Reesk
Reesk, rēsk, n. (Scot.) rank grass, or waste land growing such.
English · e-38699-5599 · brief source recordHistorical source · 1908
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Reesk, rēsk, n. (Scot.) rank grass, or waste land growing such.
English · e-38699-5599 · brief source recordReest, Reist, rēst, v.i. (Scot.) of a horse, suddenly to refuse to move, to baulk.—v.t. to arrest, stop.
English · e-38699-5600 · brief source recordReeve, rēv, n. a steward or other officer (now used only in composition, as in sheriff)—a title applied to several classes of old English magistrates over various territorial areas, as borough-reeves, over boroughs; port
English · e-38699-5603Reeve, rēv, v.t. to pass the end of a rope through any hole, as the channel of a block:—pa.t. and pa.p. reeved, also rove (naut.). [Reef (2).]
English · e-38699-5604Refaction, rē-fak′shun, n. (obs.) retribution.
English · e-38699-5610 · brief source recordRefait, re-fā′, n. a drawn game, esp. in rouge-et-noir.
English · e-38699-5611 · brief source recordRefashion, rē-fash′un, v.t. to fashion or mould again.—n. Refash′ionment.
English · e-38699-5612 · brief source recordRefasten, rē-fas′n, v.t. to fasten again.
English · e-38699-5613 · brief source recordRefection, rē-fek′shun, n. refreshment: a meal or repast.—n. Refec′tioner.—adj. Refec′tive, refreshing.—n. Refec′tory, the place where refections or meals are taken, esp. in convents or monasteries. [Fr.,—L. refectio—ref
English · e-38699-5614Refel, rē-fel′, v.t. (Shak.) to refute, to disprove. [O. Fr.,—L. refellĕre—re-, again, fallĕre, to deceive.]
English · e-38699-5615 · brief source recordRefeoff, rē-fef′, v.t. to reinvest.
English · e-38699-5616 · brief source recordRefer, rē-fėr, v.t. to submit to another person or authority: to assign: to reduce: to carry back: to trace back: to hand over for consideration: to deliver over, as to refer a matter: to appeal: to direct for informatio
English · e-38699-5617Referrible. Same as Referable.
English · e-38699-5618 · brief source recordRefigure, rē-fig′ūr, v.t. to represent anew: (astrol.) to restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.
English · e-38699-5619 · brief source recordRefill, rē-fil′, v.t. to fill again.
English · e-38699-5620 · brief source recordRefind, rē-fīnd′, v.t. to find or experience again.
English · e-38699-5621 · brief source recordRefine, rē-fīn′, v.t. to separate from extraneous matter: to reduce to a fine or pure state: to purify: to clarify: to polish: to make elegant: to purify the manners, morals, language, &c.—v.i. to become fine or pure: to
English · e-38699-5622Refit, rē-fit′, v.t. to fit or prepare again.—v.i. to repair damages.—ns. Refit′, Refit′ment.
English · e-38699-5623 · brief source recordReflame, rē-flām′, v.i. to burst again into flame.
English · e-38699-5624 · brief source recordReflect, rē-flekt′, v.t. to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface, as light, &c.—v.i. to be thrown back, as light, heat, &c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to ca
English · e-38699-5625Reflection, Reflexion, rē-flek′shun, n. the act of reflecting: the change of direction when a ray of light, &c., strikes upon a surface and is thrown back: the state of being reflected: that which is reflected: the actio
English · e-38699-5626Reflet, re-flā′, n. iridescent glaze, as on pottery: ware possessing this property.
English · e-38699-5627 · brief source recordReflex, rē′fleks, adj. bent or turned back: reflected: reciprocal: acting and reacting, as reflex influence: (physiol.) said of certain movements which take place independent of the will, being sent back from a nerve-cen
English · e-38699-5628Refloat, rē-flōt′, n. ebb.
English · e-38699-5629 · brief source recordReflorescence, rē-flor-es′ens, n. a blossoming anew.—v.i. Reflour′ish.
English · e-38699-5630 · brief source recordReflow, rē-flō′, v.i. to flow back.—ns. Reflow′, Reflow′ing.
English · e-38699-5631 · brief source recordReflower, rē-flow′ėr, v.i. to bloom again.
