44364
|
r |
R is the eighteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation sui generis, having little ... |
44365
|
ra |
RA, as an inseparable prefix or preposition, is the Latin re, coming to us through the Italian and ... |
44366
|
rabate |
RABA'TE, v.t. [See Beat and Abate.]In falconry, to recover a hawk to the fist. |
44367
|
rabato |
RABA'TO, n. A neckband or ruff. [Not in use.] |
44368
|
rabbet |
RAB'BET, v.t. 1. To pare down the edge of a board or other piece of timber, for the purpose of ... |
44369
|
rabbet-plane |
RAB'BET-PLANE, n. A joiner's plane for paring or cutting square down the edge of a board, &c. |
44370
|
rabbeted |
RAB'BETED, pp. Pared down the edge of a board; united by a rabbet joint. |
44371
|
rabbeting |
RAB'BETING, ppr. Paring down the edge of a board; uniting by a rabbet joint. |
44372
|
rabbi |
RAB'BI, |
44373
|
rabbin |
RAB'BIN, n.A title assumed by the Jewish doctors, signifying master or lord. This title is not ... |
44374
|
rabbinic |
RABBIN'IC, |
44375
|
rabbinical |
RABBIN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the Rabbins, or to their opinions, learning and language. |
44376
|
rabbinism |
RAB'BINISM, n. A Rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the Rabbins. |
44377
|
rabbinist |
RAB'BINIST, n. Among the Jews, one who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the Rabbins, in ... |
44378
|
rabbinite |
RAB'BINITE, n. The same as rabbinist. |
44379
|
rabbit |
RAB'BIT, n.A small quadruped of the genus Lepus, which feeds on grass or other herbage, and burrows ... |
44380
|
rabble |
RAB'BLE, n. [L. rabula, a brawler, from rabo, to rave.]1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy ... |
44381
|
rabble-charming |
RAB'BLE-CHARMING, a. Charming or delighting the rabble. |
44382
|
rabblement |
RAB'BLEMENT, n. A tumultuous crowd of low people. [Not in use.] |
44383
|
rabdology |
RABDOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a rod, and discourse.]A method of performing mathematical operations by little ... |
44384
|
rabid |
RAB'ID, a. [L. rabidus, from rabio, rabo, to rage.]Furious; raging; mad; as a rabid dog or wolf. ... |
44385
|
rabidness |
RAB'IDNESS, n. Furiousness; madness. |
44386
|
rabinet |
RAB'INET, n. A kind of smaller ordnance. |
44387
|
raca |
R'ACA, n. A Syriac word signifying empty, beggarly, foolish; a term of extreme contempt. Matt. 5. |
44388
|
race |
RACE, n. [L. radix and radius having the same original. This word coincides in origin with rod, ... |
44389
|
race-ginger |
RACE-GIN'GER, n. Ginger in the root or not pulverized. |
44390
|
race-horse |
RA'CE-HORSE, n. A horse bred or kept for running in contest; a horse that runs in competition. |
44391
|
racemation |
RACEMA'TION, n. [L. racemus, a cluster.]1. A cluster, as of grapes.2. The cultivation of cluster ... |
44392
|
raceme |
RAC'EME, n. [L. racemus, a bunch of berries.In botany a species of inflorescence, consisting of a ... |
44393
|
racemiferous |
RACEMIF'EROUS, a. [L. racemus, a cluster, and fero, to bear.]Bearing racemes or clusters; as the ... |
44394
|
racemous |
RAC'EMOUS, a. Growing in racemes or clusters. |
44395
|
racer |
RA'CER, n. [from race.] a runner; one that contends in a race.And bade the nimblest racer seize ... |
44396
|
rach |
RACH, n. A setting dog. |
44397
|
raciness |
RA'CINESS, n. The quality of being racy. |
44398
|
rack |
RACK, n. [Eng. to reach. See Reach and Break.]1. An engine of torture, used for extorting ... |
44399
|
rack-rent |
RACK'-RENT, n. An annual rent of the full value of the tenement or near it. |
44400
|
racked |
RACK'ED, pp.1. Tortured; tormented; strained to the utmost.2. Drawn off, as liquor. |
44401
|
racker |
RACK'ER, n. One that tortures or torments; one that racks. |
44402
|
racket |
RACK'ET, n. [This word belong to the root of crack. See Rocket.]1. A confused, clattering noise, ... |
44403
|
rackety |
RACK'ETY, a. Making a tumultuous noise. |
44404
|
racking |
RACK'ING, ppr.1. Torturing; tormenting; straining; drawing off.2. a. Tormenting; excruciating; ... |
44405
|
racking-pace |
RACK'ING-PACE, n. The racking-pace of a horse is an amble, but with a quicker and shorter tread. |
44406
|
racoon |
RACOON', n. An American quadruped of the genus Ursus. It is somewhat larger than a fox, and its ... |
44407
|
racy |
RA'CY, a. [L. radix.]Strong; flavorous; tasting of the soil; as racy cider; racy wine.Rich racy ... |
44408
|
rad |
RAD, the old pret. of read. |
44409
|
raddle |
RAD'DLE, v.t.To twist; to wind together. [Not in use.]RAD'DLE, n. [supra.] A long stick used in ... |
44410
|
raddock |
RAD'DOCK, |
44411
|
radial |
RA'DIAL, a. [from L. radius, a ray, a rod, a spoke. See Radius and Ray.]Pertaining to the radius ... |
44412
|
radiance |
RA'DIANCE, |
44413
|
radiancy |
RA'DIANCY, n. [L. radians, radio, to beam or shoot rays. See Radius and Ray.]Properly, brightness ... |
44414
|
radiant |
RA'DIANT, a. Shooting or darting rays of light; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or ... |
44415
|
radiantly |
RA'DIANTLY, adv. With beaming brightness; with glittering splendor. |
44416
|
radiate |
RA'DIATE, v.i. [L. radio. See Ray.]1. To issue in rays, as light; to dart, as beams of ... |
44417
|
radiated |
