3. (R.C.Ch.) (part 1)

Defn: A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. Trench. A good man was there of religion. Chaucer.

4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. [R.] Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. Sir M. Hale.

Note: Religion, as distinguished from theology, is subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to God; while theology is objective, and denotes those ideas which man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his systematized views of God. As distinguished from morality, religion denotes the influences and motives to human duty which are found in the character and will of God, while morality describes the duties to man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from sanciti, religion is the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence. Natural religion, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See Natural theology, under Natural. — Religion of humanity, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis. — Revealed religion, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and New Testaments.

RELIGIONARY
Re*li"gion*a*ry (r-lj"n—r), a.

Defn: Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.
[Obs.]

RELIGIONARY; RELIGIONER
Re*li"gion*a*ry, Re*li"gion*er (-r), n.

Defn: A religionist. [R.]

RELIGIONISM
Re*li"gion*ism (-z'm), n.

1. The practice of, or devotion to, religion.

2. Affectation or pretense of religion.

RELIGIONIST
Re*li"gion*ist, n.

Defn: One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot. The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the Puritan religionists. Palfrey. It might be that an Antinomian, a Quaker, or other heterodoreligionists, was to be scourged out of the town. Hawthorne.

RELIGIONIZE
Re*li"gion*ize (-z), v. t.

Defn: To bring under the influence of religion. [R.] Mallock.

RELIGIONLESS
Re*li"gion*less, a.

Defn: Destitute of religion.

RELIGIOSITY Re*lig`i*os"i*ty (-lj`-s"-t), n. Etym: [L. religiositas: cf. F. religiosit.]

Defn: The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness. [R.] M. Arnold.

RELIGIOUS Re*li"gious (r-lj"s), a. Etym: [OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.]

1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. Milton.

2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God. Mlton

3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. Shak.

4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer.

Syn. — Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.

RELIGIOUS
Re*li"gious, n.

Defn: A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison.

RELIGIOUSLY
Re*li"gious*ly, adv.

Defn: In a religious manner. Drayton.

RELIGIOUSNESS
Re*li"gious*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being religious.

RELIK
Rel"ik (rl"k), n.

Defn: Relic. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELINQUENT Re*lin"quent (r-ln"kwent), a. Etym: [L. relinquens, p. pr. of relinqquere. See Relinquish.]

Defn: Relinquishing. [R.]

RELINQUENT
Re*lin"quent, n.

Defn: One who relinquishes. [R.]

RELINQUISH Re*lin"quish (-kwsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relinquished (-kwsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing.] Etym: [OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Relic, Relict.]

1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit. We ought to relinquish such rites. Hooker. They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English. Sir J. Davies.

2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.

Syn. — To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert; renounce; forbResign.

RELINQUISHER
Re*lin"quish*er (-rr), n.

Defn: One who relinquishes.

RELINQUISHMENT
Re*lin"quish*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of relinquishing.

RELIQUARY
Rel"i*qua*ry (rl"-kw-r), n.; pl. -ries (-rîz). Etym:
[LL.reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire. See Relic.]

Defn: A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

RELIQUE
Re*lique" (r-lk"), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Relic. Chaucer.

RELIQUIAE
Re*liq"ui*æ (r-lk"w-), n.pl. Etym: [L. See Relic.]

1. Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Induviæ.

RELIQUIAN
Re*liq"ui*an (r-lk"w-an), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic. [R.]

RELIQUIDATE
Re*liq"ui*date (r-lk"w-dt), v. t.

Defn: To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.

RELIQUIDATION
Re*liq`ui*da"tion (-d*"shn), n.

Defn: A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment. A.
Hamilton.

RELISH
Rel"ish (rl"sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relished (-; p. pr. & vb. n.
Relishing.] Etym: [Of. relechier to lick or taste anew; pref. re- re-
+ lechier to lick, F. l. See Lecher, Lick.]

1. To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Now I begin to relish thy advice. Shak. He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys. Atterbury.

2. To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably. A savory bit that served to relish wine. Dryden.

RELISH
Rel"ish, v. i.

Defn: To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor. Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits. Shak. A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature. Woodward.

RELISH
Rel"ish, n.

1. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing. Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained From this delightful fruit, nor known till now True relish, tasting. Milton. When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish. Addison.

2. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge. It preserve some relish of old writing. Pope.

3. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness. A relish for whatever was excelent in arts. Macaulay. I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be jCowper.

4. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

Syn.
— Taste; savor; flavor; appetite; zest; gusto; liking; delight.

RELISH
Rel"ish, n. (Carp.)

Defn: The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. Knight.

RELISHABLE
Rel"ish*a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

RELIVE
Re*live" (r-lv"), v. i.

Defn: To live again; to revive.

RELIVE
Re*live", v. t.

Defn: To recall to life; to revive. [Obs.]

RELOAD
Re*load" (r-ld"), v. t.

Defn: To load again, as a gun.

RELOAN
Re*loan" (r-ln"), n.

Defn: A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

RELOCATE
Re*lo"cate (r-l"kt), v. t.

Defn: To locate again.

RELOCATION
Re`lo*ca"tion (r`l*-k"shn), n.

1. A second location.

2. (Roman & Scots Law)

Defn: Renewal of a lease.

RELODGE
Re*lodge" (r-lj"), v. t.

Defn: To lodge again.

RELOVE
Re*love" (-lv"), v. t.

Defn: To love in return. [Obs.] Boyle.

RELUCENT
Re*lu"cent (r-l"sent), a. Etym: [L. relucens, p. pr. relucere. See
Lucent.]

Defn: Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright;
luminous; splendid.
Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes of
relucent gold. Glover.

RELUCT Re*luct" (r-lkt"), v. i. Etym: [L. reluctari, p. p. reluctatus, to struggle; pref. re- re- + luctari to struggle, fr. lucia a wresting.]

Defn: To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance. Apt to reluct at the excesses of it [passion]. Walton.

RELUCTANCE; RELUCTANCY
Re*luc"tance, Re*luc"tan*cy, n. Etym: [See Reluctant.]

Defn: The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; — often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." Dryden. He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott. Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.

Syn. See Dislike.

RELUCTANT Re*luc"tant (-tant), a. Etym: [L. reluctans, -antis, p. pr. of reluctari. See Reluct.]

1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth. Reluctant, but in vain. Milton. Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. Tickell.

2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience. Mitford.

Syn.
— Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy.
See Averse.

RELUCTANTLY
Re*luc"tant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a reluctant manner.

RELUCTATE
Re*luc"tate (-tt), v. i. Etym: [See Reluct.]

Defn: To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose. [Obs.] "To delude their reluctating consciences." Dr. H. More.

RELUCTATION
Rel`uc*ta"tion (rl`k-t"shn), n.

Defn: Repugnance; resistance; reluctance. [Obs.] Bacon.

RELUCTIVITY
Rel`uc*tiv"i*ty, n. (Elec.)

Defn: Specific reluctance.

RELUME Re*lume" (r-lm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relumed (-lmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reluming.] Etym: [OF. relumer (cf. F. rallumer), L. reluminare; pref. re- re- + luminare to light. Cf. Reillume.]

Defn: To rekindle; to light again.
Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new. Pope.
I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.
Shak.

RELUMINE Re*lu"mine (r-l"mn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relumined (-mnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Relumining.] Etym: [See Relume.]

1. To light anew; to rekindle. Shak.

2. To illuminate again.

RELY
Re*ly" (r-l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relied (-ld"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Relying.] Etym: [Pref. re- + lie to rest.]

Defn: To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; — with on, formerly also with in. Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. Milton. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Gray.

Syn.
— To trust; depend; confide; repose.

REMADE
Re*made" (r-md"),

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Remake.

REMAIN Re*main" (r-mn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-mnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] Etym: [OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton.

Syn. — To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.

REMAIN
Re*main", v. t.

Defn: To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.

REMAIN
Re*main" n.

1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; — chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope.

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.

REMAINDER
Re*main"der (r-mn"dr), n. Etym: [OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain.]

1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." Dryden. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. Arbuthnot.

2. (Math.)

Defn: The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

3. (Law)

Defn: An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

Syn.
— Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.

REMAINDER
Re*main"der, a.

Defn: Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. Shak.

REMAINDER-MAN
Re*main"der-man (- mân), n.; pl. Remainder-men (-mên). (Law)

Defn: One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined.
See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone.

REMAKE
Re*make" (r-mk"), v. t.

Defn: To make anew.

REMAND
Re*mand" (r-mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remanded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Remanding.] Etym: [F. remander to send word again, L. remandare;
pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send word. See Mandate.]

Defn: To recommit; to send back.
Remand it to its former place. South.
Then were they remanded to the cage again. Bunyan.

REMAND
Re*mand", n.

Defn: The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

REMANDMENT
Re*mand"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: A remand.

REMANENCE; REMANENCY Rem"a*nence, Rem"a*nen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remanence, LL. remanentia, fr. L. remanens. See Remanent, a.]

Defn: The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
The remanence of the will in the fallen spirit. Coleridge.

REMANENT
Rem"a*nent (-nent), n. Etym: [See Remanent, a.]

Defn: That which remains; a remnant; a residue.

REMANENT Rem"a*nent, a. Etym: [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See Remain, and cf. Remnant.]

Defn: Remaining; residual. That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Jer. Taylor. Remanent magnetism (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; — called also residual magnetism.

REMANET
Rem"a*net (-nt), n. Etym: [L., it remains.] (Legal Practice)

Defn: A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. [Eng.]

RE-MARK
Re-mark" (r-mrk"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + mark.]

Defn: To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.

REMARK Re*mark" (r-mrk"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remarked (-mrkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remarking.] Etym: [F. remarquer; pref. re- re- + marquer to mark, marque a mark, of German origin, akin to E. mark. See Mark, v.& n.]

1. To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton.

2. To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

3. To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; — often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

Syn. — To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say. — Remark, Observe, Notice. To observe is to keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To remark is simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To notice implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these mental states to the expression of them in language, we find the same distinction. An observation is properly the result of somewhat prolonged thought; a remark is usually suggested by some passing occurence; a notice is in most cases something cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to remark and observe, which are often used interchangeably. "Observing men may form many judgments by the rules of similitude and proportion." I. Watts. "He can not distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar remarks." Collier. "The thing to be regarded, in taking notice of a child's miscarriage, is what root it springs from." Locke.

REMARK
Re*mark" (r-mrk"), v. i.

Defn: To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

REMARK
Re*mark", n. Etym: [Cf. F. remarque.]

1. Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. Cowper.

2. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.

Syn.
— Observation; note; comment; annotation.

REMARKABLE
Re*mark"a*ble (—b'l), a. Etym: [F. remarquable.]

Defn: Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous;
hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say.
Prior.
There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak.

Syn.
— Observable; noticeable; extraordinary; unusual; rare; strange;
wonderful; notable; eminent.
— Re*mark"a*ble*ness, n.
— Re*mark"a*bly, adv.

REMARKER
Re*mark"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who remarks.

REMARQUE; REMARK; REMARQUE PROOF Re*marque", n. Also Remark. (Engraving) (a) A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate. (b) A print or proof so distinguished; — commonly called a Remarque proof.

REMARRIAGE
Re*mar"riage (r-mr"rj), n.

Defn: A second or repeated marriage.

REMARRY
Re*mar"ry (r-mr"rr), v. t. & i.

Defn: To marry again.

REMAST
Re*mast" (r-mst"), v. t.

Defn: To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

REMASTICATE
Re*mas"ti*cate (r-ms"t-kt), v. t.

Defn: To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

REMASTICATION
Re*mas`ti*ca"tion (-k"shn), n.

Defn: The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

REMBERGE
Rem"berge (rm"brj), n.

Defn: See Ramberge.

REMBLAI Rem`blai" (rn`bl"), n. Etym: [F., fr. remblayer to fill up an excavation, to embank.] (Fort. & Engin.)

Defn: Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

REMBLE Rem"ble (r, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. embler to steal, fr. L. involare to fly into or at, to carry off.]

Defn: To remove. [Prov.Eng.] Grose. Tennyson.

REME
Reme (r, n.

Defn: Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMEAN
Re*mean" (r, v. t.

Defn: To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
[Obs.] Wyclif.

REMEANT Re"me*ant (rant), a. Etym: [L. remeans, -antis, p. pr. of remeare to go or come back.]

Defn: Coming back; returning. [R.] "Like the remeant sun." C.
Kingsley.

REMEASURE
Re*meas"ure (r-mzh"r; 135), v. t.

Defn: To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.

REMEDE
Re*mede" (r-md"), n.

Defn: Remedy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMEDIABLE Re*me"di*a*ble (r-m"d—b'l), a. Etym: [L. remediabilis: cf. F. remédiable.]

Defn: Capable of being remedied or cured.
— Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.

REMEDIAL
Re*me"di*al (-al), a. Etym: [L. remedialis.]

Defn: Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor.

REMEDIALLY
Re*me"di*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a remedial manner.

REMEDIATE
Re*me"di*ate (-t), a.

Defn: Remedial. [R.] Shak.

REMEDILESS
Re*med"i*less (r-md"-ls or rm"-d-ls; 277) a.

1. Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." Spenser. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton.

2. Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. [Obs.] Forced to forego the attempt remediless. Spenser.

Syn.
— Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable;
irreparable; desperate.
— Re*med"i*less, adv. [Obs.] Udall.
— Re*med"i*less*ly, adv.
— Re*med"i*less*ness, n.

REMEDY Rem"e*dy (rm"-d), n.; pl. Remedies (-d. Etym: [L. remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. remède remedy, remédier to remedy. See Medical.]

1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; — with for; as, a remedy for the gout.

2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; — followed by for or against, formerly by to. What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. Milton.

3. (Law)

Defn: The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. — Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; — called also tolerance.

Syn. — Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.

REMEDY
Rem"e*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-dd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Remedying.] Etym: [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem. See Remedy,
n.]

Defn: To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. I will remedy this gear ere long. Shak.

REMELT
Re*melt" (r-mlt"), v. t.

Defn: To melt again.

REMEMBER Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remembered (-brd); p. pr. & vb. n. Remembering.] Etym: [OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate.]

1. To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates. We are said to remember anithing, when the idea of it ariseI. Watts.

2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. Shak. Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. Milton.

3. To put in mind; to remind; — also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." Milton. My friends remembered me of home. Chapman. Remember you of passed heaviness. Chaucer. And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. Chaucer.

4. To mention. [Obs.] "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered." Ayliffe.

5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.

REMEMBER
Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. i.

Defn: To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak.

REMEMBERABLE
Re*mem"ber*a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable or worthy of being remembered.
— Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv.
The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge.

REMEMBERER
Re*mem"ber*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who remembers.

REMEMBRANCE
Re*mem"brance (-brans), n. Etym: [OF. remembrance.]

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind;
recollection.
Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton.
Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison.

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope.

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.

4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser. Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak.

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni [Obs.] Shak.

6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. Milton.

Syn.
— Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

REMEMBRANCER
Re*mem"bran*cer (-bran-sr), n.

1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).

2. A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer." Bacon.

REMEMORATE Re*mem"o*rate (—rt), v. i. Etym: [L. rememoratus, p. p. of rememorari. See Remember.]

Defn: To recall something by means of memory; to remember. [Obs.]
Bryskett.

REMEMORATION
Re*mem`o*ra"tion (-r"shn), n. Etym: [F. rem, or L. rememoratio.]

Defn: A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance. [Obs. & R.]
Bp. Montagu.

REMEMORATIVE
Re*mem"o*ra*tive (r-mEm"-r-tv), a.

Defn: Tending or serving to remind. [R.]

REMENANT
Rem"e*nant (rm"-nant), n.

Defn: A remnant. [Obs.]

REMERCIE; REMERCY Re*mer"cie, Re*mer"cy, v. t. Etym: [F. remercier; pref. re- re- + OF. mercier to thank, from OF. & F. merci. See Mercy.]

Defn: To thank. [Obs.]
She him remercied as the patron of her life. Spenser.

REMERGE
Re*merge" (r-mrj"), v. i.

Defn: To merge again. "Remerging in the general Soul." Tennyson.

REMEVE; REMEWE
Re*meve" (r-mEv"), Re*mewe" (r-m"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMIFORM
Rem"i*form (rm"*frm), a. Etym: [L. remus oar + -form.]

Defn: Shaped like an oar.

REMIGES Rem"i*ges (rm"*jz), n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r. Etym: [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

REMIGRATE
Rem"i*grate (rm"-grt or r-m"grt; 277), v. i. Etym: [L. remigrare. See
Re-, and Migrate.]

Defn: To migrate again; to go back; to return. Boyle.

REMIGRATION
Rem`i*gra"tion (rm`-gr"shn), n.

Defn: Migration back to the place from which one came. Sir M. Hale.

REMIND
Re*mind" (r-mnd"), v. t.

Defn: To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality. South.

REMINDER
Re*mind"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

REMINDFUL
Re**mind"ful (fl), a.

Defn: Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. Southey.

REMINISCENCE Rem`i*nis"cence (rm`-ns"sens), n. Etym: [F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia.]

1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott.

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.

Syn.
— Remembrance; recollection. See Memory.

REMINISCENCY
Rem`i*nis"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: Reminiscence. [Obs.]