English · e-38699-5632 · brief source recordRefluent, ref′lōō-ent, adj. flowing back: ebbing.—ns. Ref′luence, Ref′luency.—adj. Rē′flux, flowing or returning back: reflex.—n. a flowing back: ebb.—n. Reflux′ing. [L. refluens, -entis, pr.p. of refluĕre—re-, back, flu
English · e-38699-5633Refocillate, rē-fos′il-āt, v.t. (obs.) to revive.—n. Refocillā′tion. [L. re-, again, focillāre, to cherish—focus, a hearth.]
English · e-38699-5634Refold, rē-fōld′, v.t. to fold again.—adj. Refold′ed.
English · e-38699-5635 · brief source recordRefoot, rē-fōōt′, v.t. to supply with a new foot.
English · e-38699-5636 · brief source recordReforest, rē-for′est, v.t. to plant again with trees.—n. Reforestā′tion.
English · e-38699-5637 · brief source recordReforge, rē-fōrj′, v.t. to forge again or anew: to make over again.—n. Reforg′er.
English · e-38699-5638 · brief source recordReform, rē-form′, v.t. to form again or anew: to transform: to make better: to remove that which is objectionable from: to repair or improve: to reclaim.—v.i. to become better: to abandon evil: to be corrected or improve
English · e-38699-5639Reformade, ref-or-mād′, n. (Bunyan) a reduced or dismissed soldier.—n. Reformā′do, an officer without a command.—adj. degraded: penitent.
English · e-38699-5640Refortify, rē-for′ti-fī, v.t. to fortify again or anew.
English · e-38699-5641 · brief source recordRefound, rē-fownd′, v.t. to establish on a new basis: to cast anew.—n. Refound′er.
English · e-38699-5642 · brief source recordRefract, rē-frakt′, v.t. to break back or open: to break the natural course, or bend from a direct line, as rays of light, &c.—adj. Rēfrac′table.—p.adjs. Rēfrac′ted, turned out of its straight course, as a ray of light:
English · e-38699-5643Refractory, rē-frak′to-ri, adj. breaking through rules: unruly: unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion, as metals, &c.: not susceptible, as to disease.—adv. Refrac′torily.—n. Refrac′toriness.
English · e-38699-5644Refracture, rē-frak′tūr, n. a breaking again.
English · e-38699-5645 · brief source recordRefragable, ref′ra-ga-bl, adj. that may be resisted: capable of refutation.—ns. Refragabil′ity, Ref′ragableness.—v.i. Ref′ragāte (obs.), to be contrary in effect. [L. refragāri, to resist—re-, again, frangĕre, to break.]
English · e-38699-5646Refrain, rē-frān′, n. a burden or chorus recurring at the end of each division of a poem: the musical form to which the burden of a song is set: an after-taste or other sense impression. [O. Fr. refrain—refraindre—L. ref
English · e-38699-5647Refrain, rē-frān′, v.t. to curb: to restrain.—v.i. to keep from action: to forbear.—ns. Refrain′er; Refrain′ment. [O. Fr. refraindre (Fr. refréner)—Low L. refrenāre—re-, back, frenum, a bridle.]
English · e-38699-5648Reframe, rē-frām′, v.t. to frame again.
English · e-38699-5649 · brief source recordRefranation, rēf-ra-nā′shun, n. (astrol.) the failure of a planetary aspect to occur.
English · e-38699-5650 · brief source recordRefrangible, rē-fran′ji-bl, adj. that may be refracted, or turned out of a direct course, as rays of light, heat, &c.—ns. Refrangibil′ity, Refran′gibleness.
English · e-38699-5651Refreeze, rē-frēz′, v.t. to freeze a second time.
English · e-38699-5652 · brief source recordRefrenation, ref-rē-nā′shun, n. (obs.) the act of restraining.
English · e-38699-5653 · brief source recordRefresh, rē-fresh′, v.t. to give new strength, spirit, &c. to: to revive after exhaustion: to enliven: to restore a fresh appearance to.—v.i. to become fresh again: (coll.) to take refreshment, as food and drink.—v.t. Rē
English · e-38699-5654Refrigerant, rē-frij′ė-rant, adj. making cold: cooling: refreshing.—n. that which cools.—v.t. Rēfrig′erāte, to make cold: to cool: to refresh.—n. Rēfrigerā′tion.—adjs. Rēfrig′erātive, Rēfrig′erātory, cooling: refreshing.
English · e-38699-5655Refringe, rē-frinj′, v.t. to infringe.—n. Rēfring′ency, refractive power.—adj. Rēfrin′gent.