RA'DIATED, pp.1. Adorned with rays of light.2. Having crystals diverging from a center. |
44418
|
radiating |
RA'DIATING, ppr. Darting rays of light; enlightening; as the radiating point in optics. |
44419
|
radiation |
RADIA'TION, n. [L. radiatio.] 1. The emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy ... |
44420
|
radical |
RAD'ICAL, a. [L. radicalis, from radix, root. See Race and Ray.]1. Pertaining to the root or ... |
44421
|
radicality |
RADICAL'ITY, n. 1. Origination.2. A being radical; a quantity which has relation to a root. |
44422
|
radically |
RAD'ICALLY, adv. 1. Originally; at the origin or root; fundamentally; as a scheme or system ... |
44423
|
radicalness |
RAD'ICALNESS, n. The state of being radical or fundamental. |
44424
|
radicant |
RAD'ICANT, a. [L. radicans.] In botany, rooting; as a radicant stem or leaf. |
44425
|
radicate |
RAD'ICATE, v.t. [L. radicatus, radicor, from radix, root.]To root; to plant deply and firmly; as ... |
44426
|
radicated |
RAD'ICATED, pp. or a. Deeply planted.- Prejudices of a whole race of people radicated by a ... |
44427
|
radication |
RADICA'TION, n. [from radicate.]1. The process of taking root deeply; as the radication of ... |
44428
|
radicle |
RAD'ICLE, n. [L. radicula, from radix.]1. That part of the seed of a plant which upon vegetating ... |
44429
|
radiometer |
RADIOM'ETER, n. [L. radius, rod, and Gr. measure.]The forestaff, an instrument for taking the ... |
44430
|
radish |
RAD'ISH, n. [See Ruddy.]A plant of the genus Raphanus, the root of which is eaten raw. ... |
44431
|
radius |
RA'DIUS, n. [L. id, a ray, a rod, a beam, a spoke, that is, a shoot; radio, to shine, that is, to ... |
44432
|
radix |
RA'DIX, n. [L. a root.]1. In etymology, a primitive word from which spring other words.2. In ... |
44433
|
raff |
R'AFF, v.t. [Heb.]To sweep; to snatch, draw or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. ... |
44434
|
raffle |
RAF'FLE, v.i. [Heb. to strive. See Raff.]To cast dice for a prize, for which each person ... |
44435
|
raffler |
RAF'FLER, n. One who raffles. |
44436
|
raffling |
RAF'FLING, ppr. The act of throwing dice for a prize staked by a number. |
44437
|
raft |
R'AFT, n. [Gr. to sew that is, to fasten together, and allied to reeve; or Gr. whence a flooring. ... |
44438
|
rafter |
R'AFTER, n. [Gr. to cover; a roof.]A roof timber; a piece of timber that extends from the plate of ... |
44439
|
raftered |
R'AFTERED, a. Built or furnished with rafters. |
44440
|
rafty |
R'AFTY, a. Damp; musty. [Local.] |
44441
|
rag |
RAG, n. [Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock, a crag; to tear asunder.]1. Any piece of ... |
44442
|
ragamuffin |
RAGAMUF'FIN, n. A paltry fellow; a mean wretch. |
44443
|
rage |
RAGE, n. [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, ... |
44444
|
rageful |
RA'GEFUL, a. Full of rage; violent; furious. |
44445
|
ragery |
RA'GERY, n. Wantonness. [Not used.] |
44446
|
ragg |
RAGG, n. Rowley ragg, a species of silicious stone, of a dusky or dark gray color, with shining ... |
44447
|
ragged |
RAG'GED, a. [from rag.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till its texture is broken; as a ragged ... |
44448
|
raggedness |
RAG'GEDNESS, n.1. The state of being dressed in tattered clothes.2. The state of being rough or ... |
44449
|
raging |
RA'GING, ppr. [from rage.]1. Acting with violence or fury.2. a. Furious; impetuous; vehemently ... |
44450
|
ragingly |
RA'GINGLY, adv. With fury; with violent impetuosity. |
44451
|
ragman |
RAG'MAN, n. A man who collects or deals in rags, the materials of paper. |
44452
|
ragmans-roll |
RAGMAN'S-ROLL, n. A roll or register of the value of benefices in Scotland, made by Ragimund, a ... |
44453
|
ragoo |
RAGOO', |
44454
|
ragout |
RAGOUT, n. A sauce or seasoning for exciting a languid appetite; or a high seasoned dish, prepared ... |
44455
|
ragstone |
RAG'STONE, n. A stone of the silicious kind, so named from its rough fracture. It is of a gray ... |
44456
|
ragwort |
RAG'WORT, n. A plant of the genus Senecio. |
44457
|
rail |
RAIL, n.1. A cross beam fixed at the ends in two upright posts.[In New England, this is never ... |
44458
|
rail-bird |
RAIL-BIRD, n. A bird of the genus Cuculus. |
44459
|
railer |
RA'ILER, n. One who scoffs, insults, censures or reproaches with opprobrious language. |
44460
|
railing |
RA'ILING, ppr. 1. Clamoring with insulting language; uttering reproachful words.2. a. Expressing ... |
44461
|
railingly |
RA'ILINGLY, adv. With scoffing or insulting language. |
44462
|
raillery |
RA'ILLERY, n.Banter; jesting language; good humored pleasantry or slight satire; satirical ... |
44463
|
railleur |
RA'ILLEUR, n. A banterer; a jester; a mocker. [Not English nor in use.] |
44464
|
raiment |
RA'IMENT, n. [for arrayment. See Array and Ray.]1. Clothing in general; vestments; vesture; ... |
44465
|
rain |
RAIN, v.i. [It seems that rain is contracted from regen. It is the Gr. to rain, to water, which ... |
44466
|
rain-deer |
RA'IN-DEER, n. The rane, a species of the cervine genus. [See Rane.] |
44467
|
rain-water |
RA'IN-WATER, n. Water that has fallen from the clouds. |
44468
|
rainbat |
RA'INBAT, a. Beaten or injured by the rain. [Not used.] |