REMINISCENT Rem`i*nis"cent (-sent), a. Etym: [L. reminiscens, -entis, p. pr. of reminisci to recall to mind, to recollect; pref.re- re + a word akin to mens mind, memini I remember. See Mind.]

Defn: Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something. Some other of existence of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent. Sir W. Hamilton.

REMINISCENT
Rem`i*nis"cent (rm`-ns"sent), n.

Defn: One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

REMINISCENTIAL
Rem`i*nis*cen"tial (-ns-sn"shal), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance. Sir T.
Browne.

REMIPED Rem"i*ped (rm"-pd), a. Etym: [L. remus oar + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. rémipède.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having feet or legs that are used as oars; — said of certain crustaceans and insects.

REMIPED Rem"i*ped, n. (Zoöl.) (a) An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans. (b) One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

REMISE Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]

Defn: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.

REMISE
Re*mise", n. (Law)

Defn: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.

REMISS Re*miss" (r-ms"), a. Etym: [L. remissus, p. p. of remittere to send back, relax. See Remit.]

Defn: Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward.

Syn. — Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless; neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless.

REMISS
Re*miss", n.

Defn: The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. [Obs.]
"Remisses of laws." Puttenham.

REMISSFUL
Re*miss"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. Drayton.

REMISSIBILITY
Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty (r-ms`s-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The state or quality of being remissible. Jer. Taylor.

REMISSIBLE Re*mis"si*ble (r-ms"s-b'l), a. Etym: [L. remissibilis: cf. F. rémissible. See Remit.]

Defn: Capable of being remitted or forgiven. Feltham.

REMISSION
Re*mis"sion (r-msh"n), n. Etym: [F. rémission, L. remissio. See
Remit.]

1. The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

2. Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton.

3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

4. (Med.)

Defn: A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.

6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.

REMISSIVE
Re*mis"sive (r-ms"sv), a. Etym: [L. remissivus. See Remit.]

Defn: Remitting; forgiving; abating. Bp. Hacket.

REMISSLY
Re*miss"ly (r-ms"l), adv.

Defn: In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

REMISSNESS
Re*miss"ness, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being remiss.

REMISSORY
Re*mis"so*ry (r-ms"s-r), a.

Defn: Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.
"A sacrifice expiatory or remissory." Latimer.

REMIT
Re*mit" (r-mt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Remitting.] Etym: [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken,
relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise,
Remiss.]

1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right.
Blackstone.
In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their
prince. Hayward.
The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.

2. To restore. [Obs.] The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. Hayward.

3. (Com.)

Defn: To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.

4. To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. "Whether the counsel be good Iremit it to the wise readers." Sir T. Elyot.

5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. So willingly doth God remit his ire. Milton.

6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. John xx. 23.

7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. "The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties." Macaulay.

Syn.
— To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.

REMIT
Re*mit", v. i.

1. To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

2. To send money, as in payment. Addison.

REMITMENT
Re*mit"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted;
remission.
Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton.

REMITTAL
Re*mit"tal (-tal), n.

Defn: A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.

REMITTANCE
Re*mit"tance (r-mt"tans), n.

1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison.

REMITTEE
Re*mit`tee" (r-mt`t"), n. (Com.)

Defn: One to whom a remittance is sent.

REMITTENT Re*mit"tent (r-mt"tent), a. Etym: [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent.]

Defn: Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

REMITTER
Re*mit"ter (-tr), n.

1. One who remits. Specifically: (a) One who pardons. (b) One who makes remittance.

2. (Law)

Defn: The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit. Bouvier.

REMITTITUR Re*mit"ti*tur (-t-tr), n. Etym: [L., (it) is remitted.] (Law) (a) A remission or surrender, — remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. (b) A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton.

REMITTOR
Re*mit"tor (-tr), n. (Law)

Defn: One who makes a remittance; a remitter.

REMIX
Re*mix" (r-mks"), v. t.

Defn: To mix again or repeatedly.

REMNANT Rem"nant (rm"nant), a. Etym: [OF. remanant, p. pr. of remanoir, remaindre. See Remanent, Remain.]

Defn: Remaining; yet left. [R.] "Because of the remnant dregs of his
disease." Fuller.
And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties of an humble
wife. Prior.

REMNANT
Rem"nant, n. Etym: [OF.remanant. See Remnant, a.]

1. That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue. Chaucer. The remnant that are left of the captivity. Neh. i. 3. The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your patience. Dryden.

2. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

3. (Com.)

Defn: An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Syn.
— Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

REMODEL
Re*mod"el (r-md"l), v. t.

Defn: To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.
The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay.

REMODIFICATION
Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion (—f-k"shn), n.

Defn: The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.

REMODIFY
Re*mod"i*fy (r-md"-f), v. t.

Defn: To modify again or anew; to reshape.

REMOLADE; REMOULAD
Ré`mo`lade", Ré`mou`lad", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.

REMOLADE; REMOULADE
Ré`mo`lade", Ré`mou`lade", n. [F.]

Defn: An ointment used in farriery.

REMOLD; REMOULD
Re*mold", Re*mould" (r-mld"), v. t.

Defn: To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.

REMOLLIENT Re*mol"lient (r-ml"yent or -l-ent), a. Etym: [L. remolliens, p. pr. of remollire to mollify: cf. F. rémollient. See Mollient.]

Defn: Mollifying; softening. [R.]

REMONETIZATION
Re*mon`e*ti*za"tion (r-mn`-t-z"shn or -mn`-), n.

Defn: The act of remonetizing.

REMONETIZE
Re*mon"e*tize (-tz), v. t.

Defn: To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

REMONSTRANCE Re*mon"strance (-mn"strans), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate.]

1. The act of remonstrating; as: (a) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. [Obs.] You may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. Shak.

(b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

2. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: Same as Monstrance.

REMONSTRANT Re*mon"strant (-strant), a. Etym: [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.remontrant.]

Defn: Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

REMONSTRANT
Re*mon"strant, n.

Defn: One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),

Defn: one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

REMONSTRANTLY
Re*mon"strant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a remonstrant manner.

REMONSTRATE Re*mon"strate (-strt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remonstrated (-str; p. pr. & vb. n. Remonstrating.] Etym: [LL. remonstratus, p. p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]

Defn: To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

REMONSTRATE
Re*mon"strate, v. i.

Defn: To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. It is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially in principles. Waterland.

Syn. — Expostulate, Remonstrate. These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness. Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the parliament or the people.

REMONSTRATION Re`mon*stra"tion (r`mn*str"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. remonstration, LL. remonstratio.]

Defn: The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. [R.] Todd.

REMONSTRATIVE
Re*mon"stra*tive (r*mn"str*tv), a.

Defn: Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.

REMONSTRATOR
Re*mon"stra*tor (r*mn"str*tr), n.

Defn: One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. Bp. Burnet.

REMONTANT
Re*mon"tant (-tant), a.Etym: [F.] (Hort.)

Defn: Rising again; — applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

REMONTOIR
Re*mon`toir" (re-mn"twr"; E. r-mn"twr), n. Etym: [F.] (Horology)

Defn: See under Escapement.

REMORA
Rem"o*ra (rm"*r), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. rémora.]

1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis,
Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.

Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellæ, situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or remora of sharks (Echeneis naucrates), and the swordfish remora (Remora brachyptera), are common American species.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. Dunglison.

REMORATE Rem"o*rate (-rt), v. t. Etym: [L. remoratus, p. p. of remorari; pref. re- re- + morari to delay.]

Defn: To hinder; to delay. [Obs.] Johnson.

REMORD Re*mord" (r-mrd"), v. t. Etym: [L. remordere to bite again, to torment: cf. F. remordre. See Remorse.]

Defn: To excite to remorse; to rebuke. [Obs.] Skelton.

REMORD
Re*mord", v. i.

Defn: To feel remorse. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

REMORDENCY
Re*mord"en*cy (-en*s), n.

Defn: Remorse; compunction; compassion. [Obs.] Killingbeck.

REMORSE Re*morse" (r*mrs"), n. Etym: [OE. remors, OF. remors,F. remords, LL. remorsus, fr. L. remordere, remorsum, to bite again or back, to torment; pref. re- re- + mordere to bite. See Morsel.]

1. The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can draw To no remorse. Dryden. But evermore it seem'd an easier thing At once without remorse to strike her dead. Tennyson.

Syn.
— Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See Compunction.

REMORSED
Re*morsed" (r-mrst"), a.

Defn: Feeling remorse. [Obs.]

REMORSEFUL
Re*morse"ful (-mrs"fl), a.

1. Full of remorse. The full tide of remorseful passion had abated. Sir W. Scott.

2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Obs.] Shak.

3. Exciting pity; pitiable. [Obs.] Chapman.
— Re*morse"ful*ly, adv.
— Re*morse"ful*ness, n.

REMORSELESS
Re*morse"less, a.

Defn: Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. "Remorseless adversaries." South. "With remorseless cruelty." Milton.

Syn.
— Unpitying; pitiless; relentless; unrelenting; implacable;
merciless; unmerciful; savage; cruel.
— Re*morse"less*ly, adv.
— Re*morse"less*ness, n.

REMOTE
Re*mote" (r-mt"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-r); superl. Remotest.] Etym:
[L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; — said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. Parnell.

2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; — in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Separated by intervals greater than usual.
— Re*mote"ly, adv.
— Re*mote"ness, n.

REMOTION
Re*mo"tion (r-m"shn), n. Etym: [L. remotio. See Remove.]

1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.] This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak.

2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.

REMOULD
Re*mould" (r-mld"), v. t.

Defn: See Remold.

REMOUNT
Re*mount" (r-mount"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To mount again.

REMOUNT
Re*mount", n.

Defn: The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

REMOVABLE
Re*mov"a*ble (r-mv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe.
— Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty (-, n.

REMOVAL
Re*mov"al (-al), n.

Defn: The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

REMOVE Re*move" (r-mv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Removed (-mvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Removing.] Etym: [OF. removoir, remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to move. See Move.]

1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

2. To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease. "King Richard thus removed." Shak.

3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.

Note: See the Note under Remove, v. i.

REMOVE
Re*move" (r-mv"), v. i.

Defn: To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to
move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane, I can not taint with fear.
Shak.

Note: The verb remove, in some of its application, is synonymous with move, but not in all. Thus we do not apply remove to a mere change of posture, without a change of place or the seat of a thing. A man moves his head when he turns it, or his finger when he bends it, but he does not remove it. Remove usually or always denotes a change of place in a body, but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We never say the wind or water, or a ship, removes at a certain rate by the hour; but we say a ship was removed from one place in a harbor to another. Move is a generic term, including the sense of remove, which is more generally applied to a change from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another station.

REMOVE
Re*move", n.

1. The act of removing; a removal. This place should be at once both school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. Milton. And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. Goldsmith.

2. The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; — in the United States usually called a move. It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire. J. H. Newman.

3. The state of being removed. Locke.

4. That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.

5. The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year. A freeholder is but one remove from a legislator. Addison.

6. (Far.)

Defn: The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Swift.

REMOVED
Re*moved" (r-mvd"), a.

1. Changed in place.

2. Dismissed from office.

3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak.

4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
— Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. Shak.

REMOVER
Re*mov"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.

REMUABLE
Re*mu"a*ble (r-m"-b'l), a. Etym: [F.]

Defn: That may be removed; removable. [Obs.] Gower.

REMUE
Re*mue" (r-m"), v. t. Etym: [F. remuer. See Mew to molt.]

Defn: To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REMUGIENT
Re*mu"gi*ent (r-m"j-ent), a. Etym: [L. remugiens, p. pr. of remugire.
See Mugient.]

Defn: Rebellowing. Dr. H. More.

REMUNERABLE
Re**mu"ner*a*ble (r-m"nr—b'l), a. Etym: [See Remunerate.]

Defn: Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.
— Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r, n.

REMUNERATE Re*mu"ner*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remunerated (-"td); p. pr. & vb. n. Remunerating.] Etym: [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.]

Defn: To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Syn. — To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite; repay; pay; reimburse.

REMUNERATION Re*mu`ner*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [L. remuneratio: cf. F. rémunération.]

1. The act of remunerating.

2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. Shak.

Syn. — Reward; recompense; compensation; pay; payment; repayment; satisfaction; requital.

REMUNERATIVE
Re*mu"ner*a*tive (r-m"nr—tv), a. Etym: [Cf.F. rémun.]

Defn: Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. — Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.

REMUNERATORY
Re*mu"ner*a*to*ry (-t-r), a. Etym: [Cf. F. rémun.]

Defn: Remunerative. Johnson.

REMURMUR Re*mur"mur (r-mr"mr), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + murmur: cf. F. remurmurare.]

Defn: To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs. The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur to the silver flood. Pope.

REN
Ren (rn), v. t. & i.

Defn: See Renne. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REN
Ren, n.

Defn: A run. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENABLE
Ren"a*ble (rn"-b'l), a. Etym: [OF. resnable.]

Defn: Reasonable; also, loquacious. [Obs.] "Most renable of tongue."
Piers Plowman.
— Ren"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENAISSANCE Re*nais`sance" (F. re-n`sns"; E. r-ns"sans), n. Etym: [F., fr. renaître to be born again. Cf. Renascence.]

Defn: A new birth, or revival. Specifically: (a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries. (b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).

RENAISSANT
Re*nais"sant (r-ns"sant), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.

RENAL Re"nal (r"nal), a. Etym: [L. renalis, fr. renes the kidneys or reins: cf. F. rénal. See Reins.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.
Renal calculus (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory passages
of the kidney.
— Renal capsules or glands, the suprarenal capsules. See under
Capsule.
— Renal casts, Renal colic. (Med.) See under Cast, and Colic.

RENAL-PORTAL
Re"nal-por`tal (r"nal-pr"tal), a. (Anat.)

Defn: Both renal and portal. See Portal.

RENAME
Re*name" (r*nm"), v. t.

Defn: To give a new name to.

RENARD Ren"ard (rn"rd), n. Etym: [F. renard the fox, the name of the fox in a celebrated epic poem, and of German origin, G. Reinhard, OHG. Reginhard, properly, strong in counsel; regin counsel (akin to Goth. ragin) + hart hard. See Hard.]

Defn: A fox; — so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.
[Written also reynard.]

RENARDINE
Ren"ard*ine (-n), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which
Renard is mentioned.

RENASCENCE
Re*nas"cence (r-ns"sens), n. Etym: [See Renascent, and cf.
Renaissance.]

1. The state of being renascent. Read the Phrenascence is varied. Coleridge.

2. Same as Renaissance. The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. M. Arnold.

RENASCENCY
Re*nas"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: State of being renascent.

RENASCENT Re*nas"cent (-sent), a. Etym: [L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See Nascent.]

1. Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

2. See Renaissant.

RENASCIBLE Re*nas"ci*ble (-s-b'l), a. Etym: [LL. renascibilis, from L. renasci to be born again.]

Defn: Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.

RENATE
Re*nate" (r-nt"), a. Etym: [L. renatus, p. p. of renasci.]

Defn: Born again; regenerate; renewed. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

RENAVIGATE
Re*nav"i*gate (r-nv"-gt), v. t.

Defn: To navigate again.

RENAY Re*nay" (r-n"), v. t. Etym: [OF. reneier, F. renier, F. renier; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Renegade.]

Defn: To deny; to disown. [Obs.]

RENCONTRE
Ren*con"tre (rn-kn"tr; F. rn`kn"tr'), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Same as Rencounter, n.

RENCOUNTER Ren*coun"ter (rn-koun"tr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rencountered (-trd); p. pr. & vb/ n. Rencountering.] Etym: [F. rencontrer; pref. re- + OF. encontrer to encounter. See Encounter.]

1. To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

2. To attack hand to hand. [Obs.] Spenser.

RENCOUNTER
Ren*coun"ter, v. i.

Defn: To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

RENCOUNTER
Ren*coun"ter, n. Etym: [F. rencontre, from renconter to meet.]

1. A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meetingg in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement. The justling chiefs in rude rencounter join. Granville.

2. A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties. The confederates should . . . outnumber the enemy in all rencounters and engagements. Addison.

Syn.
— Combat; fight; conflict; collision; clash.

REND Rend (rnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.] Etym: [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries.renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.]

1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.

2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
An empire from its old foundations rent. Dryden.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Kings xi. 11.
To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Syn.
— To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.

REND
Rend, v. i.

Defn: To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split.
Jer. Taylor.

RENDER
Rend"er (-r), n. Etym: [From Rend.]

Defn: One who rends.

RENDER
Ren"der (rn"dr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-drd);p. pr. & vb. n.
Rendering.] Etym: [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-,
re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]

1. To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41.

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak.

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

8. To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. Shak.

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

RENDER
Ren"der, v. i.

1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.)

Defn: To pass; to run; — said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. Totten.

RENDER
Ren"der, n.

1. A surrender. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A return; a payment of rent. In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone.

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.

RENDERABLE
Ren"der*a*ble (rn"dr—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being rendered.

RENDERER
Ren"der*er (-r), n.

1. One who renders.

2. A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.

RENDERING
Ren"der*ing, n.