English · e-38699-5656 · brief source recordReft, reft, pa.t. and pa.p. of reave.
English · e-38699-5657 · brief source recordRefuge, ref′ūj, n. that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum or retreat: a resource or expedient.—v.t. to find shelter for.—v.i. to take shelter.—ns. Refugēē′, one who flees for refuge to another country, esp.
English · e-38699-5658Refulgence, rē-ful′jens, n. state of being refulgent: brightness: brilliance—also Rēful′gency.—adj. Rēful′gent, casting a flood of light: shining: brilliant.—adv. Rēful′gently. [Fr.,—L. refulgens, -entis, pr.p. of refulg
English · e-38699-5659Refund, rē-fund′, v.t. to repay: to restore: to return what has been taken.—ns. Refund′; Refund′er; Refund′ment. [Fr.,—L. refundĕre, refusum—re-, back, fundĕre, to pour.]
English · e-38699-5660Refurbish, rē-fur′bish, v.t. to furbish again: to polish.
English · e-38699-5661 · brief source recordRefurnish, rē-fur′nish, v.t. to furnish again: to supply or provide anew.
English · e-38699-5662 · brief source recordRefuse, rē-fūz′, v.t. to reject: to deny, as a request, &c.: to disown: to fail to receive, to repel: (mil.) to hold troops back from the regular alignment.—v.i. to decline acceptance: not to comply.—adj. Refū′sable, cap
English · e-38699-5663Refuse, ref′ūs, adj. refused: worthless.—n. that which is rejected or left as worthless: dross.
English · e-38699-5664 · brief source recordRefuse, rē-fūz′, v.t. to melt again.—n. Rēfū′sion, repeated fusion or melting, as of metals: restoration.
English · e-38699-5665 · brief source recordRefute, rē-fūt′, v.t. to repel: to oppose: to disprove.—n. Rēfutabil′ity.—adj. Rēfū′table, that may be refuted or disproved.—adv. Rēfū′tably.—n. Refutā′tion, the act of refuting or disproving.—adj. Rēfū′tātory, tending t
English · e-38699-5666Regain, rē-gān, v.t. to gain back or again: to recover.
English · e-38699-5667 · brief source recordRegal, rē′gal, adj. belonging to a king: kingly: royal.—adv. Rē′gally. [Fr.,—L. regalis—rex, a king—regĕre, to rule.]
English · e-38699-5668 · brief source recordRegal, rē′gal, n. a small portable organ used to support treble voices.—Also Rig′ole. [Fr.,—It.,—L. regalis, royal.]
English · e-38699-5669 · brief source recordRegale, rē-gāl′, v.t. to entertain in a sumptuous manner: to refresh: to gratify.—v.i. to feast.—n. a regal or magnificent feast.—ns. Regale′ment, the act of regaling: entertainment: refreshment; Regā′ler. [Fr. régaler,
English · e-38699-5670Regalia, rē-gā′li-a, n.pl. the ensigns of royalty: the crown, sceptre, &c., esp. those used at a coronation: the rights and privileges of kings: the distinctive symbols of a particular order.—n. Rēgā′lē, the power of the
English · e-38699-5671Regalia, rē-gā′lya, n. a superior Cuban cigar.
English · e-38699-5672 · brief source recordRegard, rē-gärd′, v.t. to observe particularly: to hold in respect or affection: to pay attention to: to care for: to keep or observe: to esteem: to consider as important or valuable: to have respect or relation to.—n. (
English · e-38699-5673Regather, rē-gath′ėr, v.t. to gather again.
English · e-38699-5674 · brief source recordRegatta, rē-gat′a, n. a race of yachts: any rowing or sailing match. [It. regatta, rigatta—Old It. regattare, to haggle, prob. a form of It. recatare, to retail—L. re-, again, captāre, to catch.]
English · e-38699-5675Regelation, rē-jē-lā′shun, n. the act of freezing anew.—v.i. Rē′gelāte, to freeze together. [L. re-, again, gelāre, to freeze.]
English · e-38699-5676Regency, rē′jen-si, n. the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent: a body entrusted with vicarious government.—n. Rē′gence (obs.), government.