44469
|
rainbow |
RA'INBOW, n. A bow, or an arch of a circle, consisting of all the colors formed by the refraction ... |
44470
|
raininess |
RA'ININESS, n. [from rainy.] The state of being rainy. |
44471
|
rainy |
RA'INY, a. Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as rainy weather; a rainy day or season. |
44472
|
raise |
RAISE, v.t. raze. [This word occurs often in the Gothic version of the gospels, Luke 3:8. John ... |
44473
|
raised |
RA'ISED, pp. Lifted; elevated; exalted; promoted; set upright; built; made or enlarged; produced; ... |
44474
|
raiser |
RA'ISER, n. One who raises; that which raises; one that builds; one that levies or collects; one ... |
44475
|
raisin |
RAISIN, n. razn.A dried grape. Grapes are suffered to remain on the vines till they are perfectly ... |
44476
|
raising |
RA'ISING, ppr. Lifting; elevating; setting upright; exalting; producing; enhancing; restoring to ... |
44477
|
raja |
RA'JA, n. [L. rex, regis.] In India, a prince. some of the rajahs are said to be independent ... |
44478
|
rajah |
RA'JAH, |
44479
|
rajahship |
RA'JAHSHIP, n. The dignity or principality of a rajah. |
44480
|
rake |
RAKE, n. An instrument consisting of a head-piece in which teeth are inserted, and a long handle; ... |
44481
|
raked |
RA'KED, pp. Scraped; gathered with a rake; cleaned with a rake; cannonaded fore and aft. |
44482
|
rakehell |
RA'KEHELL, n.A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. |
44483
|
rakehelly |
RA'KEHELLY, a. Dissolute; wild. |
44484
|
raker |
RA'KER, n. One that rakes. |
44485
|
rakeshame |
RA'KESHAME, n. A vile dissolute wretch. |
44486
|
raking |
RA'KING, ppr. 1. Scraping; gathering with a rake; cleaning and smoothing with a rake; cannonading ... |
44487
|
rakish |
RA'KISH, a. Given to a dissolute life; lewd; debauched. |
44488
|
rakishness |
RA'KISHNESS, n. Dissolute practices. |
44489
|
rally |
RAL'LY, v.t. [This seems to be a compound of re, ra, and lier, L. ligo, to unite.]1. To reunite; ... |
44490
|
ram |
RAM, n. [See the Verb.]1. The male of the sheep or ovine genus; in some parts of England called a ... |
44491
|
ramadan |
RAM'ADAN, n. Among the Mohammedans, a solemn season of fasting. |
44492
|
ramage |
RAM'AGE, n. [L. ramus, a branch.]1. Branches of trees. [Not in use.]2. The warbling of birds ... |
44493
|
ramble |
RAM'BLE, v.i.1. To rove; to wander; to walk, ride or sail from place to place, without any ... |
44494
|
rambler |
RAM'BLER, n. One that rambles; a rover; a wanderer. |
44495
|
rambling |
RAM'BLING, ppr. Roving; wandering; moving or going irregularly.RAM'BLING, n. A roving; irregular ... |
44496
|
rambooze |
RAM'BOOZE, |
44497
|
rambuse |
RAM'BUSE, n. a drink made of wine, ale, eggs and sugar in winter, or of wine, milk, sugar and rose ... |
44498
|
ramekin |
RAM'EKIN, |
44499
|
raments |
RAM'ENTS, n. [L. ramenta, a chip.] 1. Scrapings; shavings;. [Not used.]2. In botany, loose ... |
44500
|
rameous |
RA'MEOUS, a. [L. ramus, a branch.] In botany, belonging to a branch; growing on or shooting from ... |
44501
|
ramequins |
RAM'EQUINS, n. In cookery, small slices of bread covered with a farce of cheese and eggs. |
44502
|
ramification |
RAMIFICA'TION, n. [L. ramus, a branch.]1. The process of branching or shooting branches from a ... |
44503
|
ramified |
RAM'IFIED, pp. divided into branches. |
44504
|
ramify |
RAM'IFY, v.t. [L. ramus, a branch, and facio, to make.]To divide into branches or parts; as, to ... |
44505
|
ramifying |
RAM'IFYING, ppr. shooting into branches or divisions. |
44506
|
ramish |
RAM'ISH, a. Rank; strong scented. |
44507
|
ramishness |
RAM'ISHNESS, n. [from ram.] Rankness; a strong scent. |
44508
|
rammed |
RAM'MED, pp. [See Ram.] Driven forcibly. |
44509
|
rammer |
RAM'MER, n.1. One that rams or drives.2. An instrument for driving any thing with force; as a ... |
44510
|
ramming |
RAM'MING, ppr. Driving with force. |
44511
|
ramoon |
RAMOON', n. A tree of America. |
44512
|
ramous |
RA'MOUS, a. [L. ramosus, from ramus, a branch.]1. In botany, branched, as a stem or root; having ... |
44513
|
ramp |
RAMP, v.i. [See Ramble and Romance.]1. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.Plants furnished with ... |
44514
|
rampallian |
RAMPAL'LIAN, n. A mean wretch. [Not in use.] |
44515
|
rampancy |
RAMP'ANCY, n. [from rampant.] Excessive growth or practice; excessive prevalence; exuberance; ... |
44516
|
rampant |
RAMP'ANT, a. [See Ramp and Ramble.]1. Overgrowing the usual bounds; rank in growth; exuberant; as ... |
44517
|
rampart |
RAM'PART, n. [Hence we see rampart is from L. reparo; re and paro. See Parry and Repair.]1. In ... |
44518
|
rampion |
RAM'PION, n. [from ramp.] The name of several plants; as the common esculent rampion, a species ... |
44519
|
rampire |
RAMP'IRE, n. The same as rampart; but obsolete. |
44520
|
ramsons |
RAM'SONS, n. A plant, a species of Allium. |
44521
|
ran |
RAN, the pret. of run. In old writers, open robbery. |
44522
|
rancescent |
RANCES'CENT, a. [L. ranceo, to be rank.] Becoming rancid or sour. |
44523
|
ranch |
RANCH, v.t. [corrupted from wrench.] To sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion. ... |
44524
|
rancid |
RAN'CID, a. [L. rancidus, from ranceo, to be rank. This is the Eng. rank, luxuriant in ... |
