Recapture
Recapture, rē-kap′tūr, v.t. to capture back or retake, esp. a prize from a captor.—n. act of retaking: a prize recaptured.—n. Recap′tor.
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Recapture, rē-kap′tūr, v.t. to capture back or retake, esp. a prize from a captor.—n. act of retaking: a prize recaptured.—n. Recap′tor.
English · e-38699-5377Recarburise, rē-kär′bū-rīz, v.t. to restore the carbon to metal from which it has been removed.—n. Recarbonisā′tion.
English · e-38699-5378 · brief source recordRecarnify, rē-kär′ni-fī, v.t. to convert again into flesh. [L. re-, again, carnify, to change into flesh.]
English · e-38699-5379 · brief source recordRecarry, rē-kar′i, v.t. to carry back or anew.—n. Recarr′iage.
English · e-38699-5380 · brief source recordRecast, rē-kast′, v.t. to cast or throw again: to cast or mould anew: to compute a second time.—n. a moulding or shaping anew, as of a book.
English · e-38699-5381Recede, rē-sēd′, v.i. to go or fall back: to retreat: to bend or tend in a backward direction: to withdraw: to give up a claim.—v.t. to cede back, as to a former possessor.—adj. Reced′ing, sloping backward. [L. recedĕre,
English · e-38699-5382Receipt, rē-sēt′, n. act of receiving: place of receiving: power of holding: a written acknowledgment of anything received, a legal acknowledgment of money received in discharge of a debt or demand: that which is receive
English · e-38699-5383Receive, rē-sēv′, v.t. to take what is offered: to accept: to embrace with the mind: to assent to: to allow: to give acceptance to: to give admittance to: to welcome or entertain: to hold or contain: (law) to take goods
English · e-38699-5384Recelebrate, rē-sel′ē-brāt, v.t. to celebrate again.
English · e-38699-5385 · brief source recordRecency, rē′sen-si, n. newness. [Recent.]
English · e-38699-5386 · brief source recordRecension, rē-sen′shun, n. a critical revisal of a text: a text established by critical revision: a review.—n. Recen′sionist. [L. recensio—recensēre—re-, again, censēre, to value.]
English · e-38699-5387Recent, rē′sent, adj. of late origin or occurrence: fresh: modern: (geol.) belonging to the present geological period.—adv. Rē′cently.—n. Rē′centness. [Fr.,—L. recens, recentis.]
English · e-38699-5388Receptacle, rē-sep′ta-kl, n. that into which anything is received or in which it is contained: (bot.) the basis of a flower: (zool.) an organ that receives and holds a secretion.—n. Rē′cept, an idea taken into the mind f
English · e-38699-5389Recess, rē-ses′, n. a going back or withdrawing: retirement: seclusion: a period of remission of business: part of a room formed by a receding of the wall: a retired spot: a nook: a sinus or depressed par.—v.t. to make a
English · e-38699-5390Recession, rē-sesh′un, n. act of receding: withdrawal: the state of being set back.—adjs. Reces′sional; Recess′ive.—adv. Recess′ively.—n. Recess′us, a recess.
English · e-38699-5391Recession, rē-sesh′un, n. a ceding or giving back.
English · e-38699-5392 · brief source recordRechabite, rek′a-bīt, n. one of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, who abstained from drinking wine, in obedience to the injunction of their ancestor (Jer. xxxv. 6): a total abstainer from intoxicating drinks
English · e-38699-5393Réchauffé, rā-shō-fā′, n. a warmed-up dish: a fresh concoction of old literary material. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-5394 · brief source recordRecheat, rē-chēt′, n. (Shak.) a recall on the horn when the hounds have lost the scent, or at the end of the chase. [O. Fr. recet.]
English · e-38699-5395Recherché, rē-sher′shā, adj. extremely nice: peculiar and refined: rare. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-5396 · brief source recordRechlesse, rek′les, adj. Same as Reckless.
English · e-38699-5397 · brief source recordRechristen, rē-kris′n, v.t. to name again.
English · e-38699-5398 · brief source recordRecidivate, rē-sid′i-vāt, v.i. to fall again: to backslide.—ns. Recidivā′tion; Recid′ivist (Fr. law), a relapsed criminal.—adj. Recid′ivous, liable to backslide. [Fr.,—L. recidīvus, falling back.]
English · e-38699-5399Recipe, res′i-pē, n. a medical prescription: any formula for the preparation of a compound: a receipt:—pl. Recipes (res′i-pēz). [L., lit. 'take,' the first word of a medical prescription, imper. of recipĕre.]