Defn: The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

RENDEZVOUS
Ren"dez*vous (rn"d*voo or rn"-; 277), n.; pl. Rendezvouses (r.

Note: [Rare in the plural.] Etym: [F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]

1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott.

2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

3. A meeting by appointment. Sprat.

4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] Shak.

RENDEZVOUS
Ren"dez*vous (rn"d-voo or rn"-; 277), v. i. [imp. &. p. p.
Rendezvoused (-vood); p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing (-voo*ng).]

Defn: To assemble or meet at a particular place.

RENDEZVOUS
Ren"dez*vous, v. t.

Defn: To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.
Echard.

RENDIBLE
Rend"i*ble (rnd"-b'l), a. Etym: [From Rend.]

Defn: Capable of being rent or torn.

RENDIBLE
Ren"di*ble (rn"d-b'l), a. Etym: [See Render.]

Defn: Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

RENDITION Ren*di"tion (rn-dsh"n), n. Etym: [LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition.]

1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn.

2. Translation; rendering; version. This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. South.

RENDROCK
Rend"rock` (rnd"rk`), n.

Defn: A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]

RENEGADE Ren"e*gade (rn"-gd), n. Etym: [Sp. renegado, LL. renegatus, fr. renegare to deny; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See Negation, and cf. Runagate.]

Defn: One faithless to principle or party. Specifically: (a) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith. James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. Macaulay.

(b) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter. Arbuthnot. (c) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

RENEGADO
Ren`e*ga"do (rn`-g"d), n. Etym: [Sp.]

Defn: See Renegade.

RENEGAT
Ren"e*gat (rn"-gt), n. Etym: [See Runegate.]

Defn: A renegade. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENEGATION
Ren`e*ga"tion (rn`-ga"shn), n.

Defn: A denial. [R.] "Absolute renegation of Christ." Milman.

RENEGE
Re*nege" (r-nj" or r-ng"), v. t. Etym: [LL. renegare. See Renegade.]

Defn: To deny; to disown. [Obs.] Shak. All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the trith and thee unholy leagued. Sylvester.

RENEGE
Re*nege", v. i.

1. To deny. [Obs.] Shak.

2. (Card Playing)

Defn: To revoke. [R.]

RENERVE
Re*nerve" (r-nrv"), v. t.

Defn: To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

RENEW
Re*new" (r-n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reneved (-nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Renewing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + new. Cf. Renovate.]

1. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Shak.

2. Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

3. To begin again; to recommence. The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden.

4. To repeat; to go over again. The birds-their notes renew. Milton.

5. (Theol.)

Defn: To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

RENEW
Re*new", v. i.

Defn: To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

RENEWABILITY
Re*new`a*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being renewable. [R.]

RENEWABLE
Re*new"a*ble (r-n"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.
Swift.

RENEWAL
Re*new"al (-al), n.

Defn: The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

RENEWEDLY
Re*new"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: Again; once more. [U.S.]

RENEWEDNESS
Re*new"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being renewed.

RENEWER
Re*new"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, renews.

RENEYE
Re*neye" (r-n"), v. t. Etym: [See Renay.]

Defn: To deney; to reject; to renounce. [Obs.]
For he made every man reneye his law. Chaucer.

RENG
Reng (rng), n. Etym: [See Rank, n.]

1. A rank; a row. [Obs.] "In two renges fair." Chaucer.

2. A rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENIDIFICATION
Re*nid`i*fi*ca"tion (r-nd`-f-k"shn), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The act of rebuilding a nest.

RENIFORM Ren"i*form (rn"-frm; 277), a. Etym: [L. renes kidneys + -form: cf. F. réniforme.]

Defn: Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

RENITENCE; RENITENCY
Re*ni"tence, Re*ni"ten*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rénitence.]

Defn: The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Sterne.
We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to
the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

RENITENT Re*ni"tent (-tent), a. Etym: [L. renitens, -entis, p. pr. of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. rénitent.]

1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.

2. Persistently opposed.

RENNE
Ren"ne (rn"ne), v. t.

Defn: To plunder; — only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNE
Ren"ne, v. i.

Defn: To run. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNER
Ren"ner (-nr), n.

Defn: A runner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENNET
Ren"net (rn"nt), n. Etym: [F. rainette, reinette, perhaps fr. raine a
tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like this kind of frog. Cf.
Ranunculus.] (Bot.)

Defn: A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
Mortimer.

RENNET Ren"net, n. Etym: [AS. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan to curdle, coagulate. . See Run, v.]

Defn: The inner, or mucous, membrance of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.] Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. — Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form. — Rennet stomach (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants.

RENNETED
Ren"net*ed, a.

Defn: Provided or treated with rennet. [R.] "Pressed milk renneted."
Chapman.

RENNETING
Ren"net*ing, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as 1st Rennet.

RENNING
Ren"ning (rn"nng), n.

Defn: See 2d Rennet. [Obs.] Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk. Holland.

RENOMEE
Re`no*mee" (r`n-m"), n. Etym: [F. renomm.]

Defn: Renown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOUNCE Re*nounce" (r-nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Renouncing (-noun"sng).] Etym: [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Renunciation.]

1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.

2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. Shak.

3. (Card Playing)

Defn: To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.

Syn.
— To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant;
abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up;
abdicate.
— Renounce, Abjure, Recant.
— To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of abandonment.
To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity of an oath.
To recant is to renounce or abjure some proposition previously
affirmed and maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to
renounce the honor of my race. Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man.
Shak.
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton.

RENOUNCE
Re*nounce", v. i.

1. To make renunciation. [Obs.] He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden.

2. (Law)

Defn: To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to
letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son
Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie.

RENOUNCE
Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing)

Defn: Act of renouncing.

RENOUNCEMENT
Re*nounce"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. renoncement.]

Defn: The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.

RENOUNCER
Re*noun"cer (r-noun"sr), n.

Defn: One who renounces.

RENOVATE Ren"o*vate (rn"-vt), v. t. Etym: [L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and Renew.]

Defn: To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. Thomson.

RENOVATION
Ren`o**va"tion (-v"shn), n. Etym: [L.renovatio: cf. F. rénovation.]

Defn: The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated
or renewed. Thomson.
There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of
the world. Rabbler.

RENOVATOR
Ren"o*va`tor (rn"-v`tr), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. rénovateur.]

Defn: One who, or that which, renovates. Foster.

RENOVEL
Re*nov"el (r-nv"el), v. t. Etym: [F. renouveler to renew.]

Defn: To renew; to renovate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOVELANCE
Re*nov"el*ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Renewal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENOWME
Re*nowme" (r-noum"), n.

Defn: Renown. [Obs.]
The glory and renowme of the ancectors. Robynson (More's Utopia).

RENOWMED
Re*nowmed" (r-noumd"), a.

Defn: Renowned. [Obs.]

RENOWN
Re*nown" (r-noun"), n. Etym: [F. renom. See Noun, and cf. Renown, v.]

1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; — always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.

2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. Shak.

RENOWN Re*nown" (r-noun"), v. t. Etym: [F. renommer to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. re- re- + nommer to name, L. nominare , fr. nomen a name. See Noun.]

Defn: To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.]
For joi to hear me so renown his son. Chapman.
The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. Pope.

RENOWNED
Re*nowned" (r-nound"), a.

Defn: Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.

Syn. — Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent; celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See Famous.

RENOWNEDLY
Re*nown"ed*ly (r-noun"d-l), adv.

Defn: With renown.

RENOWNER
Re*nown"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who gives renown. [R.]

RENOWNFUL
Re*nown"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Having great renown; famous. "Renownful Scipio." Marston.

RENOWNLESS
Re*nown"less, a.

Defn: Without renown; inglorius.

RENSSELAERITE
Rens"se*laer*ite (rns"se-lr-t), n. (Min.)

Defn: A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.

RENT
Rent (rnt), v. i.

Defn: To rant. [R. & Obs.] Hudibras.

RENT
Rent,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Rend.

RENT
Rent, n. Etym: [From Rend.]

1. An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak.

2. Figuratively, a schim; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.

Syn. — Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; diaceration; break; fracture.

RENT
Rent, v. t.

Defn: To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RENT
Rent, n. Etym: [F. rente, LL. renta, fr. L. reddita, fem. sing. or
neut. pl. of redditus, p. p. of reddere to give back, pay. See
Render.]

1. Incone; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and
rent." Chaucer.
[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he
dispent. Gower.
So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do.
Pope.

2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.] Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. Chaucer.

3. (Law)

Defn: A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.

Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattles, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. Black rent. See Blackmail, 3. — Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift. — Rent arrear, rent in arrears; unpaid rent. Blackstone. — Rent charge (Law), a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; — so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it, Bouvier. — Rent roll, a list or account of rents or income; a rental. — Rent seck (Law), a rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statue 4 George II. c. 28. — Rent service (Eng. Law), rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; — so called from such service being incident to it. — White rent, a quitrent when paid in silver; — opposed to black rent.

RENT Rent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rented; p. pr. & vb. n. Renting.] Etym: [F. renter. See Rent, n.]

1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

2. To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.

RENT
Rent, v. i.

Defn: To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

RENTABLE
Rent"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

RENTAGE
Rent"age (-j), n. Etym: [Cf. OF. rentage.]

Defn: Rent. [Obs.]

RENTAL
Rent"al (-al), n. Etym: [LL. rentale, fr. renta. See Rent income.]

1. A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

2. A sum total of rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year.

RENTE
Rente (rnt), n. Etym: [F. See Rent income.]

Defn: In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc.,, which represent government indebtedness.

RENTER
Rent"er (rnt"r), n.

Defn: One who rents or leases an estate; — usually said of a lessee or tenant.

RENTER
Ren"ter (rn"tr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rentered (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rentering.] Etym: [F. rentraire; L. pref. re- re- + in into, in +
trahere to draw.]

1. To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

2. To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; — said with reference to tapestry.

RENTERER
Ren"ter*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who renters.

RENTIER
Ren`tier" (rn`ty"), n. Etym: [F. See 5th Rent.]

Defn: One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.

RENUMERATE Re*nu"mer*ate (r-n"mr-t), v. t. Etym: [L. renumeratus, p. p. of renumerare to count over, count up; pref. re- re- + numerare to count. See Numerate.]

Defn: To recount.

RENUNCIATION Re*nun`ci*a"tion (r-nn`s-"shn or -sh-"shn; 277), n. Etym: [Cf. F. renonciation, L. renuntiatio ann announcement. See Renounce.]

1. The act of renouncing.

2. (Law)

Defn: Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.

Syn. — Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment; disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment; relinquishment.

RENUNCIATORY
Re*nun"ci*a*to*ry (r-nn"sh—t-r), a. Etym: [Cf. LL. renuntiatorius.]

Defn: Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.

RENVERSE Ren*verse" (rn-vErs"), v. t. Etym: [F. renverser; L. pref. re- re- + in in, into + versare, v. intens. fr. vertere to turn.]

Defn: To reverse. [Obs.]
Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser.

RENVERSE; RENVERSE
Ren*verse", or; Ren`ver`sé", a. Etym: [F. renversé, p. p. ] (Her.)

Defn: Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

RENVERSEMENT
Ren*verse"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A reversing. [Obs.]

RENVOY
Ren*voy" (-voi"), v. t. Etym: [F. renvoyer.]

Defn: To send back. [Obs.] "Not dismissing or renvoying her." Bacon.

RENVOY
Ren*voy", n. Etym: [F. renvoi.]

Defn: A sending back. [Obs.]

REOBTAIN
Re`ob*tain" (r`b-tn"), v. t.

Defn: To obtain again.

REOBTAINABLE
Re`ob*tain"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: That may be reobtained.

REOCCUPY
Re*oc"cu*py (r-k"k-p), v. t.

Defn: To occupy again.

REOMETER
Re*om"e*ter (r-m"-t$r), n.

Defn: Same as Rheometer.

REOPEN
Re*o"pen (r-"p'n), v. t. & i.

Defn: To open again.

REOPPOSE
Re`op*pose" (r`p-pz"), v. t.

Defn: To oppose again.

REORDAIN Re`or*dain" (r`r-dn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- re- + ordain: cf. F. réordonner.]

Defn: To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.

REORDER
Re*or"der (r-r"dr), v. t.

Defn: To order a second time.

REORDINATION
Re*or`di*na"tion, n.

Defn: A second ordination.

REORGANIZATION
Re*or`gan*i*za"tion (-gan—z"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.

REORGANIZE
Re*or"gan*ize (r-r"gan-z), v. t. & i.

Defn: To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.

REORIENT
Re*o"ri*ent (r-"r-ent), a.

Defn: Rising again. [R.]
The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson.

REOSTAT
Re"o*stat (r"-stt), n. (Physics)

Defn: See Rheostat.

REOTROPE
Re"o*trope (-trp), n. (Physics)

Defn: See Rheotrope.

REP
Rep (rp), n. Etym: [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.]

Defn: A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

REP
Rep, a.

Defn: Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; - - applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.

REPACE
Re*pace" (r-ps"), v. t.

Defn: To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.

REPACIFY
Re*pac"i*fy (r-ps"-f), v. t.

Defn: To pacify again.

REPACK
Re*pack" (r-pk"), v. t.

Defn: To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.

REPACKER
Re*pack"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repacks.

REPAGANIZE
Re*pa"gan*ize (r-p"gan-z), v. t.

Defn: To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

REPAID
Re*paid" (r-pd"),

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Repay.

REPAINT
Re*paint" (r-pnt"), v. t.

Defn: To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

REPAIR Re*pair" (r-pr"), v. i. Etym: [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.] I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer.

2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Chaucer. Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope.

REPAIR Re*pair", n. Etym: [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]

1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] Chaucer. The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon.

2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.] There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden.

REPAIR
Re*pair", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-prd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Repairing.] Etym: [F. réparer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to
prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.]

1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. Wordsworth.

2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak.

Syn.
— To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.

REPAIR
Re*pair", n.

1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton.

2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

REPAIRABLE
Re*pair"a*ble (-*b'l), a.

Defn: Reparable. Gauden.

REPAIRER
Re*pair"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

REPAIRMENT
Re*pair"ment, n.

Defn: Act of repairing.

REPAND Re*pand" (r*pnd), a. Etym: [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.)

Defn: Having a slightly undulating margin; — said of leaves.

REPARABILITY
Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty (rp`-r-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being reparable.

REPARABLE
Rep"a*ra*ble (rp"-r-b'l), a Etym: [L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable.]

Defn: Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

REPARABLY
Rep"a*ra*bly, adv.

Defn: In a reparable manner.

REPARATION
Rep`a*ra"tion (-r"shn), n. Etym: [F. réparation, L. reparatio. See
Repair to mend.]

1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; — in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot.

2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity. make reparation or reparations. I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden.

Syn. — Restoration; repair; restitution; compensation; amends; satisfaction.

REPARATIVE
Re*par"a*tive (r-pr"-tv), a.

Defn: Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer. Taylor.

REPARATIVE
Re*par"a*tive, n.

Defn: That which repairs. Sir H. Wotton.

REPAREL
Re*par"el (-l), n. Etym: [Cf. Reapparel.]

Defn: A change of apparel; a second or different suit. [Obs.] Beau &
Fl.

REPARTEE Rep`ar*tee" (rp`3r-t"), n. Etym: [F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply, depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See Part.]

Defn: A smart, ready, and witty reply.
Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.

Syn.
— Retort; reply. See Retort.

REPARTEE
Rep`ar*tee", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reparteed (-td"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reparteeing.]

Defn: To make smart and witty replies. [R.] Prior.

REPARTIMIENTO Re`par*ti`mi*en"to (r`pr-t`m-n"t), n. Etym: [Sp., fr. repartir to divide.]

Defn: A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. W. Irving.

REPARTOTION
Re`par*to"tion (r-pr-tsh"n), n.

Defn: Another, or an additional, separation into parts.

REPASS
Re*pass" (r-ps"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + pass: cf. F. repasser. Cf.
Repace.]

Defn: To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.

REPASS
Re*pass", v. i.

Defn: To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.

REPASSAGE
Re*pas"sage (r-ps"sj;48), n.

Defn: The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt.

REPASSANT
Re*pas"sant (r-ps"sant), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repassant, p. pr.] (Her.)

Defn: Counterpassant.

REPAST
Re*past" (r-pst"), n. Etym: [OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr.
L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to
pasture, feed. See Pasture.]

1. The act of taking food. From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton.

2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. "Sleep . . . thy best repast." Denham. Go and get me some repast. Shak.

REPAST
Re*past", v. t. & i.

Defn: To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] "Repast them
with my blood." Shak.
He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of
our minds. Milton.

REPASTER
Re*past"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who takes a repast. [Obs.]

REPASTURE
Re*pas"ture (-ps"tr;135), n. Etym: [See Repast.]

Defn: Food; entertainment. [Obs.]
Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.

REPATRIATE
Re*pa"tri*ate (r-p"tr-t), v. t. Etym: [L. repatriare. See 1st
Repair.]

Defn: To restore to one's own country.

REPATRIATION Re*pa`tri*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. LL. repatriatio return to one's country.]

Defn: Restoration to one's country.

REPAY
Re*pay" (r-p"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-pd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Repaying.] Etym: [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.]

1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced. If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums. Shak.