44525
|
rancidity |
RANCID'ITY, |
44526
|
rancidness |
RAN'CIDNESS, n. The quality of being rancid; a strong, sour scent, as of old oil.The rancidity of ... |
44527
|
rancor |
RAN'COR, n. [L. from ranceo, to be rank.]1. The deepest malignity or spite; deep seated and ... |
44528
|
rancorous |
RAN'COROUS, a. Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.So flam'd ... |
44529
|
rancorously |
RAN'COROUSLY, adv. With deep malignity or spiteful malice. |
44530
|
rand |
RAND, n.A border; edge; margin; as the rand of a shoe. |
44531
|
random |
RAN'DOM, n.1. A roving motion or course without direction; hence, want of direction, rule or ... |
44532
|
random-shot |
RAN'DOM-SHOT, n. A shot not directed to a point, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun elevated ... |
44533
|
randy |
RAN'DY, a. Disorderly; riotous. [Not used or local.] |
44534
|
rane |
RANE, |
44535
|
ranedeer |
RANEDEER, n.A species of deer found in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. He has large ... |
44536
|
ranforce |
RAN'FORCE, n. The ring of a gun next to the vent.[I do not find this word in modern books.] |
44537
|
range |
RANGE, v.t.1. To set in a row or in rows; to place in a regular line, lines or ranks; to dispose ... |
44538
|
ranged |
RANGED, pp. Disposed in a row or line; placed in order; passed in roving placed in a particular ... |
44539
|
ranger |
RANGER, n.1. One that ranges; a rover; a robber. [Now little used.]2. A dog that beats the ... |
44540
|
rangership |
RANGERSHIP, n. The office of the keeper of a forest or park. |
44541
|
ranging |
RANGING, ppr. Placing in a row or line; disposing in order, method or classes; roving; passing ... |
44542
|
rank |
RANK, the old pret. of ring. [Nearly obsolete.] |
44543
|
ranked |
RANK'ED, pp. Placed in a line; disposed in an order or class; arranged methodically. |
44544
|
ranker |
RANK'ER, n. One that disposes in ranks; one that arranges. |
44545
|
ranking |
RANK'ING, ppr. Placing in ranks or lines; arranging; disposing in orders or classes; having a ... |
44546
|
rankle |
RANK'LE, v.i. [from rank.]1. To grow more rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; as a ... |
44547
|
rankly |
RANK'LY, adv. 1. With vigorous growth; as, grass or weeks grow rankly.2. Coarsely; grossly. |
44548
|
rankness |
RANK'NESS, n.1. Vigorous growth; luxuriance; exuberance; as the rankness of plants or herbage.2. ... |
44549
|
ranny |
RAN'NY, n. The shrew-mouse. |
44550
|
ransack |
RAN'SACK, v.t. [Eng. rand, and ran is rapine. The last syllable coincides with the English verb to ... |
44551
|
ransacked |
RAN'SACKED, pp. Pillaged; search narrowly. |
44552
|
ransacking |
RAN'SACKING, ppr. Pillaging; searching narrowly. |
44553
|
ransom |
RAN'SOM, n.1. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner or slave, or for goods ... |
44554
|
ransomed |
RAN'SOMED, pp. Redeemed or rescued from captivity, bondage or punishment by the payment of an ... |
44555
|
ransomer |
RAN'SOMER, n. One that redeems. |
44556
|
ransoming |
RAN'SOMING, ppr. Redeeming from captivity, bondage or punishment by giving satisfaction to the ... |
44557
|
ransomless |
RAN'SOMLESS, a. Free from ransom. |
44558
|
ranter |
RANT'ER, n. A noisy talker; a boisterous preacher. |
44559
|
ranting |
RANT'ING, ppr. Uttering high sounding words without solid sense; declaiming or preaching with ... |
44560
|
rantipole |
RANT'IPOLE, a. [from rant.] Wild; roving; rakish. [A low word.]RANT'IPOLE, v.i. To run about ... |
44561
|
rantism |
RANT'ISM, n. The practice or tenets of ranters. |
44562
|
ranty |
RANT'Y, a. Wild; noisy; boisterous. |
44563
|
ranula |
RAN'ULA, n. [L. rana, a frog; dim. a little frog.]A swelling under the tongue, similar to the ... |
44564
|
ranunculus |
RANUN'CULUS, n. [L. from rana, a frog.] In botany, crowfoot, a genus of plants of many species, ... |
44565
|
rap |
RAP, v.i. [L. rapio, rapidus, rapid.]To strike with a quick sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on ... |
44566
|
rapacious |
RAPA'CIOUS, a. [L. rapax, from rapio, to seize. See Rap.]1. Given to plunder; disposed or ... |
44567
|
rapaciously |
RAPA'CIOUSLY, adv. By rapine; by violent robbery or seizure. |
44568
|
rapaciousness |
RAPA'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being rapacious; disposition to plunder or to exact by ... |
44569
|
rapacity |
RAPAC'ITY, n. [L. rapacitas, from rapax, rapio.]1. Addictedness to plunder; the exercise of ... |
44570
|
rape |
RAPE, n. [L. rapio, raptus. See Rap.]1. In a general sense, a seizing by violence; also, a ... |
44571
|
raperoot |
RA'PEROOT. [See Rape.] |
44572
|
rapeseed |
RA'PESEED, n. The seed of the rape, from which oil is expressed. |
44573
|
rapid |
RAP'ID, a. [L. rapidus, from rapio, the primary sense of which is to rush.]1. Very swift or ... |
44574
|
rapidity |
RAPID'ITY, n. [L. rapiditas.]1. Swiftness; celerity; velocity; as the rapidity of a current; the ... |
44575
|
rapidly |
RAP'IDLY, adv. 1. With great speed, celerity or velocity; swiftly; with quick progression; as, to ... |
44576
|
rapidness |
RAP'IDNESS, n. Swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity. |
44577
|
rapids |