English · e-38699-5400Recipient, rē-sip′i-ent, adj. receiving.—n. one who receives, that which receives.—ns. Recip′ience, Recip′iency, a receiving: receptiveness. [L. recipiens, -entis, pr.p. of recipĕre, to receive.]
English · e-38699-5401Reciprocal, rē-sip′rō-kal, adj. acting in return: mutual: alternating: interchangeable: giving and receiving.—n. that which is reciprocal: (math.) the quotient resulting from the division of unity by any given quantity.—
English · e-38699-5402Reciprocornous, rē-sip′rō-kor-nus, adj. having horns like a ram.
English · e-38699-5403 · brief source recordRecision, rē-sizh′un, n. the act of cutting off. [Fr.,—L.,—recidĕre, recisum, to cut off.]
English · e-38699-5404 · brief source recordRecite, rē-sīt′, v.t. to read aloud from paper, or repeat from memory: to narrate: to give the particulars of.—v.i. to rehearse in public.—ns. Recī′tal, act of reciting: rehearsal: that which is recited: a narration: a v
English · e-38699-5405Reck, rek, v.t. to care for: to regard.—v.i. (usually with not, and fol. by of) care: heed.—adj. Reck′less, careless: heedless of consequences: rash.—adv. Reck′lessly.—ns. Reck′lessness; Reck′ling, a reckless person: the
English · e-38699-5406Reckon, rek′n, v.t. to count: to place in the number or rank of: to esteem: to think, believe.—v.i. to calculate: to charge to account: to make up accounts: to settle accounts (fol. by with): to count or rely (with on or
English · e-38699-5407Reclaim, rē-klām′, v.t. to demand the return of: to regain: to bring back from a wild or barbarous state, or from error or vice: to bring into a state of cultivation: to bring into the desired condition: to make tame or
English · e-38699-5408Reclasp, rē-klasp′, v.t. to clasp again.
English · e-38699-5409 · brief source recordReclinate, rek′li-nāt, adj. reclined: (bot.) bent downward, so as to have the point lower than the base, as a leaf.—n. Reclinā′tion, the act of reclining or leaning: the angle which the plane of a dial makes with a verti
English · e-38699-5410Recline, rē-klīn′, v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs. Recline′ (Milt.), leaning; Reclined′ (bot.), same as Reclinate.—n. Reclī′ner.—adj. Reclī′ning (bot.), b
English · e-38699-5411Reclose, rē-klōz′, v.t. to close again.
English · e-38699-5412 · brief source recordReclothe, rē-klōth, v.t. to clothe again.
English · e-38699-5413 · brief source recordRecluse, rē-klōōs′, adj. secluded: retired: solitary.—n. one shut up or secluded: one who lives retired from the world: a religious devotee living in a single cell, generally attached to a monastery.—adv. Recluse′ly, in
English · e-38699-5414Recoct, rē-kokt′, v.t. to cook anew, to vamp up.—n. Recoc′tion.
English · e-38699-5415 · brief source recordRecognise, rek′og-nīz, v.t. to know again: to recollect: to acknowledge: to see the truth of.—adj. Rec′ognisable, that may be recognised or acknowledged.—adv. Rec′ognisably, in a recognisable manner.—ns. Recog′nisance, a
English · e-38699-5416Recoil, rē-koil′, v.t. to start back: to rebound: to return: to shrink from.—n. a starting or springing back: rebound: an escapement in which after each beat the escape-wheel recoils slightly.—n. Recoil′er, one who recoi
English · e-38699-5417Recoin, rē-koin′, v.t. to coin over again.—ns. Recoin′age; Recoin′er.
English · e-38699-5418 · brief source recordRecollect, rē-kol-ekt′, v.t. to collect again.
English · e-38699-5419 · brief source recordRecollect, rek-ol-ekt′, v.t. to remember: to recover composure or resolution (with reflex. pron.).—n. Recollec′tion, act of recollecting or remembering: the power of recollecting: memory: that which is recollected: remin
English · e-38699-5420Recollect, rek′ol-ekt, n. a member of a congregation of a monastic order following a very strict rule—mostly of the Franciscan order forming a branch of the Observantines.—Also Rec′ollet.
English · e-38699-5421Recombine, rē-kom-bīn′, v.t. to combine again.—n. Recombinā′tion.
English · e-38699-5422 · brief source recordRecomfort, rē-kum′furt, v.t. to comfort or console again: (Bacon) to give new strength.—adj. Recom′fortless (Spens.), comfortless.—n. Recom′forture (Shak.), restoration of comfort.
English · e-38699-5423Recommence, rē-kom-ens′, v.t. to commence again.—n. Recommence′ment.
