join" (r-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.] Etym: [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See Join, and cf. Rejoinder.]

1. To join again; to unite after separation.

2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. Pope.

3. To state in reply; — followed by an object clause.

REJOIN
Re*join", v. i.

1. To answer to a reply.

2. (Law)

Defn: To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

REJOINDER
Re*join"der (-dr), n. Etym: [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again.
See Rejoin.]

1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2. (Law)

Defn: The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

Syn.
— Reply; ansswer; replication. See Reply.

REJOINDER
Re*join"der, v. i.

Defn: To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]

REJOINDURE
Re*join"dure (-dr), n.

Defn: Act of joining again. [Obs.] "Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure" (i.e., kisses). Shak.

REJOINT
Re*joint" (re-joint"), v. t.

1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow.

2. Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.

REJOLT
Re*jolt" (r-jlt"), n.

Defn: A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. [R.]
These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind. South.

REJOLT
Re*jolt", v. t.

Defn: To jolt or shake again. Locke.

REJOURN
Re*journ" (r-jrn"), v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. réajourner. See Adjourn.]

Defn: To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] Shak.

REJOURNMENT
Re*journ"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Adjournment. [Obs.]

REJUDGE
Re*judge" (r-jj"), v. t.

Defn: To judge again; to re
Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope.

REJUVENATE Re*ju"ve*nate (r-j"v-nt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- re- + L. juventis young, youthful.]

Defn: To render young again.

REJUVENATED
Re*ju"ve*na`ted, p. a. from Rejuvenate.

1. Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.

2. (Phys. Geog.) (a) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; — said of streams. (b) Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level; — said of topography, or features of topography, as valleys, hills, etc.

REJUVENATION
Re*ju`ve*na"tion (-n"shn), n.

Defn: Rejuvenescence.

REJUVENESCENCE
Re*ju`ve*nes"cence (-ns"sens), n.

1. A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zo

REJUVENESCENCY
Re*ju`ve*nes"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: Rejuvenescence.

REJUVENESCENT
Re*ju`ve*nes"cent (-sent), a.

Defn: Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

REJUVENIZE
Re*ju`ve*nize (r-j"v-nz), v. t.

Defn: To rejuvenate.

REKINDLE
Re*kin"dle (r-kn"d'l), v. t. & i.

Defn: To kindle again.

REKNE
Rek"ne (rk"ne), v. t.

Defn: To reckon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELADE
Re*lade" (r-ld"), v. t.

Defn: To lade or load again.

RELAID
Re*laid" (r-ld),

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Relay.

RELAIS
Re*lais" (re-l"), n. Etym: [F. See Relay, n.] (Fort.)

Defn: A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch. Wilhelm.

RELAND
Re*land" (r-lnd"), v. t.

Defn: To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.

RELAND
Re*land", v. i.

Defn: To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.

RELAPSE Re*lapse" (r-lps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-lpst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing.] Etym: [L.relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse.]

1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; — generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relaps into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; — sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselves. Cowper.

3. (Theol.)

Defn: To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or
unbelief; to backslide.
They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along,
unless they relapse. Waterland.

RELAPSE
Re*lapse", n. Etym: [For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v.]

1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. Alas! from what high hope to what relapse Unlooked for are we fallen! Milton.

2. One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backlider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. [Obs.]

RELAPSER
Re*laps"er (-lps"r), n.

Defn: One who relapses. Bp. Hall.

RELAPSING
Re*laps"ing, a.

Defn: Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochæte) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever.

RELATE
Re*late" (r-lt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Related; p. pr. & vb. n.
Relating.] Etym: [F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L.
relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.]

1. To bring back; to restore. [Obs.] Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. Spenser.

2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]

3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over. This heavy act with heavy heart relate. Shak.

4. To ally by connection or kindred. To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]

Syn. — To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe.

RELATE
Re*late", v. i.

1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; — with to. All negative or privative words relate positive ideas. Locke.