RAP'IDS, n. plu. The part of a river where the current moves with more celerity than the common ... |
44578
|
rapier |
RA'PIER, n. A small sword used only in thrusting. |
44579
|
rapier-fish |
RA'PIER-FISH, n. The sword-fish. |
44580
|
rapil |
RAP'IL, |
44581
|
rapillo |
RAPIL'LO, n. Pulverized volcanic substances. |
44582
|
rapine |
RAP'INE, n. [L. rapina; rapio, to seize.]1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away ... |
44583
|
rapparee |
RAPPAREE', n. A wild Irish plunderer; so called from rapery, a half pike that he carries. |
44584
|
rappee |
RAPPEE', n. A coarse kind of snuff. |
44585
|
rapper |
RAP'PER, n. [from rap.]1. One that raps or knocks.2. The knocker of a door. [Not in common ... |
44586
|
rapport |
RAP'PORT, n. Relation; proportion. [Not in use.] |
44587
|
rapt |
RAPT, pp. [from rap.] Transported; ravished.RAPT, v.t. To transport or ravish. [Not legitimate ... |
44588
|
rapter |
RAP'TER, |
44589
|
raptor |
RAP'TOR, n. [l. raptor.] A ravisher; a plunderer. |
44590
|
rapture |
RAP'TURE, n. [L. raptus, rapio.]1. A seizing by violence. [Little used.]2. Transport; ecstasy; ... |
44591
|
raptured |
RAP'TURED, a. Ravished; transported.[But enraptured is generally used.] |
44592
|
rapturist |
RAP'TURIST, n. An enthusiast. |
44593
|
rapturous |
RAP'TUROUS, a. Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; as rapturous joy, pleasure or delight. |
44594
|
rare |
RARE, a. [L. rarus, thin.]1. Uncommon; not frequent; as a rare event; a rare phenomenon.2. ... |
44595
|
rareeshow |
RA'REESHOW, n. [rare and show.] A show carried in a box. |
44596
|
rarefaction |
RAREFAC'TION, n. [See Rarefy.]The act or process of expanding or distending bodies, by separating ... |
44597
|
rarefiable |
RAR'EFIABLE, a. Capable of being rarefied. |
44598
|
rarefy |
RAR'EFY, v.t. [L. rarefacio; rarus, rare, and facio, to make.]To make thin and porous or less ... |
44599
|
rarefying |
RAR'EFYING, ppr. Making thin or less dense. |
44600
|
rarely |
RA'RELY, adv. 1. Seldom; not often; as things rarely seen.2. Finely; nicely. [little used.] |
44601
|
rareness |
RA'RENESS, n.1. The state of being uncommon; uncommonness; infrequency.And let the rareness the ... |
44602
|
rareripe |
RA'RERIPE, a. Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.RA'RERIPE, n. An early ... |
44603
|
rarity |
RAR'ITY, n. [L. raritas.]1. Uncommonness; infrequency.Far from being fond of a flower for its ... |
44604
|
rascal |
RAS'CAL, n. A mean fellow; a scoundrel; in modern usage, a trickish dishonest fellow; a rogue; ... |
44605
|
rascalion |
RASCAL'ION, n. [from rascal.] A low mean wretch. |
44606
|
rascality |
RASCAL'ITY, n. 1. The low mean people.2. Mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. [This is ... |
44607
|
rascally |
RAS'CALLY, a.1. Meanly trickish or dishonest; vile.2. Mean; vile; base; worthless; as a rascally ... |
44608
|
rase |
RASE, v.t. s as z. [L. rasus, rado.]1. To pass along the surface of a thing, with striking or ... |
44609
|
rash |
RASH, a.1. Hasty in council or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure ... |
44610
|
rasher |
RASH'ER, n. A thin slice of bacon; a thin cut. |
44611
|
rashly |
RASH'LY, adv. With precipitation; hastily; without due deliberation.He that doth any thing rashly, ... |
44612
|
rashness |
RASH'NESS, n. 1. To much haste in resolving or in undertaking a measure; precipitation; ... |
44613
|
rasp |
R'ASP, n. [See Rase.]1. A large rough file; a grater.2. A raspberry, which see.R'ASP, v.t. [See ... |
44614
|
raspatory |
R'ASPATORY, n. A surgeon's rasp. |
44615
|
raspberry |
R'ASPBERRY, n. [from rasp, so named from the roughness of the brambles.]The fruit of a bramble or ... |
44616
|
raspberry-bush |
R'ASPBERRY-BUSH, n. The bramble producing raspberries. |
44617
|
rasure |
RA'SURE, n. s as z. [L. rasura, from rado, rasus. See Rase.]1. The act of scraping or shaving; ... |
44618
|
rat |
RAT, n. [Probably named from gnawing, and from the root of L. rodo.]A small quadruped of the genus ... |
44619
|
ratable |
RA'TABLE, a. [from rate.] 1. That may be rated, or set at a certain value; as a Danish ore ... |
44620
|
ratably |
RA'TABLY, adv. By rate or proportion; proportionally. |
44621
|
ratafia |
RATAFIA, n. ratafee'. A fine spirituous liquor, prepared from the kernels of several kinds of ... |
44622
|
ratan |
RATAN', n. A small cane, the growth of India. |
44623
|
ratch |
RATCH, n. In clock work, a sort of wheel having twelve fangs, which serve to lift the detents ... |
44624
|
ratchet |
RATCH'ET, n. In a watch, a small tooth at the bottom of the fusee or barrel, which stops it in ... |
44625
|
ratchil |
RATCH'IL, n. Among miners, fragments of stone. |
44626
|
rate |
RATE, n. [L. ratus, reor, contracted from retor, redor, or resor. See Ratio and Reason.]1. The ... |
44627
|
rated |
RA'TED, pp.1. Set at a certain value; estimated; set in a certain order or rank.2. Chid; ... |
44628
|
rater |
RA'TER, n. One who sets a value on or makes an estimate. |
44629
|
rath |
RATH, n. A hill. Obs.RATH, a. [See Ready.]Early; coming before others, or before the usual ... |
44630
|
rather |
RATH'ER, adv. [I would rather go, or sooner go. The use is taken from pushing or moving forward.] ... |
44631
|
rathoffite |