English · e-38699-5424 · brief source recordRecommend, rek-o-mend′, v.t. to commend to another: to bestow praise on: to introduce favourably: to give in charge: to commit, as in prayer: to advise.—adj. Recommend′able, that may be recommended: worthy of praise.—n.
English · e-38699-5425Recommit, rē-kom-it′, v.t. to commit again: particularly, to send back to a committee.—ns. Recommit′ment, Recommit′tal.
English · e-38699-5426 · brief source recordRecommunicate, rē-kom-ūn′i-kāt, v.t. and v.i. to communicate again.
English · e-38699-5427 · brief source recordRecompact, rē-kom-pakt′, v.t. to join anew.
English · e-38699-5428 · brief source recordRecompense, rek′om-pens, v.t. to return an equivalent for anything: to repay or requite: to reward: to compensate: to remunerate.—n. that which is returned as an equivalent: repayment: reward: compensation: remuneration.
English · e-38699-5429Recompile, rē-kom-pīl′, v.t. to compile anew.—ns. Recompilā′tion, Recompile′ment, a new compilation.
English · e-38699-5430 · brief source recordRecomplete, rē-kom-plēt′, v.t. to complete anew.—n. Recomplē′tion.
English · e-38699-5431 · brief source recordRecompose, rē-kom-pōz′, v.t. to compose again or anew: to form anew: to soothe or quiet.—ns. Recompos′er; Recomposi′tion.
English · e-38699-5432Reconcile, rek′on-sīl, v.t. to restore to friendship or union: to bring to agreement: to bring to contentment: to pacify: to make consistent: to adjust or compose.—adj. Rec′oncilable, that may be reconciled: that may be
English · e-38699-5433Recondense, rē-kon-dens′, v.t. to condense again.—n. Recondensā′tion.
English · e-38699-5434 · brief source recordRecondite, rē-kon′dit, or rek′on-dīt, adj. secret: abstruse: profound.—ns. Recondite′ness; Recon′ditory, a storehouse. [L. recondĕre, -itum, to put away—re-, again, condĕre, to put together.]
English · e-38699-5435Reconduct, rē-kon-dukt′, v.t. to conduct back or anew.
English · e-38699-5436 · brief source recordReconfirm, rē-kon-fėrm′, v.t. to confirm again.
English · e-38699-5437 · brief source recordReconjoin, rē-kon-join′, v.t. to join anew.
English · e-38699-5438 · brief source recordReconnaissance, re-kon′i-sans, n. the act of reconnoitring: a survey or examination: the examination of a tract of country with a view to military or engineering operations.—Reconnaissance in force, an attack by a body o
English · e-38699-5439Reconnoitre, rek-o-noi′tėr, v.t. to survey or examine: to survey with a view to military operations.—v.i. to make preliminary examination:—pa.t. and pa.p. reconnoi′tred.—n. a preliminary survey. [O. Fr. reconoistre (Fr.
English · e-38699-5440Reconquer, rē-kong′kėr, v.t. to conquer again: to recover: to regain.—n. Recon′quest.
English · e-38699-5441 · brief source recordReconsecrate, rē-kon′sē-krāt, v.t. to consecrate anew.—n. Reconsecrā′tion.
English · e-38699-5442 · brief source recordReconsider, rē-kon-sid′ėr, v.t. to consider again, as to reconsider a motion or vote: to review.—n. Reconsiderā′tion.
English · e-38699-5443 · brief source recordReconsolate, rē-kon′sō-lāt, v.t. (obs.) to comfort again.
English · e-38699-5444 · brief source recordReconsolidate, rē-kon-sol′i-dāt, v.t. to consolidate anew.—n. Reconsolidā′tion.
English · e-38699-5445 · brief source recordReconstitute, rē-kon′sti-tūt, v.t. to construct anew.—adj. Reconstit′ūent.—n. Reconstitū′tion.
English · e-38699-5446 · brief source recordReconstruct, rē-kon-strukt′, v.t. to construct again: to rebuild.—n. Reconstruc′tion.—adj. Reconstruc′tionary.—n. Reconstruc′tionist.—adj. Reconstruc′tive, able or tending to reconstruct.
English · e-38699-5447Recontinue, rē-kon-tin′ū, v.t. and v.i. to continue anew.—n. Recontin′ūance.
English · e-38699-5448 · brief source recordReconvalescence, rē-kon-val-es′ens, n. restoration to health.
English · e-38699-5449 · brief source recordReconvene, rē-kon-vēn′, v.t. to convene or call together again.—v.i. to come together again.
English · e-38699-5450 · brief source recordReconvent, rē-kon-vent′, v.t. to assemble together again.—n. Reconven′tion, a counter-action by a defendant against a plaintiff.