English · e-38699-5677Regenerate, rē-jen′ėr-āt, v.t. to produce anew: (theol.) to renew the heart and turn it to the love of God.—adj. regenerated, renewed: changed from a natural to a spiritual state.—ns. Regen′erācy, Regen′erāteness, state
English · e-38699-5678Regent, rē′jent, adj. invested with interim or vicarious sovereign authority.—n. one invested with interim authority: one who rules for the sovereign: a college professor, as formerly in Scotland and elsewhere: a master
English · e-38699-5679Regerminate, rē-jėr′min-āt, v.i. to germinate or bud again.—n. Regerminā′tion.
English · e-38699-5680 · brief source recordRegest, rē-jest′, v.t. (obs.) to throw back.—n. a register.
English · e-38699-5681 · brief source recordReget, rē-get′, v.t. to get or obtain again.
English · e-38699-5682 · brief source recordRegian, rē′ji-an, n. (obs.) a royalist.—Rē′giam majestā′tem, a collection of ancient laws bearing to have been compiled by order of David I. of Scotland, now generally believed to be a compilation from Glanville's Tracta
English · e-38699-5683Regible, rej′i-bl, adj. governable.
English · e-38699-5684 · brief source recordRegicide, rej′i-sīd, n. the murderer of a king—applied esp. to the members of the High Court of Justice who sentenced Charles I. to death.—adj. Regicī′dal. [Fr.,—L. rex, regis, a king, cædĕre, to kill.]
English · e-38699-5685Regifugium, rē-ji-fū′ji-um, n. an ancient Roman festival commemorating the expulsion of the Tarquins.
English · e-38699-5686 · brief source recordRegild, rē-gild′, v.t. to gild again or anew.
English · e-38699-5687 · brief source recordRégime, rā-zhēm′, n. mode of ruling one's diet: form of government: administration.—Ancien régime, the political system that prevailed in France before the Revolution of 1789. [Fr.,—L. regimen—regĕre, to rule.]
English · e-38699-5688Regimen, rej′i-men, n. rule prescribed: orderly government: any regulation for gradual improvement: (med.) rule of diet, habit with regard to food: (gram.) the government of one word by another: words governed:—pl. Regim
English · e-38699-5689Regiment, rej′i-ment, n. a body of soldiers constituting the largest permanent unit, commanded by a colonel: rule.—v.t. to form into a regiment: to organise.—adj. Regiment′al, relating to a regiment.—n.pl. the uniform of
English · e-38699-5690Regina, rē-jī′na, n. (U.S.) the striped water-snake.
English · e-38699-5691 · brief source recordRegion, rē′jun, n. a portion of land: country: any area or district, with respect to fauna, flora, &c.: (Shak.) rank, dignity: (Shak.) the elemental space between the earth and the moon's orbit.—adj. Rē′gional, topical:
English · e-38699-5692Register, rej′is-tėr, n. a written record, regularly kept: the book containing the register: that which registers or records: one who registers, as the Scotch 'Lord Clerk Register:' that which regulates, as the damper of
English · e-38699-5693Regius, rē′ji-us, adj. appointed by the Crown, as Rē′gius profess′or, one whose chair was founded by Henry VIII.; in Scotland, any professor whose chair was founded by the Crown.—Rē′gium dō′num, an annual grant of public
English · e-38699-5694Regive, rē-giv′, v.t. to restore.
English · e-38699-5695 · brief source recordReglement, reg′l-ment, n. (Bacon) regulation.—adj. Reglemen′tary. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-5696 · brief source recordReglet, reg′let, n. a flat, narrow moulding, used to separate panels, &c.: a fillet: (print.) a ledge of wood thicker than a lead, and used for a like purpose.—n. Reg′let-plane, a plane for making printers' reglets. [Fr.
English · e-38699-5697Reglow, rē-glō′, v.i. to recalesce.—n. recalescence.
English · e-38699-5698 · brief source recordRegma, reg′ma, n. (bot.) a capsule with two or more lobes, each of which dehisces at maturity:—pl. Reg′mata. [Gr. rhēgma, a fracture.]
English · e-38699-5699Regmacarp, reg′ma-kärp, n. any dehiscent fruit.
English · e-38699-5700 · brief source recordRegnal, reg′nal, adj. pertaining to the reign of a monarch.—n. Reg′nancy, condition of being regnant: reign: predominance.—adj. Reg′nant, reigning or ruling: predominant: exercising regal authority.—ns. Reg′nicide, the d
English · e-38699-5701Regorge, rē-gorj′, v.t. to swallow again: (Milt.) to swallow eagerly: to vomit, to throw back.