2. To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.] Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. Fuller.

RELATED
Re*lat"ed (-lt"d), p. p. & a.

1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.

3. Narrated; told.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: Same as Relative, 4.

RELATEDNESS
Re*lat"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity. [R.] Emerson.

RELATER
Re*lat"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who relates or narrates.

RELATION
Re*la"tion (r-l"shn), n. Etym: [F. relation, L. relatio. See Relate.]

1. The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events. relation doth well figure them. Bacon.

2. The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant. Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation. I. Taylor.

3. Reference; respect; regard. I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. Dryden.

4. Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children. Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known. Milton.

5. A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman. For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. Ld. Lytton.

6. (Law) (a) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation. (b) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. Wharton. Burrill.

Syn. — Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative; tale; detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity; affinity; kinsman; kinswoman.

RELATIONAL
Re*la"tion*al (r-l"shn-al), a.

1. Having relation or kindred; related. We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. Tooke.

2. Indicating or specifying some relation. Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. R. Morris.

RELATIONIST
Re*la"tion*ist, n.

Defn: A relative; a relation. [Obs.]

RELATIONSHIP
Re*la"tion*ship, n.

Defn: The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.

RELATIVE
Rel"a*tive (rl"-tv), a. Etym: [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]

1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject. I'll have grounds More relative than this. Shak.

2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute. Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole. South.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other. Moore (Encyc. of Music). Relative clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative pronoun. — Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf. Correlative.

RELATIVE
Rel"a*tive, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically: (a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives." Bp. Fell. (b) (Gram.) A relative prnoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives " who", "which", "that".

RELATIVELY
Rel"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else;
not absolutely.
Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself,
before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.

RELATIVENESS
Rel"a*tive*ness, n

Defn: The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.

RELATIVITY
Rel`a*tiv"i*ty (-tv"-t), n.

Defn: The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.
Coleridge.

RELATOR
Re*lat"or (r-lt"r), n. Etym: [ L.: cf. F. relateur. See Relate.]

1. One who relates; a relater. "The several relators of this history." Fuller.

2. (Law)

Defn: A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.

RELATRIX
Re*lat"rix (-rks), n. Etym: [L.] (Law)

Defn: A female relator.

RELAX Re*lax" (r-lks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-lkst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.] Etym: [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.]

1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. Milton. Nor served it to relax their serried files. Milton.

2. To make less severe or rogorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, esrnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legilature. Swift.

3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

Syn. — To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.

RELAX
Re*lax", v. i.

1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.

2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior.

3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

RELAX
Re*lax", n.

Defn: Relaxation. [Obs.] Feltham.

RELAX
Re**lax", a.

Defn: Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

RELAXABLE
Re*lax"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relaxed.

RELAXANT
Re*lax"ant (r-lks"ant), n. Etym: [L. relaxans, p. pr. of relaxare.]
(Med.)

Defn: A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

RELAXATION Re`lax*a"tion (r`lks-"shn;277), n. Etym: [L. relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation.]

1. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

2. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." Macaulay.

RELAXATIVE
Re*lax"a*tive (r-lks"-tv), a.

Defn: Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
— n.

Defn: A relaxant. B. Jonson.

RELAY
Re*lay" (r-l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaid (-ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Relaying.] Etym: [Pref re- + lay, v.]

Defn: To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

RELAY Re*lay" (r-l"), n. Etym: [F. relais (cf. OF. relais relaxation, discontinuance, It. rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), fr. OF. relaissier to abandon, release, fr. L. relaxare. See Relax.]

1. A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief. Specifically: (a) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continnue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

2. (Elec.)

Defn: In various forms of telegrapfhic apparatus, a megnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing. Relay battery (Elec.), the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or relay.

RELAY CYLINDER
Relay cylinder.

Defn: In a variable expansion central-valve engine, a small auxiliary
engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load
on the main engine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

RELAY GOVERNOR
Relay governor.