2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; — in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury. Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. Rambler.

3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Syn. — To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.

REPAYABLE
Re*pay"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

REPAYMENT
Re*pay"ment (-ment), n.

1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor.

2. The money or other thing repaid.

REPEAL Re*peal" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] Etym: [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See Appeal, and. cf. Repel.]

1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak.

2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

Syn. — To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish.

REPEAL
Re*peal", n.

1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hassty To expel him thence. Shak.

2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

REPEALABILITY
Re*peal`a*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being repealable.

REPEALABLE
Re*peal"a*ble (r-pl"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being repealed.
— Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n.

Syn.
— Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.

REPEALER
Re*peal"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

REPEALMENT
Re*peal"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Recall, as from banishment. [Obs.]

REPEAT
Re*peat" (-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repeating.] Etym: [F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to
fall upon, attack. See Petition.]

1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "I will repeat our former communication." Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. Milton.

2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller.

3. (Scots Law)

Defn: To repay or refund (an excess received). To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. — To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.

Syn. — To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.

REPEAT
Re*peat" (r-pt"), n.

1. The act of repeating; repetition.

2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

3. (Mus.)

Defn: A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

REPEATEDLY
Re*peat"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: More than once; again and again; indefinitely.

REPEATER
Re*peat"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [U.S.] (e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

REPEATING
Re*peat"ing, a.

Defn: Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. — Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. — Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine. — Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. — Repeating watch. See Repeater (a)

REPEDATION Rep"e*da"tion (rp`-da"shn), n. Etym: [L. repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes, pedis, foot.]

Defn: A stepping or going back. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

REPEL Re**pel" (r-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] Etym: [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]

1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay.

2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [He] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne.

Syn.
— Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.

REPEL
Re*pel", v. i.

Defn: To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

REPELLENCE; REPELLENCY
Re*pel"lence, Re*pel"len*cy, n.

Defn: The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

REPELLENT
Re*pel"lent (-lent), a. Etym: [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ]

Defn: Driving back; able or tending to repel.

REPELLENT
Re*pel"lent, n.

1. That which repels.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.

3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.

REPELLER
Re*pel"ler (-lr), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, repels.

REPENT Re"pent (r"pnt), a. Etym: [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Prostrate and rooting; — said of stems. Gray.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Reptant.

REPENT
Re*pent" (r-pnt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repenting.] Etym: [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to
make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent.]

1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.

3. (Theol.)

Defn: To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin. Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3.

REPENT
Re*pent", v. t.

1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. Shak.

2. To feel regret or sorrow; — used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. Dryden.

3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; — used impersonally. [Archaic] "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth." Gen. vi. 6.

REPENTANCE
Re*pent"ance (r-pnt"ans), n. Etym: [F. repentance.]

Defn: The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.

Syn.
— Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See
Contrition.

REPENTANT
Re*pent"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. repentant.]

1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.

REPENTANT
Re*pent"ant, n.

Defn: One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.

REPENTANTLY
Re*pent"ant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a repentant manner.

REPENTER
Re*pent"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repents.

REPENTINGLY
Re*pent"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With repentance; penitently.

REPENTLESS
Re*pent"less, a.

Defn: Unrepentant. [R.]

REPEOPLE Re*peo"ple (r-p"p'l), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + people: cf. F. repeupler.]

Defn: To people anew.

REPERCEPTION
Re`per*cep"tion (r`pr-sp"shn), n.

Defn: The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same
object.
No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary
reperception and ratification of what is fine. Keats.

REPERCUSS Re`per*cuss" (-ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repercussed (-kst");p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing.] Etym: [L. repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere. See Percussion.]

Defn: To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate. Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against. Evelyn.

REPERCUSSION Re`per*cus"sion (-ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.]

1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

3. (Med.)

Defn: The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.

4. (Obstetrics)

Defn: In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

REPERCUSSIVE
Re`per*cuss"ive (-ks"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répercussif.]

1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate. Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. W. Pattison.

2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive medicines." Bacon.

3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." Thomson.

REPERCUSSIVE
Re`per*cuss"ive, n.

Defn: A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.

REPERTITIOUS
Rep`er*ti"tious (rp`r-tsh"s), a. Etym: [L. reperticius. See
Repertory.]

Defn: Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]

REPERTOIRE
Re`per`toire", n. Etym: [F. See Repertory.]

Defn: A list of drams, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.

REPERTORY Rep"er*to*ry (rp"r-t-r), n. Etym: [L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere, to bring forth, procure: cf. F. répertoire. Cf. Parent.]

1. A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.

2. A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

3. Same as Répertoire.

REPERUSAL
Re`pe*rus"al (r`p-rz"al), n.

Defn: A second or repeated perusal.

REPERUSE
Re`pe*ruse" (-rz"), v. t.

Defn: To peruse again. Ld. Lytton.

REPETEND Rep`e*tend (rp`-tnd"), n. Etym: [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.)

Defn: That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: — sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last repetend is 283.

REPETITION
Rep`e*ti"tion (rp`-tsh"n), n. Etym: [L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition.
See Repeat.]

1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. Shak.

2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: The act of repeating, singing,

4. (Rhet.)

Defn: Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5. (Astron. & Surv.)

Defn: The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Syn.
— Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology.

REPETITIONAL; REPETITIONARY
Rep`e*ti"tion*al. Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.]

REPETITIONER
Rep`e*ti"tion*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repeats. [Obs.]

REPETITIOUS
Rep`e*ti"tious (-tsh"s), a.

Defn: Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.] Dr. T. Dwight.

REPETITIVE
Re*pet"i*tive (r-pt"-tv), a.

Defn: Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]

REPETITOR
Rep"e*ti`tor (rp"-t`tr), n. Etym: [Cf. L. repetitor a reclaimer.]
(Ger.Univ.)

Defn: A private instructor.

REPINE
Re*pine" (r-pn"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]

1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.

2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind Pope.

REPINE
Re*pine", n.

Defn: Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.

REPINER
Re*pin"er (r-pn"r), n.

Defn: One who repines.

REPININGLY
Re*pin"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With repening or murmuring.

REPKIE
Rep"kie (rp"k), n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska]

REPLACE
Re*place" (r-pls"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.]

1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.

2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold.

4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of. This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. Whewell.

5. To put in a new or different place.

Note: The propriety of the use of replace instead of displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the practice of careful writers. Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

REPLACEABILITY
Re*place`a*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.

REPLACEABLE
Re*place"a*ble (r-pls"-b'l), a.

1. Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

2. Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.

REPLACEMENT
Re*place"ment (-ment), n.

1. The act of replacing.

2. (Crystallog.)

Defn: The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.

REPLAIT
Re*plait" (r-plt"), v. t.

Defn: To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.

REPLANT
Re*plant" (rE-plnt"), v. t.

Defn: To plant again.

REPLANTABLE
Re*plant"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: That may be planted again.

REPLANTATION
Re`plan*ta"tion (r`pln-t"shn), n.

Defn: The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.] Hallywell.

REPLEAD
Re*plead" (r-pld"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To plead again.

REPLEADER
Re*plead"er (-r), n. (Law)

Defn: A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of
pleading again.
Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo.
Blackstone.

REPLENISH Re*plen"ish (r-pln"sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] Etym: [OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full, -ish, and cf. Replete.]

1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound. Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28. The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. Milton.

2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.] We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. Shak.

REPLENISH
Re*plen"ish, v. i.

Defn: To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon.

REPLENISHER
Re*plen"ish*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who replenishes.

REPLENISHMENT
Re*plen"ish*ment (-ment), n.

1. The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

2. That which replenishes; supply. Cowper.

REPLETE Re*plete" (r-plt"), a. Etym: [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish.]

Defn: Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. "His
words replete with guile." Milton.
When he of wine was replet at his feast. Chaucer.
In heads repiete with thoughts of other men. Cowper.

REPLETE
Re*plete", v. t.

Defn: To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]

REPLETENESS
Re*plete"ness, n.

Defn: The state of being replete.

REPLETION Re*ple"tion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. réplétion. See Replete.]

1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.
The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap.
Bacon.
Replecioun [overeating] ne made her never sick. Chaucer.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Fullness of blood; plethora.

REPLETIVE
Re*ple"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réplétif.]

Defn: Tending to make replete; filling.
— Re*ple"tive*ly, adv.

REPLETORY
Re*ple"to*ry (-t-r), a.

Defn: Repletive. [R.]

REPLEVIABLE
Re*plev"i*a*ble (r-plv"—b'l), a. Etym: [See Replevy.] (Law)

Defn: Capable of being replevied.

REPLEVIN
Re*plev"in (-n), n. Etym: [LL. replevina. See Replevy, and cf.
Plevin.]

1. (Law)

Defn: A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier.

2. The writ by which goods and chattles are replevied.

REPLEVIN
Re*plev"in, v. t. (Law)

Defn: To replevy.

REPLEVISABLE
Re*plev"i*sa*ble (—s-b'l), a. Etym: [OF. replevisable.]

Defn: Repleviable. Sir M. Hale.

REPLEVY
Re*plev"y (-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Replevying.] Etym: [OF. replevir, LL. replevire. See Pledge,
Replevin.]

1. (Law)

Defn: To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfuly taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.

2. (Old Eng.LAw)

Defn: To bail. Spenser.

REPLEVY
Re*plev"y (r-plv"), n.

Defn: Replevin. Mozley & W.

REPLICA
Rep"li*ca (rp"l-k), n. Etym: [It. See Reply, v. & n.]

1. (Fine Arts)

Defn: A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or satue, made by the maker of the original.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Repetition.

REPLICANT
Rep"li*cant (rp"l-kant), n.

Defn: One who replies.

REPLICATE
Rep"li*cate (—kt), v. t.

Defn: To reply. [Obs.]

REPLICATE; REPLICATED Rep"li*cate (l-kt), Rep"li*ca`ted (-k`td), a. Etym: [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply.]

Defn: Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

REPLICATION
Rep`li*ca"tion (-k"shn), n. Etym: [L. replicatio. See Reply.]

1. An answer; a reply. Shak. Withouten any repplicacioun. Chaucer.

2. (Law Pleadings)

Defn: The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.

3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo. To hear the replication of your sounds. Shak.

4. A repetition; a copy. Farrar.

Syn.
— Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.

REPLIER
Re*pli"er (r-pl"r), n.

Defn: One who replies. Bacon.

REPLUM
Re"plum (r"plm), n. Etym: [L., doorcase.] (Bot.)

Defn: The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.

REPLY Re*ply" (r-pl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] Etym: [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. répliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Replica.]

1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. O man, who art thou that repliest against God Rom. ix. 20.

2. (Law)

Defn: To answer a defendant's plea.

3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.

Syn.
— To answer; respond; rejoin.

REPLY
Re*ply", v. t.

Defn: To return for an answer. Milton.
Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. Shak.

REPLY
Re*ply", n.; pl. Replies (-pl. Etym: [See Reply, v. i., and cf.
Replica.]

Defn: That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

Syn. — Answer; rejoinder; response. — Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose."

REPLYER
Re*ply"er (-r), n.

Defn: See Replier. Bacon.

REPOLISH
Re*pol"ish (r-pl"sh), v. t.

Defn: To polish again.

REPONE Re*pone" (r-pn"), v. t. Etym: [L. reponere; pref. re- re- + ponere to place.]

Defn: To replace. R. Baillie.

REPOPULATION
Re*pop`u*la"tion (r*pp`*l"shn), n.

Defn: The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.

REPORT Re*port" (r-prt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] Etym: [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.]

1. To refer. [Obs.] Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description. Fuller.

2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress. There is no man that may reporten all. Chaucer.

3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. Shak. It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. Neh. vi. 6.

4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reperts the recepts and expenditures.

5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] "A church with windowss only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times." Bacon.

6. (Parliamentary Practice)

Defn: To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer. To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. — To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Syn.
— To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

REPORT
Re*port" (r-prt"), v. i.

1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

REPORT
Re*port" (r-prt"), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]

1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller. (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation. It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 1 Kings x. 6. Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews. Acts x. 22.

(c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like. (e) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports. (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.

2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.] The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to. Evelyn.

Syn. — Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.

REPORTABLE
Re*port"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable or admitting of being reported.

REPORTAGE
Re*port"age (-j), n.

Defn: SAme as Report. [Obs.]

REPORTER
Re*port"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reports. Specifically: (a) An officer or person who makees authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. (b) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers. Of our tales judge and reportour. Chaucer.

REPORTINGLY
Re*port"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: By report or common fame.

REPORTORIAL
Re`por*to"ri*al (r`pr-t"r-al), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

REPOSAL
Re*pos"al (r-pz"al), n. Etym: [From Repose.]

1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak.

2. That on which one reposes. [Obs.] Burton.

REPOSANCE
Re*pos"ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Reliance. [Obs.] John Hall.

REPOSE
Re*pose" (r-pz") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reposing.] Etym: [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause.
See Pause, Pose, v.]

1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, — often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. All being settled and reposed, the lord archibishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons. Fuller. After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue. Milton.

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. Shak.

REPOSE
Re*pose", v. i.

1. To lie at rest; to rest. Within a thicket I reposed. Chapman.

2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. It is upon these that the soul may repose. I. Taylor.

3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Syn.
— To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

REPOSE
Re*pose", n. Etym: [F. repos. See Repose, v.]

1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.

2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

3. (Poetic)

Defn: A rest; a pause.

4. (Fine Arts)

Defn: That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eue; — opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.

Syn. — Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

REPOSED
Re*posed" (r-pzd"), a.

Defn: Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon.
— Re*pos"ed*ly (r, adv.
— Re*pos"ed*ness, n.

REPOSEFUL
Re*pose"ful (r-pz"fl), a.

Defn: Full of repose; quiet.

REPOSER
Re*pos"er (r-pz"r), n.

Defn: One who reposes.

REPOSIT
Re*pos"it (r-pz"t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Repositing.] Etym: [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back;
pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See Position.]

Defn: To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.

REPOSITION
Re`po*si"tion (r`p*zsh"n), n. Etym: [L. repositio.]

Defn: The act of repositing; a laying up.

REPOSITOR
Re*pos"i*tor (r*pz"*tr), n. (Surg.)

Defn: An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

REPOSITORY Re*pos"i*to*ry (r*pz"*t$*r), n. Etym: [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]

Defn: A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

REPOSSESS
Re`pos*sess" (r"pz*zs" or -ps*ss"), v. t.

Defn: To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).

REPOSSESSION
Re`pos*ses"sion (r`pz-zsh"n or -ps ssh"n), n.

Defn: The act or the state of possessing again.

REPOSURE
Re*po"sure (r-p"shr; 135), n.

Defn: Rest; quiet.
In the reposure of most soft content. Marston.

REPOUR
Re*pour" (r-pr"), v. t.

Defn: To pour again.

REPOUSSAGE
Re*pous`sage", n. [F. See Repoussé.] (Art)

Defn: Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

REPOUSSE Re*pous`sé" (re -p`s"), a. Etym: [F., p. p. of repousser to thrust back; pref re- + pousser to push. See Push.] (a) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. (b) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; — said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. — n.

Defn: Repoussé work. Repoussé work, ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side.

REPREFE
Re*prefe" (r-prf"), n.

Defn: Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPREHEND Rep`re*hend" (rp`r-hnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprehending.] Etym: [L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ]

Defn: To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer. Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon. Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak. In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips.

REPREHENDER
Rep`re*hend"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reprehends.

REPREHENSIBLE Rep`re*hen"si*ble (-hn"s-b'l), a. Etym: [L. reprehensibilis: cf. F. répréhensible.]

Defn: Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
— Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n.
— Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.

REPREHENSION Rep`re*hen"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]

Defn: Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret
reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir
P. Sidney.

Syn.
— Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.

REPREHENSIVE
Rep`re*hen"sive (-hn"sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répréhensif.]

Defn: Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South.
— Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.

REPREHENSORY
Rep`re*hen"so*ry (-s-r), a.

Defn: Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.
Johnson.

RE-PRESENT
Re`-pre*sent" (r`pr-znt"), v. t.

Defn: To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

REPRESENT
Rep`re*sent" (rp`r-znt"), v. t. Etym: [F. repr, L. repraesentare,
repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present.
See Present, v. t.]

1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. Milton.

2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe. He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand. Robertson. This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate. Addison.

6. To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present. Among these. Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things Which he five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton.

8. (Metaph.)

Defn: To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative,3. The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy. Sir. W. Hamilton.

REPRESENTABLE
Rep`re*sent"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being represented.

REPRESENTANCE
Rep`re*sent"ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.

REPRESENTANT
Rep`re*sent"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repr.]

Defn: Appearing or acting for another; representing.

REPRESENTANT
Rep`re*sent"ant, n. Etym: [F. representant.]

Defn: A representative. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

REPRESENTATION
Rep`re*sen*ta"tion (-zn-t"shn), n. Etym: [F. repr, L. representatio.]

1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. (b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet. (c) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress. (e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

3. The state of being represented.

Syn. — Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.

RE-PRESENTATION
Re-pres`en*ta"tion (r-prez`n-t"shn), n. Etym: [See Re-present.]

Defn: The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

REPRESENTATIONARY
Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry (rp`r—zn-t"shn—r), a.

Defn: Implying representation; representative. [R.]