English · e-38699-5451Reconvert, rē-kon-vėrt′, v.t. to convert again.—n. Reconver′sion.
English · e-38699-5452 · brief source recordReconvey, rē-kon-vā′, v.t. to transfer back to a former owner, as an estate.—n. Reconvey′ance.
English · e-38699-5453 · brief source recordRecord, rē-kord′, v.t. to write anything formally, to preserve evidence of it: to bear witness to: to register or enrol: to celebrate.—adj. Record′able, able to be recorded, worthy of record.—ns. Recordā′tion (Shak.), re
English · e-38699-5454Record, rek′ord, n. a register: a formal writing of any fact or proceeding: a book of such writings: a witness, a memorial: memory, remembrance: anything entered in the rolls of a court, esp. the formal statements or ple
English · e-38699-5455Recount, rē-kownt′, v.t. to count again: to tell over again: to narrate the particulars of: to detail.—n. a second or repeated count.—ns. Recount′al, Recount′ment, relation in detail, recital. [O. Fr. reconter—re-, again
English · e-38699-5456Recoup, rē-kōōp′, v.t. to make good: to indemnify.—adj. Recoupé (her.), divided a second time.—n. Recoup′ment, reimbursement: (law) reduction of the plaintiff's damages by keeping out a part. [Fr. recouper, to cut again—
English · e-38699-5457Recoure, rē-kōōr′, v.t. (Spens.) to recover.
English · e-38699-5458 · brief source recordRecourse, rē-kōrs′, n. a going to for aid or protection: access.—v.i. to return.—adj. Recourse′ful, returning. [Fr. recours—L. recursus—re-, back, currĕre, cursum, to run.]
English · e-38699-5459Recover, rē-kuv′ėr, v.t. to cover again.
English · e-38699-5460 · brief source recordRecover, rē-kuv′ėr, v.t. to get possession of again: to make up for: to retrieve: to cure: to revive: to bring back to any former state: to rescue: to obtain as compensation: to obtain for injury or debt: to reconcile.—v
English · e-38699-5461Recreant, rek′rē-ant, adj. cowardly: false: apostate: renegade.—n. a mean-spirited wretch: an apostate: a renegade.—n. Rec′rēancy, the quality of a recreant: a yielding, mean, cowardly spirit.—adv. Rec′rēantly. [O. Fr.,
English · e-38699-5462Recreate, rek′rē-āt, v.t. to revive: to reanimate: to cheer or amuse: to refresh: to delight.—v.i. to take recreation.—n. Recreā′tion, the act of recreating or state of being recreated: refreshment after toil, sorrow, &c
English · e-38699-5463Recrement, rek′rē-ment, n. superfluous matter: dross.—adjs. Recrement′al, Recrementi′tial, Recrementi′tious. [L. recrementum, dross.]
English · e-38699-5464Recriminate, rē-krim′in-āt, v.t. to criminate or accuse in return.—v.i. to charge an accuser with a similar crime.—n. Recriminā′tion, the act of recriminating or returning one accusation by another: a countercharge or ac
English · e-38699-5465Recross, rē-kros′, v.t. to cross again.—adj. Recrossed′ (her.), having the ends crossed.
English · e-38699-5466 · brief source recordRecrucify, rē-krōōs′i-fī, v.t. to crucify anew.
English · e-38699-5467 · brief source recordRecrudescent, rē-krōō-des′ent, adj. growing sore or painful again.—v.i. Recrudesce′, to become raw again: to be renewed.—ns. Recrudes′cence, Recru′dency, Recrudes′cency, the state of becoming sore again: a state of relap
English · e-38699-5468Recruit, rē-krōōt′, v.i. to obtain fresh supplies: to recover in health, &c.: to enlist new soldiers.—v.t. to repair: to supply: to supply with recruits.—n. the supply of any want: a substitute for something wanting: a n
English · e-38699-5469Recrystallisation, rē-kris-tal-īz-ā′shun, n. the process of crystallising again.—v.t. and v.i. Rēcrys′tallise.
English · e-38699-5470 · brief source recordRecta, rek′ta, n.pl.—adj. Rec′tal. See Rectum.
English · e-38699-5471 · brief source recordRectangle, rek′tang-gl, n. a four-sided figure with all its angles right angles and its opposite sides equal.—adjs. Rec′tangled, having right angles; Rectang′ūlar, right-angled.—n. Rectangūlar′ity, the state or quality o
English · e-38699-5472Rectify, rek′ti-fī, v.t. to make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redress: to purify by repeated crystallisation or sublimation, or by distillations: (math.) to determine the length of a curve included between
English · e-38699-5473Rectigrade, rek′ti-grād, adj. walking straight forward. [L. rectus, straight, gradi, to step.]