RATH'OFFITE, n. A mineral brought from Sweden, of the garnet kind. Its color is a dingy brownish ... |
44632
|
ratification |
RATIFICA'TION, n.1. The act of ratifying; confirmation.2. The act of giving sanction and validity ... |
44633
|
ratified |
RAT'IFIED, pp. Confirmed; sanctioned; made valid. |
44634
|
ratifier |
RAT'IFIER, n. He or that which ratifies or sanctions. |
44635
|
ratify |
RAT'IFY, v.t. [L. ratum facio, to make firm.]1. To confirm; to establish; to settle.We have ... |
44636
|
ratifying |
RAT'IFYING, ppr. Confirming; establishing; approving and sanctioning. |
44637
|
rating |
RA'TING, ppr. [from rate.]1. Setting at a certain value; assigning rant to; estimating.2. ... |
44638
|
ratio |
RA'TIO, n. ra'sho. [L. from ratus, reor, to think or suppose, to set, confirm or establish. Reor ... |
44639
|
ratiocinate |
RA'TIOCINATE, v.i. [L. ratiocinor, from ratio, reason.] To reason; to argue. [Little used.] |
44640
|
ratiocination |
RATIOCINA'TION, n. [L. ratiocinatio.] The act or process of reasoning, or of deducing ... |
44641
|
ratiocinative |
RATIOC'INATIVE, a. Argumentative; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the ... |
44642
|
ration |
RA'TION, n. [L. ratio, proportion.]A portion or fixed allowance of provisions, drink and forage, ... |
44643
|
rational |
RA'TIONAL, a. [L. rationalis.]1. Having reason or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason; ... |
44644
|
rationale |
RATIONA'LE, n.1. A detail with reasons; a series of reasons assigned; as Dr. Sparrow's rationale ... |
44645
|
rationalist |
RA'TIONALIST, n. One who proceeds in his disquisitions and practice wholly upon reason. |
44646
|
rationality |
RATIONAL'ITY, n.1. The power of reasoning.God has made rationality the common portion of ... |
44647
|
rationally |
RA'TIONALLY, adv. In consistency with reason; reasonably. We rationally expect every man will ... |
44648
|
rationalness |
RA'TIONALNESS, n. The state of being rational or consistent with reason. |
44649
|
ratlin |
RAT'LIN, |
44650
|
ratline |
RAT'LINE, n. A small line traversing the shrouds of a ship, making the step of a ladder for ... |
44651
|
ratoon |
RATOON', n.A sprout from the root of the sugar cane, which has been cut. |
44652
|
ratsbane |
RATS'BANE, n. [rat and bane.] Poison for rats; arsenic. |
44653
|
ratsbaned |
RATS'BANED, a. Poisoned by ratsbane. |
44654
|
ratteen |
RATTEEN', n. A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled. |
44655
|
rattinet |
RATTINET', n. A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen. |
44656
|
rattle |
RAT'TLE, v.i.1. To make a quick sharp noise rapidly repeated, by the collision of bodies not very ... |
44657
|
rattle-headed |
RAT'TLE-HEADED, a. Noisy; giddy; unsteady. |
44658
|
rattlesnake |
RAT'TLESNAKE, n. A snake that has rattles at the tail, of the genus Crotalus. The rattles consist ... |
44659
|
rattlesnake-root |
RATTLESNAKE-ROOT, n. A plant or root of the genus Polygala, and another of the genus Prenanthes. |
44660
|
rattlesnake-weed |
RATTLESNAKE-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Eryngium. |
44661
|
rattling |
RAT'TLING, ppr. Making a quick succession of sharp sounds.RAT'TLING, n. A rapid succession of ... |
44662
|
raucity |
RAU'CITY, n. [L. raucus, hoarse. Raucus is the Eng. rough, which see.]1. Hoarseness; a loud ... |
44663
|
raucous |
RAU'COUS, a. Hoarse; harsh. [Not in use.] |
44664
|
raught |
RAUGHT, the old participle of reach. Obs. |
44665
|
raunch |
RAUNCH. [See Wrench.] |
44666
|
ravage |
RAV'AGE, n. [L. rapio.]1. Spoil; ruin; waste; destruction by violence, wither by men, beasts or ... |
44667
|
ravaged |
RAV'AGED, pp. Wasted; destroyed; pillaged. |
44668
|
ravager |
RAV'AGER, n. a plunderer a spoiler; he or that which lays waste. |
44669
|
ravaging |
RAV'AGING, ppr. Plundering; pillaging; laying waste. |
44670
|
rave |
RAVE, v.i. [L. rabio, to rave, to rage or be furious; rabies, rage.]1. To wander in mind or ... |
44671
|
ravel |
RAVEL, v.t. rav'l.1. To entangle; to entwist together; to make intricate; to involve; to ... |
44672
|
raveled |
RAV'ELED, pp. Twisted together; made intricate; disentangled. |
44673
|
ravelin |
RAV'ELIN, n.In fortification, a detached work with two faces which make a salient angle, without ... |
44674
|
raveling |
RAV'ELING, ppr. Twisting or weaving; untwisting; disentangling. |
44675
|
raven |
RAVEN, n. ra'ven. [Heb. from its color. But this may be L. corvus, rapio.]A large fowl of a ... |
44676
|
ravened |
RAV'ENED, pp. Devoured with voracity. |
44677
|
ravener |
RAV'ENER, n. One that ravens or plunders. |
44678
|
ravening |
RAV'ENING, ppr. Preying with rapacity; voraciously devouring; as a ravening wolf.RAV'ENING, n. ... |
44679
|
ravenous |
RAV'ENOUS, a.1. Furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; devouring with rapacious eagerness; as a ... |
44680
|
ravenously |
RAV'ENOUSLY, adv. With raging voracity. |
44681
|
ravenousness |
RAV'ENOUSNESS, n. Extreme voracity; rage for prey; as the ravenousness of a lion. |
44682
|
raver |
RA'VER, n. [from rave.] One that raves or is furious. |
44683
|
ravet |
RAV'ET, n. An insect shaped like a cock-chaffer, which infests the West Indies. |
44684
|
ravin |
RAVIN. [See raven.] |
44685
|
ravine |