English · e-38699-5702 · brief source recordRegrade, rē-grād, v.i. (obs.) to retire.
English · e-38699-5703 · brief source recordRegraft, rē-graft′, v.t. to graft again.
English · e-38699-5704 · brief source recordRegrant, rē-grant′, v.t. to grant back.—n. a fresh grant.
English · e-38699-5705 · brief source recordRegrate, rē-grāt′, v.t. in masonry, to remove the outer surface so as to give a fresh appearance.
English · e-38699-5706 · brief source recordRegrate, rē-grāt′, v.t. to buy and sell again in the same market, thus raising the price—once a criminal offence in England.—ns. Regrā′ter, -tor, a huckster who buys and sells provisions in the same fair; Regrā′ting. [O.
English · e-38699-5707Regrede, rē-grēd′, v.i. to retrograde.—n. Regrē′dience.
English · e-38699-5708 · brief source recordRegreet, rē-grēt′, v.t. (Shak.) to greet or salute again.—n. (Shak.) exchange of salutation.
English · e-38699-5709 · brief source recordRegress, rē-gres′, n. passage back: return: power of returning: re-entry.—v.i. to go back: to return to a former place or state: (astron.) to move from east to west.—n. Regres′sion, act of going back or returning.—adj. R
English · e-38699-5710Regret, rē-gret′, v.t. to grieve at: to remember with sorrow:—pr.p. regret′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. regret′ted.—n. sorrow for anything: concern: remorse: a written expression of regret.—adj. Regret′ful, full of regret.—adv.
English · e-38699-5711Regrowth, rē-grōth′, n. a new growth.
English · e-38699-5712 · brief source recordReguerdon, rē-gėr′dun, v.t. (Shak.) to reward.—n. (Shak.) a reward.—n. Reguer′donment.
English · e-38699-5713 · brief source recordRegula, reg′ū-la, n. a book of rules for a religious house: (archit.) one of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals of the triglyphs:—pl. Reg′ulæ (-lē). [L. regula, a rule.]
English · e-38699-5714Regular, reg′ū-lar, adj. according to rule, or to law, order, custom, established practice, or mode prescribed: in accordance with nature or art, or the ordinary form or course of things: governed by rule: uniform: perio
English · e-38699-5715Regulus, reg′ū-lus, n. an intermediate and impure product in the smelting of metallic ores: antimony: the golden-crested wren.—adj. Reg′uline.—v.t. Reg′ulise. [L., 'little king.']
English · e-38699-5716Regur, rē′gur, n. the rich black cotton soil of India, full of organic matter.—Also Rē′gar. [Hind.]
English · e-38699-5717 · brief source recordRegurgitate, rē-gur′ji-tāt, v.t. to throw or pour back from a deep place.—v.i. to be thrown or poured back:—pr.p. regur′gitāting; pa.p. regur′gitāted.—n. Regurgitā′tion, the act of pouring or flowing back. [O. Fr.,—Low L
English · e-38699-5718Reh, rā, n. a saline efflorescence which comes to the surface in extensive tracts of Upper India.
English · e-38699-5719 · brief source recordRehabilitate, rē-ha-bil′i-tāt, v.t. to reinstate, restore to former privileges.—n. Rehabilitā′tion, the act of restoring to forfeited rights or privileges. [Fr. réhabiliter—L. re-, again, habilitāre—habēre, to have.]
English · e-38699-5720Rehandle, rē-hand′l, v.t. to remodel.
English · e-38699-5721 · brief source recordRehash, rē-hash′, v.t. to hash over again.—n. something made up of materials formerly used.
English · e-38699-5722 · brief source recordRehead, rē-hed′, v.t. to furnish with a head again.
English · e-38699-5723 · brief source recordRehear, rē-hēr′, v.t. to hear again: to try over again, as a lawsuit.—n. Rehear′ing.
English · e-38699-5724 · brief source recordRehearsal, rē-hėr′sal, n. act of rehearsing: recital: recital and performance for practice previous to public representation.—v.t. Rehearse′, to repeat what has already been said: to narrate: to recite before a public re
English · e-38699-5725Reheat, rē-hēt, v.t. to heat anew.—n. Reheat′er, an apparatus for restoring heat to a body.
English · e-38699-5726 · brief source recordReheel, rē-hēl′, v.t. to supply a heel to a stocking, boot, &c.