REPRESENTATIVE
Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-znt`-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repr.]

1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.

3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; — said of certain species and varieties.

5. (Metaph.)

Defn: Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

REPRESENTATIVE
Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity. Addison. Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. Locke.

2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

3. (Law)

Defn: One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives. Wharton. Burrill.

4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]

5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.

REPRESENTATIVELY
Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a representative manner; vicariously.

REPRESENTATIVENESS
Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.

REPRESENTER
Rep`re*sent"er (-r), n.

1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne.

2. A representative. [Obs.] Swift.

REPRESENTMENT
Rep`re*sent"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Representation. [Obs.]

REPRESS
Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press.]

Defn: To press again.

REPRESS Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.]

1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. Milton.

Syn. — To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.

REPRESS
Re*press", n.

Defn: The act of repressing. [Obs.]

REPRESSER
Re*press"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, represses.

REPRESSIBLE
Re*press"i*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being repressed.

REPRESSION
Re*pres"sion (r-prsh"n), n. Etym: [Cf. F. répression.]

1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

2. That which represses; check; restraint.

REPRESSIVE
Re*press"ive (r-prs"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.]

Defn: Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or
measures.
— Re*press"ive*ly, adv.

REPREVABLE
Re*prev"a*ble (r-prv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Reprovable. [Obs.]

REPREVE
Re*preve" (r-prv"), v. t. Etym: [See Reprieve, v. t.]

Defn: To reprove. [Obs.] "Repreve him of his vice." Chaucer.

REPREVE
Re*preve", n.

Defn: Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPRIEFE
Re*priefe" (r-prf"), n.

Defn: Repreve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPRIEVAL
Re*priev"al (r-prv"al), n.

Defn: Reprieve. Overbury.

REPRIEVE Re*prieve (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] Etym: [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]

1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. South.

REPRIEVE
Re*prieve" (r-prv"), n.

1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham.

REPRIMAND Rep"ri*mand (rp"r-mnd), n. Etym: [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.]

Defn: Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.

REPRIMAND
Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reprimanding.] Etym: [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.]

1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to
consure formally.
Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into
Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Syn.
— To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See
Reprove.

REPRIMANDER
Rep"ri*mand`er (-mnd`r), n.

Defn: One who reprimands.

REPRIMER
Re*prim"er (r-prm"r), n. (Firearms)

Defn: A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

REPRINT
Re*print" (r-prnt"), v. t.

1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.

REPRINT
Re"print` (r"prnt`), n.

Defn: A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

REPRINTER
Re*print"er (r-prnt"r), n.

Defn: One who reprints.

REPRISAL
Re*pris"al (r-priz"al), n. Etym: [F. repr, It. ripresaglia,
rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See
Reprehend, Reprise.]

1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. Macaulay.

2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans. )

4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.

REPRISE Re*prise" (r-prz"), n. Etym: [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. pl. (Law)

Defn: Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

REPRISE
Re*prise", v. t. Etym: [Written also reprize.]

1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]

REPRISTINATE
Re*pris"tin*ate (r-prs"tn-t), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + pristine.]

Defn: To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

REPRISTINATION
Re*pris`ti*na"tion (-t-n"shn), n.

Defn: Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R.
Browning.

REPRIVE
Re*prive" (r-prv"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. privare to deprive.]

Defn: To take back or away. [Obs.] Spenser.

REPRIVE
Re*prive", v. t.

Defn: To reprieve. [Obs.] Howell.

REPRIZE
Re*prize" (-prz"), v. t.

Defn: See Reprise. [Obs.] Spenser.

REPRIZES
Re*priz"es (-prz"z), n.pl. (Law)

Defn: See Repise, n., 2.

REPROACH Re*proach" (r-prch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-prcht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.] Etym: [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. Approach.]

1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.] I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak.

2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgracefull against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. 1 Peter iv. 14. That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. Milton. Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors. Dryden.

Syn. — To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.

REPROACH
Re*proach", n. Etym: [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]

1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach. No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain. Macaulay. Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel ii. 17.

2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.

3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. ii. 17.

Syn. — Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.

REPROACHABLR
Re*proach"a*blr (—b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. reprochable.]

1. Deserving reproach; censurable.

2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
— Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n.
— Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

REPROACHER
Re*proach"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reproaches.

REPROACHFUL
Re*proach"ful (-fl), a.

1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn. — Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous. — Re*proach"ful*ly (r, adv. — Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

REPROACHLESS
Re*proach"less, a.

Defn: Being without reproach.

REPROBACY
Rep"ro*ba*cy (rp"r-b-c), n.

Defn: Reprobation. [R.]

REPROBANCE
Rep"ro*bance (-bans), n.

Defn: Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.

REPROBATE Rep"ro*bate (-bt), a. Etym: [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.] Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30.

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given
up to vice; depraved.
And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate.
Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." Shak.

Syn. — Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.

REPROBATE
Rep"ro*bate, n.

Defn: One morally abandoned and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh.

REPROBATE Rep"ro*bate (-bt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]

1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. Macaulay.

2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Syn.
— To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

REPROBATENESS
Rep"ro*bate*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being reprobate.

REPROBATER
Rep"ro*ba`ter (-b`tr), n.

Defn: One who reprobates.

REPROBATION
Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b`shn), n. Etym: [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]

1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. Jeffrey. Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.

REPROBATIONER
Rep`ro*ba"tion*er (-r), n. (Theol.)

Defn: One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation,2. South.

REPROBATIVE
Rep"ro*ba*tive (-b-tv), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

REPROBATORY
Rep"ro*ba`to*ry (-b`t-r), a.

Defn: Reprobative.

REPRODUCE
Re`pro*duce" (r`pr-ds"), v. t.

Defn: To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again. Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before. Sir I. Newton.

(c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

REPRODUCER
Re`pro*du"cer (-d"sr), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.

REPRODUCTION
Re`pro*duc"tion (-dk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. reproduction.]

1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.),

Defn: the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.

2. That which is reproduced.

REPRODUCTIVE
Re`pro*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. reproductif.]

Defn: Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.

REPRODUCTORY
Re`pro*duc"to*ry (-t-r), a.

Defn: Reproductive.

REPROOF
Re*proof" (r-prf"), n. Etym: [OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.]

1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]

2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.

Syn. — Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See Admonition.

REPROVABLE
Re*prov"a*ble (r-prv"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. r.]

Defn: Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.

Syn.
— Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable;
rebukable. —Re*prov"a*ble*ness, n.
— Re*prov"a*bly, adv.

REPROVAL
Re*prov"al (-al), n.

Defn: Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.

REPROVE Re*prove" (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] Etym: [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof.]

1. To convince. [Obs.] When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9.

2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.] Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak.

3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure. What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me" Milton.

4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall.

Syn. — To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure. — Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

REPROVER
Re*prov"er (r-prv"r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reproves.

REPROVINGLY
Re*prov"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a reproving manner.

REPRUNE
Re*prune" (r-prn"), v. t.

Defn: To prune again or anew.
Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.

REP-SILVER
Rep"-sil`ver (rp"sl`vr), n. Etym: [See Reap.]

Defn: Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

REPTANT Rep"tant (rp"tant), a. Etym: [L. reptans, -antis, p. pr. of reptare, v. intens. from repere to creep. See Reptile.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Repent.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Creeping; crawling; — said of reptiles, worms, etc.

REPTANTIA
Rep*tan"ti*a (rp-tn"sh-), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A divisiom of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

REPTATION Rep*ta"tion (rp-t"shn), n. Etym: [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The act of creeping.

REPTATORY
Rep"ta*to*ry (rp"t-t-r), a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Creeping.

REPTILE
Rep"tile (rp"tl;277), a. Etym: [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere,
reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf.
Serpent.]

1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile
vices.
There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution,
but of fear. Burke.
And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men.
Coleridge.

REPTILE
Rep"tile, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.

3. A groveling or very mean person.

REPTILIA
Rep*til"i*a (rp-tl"-), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The
principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles),
Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and
Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha,
Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.

REPTILIAN
Rep*til"i*an (-an), a.

Defn: Belonging to the reptiles. Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; — called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.

REPTILIAN
Rep*til"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Reptilia; a reptile.

REPUBLIC
Re*pub"lic (r-pb"lk), n. Etym: [F. république, L. respublica
commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See
Real, a., and Public.]

1. Common weal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.

Note: In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery. Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men.

REPUBLICAN
Re*pub"lic*an (-l-kan), a. Etym: [F. républicain.]

1. Of or pertaining to a republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay.

2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

REPUBLICAN
Re*pub"lic*an (r-pb"l-kan), n.

1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2. (U.S.Politics)

Defn: A member of the Republican party.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. Red republican. See under Red.

REPUBLICANISM
Re*pub"lic*an*ism (-z'm), n. Etym: [Cf. F. républicanisme.]

1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke.

3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [U.S.]

REPUBLICANIZE Re*pub"lic*an*ize (-z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republicanized (-zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing (-`zng).] Etym: [Cf. F. républicaniser.]

Defn: To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. D. Ramsay.

REPUBLICATE
Re*pub"li*cate (r*pb"l*kt), v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. republicare.]

Defn: To make public again; to republish. [Obs.]

REPUBLICATION
Re*pub`li*ca"tion (r-pb`l-k"shn), n.

Defn: A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint. If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first. Blackstone.

REPUBLISH Re*pub"lish (r-pb"lsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republished (-lsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Republishing.]

Defn: To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will. Blackstone.

REPUBLISHER
Re*pub"lish*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who republishes.

REPUDIABLE
Re*pu"di*a*ble (r-p"d—b'l), a. Etym: [See Repudilate.]

Defn: Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

REPUDIATE Re*pu"di*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.] Etym: [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]

1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne.

2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has
promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward.
Bolingbroke.

3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

REPUDIATION Re*pu`di*a"tion (-*"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.]

Defn: The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

REPUDIATION
Re*pu`di*a"tion, n.

Defn: One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

REPUDIATOR
Re*pu"di*a`tor (r-p"d-`tr), n. Etym: [L., a rejecter, contemner.]

Defn: One who repudiates.

REPUGN Re*pugn" (r-pn"), v. t. Etym: [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.]

Defn: To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.

REPUGNABLE
Re*pug"na*ble (r-pg"n-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.

REPUGNANCE; REPUGNANCY Re*pug"nance, Re*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]

Defn: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.

Syn.
— Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred;
hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See
Dislike.

REPUGNANT Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]

Defn: Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; — usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [His sword] repugnant to command. Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins.

Syn. — Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.

REPUGNANTLY
Re*pug"nant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a repugnant manner.

REPUGNATE
Re*pug"nate (-nt), v. t. Etym: [From L. repugnare. See Repugn.]

Defn: To oppose; to fight against. [Obs.]

REPUGNER
Re*pugn"er (r-pn"r), n.

Defn: One who repugns.

REPULLULATE Re*pul"lu*late (r-pl"l-lt), v. i. Etym: [L. repullulare, repullulatum. See Pullulate.]

Defn: To bud again.
Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.
Howell.

REPULLULATION
Re*pul`lu*la"tion (r-pl`l-l"shn), n.

Defn: The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

REPULSE
Re*pulse" (r-pls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-plst"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Repulsing.] Etym: [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See
Repel.]

1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy. Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend. Milton.

2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.

REPULSE
Re*pulse", n. Etym: [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]

1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham. He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. Shak.

2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.

REPULSELESS
Re*pulse"less, a.

Defn: Not capable of being repulsed.

REPULSER
Re*puls"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repulses, or drives back.

REPULSION
Re*pul"sion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.]

1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

3. (Physics)

Defn: The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.

REPULSIVE
Re*pul"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répulsif.]

1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope.

2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
— Re*pul"sive*ly, adv.
— Re*pul"sive*ness, n.

REPULSORY
Re*pul"so*ry (-s-r), a. Etym: [L. repulsorius.]

Defn: Repulsive; driving back.

REPURCHASE
Re*pur"chase (r*pr"chs; 48), v. t.

Defn: To buy back or again; to regain by purchase. Sir M. Hale.

REPURCHASE
Re*pur"chase, n.

Defn: The act of repurchasing.

REPURIFY
Re*pu"ri*fy (r-p"r-f), v. t.

Defn: To purify again.

REPUTABLE
Rep"u*ta*ble (rp"-t-b'l), a. Etym: [From Repute.]

Defn: Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. Broome.

Syn.
— Respectable; creditable; estimable.
— Rep"u ta*ble*ness, n.
— Rep"u*ta*bly, adv.

REPUTATION Rep`u*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [F. réputation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See Repute, v. t.]

1. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. Ames.

2. (Law)

Defn: The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. I see my reputation is at stake. Shak. The security of his reputation or good name. Blackstone.

4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. Phil. ii. 7.

Syn.
— Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the
Note under Character.

REPUTATIVELY
Re*put"a*tive*ly (r-pt"-tv-l), adv.

Defn: By repute.

REPUTE
Re*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reputing.] Etym: [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over;
pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]

Defn: To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think;
to reckon.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight
Job xviii. 3.
The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. Shak.

REPUTE
Re*pute", n.

1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; — opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.

REPUTEDLY
Re*put"ed*ly (r-pt"d-l), adv.

Defn: In common opinion or estimation; by repute.

REPUTELESS
Re*pute"less, a.

Defn: Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.
[R.] Shak.

REQUERE
Re*quere" (r—kwr"), v. t.

Defn: To require. [Obs.]

REQUEST
Re*quest" (r-kw*st"), n. Etym: [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ,
LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek
again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.]

1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak.

2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.

3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; — now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; — now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Syn. — Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.

REQUEST
Re*quest" (r-kwst"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Requesting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.]

1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. Shak.

Syn.
— To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.

REQUESTER
Re*quest"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who requests; a petitioner.

REQUICKEN
Re*quick"en (r-kwk"'n), v. t.

Defn: To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

REQUIEM Re"qui*em (r"kw-m;277), n. Etym: [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]

1. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Shak.

2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.] Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever slept. Sandys.

REQUIETORY Re*qui"e*to*ry (r-kw"-t-r), n. Etym: [L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.]

Defn: A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever.

REQUIN
Re"quin (r"kwn), n. Etym: [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead.
See Requiem.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

REQUIRABLE
Re*quir"a*ble (r-kwr"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale.

REQUIRE Re*quire" (r-kwr"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kwrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] Etym: [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]

1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him Shak. By nature did what was by law required. Dryden.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.

3. To ask as a favor; to request. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra viii. 22.

Syn.
— To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

REQUIREMENT
Re*quire"ment (-ment), n.

1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.

REQUIRER
Re*quir"er (-kwr"r), n.

Defn: One who requires.

REQUISITE
Req"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.

Defn: That which is required, or is necessary; something
indispensable.
God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must
do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.
Wake.

REQUISITE Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]

Defn: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances;
All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.

Syn.
— Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.
— Req"ui*site*ly, adv.
— Req"ui*site*ness, n.

REQUISITION Req`ui*si"tion (rk`w-zsh"n), n.Etym: [Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.]

1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)

Defn: A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]

REQUISITION
Req`ui*si"tion, v. t.

1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

REQUISITIONIST
Req`ui*si"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who makes or signs a requisition.

REQUISITIVE
Re*quis"i*tive (r-kwz"-tv), a.

Defn: Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris.

REQUISITIVE
Re*quis"i*tive, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist.
[R.]

REQUISITOR
Re*quis"i*tor (-tr), n.

Defn: One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.

REQUISITORY
Re*quis"i*to*ry (-t-r), a.

Defn: Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621).

REQUITABLE
Re*quit"a*ble (-kwt"-b'l), a.

Defn: That may be requited.

REQUITAL
Re*quit"al (-al), n. Etym: [From Requite.]

Defn: The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller.

Syn. — Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.

REQUITE
Re"quite" (r-kwt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Requiting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + quit.]

Defn: To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. Ps. x. 14.

Syn. — To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.

REQUITEMENT
Re*quite"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.

REQUITER
Re*quit"er (-kwt"r), n.

Defn: One who requites.

REREBRACE
Rere"brace` (rr"brs"), n. Etym: [F. arri.] (Anc. Armor)

Defn: Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.

REREDEMAIN
Rere`de*main" (-d-mn"), n. Etym: [F. arri back + de of + main hand.]

Defn: A backward stroke. [Obs.]

REREDOS Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.

REREFIEF
Rere"fief` (rr"ff`), n. Etym: [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and
Fief.] (Scots Law)

Defn: A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant. Blackstone.

REREIGN
Re*reign" (r-rn"), v. i.

Defn: To reign again.

RE-REITERATE
Re`-re*it"er*ate (r`r-t"r-t), v. t.

Defn: To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish."
Tennyson.

REREMOUSE
Rere"mouse` (rr"mous`), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A rearmouse.

RE-RESOLVE
Re`-re*solve" (r`r-zlv"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To resolve again.
Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.

REREWARD
Rere"ward` (rr"wrd`), n. Etym: [See Rearward.]

Defn: The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]

RES
Res (rz), n.; pl. Res. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestæ Etym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. — Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

RESAIL
Re*sail" (r-sl"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

RESALE
Re*sale" (r-sl" or r"sl), n.

Defn: A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.
Bacon.

RESALGAR
Re*sal"gar (r-sl"gr), n.

Defn: Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESALUTE
Re`sa*lute" (r`s-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To salute again.