English · e-38699-5474 · brief source recordRectilineal, rek-ti-lin′ē-al, adj. bounded by straight lines: straight—also Rectilin′ear.—adv. Rectilin′eally.—n. Rectilinear′ity, the state or quality of being right-lined.—adv. Rectilin′early, in a right line.—n. Recti
English · e-38699-5475Rectinerved, rek′ti-nervd, adj. (bot.) straight or parallel nerved.
English · e-38699-5476 · brief source recordRection, rek′shun, n. (gram.) the influence of a word in regard to the number, case, &c. of another word in a sentence.
English · e-38699-5477 · brief source recordRectipetality, rek-ti-pe-tal′i-ti, n. (bot.) the natural tendency of stems to grow in a straight line.
English · e-38699-5478 · brief source recordRectirostral, rek′ti-ros′tral, adj. having a straight bill. [L. rectus, straight, rostrum, a beak.]
English · e-38699-5479 · brief source recordRectiserial, rek-ti-sē′ri-al, adj. placed in a straight line: (bot.) arranged in one or more straight ranks.
English · e-38699-5480 · brief source recordRectitis, rek′tī-tis, n. inflammation of the rectum.—adj. Rectit′ic.
English · e-38699-5481 · brief source recordRectitude, rek′ti-tūd, n. uprightness: correctness of principle or practice: integrity: correctness. [Fr.,—L. rectitudo—rectus, straight.]
English · e-38699-5482Recto, rek′tō, n. (print.) the right-hand page—opp. to Reverso or Verso: (law) a writ of right.
English · e-38699-5483 · brief source recordRector, rek′tor, n. a ruler: in the Church of England, a clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate, and who accordingly has the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues therein:
English · e-38699-5484Rectrix, rek′triks, n. one of the long tail-feathers of a bird, so called because used in steering the bird in its flight:—pl. Rectrices (rek′tri-sēz).
English · e-38699-5485Rectum, rek′tum, n. the lowest part of the large intestine:—pl. Rec′ta.—adj. Rec′tal.—ns. Rec′toscope, a speculum for rectal examination; Rectot′omy, the operation for dividing a rectal stricture.—adjs. Rec′to-urē′thral,
English · e-38699-5486Rectus, rek′tus, n. a muscle so called from the straightness of its course:—pl. Rec′ti.
English · e-38699-5487 · brief source recordRecubant, rek′ū-bant, adj. reclining, recumbent—n. Recubā′tion. [L. recubāre, -ātum, to lie back.]
English · e-38699-5488 · brief source recordRecuil, Recule, rē-kūl′ (Spens.). Same as Recoil.
English · e-38699-5489 · brief source recordRecultivate, rē-kul′ti-vāt, v.t. to cultivate again.—n. Recultivā′tion.
English · e-38699-5490 · brief source recordRecumbent, rē-kum′bent, adj. lying back: reclining: idle.—ns. Recum′bence, Recum′bency.—adv. Recum′bently. [L. recumbĕre—re-, back, cubāre, to lie down.]
English · e-38699-5491Recuperative, rē-kū′pėr-a-tiv, adj. tending to recovery—also Recū′peratory.—adj. Rēcū′perable, recoverable.—v.t. Recū′perāte, to recover, to regain strength.—ns. Recuperā′tion, recovery, as of something lost; Recū′perāto
English · e-38699-5492Recur, rē-kur′, v.i. to return, resort: to happen at a stated interval:—pr.p. recur′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. recurred′.—ns. Recur′rence, Recur′rency, return.—adj. Recur′rent, returning at intervals: (anat.) running back in
English · e-38699-5493Recure, rē-kūr′, v.t. to cure again: to recover—also n.—adjs. Recure′ful; Recure′less, incurable.
English · e-38699-5494 · brief source recordRecursant, rē-kur′sant, adj. (her.) turned backwards, of an animal with its back toward the spectator. [L. re-, back, cursans, -antis, pr.p. of cursāre, to run.]
English · e-38699-5495Recurve, rē-kurv′, v.t. to curve or bend back—also Recur′vate.—ns. Recurvā′tion, Recur′vity, Recur′vature, the act of recurving: the state of being recurved: a bending backwards.—adjs. Recurved′; Recurviros′tral, having
English · e-38699-5496Recusant, rek′ū-zant, or rē-kū′zant, adj. obstinate in refusal, esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.—n. a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.—ns. Rec′ūsa
English · e-38699-5497Recuse, rē-kūz′, v.t. (law) to reject.—adj. Recū′sative.