English · e-38699-5727 · brief source recordRehibition. See Redhibition.
English · e-38699-5728 · brief source recordRehybridise, rē-hī′bri-dīz, v.t. to cause to interbreed with a different species.
English · e-38699-5729 · brief source recordRehypothecate, rē-hī-poth′ē-kāt, v.t. to lend as security bonds already pledged.—n. Rehypothecā′tion.
English · e-38699-5730 · brief source recordReichsrath, rīhs′rät, n. the chief deliberative body in the western part of the Austrian Empire, excluding Hungary, which has its own parliament.
English · e-38699-5731Reichstag, rīhs′täh, n. the chief deliberative body in the German Empire, exercising legislative power in conjunction with the Bundesrath: the diet of the old German Empire.
English · e-38699-5732Reification, rē-if-i-kā′shun, n. materialisation.—v.t. Rē′ify, to make real or material.
English · e-38699-5733 · brief source recordReign, rān, n. rule: dominion, as Reign of Terror: royal authority: supreme power: influence: time during which a sovereign rules.—v.i. to rule: to have sovereign power: to be predominant. [Fr. règne—L. regnum—regĕre, to
English · e-38699-5734Reilluminate, rē-il-lū′min-āt, v.t. to illuminate or enlighten again.—n. Reilluminā′tion.
English · e-38699-5735 · brief source recordReimburse, rē-im-burs′, v.t. to refund: to pay an equivalent to for loss or expense.—adj. Reimburs′able, capable of being repaid: intended to be repaid.—ns. Reimburse′ment, act of reimbursing; Reimburs′er, one who reimbu
English · e-38699-5736Reimplace, rē-im-plās′, v.t. (obs.) to replace.
English · e-38699-5737 · brief source recordReimplant, rē-im-plant′, v.t. to implant again.—n. Reimplantā′tion.
English · e-38699-5738 · brief source recordReimport, rē-im-pōrt′, v.t. to bring back: to import again.—n. Reimportā′tion.
English · e-38699-5739 · brief source recordReimpose, rē-im-pōz′, v.t. to retax.—n. Reimposi′tion, the act of reimposing: a tax levied anew.
English · e-38699-5740 · brief source recordReimpress, rē-im-pres′, v.t. to impress anew.—n. Reimpres′sion, a second or repeated impression: the reprint of a work.—v.t. Reimprint′, to print again.
English · e-38699-5741Reimprison, rē-im-pris′n, v.t. to imprison again.—n. Reimpris′onment.
English · e-38699-5742 · brief source recordRein, rān, n. the strap of a bridle: an instrument for curbing or governing: government.—v.t. to govern with the rein or bridle: to restrain or control: to rein in, to curb.—v.i. to obey the rein.—ns. Rein′-hold′er, a cl
English · e-38699-5743Reinaugurate, rē-in-aw′gū-rāt, v.t. to inaugurate again or anew.
English · e-38699-5744 · brief source recordReincarnate, rē-in-kär′nāt, v.t. to embody anew.—n. Reincarnā′tion.
English · e-38699-5745 · brief source recordReincense, rē-in-sens′, v.t. to rekindle.
English · e-38699-5746 · brief source recordReincite, rē-in-sīt′, v.t. to reanimate.
English · e-38699-5747 · brief source recordReincorporate, rē-in-kor′pō-rāt, v.t. to incorporate or embody again or anew.
English · e-38699-5748 · brief source recordReincrease, rē-in-krēs′, v.t. to augment.
English · e-38699-5749 · brief source recordReincrudation, rē-in-krōō-dā′shun, n. recrudescence.
English · e-38699-5750 · brief source recordReindeer, rān′dēr, n. a kind of deer in the north, valuable for the chase and for domestic uses.—n. Rein′deer-moss, a lichen, the winter food of the reindeer. [Ice. hreinn, and Eng. deer.]
English · e-38699-5751Reinfect, rē-in-fekt′, v.t. to infect again.—n. Reinfec′tion.
English · e-38699-5752 · brief source recordReinflame, rē-in-flām′, v.t. to rekindle.
English · e-38699-5753 · brief source recordReinforce, rē-in-fōrs′, v.t. to enforce again: to strengthen with new force or support: (Spens.) to compel.—ns. Reinforce′ment, the act of reinforcing: additional force or assistance, esp. of troops; Reinfor′cer, any add
English · e-38699-5754Reinform, rē-in-form′, v.t. to inform anew.