RESAW
Re*saw" (r, v. t.

Defn: To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

RESCAT
Res"cat (rs"kt), v. t. Etym: [Sp. rescattar.]

Defn: To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

RESCAT
Res"cat, n. Etym: [Sp. rescate.]

Defn: Ransom; release. [Obs.]

RESCIND
Re*scind" (r-snd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rescinding.] Etym: [L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere
to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.]

1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.

2. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.

Syn. — To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse; vacate; void.

RESCINDABLE
Re*scind"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being rescinded.

RESCINDMENT
Re*scind"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of rescinding; rescission.

RESCISSION
Re*scis"sion (r-szh"n), n. Etym: [L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission.
See Rescind.]

Defn: The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

RESCISSORY Re*scis"so*ry (r-sz"-r or r-ss"-), a. Etym: [L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]

Defn: Tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.

RESCOUS Res"cous (rs"ks), n. Etym: [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue.]

1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Law)

Defn: See Rescue,2. [Obs.]

RESCOWE
Res"cowe (rs"kou), v. t.

Defn: To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESCRIBE Re*scribe" (r-skrb"), v. t. Etym: [L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]

1. To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

2. To write over again. Howell.

RESCRIPT Re"script (r"skrpt), n. Etym: [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]

1. (Rom.Antiq.)

Defn: The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. Hare.

2. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.

3. A counterpart. Bouvier.

RESCRIPTION Re*scrip"tion (r-skrp"shn), n. Etym: [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.]

Defn: A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.

RESCRIPTIVE
Re*scrip"tive (-tv), a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

RESCRIPTIVELY
Re*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By rescript. Burke.

RESCUABLE
Res"cu*a*ble (rs"k—b'l), a.

Defn: That may be rescued.

RESCUE
Res"cue (rs"k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-kd);p. pr. & vb. n.
Rescuing.] Etym: [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre;
L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere
to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.]

Defn: To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. Shak.

Syn.
— To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.

RESCUE
Res"cue (rs"k), n. Etym: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]

1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak.

2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Blackstone. Rescue grass. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

RESCUELESS
Res"cue*less, a.

Defn: Without rescue or release.

RESCUER
Res"cu*er (-k-r), n.

Defn: One who rescues.

RESCUSSEE
Res`cus*see" (rs`ks-s"), n. (O.Eng. Law)

Defn: The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.

RESCUSSOR
Res*cus"sor (rs-ks"sr), n. Etym: [LL.] (O.Eng.Law)

Defn: One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.

RESE
Rese (rz), v. i.

Defn: To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to rese." Chaucer.

RE-SEARCH
Re-search" (r-srch"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search.]

Defn: To search again; to examine anew.

RESEARCH
Re*search" (r-srch"), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche,
F. recherche.]

Defn: Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. Macaulay.

Syn.
— Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.

RESEARCH Re*search", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.]

Defn: To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

RESEARCHER
Re*search"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who researches.

RESEARCHFUL
Re*search"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.

RESEAT
Re*seat" (r-st"), v. t.

1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.

2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

RESEAU Ré`seau", n. [F.] A network; specif.: (a) (Astron.)

Defn: A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc. (b) In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network.

RESECT
Re*sect" (r-skt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n.
Resecting.] Etym: [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref.
re- re- + secare to cut.]

Defn: To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

RESECTION
Re*sec"tion (r-sk"shn), n. Etym: [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]

1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.

2. (Surg.)

Defn: The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

RESEDA
Re*se"da (r-s"d), n. Etym: [L. , a kind of plant.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

RESEEK
Re*seek" (r-sk"), v. t.

Defn: To seek again. J. Barlow.

RESEIZE
Re*seize" (r-sz"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]

1. To seize again, or a second time.

2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again. Spenser.

3. (Law)

Defn: To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

RESEIZER
Re*seiz"er (-sz"r), n.

1. One who seizes again.

2. (Eng. Law)

Defn: The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.

RESEIZURE
Re*sei"zure (r, n.

Defn: A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.

RESELL
Re*sell" (r-sl"), v. t.

Defn: To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.

RESEMBLABLE
Re*sem"bla*ble (r-zm"bl-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resemble.]

Defn: Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.

RESEMBLANCE
Re*sem"blance (-blans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]

1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker.

3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.

RESEMBLANT Re*sem"blant (-blant), a. Etym: [F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.]

Defn: Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower.

RESEMBLE Re*sem"ble (r-zm"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-blng).] Etym: [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]

1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.

2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.

3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.

4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.

RESEMBLER
Re*sem"bler (r-zm"blr), n.

Defn: One who resembles.

RESEMBLINGLY
Re*sem"bling*ly (-blng-l), adv.

Defn: So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.

RESEMINATE Re*sem"i*nate (-sm"-nt), v. t. Etym: [L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow.]

Defn: To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

RESEND
Re*send" (r-snd"), v. t.

1. To send again; as, to resend a message.

2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.

3. (Telegraphy)

Defn: To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.

RESENT
Re*sent" (r-znt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Resenting.] Etym: [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel.
See Sense.]

1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. [Obs.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. Sir T. Browne.

(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. Bolingbroke.

3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.

RESENT
Re*sent", v. i.

1. To feel resentment. Swift.

2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention. Fuller.

RESENTER
Re*sent"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.

RESENTFUL
Re*sent"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
— Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.

RESENTIMENT
Re*sent"i*ment (—ment), n.

Defn: Resentment. [Obs.]

RESENTINGLY
Re*sent"ing*ly, adv.

1. With deep sense or strong perception. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

2. With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.

RESENTIVE
Re*sent"ive (-v), a.

Defn: Resentful. [R.] Thomson.

RESENTMENT
Re*sent"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. ressentiment.]

1. The act of resenting.

2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. [Obs.] He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality. Dr. H. More. It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger. Jer. Taylor.

3. In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. [Obs.] The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same. The Council Book (1651).

4. In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender. Cogan.

Syn. — Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. — Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for watever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Reseniment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger. Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak. Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe Dryden.

RESERATE Res"er*ate (rs"r-t), v. t. Etym: [L. reseratus, p. p. of reserare to unlock.]

Defn: To unlock; to open. [Obs.] Boyle.

RESERVANCE
Re*serv"ance (r-zrv"ans), n.

Defn: Reservation. [R.]

RESERVATION Res`er*va"tion (rz`r-v"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réservation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]

1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. A. Smith. With reservation of an hundred knights. Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. Shak.

2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. Dryden.

3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]

4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.

5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A proviso. Kent.

Note: This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.

6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

RESERVATIVE
Re*serv"a*tive (r-zrv"-tv), a.

Defn: Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.

RESERVATORY Re*serv"a*to*ry (-t-r), n. Etym: [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See Reserve, v. t., and cf. Reservior.]

Defn: A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward.

RESERVE
Re*serve" (r-zrv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved. (zp. pr. & vb. n.
Reserving.] Etym: [F. réserver, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re-
re- + servare to keep. See Serve.]

1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak.

2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.

3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]

RESERVE
Re*serve", n. Etym: [F. réserve.]

1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison.

2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use. The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. Tillotson.

3. That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. Rogers.

4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. Prior. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. Hawthorne.

5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

6. (Mil.)

Defn: A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

7. (Banking)

Defn: Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. 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.

RESERVE CITY
Reserve city. (Banking)

Defn: In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks in certain of the reserve cities (specifically called central reserve cities) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks in other reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits in these banks (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195).

RESERVED
Re*served" (-zrvd"), 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, adv. — Re*serv"ed*ness, n.

RESERVEE
Res`er*vee" (rz`r-v"), n.

Defn: One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; — contrasted with reservor.

RESERVER
Re*serv"er (r-zrv"r), n.

Defn: One who reserves.

RESERVIST
Re*serv"ist, n.

Defn: A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia. [Eng.]

RESERVOIR Res"er*voir` (rz"r-vwr`;277), n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A small intercellular space, often containing 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.

RESERVOR
Re*serv"or (r-zrv"r or rz`r-vr), n.

Defn: One who reserves; a reserver.

RESET
Re*set" (r-st"), v. t.

Defn: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

RESET
Re"set (r"st), n.

1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.)

Defn: That which is reset; matter set up again.

RESET
Re*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf.
Receipt.] (Scots Law)

Defn: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
Jamieson.

RESET
Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law)

Defn: To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.

RESETTER
Re*set"ter (-tr), n. (Scots Law)

Defn: One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.

RESETTER
Re*set"ter (r-St"tr), n.

Defn: One who resets, or sets again.

RESETTLE
Re*set"tle (r-st"t'l), v. t.

Defn: To settle again. Swift.

RESETTLE
Re*set"tle, v. i.

Defn: To settle again, or a second time.

RESETTLEMENT
Re*set"tle*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the
resettlement of lees.
The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.

RESHAPE
Re*shape" (r-shp"), v. t.

Defn: To shape again.

RESHIP
Re*ship" (r-shp"), v. t.

Defn: To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

RESHIP
Re*ship", v. i.

Defn: To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

RESHIPMENT
Re*ship"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.

RESHIPPER
Re*ship"per (-pr), n.

Defn: One who reships.

RESIANCE
Res`i*ance (rz"-ans), n. Etym: [LL. reseantia, reseance.]

Defn: Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon.

RESIANT
Res"i*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See
Resident.]

Defn: Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]
In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser.

RESIANT
Res"i*ant, n.

Defn: A resident. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

RESIDE
Re*side" (r-zd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Residing.] Etym: [F. résider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to
sit. See Sit. ]

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden.

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.

Syn. — To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile.

RESIDENCE
Res"i*dence (rz"-dens), n. Etym: [F. résidence. See Resident.]

1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.

2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus." Shak. Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay.

3. (Eng.Eccl.Law)

Defn: The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; — opposed to nonresidence.

4. The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.

5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.

6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Syn. — Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.

RESIDENCIA
Re`si*den"cia, n. [Sp.]

Defn: In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

RESIDENCY
Res"i*den*cy (-den-s), n.

1. Residence. [Obsoles.]

2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.

RESIDENT Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; — opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

RESIDENT
Res"i*dent, n.

1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; — a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister,4.

RESIDENTER
Res"i*dent*er (-$r), n.

Defn: A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]

RESIDENTIAL
Res`i*den""tial (-dn"shal), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.

2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]

RESIDENTIARY
Res`i*den"tia*ry (-dn"sh-r; 277), a. Etym: [LL. residentiaris.]

Defn: Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More.

RESIDENTIARY
Res`i*den"tia*ry, n.

1. One who is resident. The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there. Coleridge.

2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.

Syn.
— Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.

RESIDENTIARYSHIP
Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship, n.

Defn: The office or condition of a residentiary.

RESIDENTSHIP
Res"i*dent*ship (rz"-dent-shp), n.

Defn: The office or condition of a resident.

RESIDER
Re*sid"er (r-zd"r), n.

Defn: One who resides in a place.

RESIDUAL
Re*sid"u*al (r-zd"-al), a. Etym: [See Residue.]

Defn: Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. — Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). — Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. — Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. — Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. — Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. — Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq. root(a-b).

RESIDUAL Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.

RESIDUARY
Re*sid"u*a*ry (—r), a. Etym: [See Residue.]

Defn: Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. — Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. — Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

RESIDUE
Res"i*due (rz"-d), n. Etym: [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus
that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See
Reside, and cf. Residuum.]

1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

2. (Law)

Defn: That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; — used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.

4. (Theory of Numbers)

Defn: Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.

Syn. — Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.

RESIDUOUS
Re*sid"u*ous (r-zd"-s), a. Etym: [L. residuus.]

Defn: Remaining; residual. Landor.

RESIDUUM
Re*sid"u*um (-m), n. Etym: [L. See Residue.]

Defn: That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

RESIEGE
Re*siege" (r-sj"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + siege a seat.]

Defn: To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.

RE-SIGN
Re-sign" (r-sn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + sign.]

Defn: To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

RESIGN Re*sign" (r-zn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned (-znd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.] Etym: [F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]

1. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; — said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; — said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; — also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.

2. To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. Spenser.

3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. Evelyn.

Syn. — To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce. — Resign, Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it." Steele. See Abdicate.

RE SIGN
Re sign", n.

Defn: Resignation. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

RESIGNATION
Res`ig*na"tion (rz`g-n"shn), n. Etym: [F. résignation. See Resign.]

1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.

Syn.
— Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment;
abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See
Patience.

RESIGNED
Re*signed" (r-znd"), a.

Defn: Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.

RESIGNEDLY
Re*sign"ed*ly (r-zn"d-l), adv.

Defn: With submission.

RESIGNEE
Res`ign*ee" (rz`-n"), n.

Defn: One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

RESIGNER
Re*sign"er (r-zn"r), n.

Defn: One who resigns.

RESIGNMENT
Re*sign"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of resigning.

RESILE Re*sile" (r-zl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-zld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling.] Etym: [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.]

Defn: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.

RESILIENCE; RESILIENCY
Re*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy, n.

1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

2. (Mech. & Engyn.)

Defn: The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.

RESILIENT
Re*sil"i*ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. resiliens, p. pr.]

Defn: Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.

RESILITION
Res`i*li"tion (rz`-lsh"n), n.

Defn: Resilience. [R.]

RESIN
Res"in (rz"n), n. Etym: [F. résine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf.
Rosin.]

Defn: Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).

Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins. Highgate resin (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. — Resin bush (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.

RESINACEOUS
Res`in*a"ceous (-"shs), a.

Defn: Having the quality of resin; resinous.

RESINATE
Res"in*ate (rz"n-t), n. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

RESINIC
Re*sin"ic (r-zn"k), a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.

RESINIFEROUS Res`in*if"er*ous (rz`n-f"r-s), a. Etym: [Resin + -ferous: cf. F. résinifère.]

Defn: Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.

RESINIFORM Res"in*i*form (rz"n—frm), a. Etym: [Resin + -form: cf. F. résiniforme.]

Defn: Having the form of resin.

RESINO-ELECTRIC
Res`in*o-e*lec"tric (—-lk"trk), a. (Elec.)

Defn: Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.

RESINOID
Res"in*oid (rz"n-oid), a.

Defn: Somewhat like resin.

RESINOUS
Res"in*ous (-s), a. Etym: [L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin. Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative.

RESINOUSLY
Res"in*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: By means, or in the manner, of resin.

RESINOUSNESS
Res"in*ous*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resinous.

RESINY
Res"in*y (-), a.

Defn: Like resin; resinous.

RESIPISCENCE Res`i*pis"cence (rs`-ps"sens), n. Etym: [L. resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F. résipiscence.]

Defn: Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.]
Bp. Montagu.

RESIST
Re*sist" (r-zstt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Resisting.] Etym: [F. résister, L. resistere, pref. re- re- + sistere
to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]

1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.

2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.

3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

RESIST
Re*sist", v. i.

Defn: To make opposition. Shak.

RESIST
Re*sist", n. (Calico Printing)

Defn: A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.

RESISTANCE Re*sist"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]

1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38.

2. (Physics)

Defn: The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.

3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak.

4. (Elec.)

Defn: A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, — good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance. — Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance. — Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.

RESISTANCE FRAME
Re*sist"ance frame`. (Elec.)

Defn: A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.

RESISTANT
Re*sist"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. See
Resist.]

Defn: Making resistance; resisting.
— n.

Defn: One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson.

RESISTER
Re*sist"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who resists.

RESISTFUL
Re*sist"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Making much resistance.

RESISTIBILITY
Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n..

1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.

2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke.

RESISTIBLE
Re*sist"i*ble (r-zst"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résistible.]

Defn: Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale.
— Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n.
— Re*sist"i*bly, adv.

RESISTING
Re*sist"ing, a.

Defn: Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
— Re*sist"ing ly, adv.

RESISTIVE
Re*sist"ive (-v), a.

Defn: Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn.

RESISTLESS
Re*sist"less, a.

1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.] Spenser.

2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. — Re*sist"less*ly, adv. — Re*sist"less*ness, n.

RESOLUBLE
Res"o*lu*ble (rz"-l-b'l), a.Etym: [L. resolubolis: cf. F. résoluble.
See Resolve, and cf. Resolvable.]

Defn: Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble
by fire. Boyle.
— Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

RESOLUTE Res"o*lute (rz"-lt), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résolu. The L. resolutus (p. p. of resolvere) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See Resolve, v. t. & i.]

1. Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. Edward is at hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Shak.

2. Convinced; satisfied; sure. [Obs.]

3. Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand. [Obs.]

Syn. — Determined; decided; fixed; steadfast; steady; constant; persevering; firm; bold; unshaken.

RESOLUTE
Res"o*lute (rz"-lt), n.

1. One who [Obs.] Shak.

2. Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.

RESOLUTELY
Res"o*lute*ly, adv.

Defn: In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift.

RESOLUTENESS
Res"o*lute*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resolute.

RESOLUTION Res`o*lu"tion (-l"shn), n. Etym: [F. résolution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See Resolve.]

1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem. The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action. Dryden.

2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]

3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination. Be it with resolution then to fight. Shak.

4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.

5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance. [Obs.] Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania. Holland.

6. (Math.)

Defn: The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

7. (Med.)

Defn: A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

8. (Mus.)