English · e-38699-5498 · brief source recordRecussion, rē-kush′un, n. the act of beating or striking back. [L. recutĕre, recussum, to beat back—re-, back, quatĕre, to shake.]
English · e-38699-5499Red, red, adj. (comp. Red′der; superl. Red′dest) of a colour like blood: ultra-radical, revolutionary.—n. one of the primary colours, of several shades, as scarlet, pink, carmine, vermilion, &c.: a red cent, the smallest
English · e-38699-5500Red, red, v.t. to put in order, make tidy: to disentangle: (coll.) to separate two men in fighting.—ns. Red′der (Scot.), one who endeavours to settle a quarrel; Red′ding, the process of putting in order; Red′ding-comb, a
English · e-38699-5501Red, Redd, red (Spens.), pa.t. of read, declared.
English · e-38699-5502 · brief source recordRed-tape, red′-tāp, n. the red tape used in public, and esp. government, offices for tying up documents, &c.: applied satirically to the intricate system of routine in vogue there: official formality.—adj. pertaining to
English · e-38699-5553Redaction, rē-dak′shun, n. the act of arranging in systematic order, esp. literary materials: the digest so made: an editorial staff.—v.t. Redact′, to edit, work up into literary form.—n. Redact′or, an editor.—adj. Redac
English · e-38699-5503Redan, rē-dan′, n. (fort.) the simplest form of fieldwork, consisting of two faces which form a salient angle towards the enemy, serving to cover a bridge or causeway—quite open at the gorge. [O. Fr. redan, redent—L. re-
English · e-38699-5504Redargue, rē-där′gū, v.t. to disprove.—n. Redargū′tion. [O. Fr. redarguer—L. redarguĕre—re-, back, arguĕre, to argue.]
English · e-38699-5505 · brief source recordReddendum, re-den′dum, n. (law) the clause by which the rent is reserved in a lease:—pl. Redden′da.—n. Redden′do (Scots law), a clause in a charter specifying the services to be rendered by a vassal to his superior. [L.,
English · e-38699-5506Redding. See Red (2).
English · e-38699-5507 · brief source recordReddition, re-dish′un, n. a giving back of anything: surrender: a rendering of the sense: explanation.—adj. Redd′itive, returning an answer. [Fr.,—L. reddition-em—reddĕre, redditum, to restore.]
English · e-38699-5508Reddle, red′l, n. an impure peroxide of iron (ferric oxide) associated with very variable proportions of clay or chalk—also Red′-clay, Radd′le, Red′-chalk.—n. Redd′leman, a dealer in red clay.
English · e-38699-5509Rede, rēd, v.t. to counsel or advise.—n. advice: a phrase: a motto.—n. Rede′craft, logic.—adj. Rede′less, without counsel or wisdom. [Read.]
English · e-38699-5510Redecorate, rē-dek′o-rāt, v.t. to decorate again.
English · e-38699-5511 · brief source recordRededication, rē-ded-i-kā′shun, n. a second or renewed dedication.
English · e-38699-5512 · brief source recordRedeem, rē-dēm′, v.t. to ransom: to relieve from captivity by a price: to rescue, deliver: to pay the penalty of: to atone for: to perform, as a promise: to improve, put to the best advantage: to recover, as a pledge.—ad
English · e-38699-5513Redeliberate, rē-de-lib′ėr-āt, v.i. to deliberate again.
English · e-38699-5514 · brief source recordRedeliver, rē-de-liv′ėr, v.t. to deliver back or again: to liberate a second time.—ns. Redeliv′erance; Redeliv′ery, the act of delivering back: a second delivery or liberation.
English · e-38699-5515Redemand, rē-dē-mand′, v.t. to demand back or again.—n. the repetition of a demand: a demand for the return of a thing.
English · e-38699-5516 · brief source recordRedemise, rē-dē-mīz′, v.t. to convey back, as an estate.—n. such a transfer.
English · e-38699-5517 · brief source recordRedemption, rē-demp′shun, n. act of redeeming or buying back: ransom: release: the deliverance of mankind from sin and misery by Christ.—ns. Redemp′tionary, one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying a
English · e-38699-5518Redented, rē-den′ted, adj. formed like the teeth of a saw. [O. Fr. redent, a double notching—L. re-, again, dens, dentis, a tooth.]
English · e-38699-5519Redescend, rē-dē-send′, v.i. to descend again.—n. Redescent′, a descending again.
English · e-38699-5520 · brief source recordRedescribe, rē-dē-skrīb′, v.t. to describe again.
English · e-38699-5521 · brief source recordRedetermine, rē-dē-tėr′min, v.t. to determine again.
English · e-38699-5522 · brief source recordRedevelop, rē-dē-vel′op, v.t. to intensify in photography by a second process.—n. Redevel′opment.