English · e-38699-5755 · brief source recordReinfund, rē-in-fund′, v.t. to flow in again.
English · e-38699-5756 · brief source recordReinfuse, rē-in-fūz′, v.t. to infuse again.
English · e-38699-5757 · brief source recordReingratiate, rē-in-grā′shi-āt, v.t. to recommend again: to favour.
English · e-38699-5758 · brief source recordReinhabit, rē-in-hab′it, v.t. to inhabit again.
English · e-38699-5759 · brief source recordReinoculation, rē-in-ok-ū-lā′shun, n. subsequent inoculation.
English · e-38699-5760 · brief source recordReins, rānz, n.pl. the kidneys: the lower part of the back over the kidneys: (B.) the inward parts: the heart. [O. Fr.,—L. renes.]
English · e-38699-5761Reinscribe, rē-in-skrīb′, v.t. to record a second time.
English · e-38699-5762 · brief source recordReinsert, rē-in-sėrt′, v.t. to insert a second time.—n. Reinser′tion.
English · e-38699-5763 · brief source recordReinspect, rē-in-spekt′, v.t. to inspect again.—n. Reinspec′tion.
English · e-38699-5764 · brief source recordReinspire, rē-in-spīr′, v.t. to inspire anew.
English · e-38699-5765 · brief source recordReinstall, rē-in-stawl′, v.t. (Shak.) to put again in possession: (Milt.) to seat again.—n. Reinstal′ment.
English · e-38699-5766 · brief source recordReinstate, rē-in-stāt′, v.t. to place in a former state.—ns. Reinstāte′ment, Reinstā′tion, act of reinstating: re-establishment.
English · e-38699-5767Reinstruct, rē-in-strukt′, v.t. to instruct again.
English · e-38699-5768 · brief source recordReinsure, rē-in-shōōr′, v.t. to insure a second time by other underwriters.—ns. Reinsur′ance; Reinsur′er.
English · e-38699-5769 · brief source recordReintegrate, rē-in′te-grāt, v.t. to bring into harmony.—n. Reintegrā′tion.
English · e-38699-5770 · brief source recordReinter, rē-in-ter′, v.t. to bury again.
English · e-38699-5771 · brief source recordReinterrogate, rē-in-ter′ō-gāt, v.t. to interrogate again.—n. Reinterrogā′tion.
English · e-38699-5772 · brief source recordReintroduce, rē-in-trō-dūs′, v.t. to introduce again.—n. Reintroduc′tion.
English · e-38699-5773 · brief source recordReinvent, rē-in-vent′, v.t. to create anew or independently.—n. Reinven′tion.
English · e-38699-5774 · brief source recordReinvest, rē-in-vest′, v.t. to invest again or a second time.—n. Reinvest′ment, act of reinvesting: a second investment.
English · e-38699-5775Reinvestigate, rē-in-ves′ti-gāt, v.t. to investigate again.—n. Reinvestigā′tion.
English · e-38699-5776 · brief source recordReinvigorate, rē-in-vig′or-āt, v.t. to invigorate again.—n. Reinvigorā′tion.
English · e-38699-5777 · brief source recordReinvite, rē-in-vīt′, to repeat an invitation.—n. Reinvitā′tion.
English · e-38699-5778 · brief source recordReinvolve, rē-in-volv′, v.t. to involve anew.
English · e-38699-5779 · brief source recordReis, rās, n. a Portuguese money, of which 1000 make a milreis—4s. 5d. [Port., pl. of real.]
English · e-38699-5780 · brief source recordReissue, rē-ish′ōō, v.t. to issue again.—n. a second issue.—adj. Reis′suable.
English · e-38699-5781 · brief source recordReiter, rī′tėr, n. a German cavalry soldier. [Ger.]