Defn: A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the
relay principle.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

RELBUN
Rel"bun (rl"bn), n.

Defn: The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, — used for dyeing crimson.

RELEASABLE
Re*leas"a*ble (r-ls"-b'l), a.

Defn: That may be released.

RELEASE
Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re + lease to let.]

Defn: To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

RELEASE Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released (r*lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.] Etym: [OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]

1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. Mark xv. 6.

2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

3. (Law)

Defn: To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [Obs.] Hooker. A sacred vow that none should aye Spenser.

Syn. — To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extracate; let go; quit; acquit.

RELEASE
Re*lease", n.

1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell." Milton.

2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

4. (Law)

Defn: A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. Blackstone.

5. (Steam Engine)

Defn: The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape. Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease. — Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn.
— Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death.

RELEASEE
Re*leas`ee" (-"), n.

Defn: One to whom a release is given.

RELEASEMENT
Re*lease"ment (r-ls"ment), n.

Defn: The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.
Milton.

RELEASER
Re*leas"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who releases, or sets free.

RELEASOR
Re*leas"or (-r), n.

Defn: One by whom a release is given.

RELEGATE Rel"e*gate (rl"-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] Etym: [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.]

Defn: To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to
transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar.
Milman.

RELEGATION
Rel`e*ga"tion (-g"shn), n. Etym: [L. relegatio: cf. F. rel.]

Defn: The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.

RELENT
Re*lent" (r-lnt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Relenting.] Etym: [F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to + lentus
pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe.]

1. To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to
deliquesce. [Obs.]
He stirred the coals till relente gan The wax again the fire.
Chaucer.
[Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to relent.
Boyle.
When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth, relenting, feels
the genial ray. Pope.

2. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion. Can you . . . behold My sighs and tears, and will not once relent Shak.

RELENT
Re*lent", v. t.

1. To slacken; to abate. [Obs.] And oftentimes he would relent his pace. Spenser.

2. To soften; to dissolve. [Obs.]

3. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [Obs.]

RELENT
Re*lent" (r-lnt"), n.

Defn: Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]
Nor rested till she came without relent Unto the land of Amazona.
Spenser.

RELENTLESS
Re*lent"less, a.

Defn: Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. For this the avenging power employs his darts,.. Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. Dryden. — Re*lent"less*ly, adv. — Re*lent"less*ness, n.

RELENTMENT
Re*lent"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act or process of retenting; the state of having relented.
Sir T. Browne.

RELESSE
Re*lesse" (r-ls"), v. t.

Defn: To release. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELESSEE
Re`les*see" (r`ls-s"), n.

Defn: See Releasee.

RELESSOR
Re`les*sor" (-sr"), n.

Defn: See Releasor.

RE-LET
Re-let" (r-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To let anew, as a hous.

RELEVANCE; RELEVANCY
Rel"e*vance, Rel"e*van*cy, n.

1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

2. (Scots Law)

Defn: Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.

RELEVANT Rel"e*vant (-vant), a. Etym: [F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve.]

1. Relieving; lending aid or support. [R.] Pownall.

2. Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand;
pertinent; applicable.
Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions.
Sydney Smith.

3. (SScots Law)

Defn: Sufficient to support the cause.

RELEVANTLY
Rel"e*vant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a relevant manner.

RELEVATION
Rel`e*va"tion (-v"shn), n. Etym: [L. relevatio, fr. relevare. See
Relieve.]

Defn: A raising or lifting up. [Obs.]

RELIABILITY
Re*li`a*bil"i*ty (r-l`-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

RELIABLE
Re*li"a*ble (r-l"-b'l), a.

Defn: Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. Coleridge. According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs." W. Irving.

Note: Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however, sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon, and a useful synonym for trustworthy, which is by preference applied to persons, as reliable is to things, such as an account, statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable, worthy of being laughed at, from the neuter verb to laugh; available, fit or able to be availed of, from the neuter verb to avail; dispensable, capable of being dispensed with, from the neuter verb to dispense. Other examples might be added. — Re*li"a*ble*ness, n. — Re*li"a*bly, adv.