English · e-38699-5523 · brief source recordRedhibition, red-hi-bish′un, n. (law) an action to oblige the seller to annul the sale because of a defect—also Rehibi′tion.—adjs. Redhib′itory, Rehib′itory.
English · e-38699-5524Redia, rē′di-a, n. a stage in some trematode worms immediately before cercaria:—pl. Rē′diæ. [From Redi, an Italian naturalist.]
English · e-38699-5525Redifferentiate, rē-dif-e-ren′shi-āt, v.i. to differentiate a differential coefficient.—n. Redifferentiā′tion.
English · e-38699-5526 · brief source recordRedigest, rē-di-jest′, v.t. to reduce to form again.
English · e-38699-5527 · brief source recordRedingote, red′ing-gōt, n. a double-breasted outer coat with long full skirts, worn by men, also a similar outer garment for women.
English · e-38699-5528Redintegrate, rē-din′tē-grāt, v.t. to restore to integrity again: to renew:—pr.p. redin′tegrāting; pa.p. redin′tegrāted.—n. Redintegrā′tion, restoration to integrity or to a whole or sound state: renovation. [L. redinteg
English · e-38699-5529Redirect, rē-di-rekt′, v.t. to direct anew.
English · e-38699-5530 · brief source recordRedisburse, rē-dis-burs′, v.t. to refund.
English · e-38699-5531 · brief source recordRediscover, rē-dis-kuv′ėr, v.t. to discover again.—n. Rediscov′ery.
English · e-38699-5532 · brief source recordRedispose, rē-dis-pōz′, v.t. to dispose or adjust again.—n. Redisposi′tion.
English · e-38699-5533 · brief source recordRedisseize, rē-dis-sēz′, v.t. to disseize anew.—ns. Redisseiz′in (law), a writ to recover seizin of lands; Redisseiz′or.
English · e-38699-5534Redissolve, rē-di-zolv′, v.t. to dissolve again.—n. Redissolū′tion.
English · e-38699-5535 · brief source recordRedistribute, rē-dis-trib′ūt, v.t. to apportion anew.—n. Redistribū′tion, a second or renewed distribution.
English · e-38699-5536 · brief source recordRedistrict, rē-dis′trikt, v.t. to divide again, as a state into districts.—n. Redis′tricting (U.S.).
English · e-38699-5537 · brief source recordRedition, rē-dish′un, n. the act of going back.
English · e-38699-5538 · brief source recordRedivide, rē-di-vīd′, v.t. to divide again or anew.
English · e-38699-5539 · brief source recordRedivivus, red-i-vī′vus, adj. alive again: restored.
English · e-38699-5540 · brief source recordRedolent, red′ō-lent, adj. diffusing odour or fragrance: scented.—ns. Red′olence, Red′olency.—adv. Red′olently. [Fr.,—L. redolens, -entis—red-, re-, again, olēre, to emit an odour.]
English · e-38699-5541Redondilla, red-on-dē′lya, n. an early form of versification in which the 1st and 4th and the 2d and 3d lines of the stanza generally rhymed: in later Spanish use, a term applied to verses of 6 and 8 syllables in general
English · e-38699-5542Redorse, rē-dors′, n. the reverse side of a dorsal or dorse.
English · e-38699-5543 · brief source recordRedouble, rē-dub′l, v.t. to double again or repeatedly: to increase greatly: to multiply.—v.i. to become greatly increased: to become twice as much.
English · e-38699-5544Redoubt, Redout, rē-dowt′, n. (fort.) a field-work enclosed on all sides, its ditch not flanked from the parapet: a central or retired work within any other works, intended to afford the garrison a last retreat—also Redu
English · e-38699-5545Redoubt, rē-dowt′, v.t. (arch.) to fear.—adjs. Redoubt′able, valiant; Redoubt′ed (Spens.).—n. Redoubt′ing. [O. Fr. redouter, to fear greatly—L. re-, back, dubitāre, to doubt.]
English · e-38699-5546Redound, rē-downd′, v.i. to be sent back by reaction, to rebound: to result, turn out: (Spens., Milt.) to overflow, to be in excess.—n. the coming back, as an effect or consequence, return.—n. Redound′ing. [Fr. rédonder—
English · e-38699-5547Redowa, red′ō-a, n. a Bohemian round dance, one form resembling the waltz, the other the polka: the music for such a dance, usually in quick triple time. [Fr.,—Bohem. rejdowák.]
English · e-38699-5548Redraft, rē-draft′, n. a second draft or copy: a new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
English · e-38699-5549Redraw, rē-draw′, v.t. to draw again: to draw a second copy: to draw a new bill: to meet another bill of the same amount.