RAV'INE, n. A long deep hollow worn by a stream or torrent of water; hence, any long deep hollow ... |
44686
|
raving |
RA'VING, ppr. or a. Furious with delirium; mad; distracted. |
44687
|
ravingly |
RA'VINGLY, adv. With furious wildness or frenzy; with distraction. |
44688
|
ravish |
RAV'ISH, v.t. [L. rapio.]1. To seize and carry away by violence.These hairs which thou dost ... |
44689
|
ravished |
RAV'ISHED, pp. Snatched away by violence; forced to submit to carnal embrace; delighted to ... |
44690
|
ravisher |
RAV'ISHER, n.1. One that takes by violence.2. One that forces a woman to his carnal embrace.3. ... |
44691
|
ravishing |
RAV'ISHING, ppr. 1. Snatching or taking by violence; compelling to submit to carnal intercourse; ... |
44692
|
ravishingly |
RAV'ISHINGLY, adv. To extremity of delight. |
44693
|
ravishment |
RAV'ISHMENT, n. 1. The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of ... |
44694
|
raw |
RAW, a. [L. crudus, rodo.]1. Not altered from its natural state; not roasted, boiled or cooked; ... |
44695
|
rawhead |
RAW'HEAD, n. The name of a specter, mentioned to frighten children; as rawhead and bloody bones. |
44696
|
rawish |
RAW'ISH, a. Somewhat raw; cool and damp. [Not much used.] |
44697
|
rawly |
RAW'LY, adv.1. In a raw manner.2. Unskillfully; without experience.3. Newly. |
44698
|
rawness |
RAW'NESS, n. 1. The state of being raw; uncooked; unaltered by heat; as the rawness of flesh.2. ... |
44699
|
ray |
RAY, n. [L. radius.]1. a line of light, or the right line supposed to be described by a particle ... |
44700
|
rayless |
RA'YLESS, a. Destitute of light; dark; not illuminated. |
44701
|
raze |
RAZE, n. A root. [See Race-ginger, under Race.]RAZE, v.t. [L. rasus, rado. See Rase and ... |
44702
|
razed |
RA'ZED, pp. Subverted; overthrown; wholly ruined; erased; extirpated. |
44703
|
razee |
RAZEE', n. A ship of war cut down to a smaller size. |
44704
|
razing |
RA'ZING, ppr. subverting; destroying; erasing; extirpating. |
44705
|
razor |
RA'ZOR, n. [L. rasus, rado, to scrape.]An instrument for shaving off beard or hair. Razors of a ... |
44706
|
razor-bill |
RA'ZOR-BILL, n. An aquatic fowl, the Alca torda; also, the Rhynchops nigra or cut-water. |
44707
|
razor-fish |
RA'ZOR-FISH, n. A species of fish with a compressed body. |
44708
|
razorable |
RA'ZORABLE, a. Fit to be shaved. [Not in use.] |
44709
|
razure |
RA'ZURE, n. [L. rasura, from rado.]The act of erasing or effacing; obliteration.[See Rasure.] |
44710
|
re |
RE, a prefix or inseparable particle in the composition of words, denotes return, repetition, ... |
44711
|
re-collect |
RE-COLLECT', v.t. To gather again; to collect what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed ... |
44712
|
re-create |
RE-CREA'TE, v.t. To create or form anew. An opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reinforcing, ... |
44713
|
re-created |
RE-CREA'TED, pp. Created or formed anew. |
44714
|
re-creating |
RE-CREA'TING, ppr. Creating or forming anew. |
44715
|
re-creation |
RE-CREA'TION, n. A forming anew. |
44716
|
re-echo |
RE-ECH'O, v.t [re and echo.] To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills re-echo the roar ... |
44717
|
re-echoed |
RE-ECH'OED, pp. [supra.] Returned, as sound; reverberated again. |
44718
|
re-echoing |
RE-ECH'OING, ppr. Returning or reverberating an echo. |
44719
|
re-edification |
RE-EDIFICA'TION, n. [from re-edify.] Act or operation of rebuilding; state of being rebuilt. |
44720
|
re-edified |
RE-ED'IFIED, pp. Rebuilt. |
44721
|
re-edify |
RE-ED'IFY, v.t.To rebuild; to build again after destruction. |
44722
|
re-edifying |
RE-ED'IFYING, ppr. Rebuilding. |
44723
|
re-elect |
RE-ELECT', v.t. [re and elect.] To elect again; as, to re-elect the former governor. |
44724
|
re-elected |
RE-ELECT'ED, pp. Elected again; re-chosen. |
44725
|
re-electing |
RE-ELECT'ING, ppr. Electing again. |
44726
|
re-election |
RE-ELEC'TION, n. Election a second time, or repeated election; as the re-election of a former ... |
44727
|
re-eligibility |
RE-ELIGIBIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being re-elected to the same office. |
44728
|
re-eligible |
RE-EL'IGIBLE, a. [re and eligible.] Capable of being elected again to the same office. |
44729
|
re-embark |
RE-EMB'ARK, v.t. [re and embark.] To embark or put on board again.RE-EMB'ARK, v.i. To embark or ... |
44730
|
re-embarkation |
RE-EMBARKA'TION, n. A putting on board or a going on board again. |
44731
|
re-embattle |
RE-EMBAT'TLE, v.t. [re and embattle.] To array again for battle; to arrange again in the order of ... |
44732
|
re-embattled |
RE-EMBAT'TLED, pp. Arrayed again for battle. |
44733
|
re-embattling |
RE-EMBAT'TLING, ppr. Arranging again in battle array. |
44734
|
re-embody |
RE-EMBOD'Y, v.t. [re and embody.] To embody again. |
44735
|
re-enact |
RE-ENACT', v.t. [re and enact.] To enact again. |
44736
|
re-enacted |
RE-ENACT'ED, pp. Enacted again. |
44737
|
re-enacting |
RE-ENACT'ING, ppr. Enacting anew; passing again into a law. |
44738
|
re-enaction |
RE-ENAC'TION, n. The passing into a law again. |
44739
|
re-enactment |
RE-ENACT'MENT, n. The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law. |
44740
|
re-enforce |