Defn: The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord. Joint resolution. See under Joint, a. — Resolution of a force or motion (Mech.), the separation of a single force or motion into two or more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one; — the opposite of Ant: composition of a force. — Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), the exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small stars.

Syn. — Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement; dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision.

RESOLUTIONER
Res`o*lu"tion*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a
declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the
Scottish Church in the 17th century.
He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.

RESOLUTIONIST
Res`o*lu"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who makes a resolution.

RESOLUTIVE
Res"o*lu`tive (rz"-lu`tv), a. Etym: [Cf.F. résolutif.]

Defn: Serving to dissolve or relax. [R.] Johnson.

RESOLUTORY
Res"o*lu*to*ry (rz"-l-t-r), a.

Defn: Resolutive. [R.]

RESOLVABILITY
Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty (r-zlv`-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.

RESOLVABLE
Re*solv"a*ble (r-zlv"-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resolve, and cf.
Resoluble.]

Defn: Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

RESOLVABLENESS
Re*solv"a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.

RESOLVE Re*solve" (r*zlv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resolved (-zlvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.] Etym: [L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]

1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; — said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak. Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again. Dryden.

2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; — said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." Shak. To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. Milton.

3. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. Sir, be resolved. I must and will come. Beau & Fl. Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse Pope. In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. Sir W. Raleigh. We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. Milton.

4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

5. To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; — followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).

6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; — used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

7. (Math.)

Defn: To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton.

8. (Med.)

Defn: To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

9. (Mus.)

Defn: To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] B. Jonson. To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution.

Syn.
— To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.

RESOLVE Re*solve" (r-zlv"), v. i. Etym: [The sense "to be convinced, to determine" comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]

1. To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

2. To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline. Arbuthhnot.

3. To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.] Let men resolve of that as they plaease. Locke.

4. To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

Syn.
— To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.

RESOLVE
Re*solve", n.

1. The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. "To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted." Milton.

2. That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. Nor is your firm resolve unknown. Shak. Cæsar's approach has summoned us together, And Rome attends her fate from our resolves. Addison.

RESOLVED
Re*solved" (r-zlvd"), p. p. & a.

Defn: Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; — usually placed
after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.
That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor.
I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.

RESOLVEDLY
Re*solv"ed*ly (rzlv"d-l), adv.

1. So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly. [Obs.] Of that, and all the progress, more or less, Resolvedly more leisure shall express. Shak.

2. Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. Grew.

RESOLVEDNESS
Re*solv"ed*ness, n.

Defn: Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. Dr. H. More.

RESOLVENT
Re*solv"ent (-ent), a.

Defn: Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.

RESOLVENT Re*solv"ent, n. Etym: [L. resolvens, p. pr. of resolvere: cf. F. résolvant. See Resolve.]

1. That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.

2. (Med.)

Defn: That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe.

3. (Math.)

Defn: An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.

RESOLVER
Re*solv"er (r-zlv"r), n.

1. That which decomposes, or dissolves. Boyle.

2. That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined. Bp. Burnet.

3. One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.

RESONANCE Res"o*nance (rz"-nans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. résonance, L. resonantia an echo.]

1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

2. (Acoustics)

Defn: A prolongation or increase of any sound, eithar by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. — Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.

RESONANCY
Res"o*nan*cy (-nan-s), n.

Defn: Resonance.

RESONANT Res"o*nant (-nant), a. Etym: [L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. résonnant. See Resound.]

Defn: Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound;
resounding; echoing back.
Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant
with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.

RESONANTLY
Res"o*nant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a reasonant manner.

RESONATOR
Res"o*na`tor (-n`tr), n. (Acoustics)

Defn: Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.

RESORB Re*sorb" (r-srb"), v. t. Etym: [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.]

Defn: To swallow up.
Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young.

RESORBENT
Re*sorb"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. resorbens, p. pr. of resorbere.]

Defn: Swallowing up. Wodhull.

RESORCIN Res*or"cin (rz-r"sn), n. Etym: [Resin + orcin. So called because in its higher homologue it resembles orcin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthaleïn, fluoresceïn, and eosin.

RESORCYLIC
Res`or*cyl"ic (rz`r-sl"k), a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.

RESORPTION
Re*sorp"tion (r*srp"shn), n.

Defn: The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.

RESORT
Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [F. ressort.]

Defn: Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. Bacon.

RESORT Re*sort", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.] Etym: [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See Sort. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.]

1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self. What men name resort to him Shak.

2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.] The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. Sir M. Hale.

3. To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. Clarendon.

RESORT Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction. See Resort, v.]

1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; — often figuratively; as, to have resort to force. Join with me to forbid him her resort. Shak.

2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. Far from all resort of mirth. Milton.

3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.

RESORTER
Re*sort"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who resorts; a frequenter.

RESOUN
Re*soun" (r*zn"), n.

Defn: Reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESOUN
Re*soun", v. i. & t.

Defn: To resound. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RE-SOUND
Re-sound" (r*sound"), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + sound.]

Defn: To sound again or anew.

RESOUND Re*sound" (r*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] Etym: [OE. resounen, OF. resoner, F. résonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]

1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.

3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . resounds back to them again." South.

4. To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.

5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.

RESOUND
Re*sound", v. t.

1. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate. Albion's cliffs resound the rurPope.

2. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of. The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. Pope.

Syn.
— To echo; reëcho; reverberate; sound.

RESOUND
Re*sound", n.

Defn: Return of sound; echo. Beaumont.

RESOURCE Re*source" (r*srs"), n. Etym: [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]

1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. Dryden.

2. pl.

Defn: Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. Macaulay.

Syn.
— Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.

RESOURCEFUL
Re*source"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Full of resources.

RESOURCELESS
Re*source"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of resources. Burke.
— Re*source"less*ness, n. R. Browning.

RESOW
Re*sow" (r*s"), v. t.

Defn: To sow again. Bacon.

RESOWN
Re*sown" (r*zoun"), v.

Defn: To resound. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESPEAK
Re*speak" (r*spk"), v. t.

1. To speak or utter again.

2. To answer; to echo. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.

RESPECT Re*spect" (r*spkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n. Respecting.] Etym: [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.]

1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon.

2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul." Shak.

3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the Sir T. Browne.

4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.] To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson.

5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relateto; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to. Macaulay. — To respect the person or persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment." Deut. i. 17.

Syn.
— To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.

RESPECT Re*spect", n. Etym: [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite.]

1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. But he it well did ward with wise respect. Spenser.

2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. Seen without awe, and served without respect. Prior. The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. R. Nelson.

3. pl.

Defn: An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.

4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.] Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak.

5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. Tillotson.

4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects. Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects. Tillotson. In one respect I'll be thy assistant. Shak.

7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] "Whatever secret respects were likely to move them." Hooker. To the publik good Private respects must yield. Milton. In respect, in comparison. [Obs.] Shak. — In respect of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] Shak. (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] "Monsters in respect of their bodies." Bp. Wilkins. "In respect of these matters." Jowett. (Thucyd. ) — In, or With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects. Tillotson. — To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc. "It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment." Prov. xxiv. 23.

Syn.
— Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See
Deference.

RESPECTABILITY
Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty (r*spkt`*bl"*t), n.

Defn: The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.

RESPECTABLE
Re*spect"a*ble (-, a. Etym: [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.]

1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison.

2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. —Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. — Re*spect"a*bly, adv.

RESPECTANT
Re*spect"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of respecter. See Respect.]
(Her.)

Defn: Placed so as to face one another; — said of animals.

RESPECTER
Re*spect"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or
judges with partiality.
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
34.

RESPECTFUL
Re*spect"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.
With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior.
— Re*spect"ful*ly, adv.
— Re*spect"ful*ness, n.

RESPECTING
Re*spect"ing, prep.

Defn: With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

RESPECTION
Re*spec"tion (r*spk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.LL. respectio.]

Defn: The act of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.]
Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale.

RESPECTIVE
Re*spec"tive (r*spk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. respectif, LL. respectivus.
See Respect.]

1. Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate. [Obs.] If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this charge. A

2. Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.

3. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.

4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] Shak.

5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.] With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands. Chapman. With thy equals familiar, yet respective. Lord Burleigh.

RESPECTIVELY
Re*spec"tive*ly, adv.

1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty. The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon.

2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]

4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] Shak.

RESPECTLESS
Re*spect"less (r*spkt"ls), a.

Defn: Having no respect; without regard; regardless.
Rather than again Endure, respectless, their so moving cChapman.
— Re*spect"less*ness, n. [R.] Shelton.

RESPECTUOUS
Re*spec"tu*ous (r*spk"t*s;135), a.

1. Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. [Obs.] Boyle.

2. Respectable. [Obs.] Knolles.

RESPELL
Re*spell" (r*spl"), v. t.

Defn: To spell again.

RESPERSE Re*sperse" (r*sprs"), v. t. Etym: [L. respersus, p. p. of respergere; pref. re- re- + spargere to srew, sprinkle.]

Defn: To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

RESPERSION
Re*sper"sion (r*spr"shn), n. Etym: [L. respersio.]

Defn: The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]

RESPIRABILITY Re*spir`a*bil"i*ty (r*spr`*bl"*t or rs`p*r-), n. Etym: [Cf. F. respirabilit.]

Defn: The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.

RESPIRABLE Re*spir"a*ble (r*spr"*b'l or rs"p*r*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. respirable.]

Defn: Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.
— Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.

RESPIRATION Res`pi*ra"tion (rs`p*r"shn), n. Etym: [L. respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See Respire.]

1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.] Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked. Milton.

3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

4. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into: (a) Internal respiration, or the interchange of oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process of nutrition. (b) External respiration, or the gaseous interchange taking place in the special respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes respiration proper. Gamgee. In the respiration of plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by another process which goes on with more vigor, in which the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.

RESPIRATIONAL
Res`pi*ra"tion*al (rs`p*r"shn-al), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.

RESPIRATIVE
Re*spir"a*tive (r*sp*r*tv), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.

RESPIRATOR
Res"pi*ra`tor (rs"p*r`tr), n. Etym: [Cf. F. respirateur.]

Defn: A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.

RESPIRATORY
Re*spir"a*to*ry (r*spr"*t*r or rs"p*r-), a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes. Respiratory foods. (Physiol.) See 2d Note under Food, n., 1. — Respiratory tree (Zoöl.), the branched internal gill of certain holothurians.

RESPIRE Re*spire" (r*spr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired (-sprd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. Respiring.] Etym: [L. respirare, respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.]

1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Spenser. Here leave me to respire. Milton. From the mountains where I now respire. Byron.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.

RESPIRE
Re*spire", v. t.

1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. A native of the land where I respire The clear air for a while. Byron.

2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] B. Jonson.

RESPITE Res"pite (rs"pt), n. Etym: [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect.]

1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.

2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham.

3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Syn. — Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve.

RESPITE
Res"pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.]
Etym: [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]

Defn: To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak.

(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast." Milton.

RESPITELESS
Res"pite*less, a.

Defn: Without respite. Baxter.

RESPLENDENCE; RESPLENDENCY
Re*splen"dence, Re*splen"den*cy, n. Etym: [L. resplendentia.]

Defn: The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster;
vivid brightness; splendor.
Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all
my might. Milton.
The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.

RESPLENDENT
Re*splen"dent (-dent), a. Etym: [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of
resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine.
See Splendid.]

Defn: Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
— Re*splen"dent*ly, adv.
With royal arras and resplendent gold. Spenser.

RESPLENDISHANT
Re*splen"dish*ant (-dsh*ant), a.

Defn: Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.] Fabyan.

RESPLENDISHING
Re*splen"dish*ing, a.

Defn: Resplendent. [Obs.]

RESPLIT
Re*split" (r*splt"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To split again.

RESPOND
Re*spond" (r*spnd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Responding.] Etym: [OF. respondre, F. répondre, fr. L. respondere,
responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]

1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. Broome.

3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]

Syn.
— To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.

RESPOND
Re*spond", v. t.

1. To answer; to reply.

2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] For his great deeds respond his speeches great. Fairfax.

RESPOND
Re*spond", n.

1. An answer; a response. [R.]

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
Oxf. Gloss.

RESPONDENCE; RESPONDENCY
Re*spond"ence, Re*spond"en*cy, n.

Defn: The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an
answering. A. Chalmers.
The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine
respondence meet. Spenser.

RESPONDENT
Re*spond"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.]

Defn: Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according;
corresponding.
Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.

RESPONDENT
Re*spond"ent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. répondant.]

Defn: One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; — distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; — distinguished from opponent. I. Watts.

RESPONDENTIA
Re`spon*den"ti*a (r`spn*dn"sh*), n. Etym: [NL. See Respondence.]
(Commercial Law)

Defn: A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.

RESPONSAL
Re*spon"sal (r*spn"sal), a.

Defn: Answerable. [Obs.]

RESPONSAL
Re*spon"sal, n. Etym: [Cf.LL. resposalis.]

1. One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] Barrow.

2. Response. [Obs.] Brevint.

RESPONSE Re*sponse" (r*spns"), n. Etym: [OF. response, respons, F. réponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]

1. The act of responding.

2. An answer or reply. Specifically: (a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. I. Watts. (b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service. (c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office. (d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below. Busby.

RESPONSELESS
Re*sponse"less, a.

Defn: Giving no response.

RESPONSIBILITY Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty (r*spn`s*bl"*t), n.; pl. -ties (-t. Etym: [Cf. F. responsabilité.]

1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.

3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

RESPONSIBLE
Re*spon"si*ble (r*spn"s*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. responsable. See
Respond.]

1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.

3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.

Syn.
— Accountable; answerable; amenable.
— Re*spon"si*ble*ness, n.
— Re*spon"si*bly, adv.

RESPONSION
Re*spon"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. responsio. See Respond.]

1. The act of answering. [Obs.]

2. (University of Oxford)

Defn: The first university examination; — called also little go. See under Little, a.

RESPONSIVE
Re*spon"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. resposif.]

1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. Pope.

3. Responsible. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
— Re*spon"sive*ly, adv.
— Re*spon"sive*ness, n.

RESPONSORIAL
Re`spon*so"ri*al (r`spn*s"r-al), a.

Defn: Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman.

RESPONSORY
Re*spon"so*ry (r*spn"s*r), a.

Defn: Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.

RESPONSORY
Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r. Etym: [LL. responsorium.]

1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: An antiphonary; a response book.

RESSALDAR Res"sal*dar (res"sal*där), n. [Hind. risaldar, fr. risala troop of horse + Per. dar holding.] (Mil.)

Defn: In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.

REST
Rest (rst), v. t. Etym: [For arrest.]

Defn: To arrest. [Obs.]

REST Rest, n. Etym: [AS. rest, r, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r, Gr. Ransack.]

1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! Shak.

2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. And the land had rest fourscore years. Judges iii. 30.

3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. Collins.

4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work. He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 1 Kings vi. 6.

5. (Anc. Armor)

Defn: A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to
support the lance.
Their visors closed, their lances in the rest. Dryden.

6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and travelers' rests." J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deut. xii. 9.

7. (Pros.)

Defn: A short pause in reading verse; a cæsura.

8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. "An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests." Abbott.

9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]

10. (Mus.)

Defn: Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc. Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] — To set, or To set up, one's rest, to have a settled determination; — from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] Shak. Bacon.

Syn. — Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; pease. — Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable.

REST
Rest (rst), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting.]
Etym: [AS. restan. See Rest, n.]

1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. Ex. xxiii. 12.

2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. Milton.

3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.

4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.

5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. Milton.

6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed Dryden.

7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. Addison. To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.

REST
Rest, v. t.

1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. Dryden.

2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. Waller.

REST Rest, n. Etym: [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.] (With the definite article.)

1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. Tillotson.

2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the philosophers." Bp. Stillingfleet. Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. DRyden.

3. (Com.)

Defn: A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]

Syn.
— Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.

REST
Rest, v. i. Etym: [F. rester. See Rest remainder.]

Defn: To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
The affairs of men rest still uncertain. Shak.

RESTAGNANT
Re*stag"nant (r*stg"nant), a. Etym: [L. restagnans, p. pr. ]

Defn: Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle.

RESTAGNATE
Re*stag"nate (-nt), v. i. Etym: [L. restagnare to overflow.]

Defn: To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] Wiseman.

RESTAGNATION
Re`stag*na"tion (-n"shn), n. Etym: [L. restagnatio aninundation.]

Defn: Stagnation. [Obs.]

RESTANT Res"tant (rs"tant), a. Etym: [L. restans, p. pr. of restare: cf. F. restant. See Rest remainder.] (Bot.)

Defn: Persistent.

RESTATE
Re*state" (r*stt"), v. t.

Defn: To state anew. Palfrey.

RESTAURANT
Res"tau*rant (rs"t*rnt;277), n. Etym: [F., fr. restaurer. See
Restore.]

Defn: An eating house.

RESTAURATE Res"tau*rate (rs"t*rt), v. t. Etym: [L. restauratus, p. p. of restaurare. See Restore.]

Defn: To restore. [Obs.]

RESTAURATEUR
Re`stau`ra`teur" (r`st`r`tr"), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

RESTAURATION Res`tau*ra"tion (rs`t*r"shn), n. Etym: [LL. restauratio: cf. F. restauration.]

Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Cower.

REST CURE
Rest cure. (Med.)