English · e-38699-5550Redress, rē-dres′, v.t. to set right: to relieve from: to make amends to: to compensate: to dress again.—n. relief: reparation.—n. Redress′er, one who gives redress.—adjs. Redress′ible, that may be redressed; Redress′ive
English · e-38699-5551Redrive, rē-drīv′, v.t. to drive back.
English · e-38699-5552 · brief source recordRedub, rē-dub′, v.t. (obs.) to make amends for.—n. Redub′ber, one who buys stolen cloth and so alters it as not to be recognised.
English · e-38699-5554Reduce, rē-dūs′, v.t. to bring into a lower state, as to reduce the ores of silver: to lessen: to impoverish: to subdue: to arrange: (arith. and alg.) to change numbers or quantities from one denomination into another: t
English · e-38699-5555Reduit. See Redoubt (1).
English · e-38699-5556 · brief source recordRedundance, rē-dun′dans, n. quality of being superfluous: superabundance—also Redun′dancy.—adj. Redun′dant, superfluous, as in words or images: (Milt.) flowing back, as a wave.—adv. Redun′dantly. [Fr.,—L. redund-ans, -an
English · e-38699-5557Reduplicate, rē-dū′pli-kāt, v.t. to double again: to multiply: to repeat.—adj. doubled.—n. Reduplicā′tion, the act of redoubling: the repetition of a syllable, or of the initial part, in inflection and word-formation, as
English · e-38699-5558Reduviidæ, red-ū-vī′i-dē, n.pl. a family of predacious bugs.—adj. Redū′vioid.—n. Redū′vius, a genus embracing about fifty species, mostly African—the Fly-bug is European.
English · e-38699-5559Redux, rē′duks, adj. led back, as from captivity, &c., as in Dryden's poem on the Restoration entitled Astræa Redux: (med.) noting the reappearance of certain physical signs after interruption in consequence of disease.
English · e-38699-5560Ree, rē, (prov.) v.t. to riddle.
English · e-38699-5561 · brief source recordRee, rē, adj. (prov.) wild, tipsy.
English · e-38699-5562 · brief source recordReebok, rē′bok, n. a South African antelope.
English · e-38699-5563 · brief source recordReechy, rēch′i, adj. (Shak.) smoky, sooty, tanned.—n. Reech, smoke—the Scotch reek (q.v.).
English · e-38699-5565 · brief source recordReed, rēd, v.t. and v.i. (Spens.) to deem.
English · e-38699-5566 · brief source recordReed, rēd, n. the common English name of certain tall grasses, growing in moist or marshy places, and having a very hard or almost woody culm: a musical pipe anciently made of a reed: the sounding part of several musical
English · e-38699-5567Reef, rēf, n. a chain of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water: a shoal or elevated bank: a lode, vein, or ledge, in Australian mining phraseology. [Dut. rif; Ice. rif.]
English · e-38699-5569Reef, rēf, n. a portion of a sail rolled or folded up.—v.t. to reduce the exposed surface of, as a sail: to gather up any material in a similar way.—ns. Reef′-band, a strong strip of canvas extending across a sail to str
English · e-38699-5570Reef, rēf, adj. (Scot.) scabby.—n. the itch. [A.S. hreóf, scabby.]
English · e-38699-5571 · brief source recordReek, rēk, n. smoke: vapour.—v.i. to emit smoke or vapour: to steam.—adj. Reek′y, full of reek: smoky: soiled with steam or smoke: foul. [A.S. réc; Ice. reykr, Ger. rauch, Dut. rook, smoke.]
English · e-38699-5572Reel, rēl, n. a lively Scottish dance for two couples or more, its music generally written in common time of four crotchets in a measure, but sometimes in jig time of six quavers: music for such a dance.—v.i. to dance a
English · e-38699-5573Reel, rēl, n. a rolling or turning frame for winding yarn, &c.—v.t. to wind on a reel.—adj. Reel′able, capable of being reeled.—ns. Reel′-click, an attachment to an angler's reel, which checks the line from running out t
English · e-38699-5574Reel, rēl, v.i. to stagger: to vacillate.—n. giddiness.—adv. Reel′-rall (Scot.), topsy-turvy. [Conn. with preceding word.]
English · e-38699-5575Reem, rēm, n. an animal mentioned in Job, xxxix. 9—unicorn, wild ox, or ox-antelope.
English · e-38699-5579 · brief source recordReeming, rēm′ing, n. the act of opening the seams between the planks of a vessel with a caulking-iron, in order to admit the oakum.
English · e-38699-5585Reermouse. Same as Reremouse.
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