RELIANCE
Re*li"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [From Rely.]

1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value. Macaulay.

2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. Richardson.

RELIANT
Re*li"ant (-ant), a.

Defn: Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.

RELIC Rel"ic (rl"k), n. Etym: [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.] [Formerly written also relique.]

1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif. The relics of lost innocence. Kebe. The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. Shak.

2. The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; — usually in the plural when referring to the whole body. There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. Addison. Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. Pope.

3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. The pearis were split; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson.

RELICLY
Rel"ic*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of relics. [Obs.]

RELICT Rel"ict (-kt), n. Etym: [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]

Defn: A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.

RELICTED
Re*lict"ed (r-lkt"d), a. Etym: [L. relictus, p. p.] (Law)

Defn: Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier.

RELICTION
Re*lic"tion (r-lk"shn), n. Etym: [L. relictio a leaving behind.]
(Law)

Defn: A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.

RELIEF Re*lief" (r-lf"), n. Etym: [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief, Rilievi.]

1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. He seec the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain. Dryden.

2. Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. For this relief much thanks; ;tis bitter cold. Shak.

3. That which removes or lessenc evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.

4. (Feudal Law)

Defn: A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.

5. (Sculp. & Arch.)

Defn: The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on wwhich it is formed.

Note: Relief is of three kinds, namely, high relief (altorilievo), low relief, (basso-rilievo), and demirelief (mezzo-rilievo). See these terms in the Vocabulary.

6. (Paint.)

Defn: The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.

7. (Fort.)

Defn: The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. Wilhelm.

8. (Physical Geog.)

Defn: The elevations and surface undulations of a country. Guyot. Relief valve, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.

Syn. — Alleviation; mitigation; aid; help; succor; assistance; remedy; redress; indemnification.

RELIEFFUL
Re*lief"ful (r-lf"fl), a.

Defn: Giving relief. [Obs.]

RELIEFLESS
Re*lief"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

RELIER
Re*li"er (r-l"r), n. Etym: [From Rely.]

Defn: One who relies.

RELIEVABLE
Re*liev"a*ble (r-lv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief. Sir M.
Hale.

RELIEVE Re*lieve" (r-lv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relieved (-lvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relieving.] Etym: [OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis light. See Levity, and cf. Relevant, Relief.]

1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. Sir W. Scott.

3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. Addison.

4. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or cruches; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to allevate; to- abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

5. To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town. Now lend assistance and relieve the poor. Dryden.

6. To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty. Who hath relieved you Shak.

7. To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.

Syn. — To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify.

RELIEVEMENT
Re*lieve"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release. [Archaic.]

RELIEVER
Re*liev"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, relieves.

RELIEVING
Re*liev"ing, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to relieve. Relieving arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. — Relieving tackle. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Totten. Craig.

RELIEVO
Re*lie"vo (r-l"v), n. Etym: [It. rilievo.]

Defn: See Relief, n., 5.

RELIGHT
Re*light" (r-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To light or kindle anew.

RELIGIEUSE; RELIGIEUX
Re*li`gi`euse", n. f. Re*li`gi`eux", n. m.Etym: [F.]

Defn: A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.

RELIGION Re*li"gion (r-lj"n), n. Etym: [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. Neglect.]

1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion. Paley. Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equivalent for godliness; but . . . it expressed the outer form and embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion assumed. Trench. Religions, by which are meant the modes of sdivine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally . . . There is no living religion without something like a doctrine. On the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion. C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit. ). Religion . . . means the conscious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct. J. Köstlin (Schaff- Herzog Encyc. ) After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisce. Acts xxvi. 5. The image of a brute, adorned With gay religions full of pomp and gold. Milton.

2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Washington. Religion will attend you . . . as pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of life. Buckminster.