Defn: Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity.

RESTEM
Re*stem" (r*stm"), v. t.

1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course. Shak.

2. To stem, or as, to restem a current.

RESTFUL
Rest"ful (rst"fl), a.

1. Being at rest; quiet. Shak.

2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry. Shak.
— Rest"ful*ly, adv.
— Rest"ful*ness, n.

REST-HARROW
Rest"-har`row (-hr`r), n. (Bot.)

Defn: A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.

RESTIFF
Rest"iff, a.

Defn: Restive. [Obs.]

RESTIFF
Rest"iff, n.

Defn: A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs.]

RESTIFFNESS
Rest"iff*ness, n.

Defn: Restiveness. [Obs.]

RESTIFORM
Res"ti*form (rs"t*frm), a.Etym: [L. restis rope + -form.] (Anat.)

Defn: Formed like a rope; — applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

RESTILY
Rest"i*ly (rst"*l), adv.

Defn: In a resty manner. [Obs.]

RESTINCTION
Re*stinc"tion (r*stnk"shn), n.Etym: [L. restinctio. See Restinguish.]

Defn: Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]

RESTINESS
Rest"i*ness (rst`*ns), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.]
The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.

RESTING
Rest"ing,

Defn: 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.

RESTINGUISH Re*stin"guish (r*stn"gwsh), v. t. Etym: [L. restinquere, restinctum; pref. re- re- + stinquere to quench.]

Defn: To quench or extinguish. [Obs.] R. Field.

RESTITUTE Res"ti*tute (rs"t*tt), v. t. Etym: [L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute.]

Defn: To restore to a former state. [R.] Dyer.

RESTITUTE
Res"ti*tute, n.

Defn: That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [R.]

RESTITUTION
Res`ti*tu"tion (rs`t*t"shn), n. Etym: [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)

Defn: The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.

4. (Med.)

Defn: 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.

RESTITUTOR
Res"ti*tu`tor (rs"t*t`tr), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. restituteur.]

Defn: One who makes restitution. [R].

RESTIVE Rest"ive (rst"v), a. Etym: [OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff.] .

Defn: 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.

2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; —
applied especially to horses. Trench.
— Rest"ive, adv.
— Rest"ive*ness, n.

RESTLESS
Rest"less, a. Etym: [AS. restleás.]

1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." Milton.

2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home , and ever prone to range." Dryden.

3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.

4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.

5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Restless thrush. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3.

Syn.
— Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated;
unsettled; roving; wandering.
— Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.

RESTORABLE
Re*stor"a*ble (r*str"*b'l), a.

Defn: Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. Swift. — Re*stor"a*ble*ness, n.

RESTORAL
Re*stor"al (-al), n.

Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Barrow.

RESTORATION Res`to*ra"tion (rs`t*r"shn), n. Etym: [OE. restauracion, F. restauration, fr. L. restauratio. See Restore.]

1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. Behold the different climes agree, Rejoicing in thy restoration. Dryden.

2. The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

3. That which is restored or renewed. The restoration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy. — Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.

Syn. — Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation; redintegration; reinstatement; reëstablishment; return; revival; restitution; reparation.

RESTORATIONER
Res`to*ra"tion*er (-r), n.

Defn: A Restorationist.

RESTORATIONISM
Res`to*ra"tion*ism (-z'm), n.

Defn: The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.

RESTORATIONIST
Res`to*ra"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.

RESTORATIVE
Re*stor"a*tive (r*str"*tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. restoratif.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
Milton.

RESTORATIVE
Re*stor"a*tive, n.

Defn: Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine. Arbuthnot.

RESTORATIVELY
Re*stor"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a restorative manner.

RESTORATOR
Res"to*ra`tor (rs"t*r`tr), n.

Defn: A restaurateur.

RESTORATORY
Re*stor"a*to*ry (r*str"*t*r), a.

Defn: Restorative. [R.]

RE-STORE
Re-store" (r*str"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + store.]

Defn: To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.

RESTORE Re*store" (r*str"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restored (r-strd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring.] Etym: [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. sth fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant, Store.]

Defn: To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. "To restore and to build Jerusalem." Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. And his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 5.

2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. Now therefore restore the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7. Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton. The father banished virtue shall restore. Dryden.

3. To renew; to reëstablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.

4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Ex. xxii. 1.

5. To make good; to make amends for. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored, and sorrows end. Shak.

6. (Fine Arts) (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.

Syn. — To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reëstablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.

RESTORE
Re*store", n.

Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Spenser.

RESTOREMENT
Re*store"ment, n.

Defn: Restoration. [Obs.]

RESTORER
Re*stor"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, restores.

RESTRAIN Re*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.] Etym: [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]

1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Shak.

2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] Shak.

3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. Clarendon.

4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. Trench. Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. I. Watts.

5. To withhold; to forbear. Thou restrained prayer before God. Job. xv. 4.

Syn. — To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.

RESTRAINABLE
Re*strain"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.

RESTRAINEDLY
Re*strain"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: With restraint. Hammond.

RESTRAINER
Re*strain"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, restrains.

RESTRAINMENT
Re*strain"ment, n.

Defn: The act of restraining.

RESTRAINT Re*straint", n. Etym: [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F. restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See Restrain.]

1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. Macaulay.

2. The state of being restrained.

3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. Milton.

Syn.
— Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;

RESTRENGTHEN
Re*strength"en, v. t.

Defn: To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

RESTRICT
Re*strict", a. Etym: [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See
Restrain.]

Defn: Restricted. [Obs.]

RESTRICT
Re*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restricted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Restricting.]

Defn: To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Syn.
— To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.

RESTRICTION
Re*stric"tion, n. Etym: [F. restriction, L. restrictio.]

1. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds. This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement. Giv. of Tonque.

2. That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.

RESTRICTIONARY
Re*stric"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Restrictive. [R.]

RESTRICTIVE
Re*strict"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. restrictif.]

1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] Wiseman. — Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. — Re*strict"ive*ness, n.

RESTRINGE
Re*stringe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restringed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Restringing.] Etym: [L. restringere. See Restrain.]

Defn: To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]

RESTRINGENCY
Re*strin"gen*cy, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Sir
W. Petty.

RESTRINGENT
Re*strin"gent, a. Etym: [L. restringens, p. pr.: cf. F. restringent.]

Defn: Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] — n.

Defn: A restringent medicine. [Obs.] Harvey.

RESTRIVE
Re*strive", v. i.

Defn: To strive anew.

RESTY
Rest"y, a.

Defn: Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also,
restive. [Obs.] Burton.
Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers.
Milton.

RESUBJECTION
Re`sub*jec"tion, n.

Defn: A second subjection.

RESUBLIME
Re`sub*lime", v. t.

Defn: To sublime again. Newton.
— Re*sub`li*ma"tion, n.

RESUDATION
Re`su*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation.]

Defn: Act of sweating again.

RESULT
Re*sult", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.]
Etym: [F. résulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap
back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.]

1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.] The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. Pope.

2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; — followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. — Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier.

Syn.
— To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.

RESULT
Re*sult", n.

1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.

2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation. If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result. Milton.

3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result. Milton.

Syn.
— Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See
Effect.

RESULTANCE
Re*sult"ance, n.

Defn: The act of resulting; that which results; a result. Donne.

RESULTANT
Re*sult"ant, a. Etym: [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.]

Defn: Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.

RESULTANT
Re*sult"ant, n.

Defn: That which results. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion. (b) (Math.) An eliminant. The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence. Sylvester.

RESULTATE
Re*sult"ate, n. Etym: [L. resultatus, p. p. ]

Defn: A result. [Obs.] "The resultate of their counsil." BAcon.

RESULTFUL
Re*sult"ful, a.

Defn: HAving results or effects.

RESULTIVE
Re*sult"ive, a.

Defn: Resultant. [Obs.] Fuller.

RESULTLESS
Re*sult"less, a.

Defn: Being without result; as, resultless investigations.

RESUMABLE
Re*sum"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed. Sir M. HAle.

RESUME
Re`su"mé", n. Etym: [F. See Resume.]

Defn: A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief
recapitulation.
The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C.
Kingsley.

RESUME
Re*sume", v. t. [imp & p. p. Resumed;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.] Etym:
[L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F.
résumer. See Assume, Redeem.]

1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. Sir W. Scott.

2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. Dryden.

3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.

RESUMMON
Re*sum"mon, v. t.

Defn: To summon again.

RESUMMONS
Re*sum"mons, n.

Defn: A second summons.

RESUMPTION Re*sump"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. résumption, L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume.]

1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

2. (Eng.Law)

Defn: The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

RESUMPTIVE
Re*sump"tive, a. Etym: [cf. L. resumptivus restorative.]

Defn: Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.

RESUPINATE Re*su"pi*nate, a. Etym: [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]

Defn: Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.

RESUPINATED
Re*su"pi*na`ted, a.

Defn: Resupinate.

RESUPINATION
Re*su`pi*na"tion, n.

Defn: The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate,
or reversed.
Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the
figure. Sir H. Wotton.

RESUPINE Re`su*pine", a. Etym: [L. resupinus; pref.re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.]

Defn: Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.

RESUPPLY
Re`sup*ply", v. t.

Defn: To supply again.

RESURGENCE
Re*sur"gence, n.

Defn: The act of rising again; resurrection.

RESURGENT
Re*sur"gent, a. Etym: [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See
Resurrection.]

Defn: Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge.

RESURGENT
Re*sur"gent, n.

Defn: One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] Sydney Smith.

RESURRECT
Res`ur*rect", v. t. Etym: [See Resurrection.]

1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]

2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

RESURRECTION Res`ur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]

1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.

3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.

4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. — Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.

RESURRECTIONIST
Res`ur*rec"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
[Slang]

RESURRECTIONIZE
Res`ur*rec"tion*ize, v. t.

Defn: To raise from the dead. [R.] Southey.

RESURVEY
Re`sur*vey", v. t.

Defn: To survey again or anew; to review. Shak.

RESURVEY
Re*sur"vey, n.

Defn: A second or new survey.

RESUSCITABLE
Re*sus"ci*ta*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.

RESUSCITANT
Re*sus"ci*tant, n.

Defn: One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.

RESUSCITATE Re*sus"ci*tate, a. Etym: [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.]

Defn: Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.

RESUSCITATE
Re*sus"ci*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resuscitated;p. pr. & vb. n.
Resuscitating.]

Defn: To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.

RESUSCITATE
Re*sus"ci*tate, v. i.

Defn: To come to life again; to revive.
These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate. J. S. Mill.

RESUSCITATION
Re*sus`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. resuscitatio.]

Defn: The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott.

RESUSCITATIVE
Re*sus"ci*ta*tive, a.

Defn: Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.

RESUSCITATOR
Re*sus"ci*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who, or that which, resuscitates.

RET
Ret, v. t.

Defn: See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RET
Ret, v. t. Etym: [Akin to rot.]

Defn: To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. Ure.

RETABLE
Re*ta"ble, n. (Eccl.)

Defn: A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.

RETAIL Re"tail, n. Etym: [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.]

Defn: The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; — opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.

RETAIL
Re"tail, a.

Defn: Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.

RETAIL
Re*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.]
Etym: [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut.
See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.]

1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.

2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.

3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest won." Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. Shak.

RETAILER
Re*tail"er, n.

Defn: One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.

RETAILMENT
Re*tail"ment, n.

Defn: The act of retailing.

RETAIN
Re*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retained; p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.]
Etym: [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold,
keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention, Retinue.]

1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisibleretain." Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. Blackstone.

2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense. Addison.

3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple. Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; — called also retain wall.

Syn.
— To keep; hold; retrain. See Keep.

RETAIN
Re*tain", v. i.

1. To belong; to pertain. [Obs.] A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle.

2. To keep; to continue; to remain. [Obs.] Donne.

RETAINABLE
Re*tain"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being retained.

RETAINAL
Re*tain"al, n.

Defn: The act of retaining; retention.

RETAINER
Re*tain"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, retains.

2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.

3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell.

4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; — called also retaining fee. Bouvier. Blackstone.

5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.

RETAINMENT
Re*tain"ment, n.

Defn: The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.

RETAKE
Re*take", v. t.

1. To take or receive again.

2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

RETAKER
Re*tak"er, n.

Defn: One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.

RETALIATE
Re*tal"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retaliated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Retaliating.] Etym: [L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate;
pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf.
Talion.]

Defn: To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.

RETALIATE
Re*tal"i*ate, v. i.

Defn: To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.

RETALIATION
Re*tal`i*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.

Syn.
— Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.

RETALIATIVE
Re*tal"i*a*tive, a.

Defn: Same as Retaliatory.

RETALIATORY
Re*tal"i*a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.

RETARD
Re*tard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.]
Etym: [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make
slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]

1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; — opposed to Ant: accelerate.

2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.

Syn. — To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.

RETARD
Re*tard", v. i.

Defn: To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

RETARD
Re*tard", n.

Defn: Retardation; delay. Retard, or Age, of the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. rHam. Nav. Encyc.

RETARDATION
Re`tar*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.]

1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; — opposed to Ant: acceleration. The retardations of our fluent motion. De Quinsey.

2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations. Sir W. Scott.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; — differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. Retardation of the tide. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.

RETARDATIVE
Re*tard"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. retardatif.]

Defn: Tending, or serving, to retard.

RETARDER
Re*tard"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, retards.

RETARDMENT
Re*tard"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. retardement.]

Defn: The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.

RETCH
Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym:
[AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G.
rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]

Defn: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written
also reach.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate
with retching.) Byron.

RETCH
Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]

Defn: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RETCHLESS
Retch"less, a.

Defn: Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden. —- Retch"less*ly, adv.
— Retch"less*ness, n. [Obs.]

RETE
Re"te, n. Etym: [L., a net.] (Anat.)

Defn: A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

RETECIOUS
Re*te"cious, a. Etym: [L. rete a net.]

Defn: Resembling network; retiform.

RETECTION Re*tec"tion, n. Etym: [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.]

Defn: Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.]
Boyle.

RETELL
Re*tell, v. t.

Defn: To tell again.

RETENE
Ret"ene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

RETENT
Re*tent", n. Etym: [L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See Retain.]

Defn: That which is retained. Hickok.

RETENTION
Re*ten"tion, n. Etym: [L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See Retain.]

1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

2. The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.

3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a [R.] Shak.

4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. Shak.

5. Place of custody or confinement.

6. (Law)

Defn: The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.

RETENTIVE
Re*ten"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétentif.]

Defn: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.

RETENTIVE
Re*ten"tive, n.

Defn: That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.

RETENTIVELY
Re*ten"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a retentive manner.

RETENTIVENESS
Re*ten"tive*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being retentive.

RETENTIVITY
Re`ten*tiv"i*ty, n.

Defn: The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

RETENTOR
Re*ten"tor, n. Etym: [L., a retainer.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.

RETEPORE
Re`te*pore, n. Etym: [L. rete a net + porus pore.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.

RETEX Re*tex", v. t. Etym: [L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave. ]

Defn: To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

RETEXTURE
Re*tex"ture, n.

Defn: The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.

RETHOR
Reth"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor.]

Defn: A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.]
If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer.

RETHORYKE
Reth"o*ryke, n.

Defn: Rhetoric. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RETIARIUS
Re`ti*a"ri*us, n. Etym: [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.)

Defn: A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

RETIARY
Re"ti*a*ry, n. Etym: [See Retiarius.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2. A retiarius.

RETIARY
Re`ti*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. retiarius.]

1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.

2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders.

3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.

RETICENCE
Ret"i*cence, n. Etym: [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.]

1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness. Such fine reserve and noble reticence. Tennyson.

2. (Rhet.)

Defn: A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

RETICENCY
Ret"i*cen*cy, n.

Defn: Reticence.

RETICENT Ret"i*cent, a. Etym: [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.]

Defn: Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

RETICLE
Ret"i*cle, n. Etym: [See Reticule.]

1. A small net.

2. A reticule. See Reticule,2. [R.]

RETICULAR
Re*tic"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. réticulaire. See Reticule.]

1. Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a reticulum.

RETICULARIA
Re*tic`u*la"ri*a, n.pl. Etym: [NL. See Reticular.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.

RETICULARIAN
Re*tic`u*la"ri*an, n. (Zoöl).

Defn: One of the Reticularia.

RETICULARLY
Re*tic"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a reticular manner.

RETICULATE; RETICULATED
Re*tic"u*late, Re*tic"u*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. reticulatus. See
Reticule.]

1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.

2. Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect. Reticulated glass, ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane. — Reticulated micrometer, a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. — Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.

RETICULATION
Re*tic`u*la"tion, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle.

RETICULE
Ret"i*cule, n.. Etym: [F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net.
Cf.Retina, Reticle.]

1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.

2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.

RETICULOSA
Re*tic`u*lo"sa, n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Reticularia.

RETICULOSE
Re*tic"u*lose`, a.

Defn: Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure. Reticulose rhizopod (Zoöl.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.

RETICULUM Re*tic"u*lum, n.;pl. Reticula. Etym: [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; — also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.

RETIFORM
Ret"i*form, a. Etym: [L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.]

Defn: Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.

RETINA
Ret"i*na, n. Etym: [NL., from L. rete a net. Cf. Reticule.] (Anat.)