English · e-38699-5782 · brief source recordReiterate, rē-it′e-rāt, v.t. to iterate or repeat again: to repeat again and again.—adj. Reit′erant, reiterating.—adv. Reit′eratedly.—n. Reiterā′tion, act of reiterating.—adj. Reit′erātive (gram.), a word signifying repe
English · e-38699-5783Reject, rē-jekt′, v.t. to throw away: to refuse: to renounce: to despise.—adjs. Rejec′table, Rejec′tible.—n.pl. Rejectamen′ta, excrement.—ns. Rejec′ter, -or; Rejec′tion, act of rejecting: refusal.—adj. Rejec′tive.—n. Rej
English · e-38699-5784Rejoice, rē-jois′, v.i. to feel and express joy again and again: to be glad: to exult or triumph.—v.t. to make joyful: to gladden.—ns. Rejoice′ment, rejoicing; Rejoic′er; Rejoic′ing, act of being joyful: expression, subj
English · e-38699-5785Rejoin, rē-join′, v.t. to join again: to unite what is separated: to meet again.—v.i. to answer to a reply.—ns. Rejoin′der, an answer joined on to another, an answer to a reply: (law) the defendant's answer to a plaintif
English · e-38699-5786Rejoint, rē-joint′, v.t. to joint anew: to fill up the joints of, as with mortar.
English · e-38699-5787 · brief source recordRejolt, rē-jolt′, v.t. to shake anew.—n. a new shock.
English · e-38699-5788 · brief source recordRejourn, rē-jurn′, v.t. (Shak.) to adjourn or postpone, to defer.—n. Rejourn′ment. [Fr. réajourner.]
English · e-38699-5789 · brief source recordRejudge, rē-juj′, v.t. to re-examine.
English · e-38699-5790 · brief source recordRejuvenate, rē-jōō′ve-nāt, v.t. to renew: to make young again.—n. Rejuvenā′tion.—v.i. Rejuvenesce′, to grow young again.—n. Rejuvenes′cence, growing young again: (biol.) a transformation whereby the entire protoplasm of
English · e-38699-5791Rekindle, rē-kin′dl, v.t. to kindle again: to set on fire or arouse anew.—v.i. to take fire anew.
English · e-38699-5792 · brief source recordRelais, re-lā′, n. (fort.) a walk left within a rampart to keep earth from falling into the ditch. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-5793 · brief source recordRelapse, rē-laps′, v.i. to slide, sink, or fall back: to return to a former state of practice: to backslide.—n. a falling back into a former bad state: (med.) the return of a disease after convalescence.—n. Relap′ser.—ad
English · e-38699-5794Relate, rē-lāt′, v.t. to describe: to tell: to ally by connection or kindred.—v.i. to have reference: to refer.—adj. Relā′ted, allied or connected by kindred or blood.—ns. Relā′tedness; Relā′ter, -or, one who relates; Re
English · e-38699-5795Relative, rel′a-tiv, adj. having relation: respecting: not absolute or existing by itself: considered as belonging to something else: (gram.) expressing relation.—n. that which has relation to something else: a relation:
English · e-38699-5796Relax, rē-laks′, v.t. to loosen one thing away from another: to slacken: to make less close, tense, or rigid: to make less severe: to relieve from attention or effort: to divert: to open or loosen, as the bowels: to make
English · e-38699-5797Relay, rē-lā′, n. a supply of horses, &c., to relieve others on a journey: a fresh set of dogs in hunting: a shift of men: a supplementary store of anything: (electr.) an apparatus by which the current of the receiving t
English · e-38699-5798Relay, rē-lā′, v.t. to lay again, as a pavement.
English · e-38699-5799 · brief source recordRelease, rē-lēs′, v.t. to grant a new lease of.—ns. Releasēē′, Relessēē′, the one to whom a release is granted; Releas′or, Reless′or, one who grants a release.
English · e-38699-5800Release, rē-lēs′, v.t. to let loose from: to set free: to discharge from: to relieve: to let go, give up a right to.—n. a setting free: discharge or acquittance: the giving up of a claim: liberation from pain.—adj. Relea
English · e-38699-5801Relegate, rel′e-gāt, v.t. to send away, to consign: to exile: to dismiss: to remit.—n. Relegā′tion. [L. relegāre, -ātum—re-, away, legāre, to send.]
English · e-38699-5802Relent, rē-lent′, v.i. to slacken, to soften or grow less severe: to grow tender: to feel compassion.—adj. soft-hearted: yielding.—n. (Spens.) relenting.—adjs. Relent′ing, inclining to yield: too soft; Relent′less, witho
English · e-38699-5803Relet, rē-let′, v.t. to let again, as a house.
English · e-38699-5804 · brief source recordRelevancy, rel′e-van-si, n. state of being relevant: pertinence: applicability: obvious relation: (Scots law) sufficiency for a decision—the arguments and evidence in point of law and of fact against and in favour of the
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