RE-ENFORCE, v.t. [re and enforce.] To strengthen with new force, assistance or support, as to ... |
44741
|
re-enforced |
RE-ENFORCED, pp. Strengthened by additional force, troops or ships. |
44742
|
re-enforcement |
RE-ENFORCEMENT, n.1. The act of re-enforcing.2. Additional force; fresh assistance; particularly, ... |
44743
|
re-enforcing |
RE-ENFORCING, ppr. Strengthening by additional force. |
44744
|
re-engage |
RE-ENGA'GE, v.t. To engage a second time.RE-ENGA'GE, v.i. To engage again; to enlist a second ... |
44745
|
re-enjoy |
RE-ENJOY', v.t. [re and enjoy.] To enjoy anew or a second time. |
44746
|
re-enjoyed |
RE-ENJOY'ED, pp. Enjoyed again. |
44747
|
re-enjoying |
RE-ENJOY'ING, ppr. Enjoying anew. |
44748
|
re-enjoyment |
RE-ENJOY'MENT, n. A second or repeated enjoyment. |
44749
|
re-enkindle |
RE-ENKIN'DLE, v.t. [re and enkindle.] To enkindle again; to rekindle. |
44750
|
re-enkindled |
RE-ENKIN'DLED, pp. Enkindled again. |
44751
|
re-enkindling |
RE-ENKIN'DLING, ppr. Enkindling anew. |
44752
|
re-enlist |
RE-ENLIST', v.t. To enlist a second time. [See Re-inlist.] |
44753
|
re-enter |
RE-EN'TER, v.t. [re and enter.] To enter again or anew.RE-EN'TER, v.i. To enter anew. |
44754
|
re-entered |
RE-EN'TERED, pp. Entered again. |
44755
|
re-entering |
RE-EN'TERING, ppr.1. Entering anew.2. Entering in return; as salient and re-entering angles. |
44756
|
re-enthrone |
RE-ENTHRO'NE, v.t. [re and enthrone.] To enthrone again; to replace on a throne. |
44757
|
re-enthroned |
RE-ENTHRO'NED, pp. Raised again to a throne. |
44758
|
re-enthroning |
RE-ENTHRO'NING, ppr. Replacing on a throne. |
44759
|
re-entrance |
RE-EN'TRANCE, n. [re and entrance.] The act of entering again. |
44760
|
re-establish |
RE-ESTAB'LISH, v.t. [re and establish.] To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; as, to ... |
44761
|
re-established |
RE-ESTAB'LISHED, pp. Established or confirmed again. |
44762
|
re-establisher |
RE-ESTAB'LISHER, n. One who establishes again. |
44763
|
re-establishing |
RE-ESTAB'LISHING, ppr. Establishing anew; confirming again. |
44764
|
re-establishment |
RE-ESTAB'LISHMENT, n. The act of establishing again; the state of being re-established; renewed ... |
44765
|
re-estate |
RE-ESTA'TE, v.t. [re and estate.] To re-establish. [Not used.] |
44766
|
re-examination |
RE-EXAMINA'TION, n. A renewed or repeated examination. |
44767
|
re-examine |
RE-EXAM'INE, v.t. [re and examine.] To examine anew. |
44768
|
re-examined |
RE-EXAM'INED, ppr. Examined again. |
44769
|
re-examining |
RE-EXAM'INING, ppr. Examining anew. |
44770
|
re-exchange |
RE-EXCHANGE, n. [re and exchange.] 1. A renewed exchange.2. In commerce, the exchange ... |
44771
|
re-export |
RE-EXPORT, v.t. [re and export.] To export again; to export what has been imported. In the ... |
44772
|
re-exportation |
RE-EXPORTA'TION, n. The act of exporting what has been imported. |
44773
|
re-exported |
RE-EXPORTED, pp. Exported after being imported. |
44774
|
re-exporting |
RE-EXPORTING, ppr. Exporting what has been imported. |
44775
|
re-ferment |
RE-FERMENT', v.t. [re and ferment.] To ferment again. |
44776
|
re-find |
RE-FIND, v.t. [re and find.] To find again; to experience anew. |
44777
|
re-formation |
RE-FORMA'TION, n. The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as the re-formation of a ... |
44778
|
re-resolve |
RE-RESOLVE, v.t. re-rezolv'. To resolve a second time. |
44779
|
reabsorb |
REABSORB', v.t. [re and absorb.]1. To draw in or inbibe again what has been effused, extravasated ... |
44780
|
reabsorbed |
REABSORB'ED, pp. Imbibed again. |
44781
|
reabsorbing |
REABSORB'ING, ppr. Reimbibing. |
44782
|
reabsorption |
REABSORP'TION, n. The act or process of inbibing what has been previously thrown off, effused or ... |
44783
|
reaccess |
REACCESS', n. [re and access.] A second access or approach; a visit renewed. |
44784
|
reach |
REACH, v.t. Raught, the ancient preterit, is obsolete. The verb is now regular; pp. reached. L. ... |
44785
|
reached |
RE'ACHED, pp. Stretched out; extended; touched by extending the arm; attained to; obtained. |
44786
|
reacher |
RE'ACHER, n. One that reaches or extends; one that delivers by extending the arm. |
44787
|
reaching |
RE'ACHING, ppr. Stretching out; extending; touching by extension of the arm; attaining to; ... |
44788
|
react |
REACT', v.t. [re and act.] To act or perform a second time; as, to react a play. The same scenes ... |
44789
|
reacted |
REACT'ED, pp. Acted or performed a second time. |
44790
|
reacting |
REACT'ING, ppr. Acting again; in physics, resisting the impulse of another body. |
44791
|
reaction |
REAC'TION, n. 1. In physics, counteraction; the resistance made by a body to the action or ... |
44792
|
read |
READ, n. [See the Verb.]1. Counsel. [Obs.]2. Saying; sentence. Obs.READ, v.t. The preterit ... |
44793
|
readable |
RE'ADABLE, a. That may be read; fit to be read. |
44794
|
readeption |
READEP'TION, n. [from L. re and adeptus, obtained.]A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Not ... |
44795
|
reader |
RE'ADER, n.1. One that reads; any person who pronounces written words; particularly, one whose ... |
44796
|
readership |
RE'ADERSHIP, n. [See Read.] the office of reading prayers in a church. |
44797
|
readily |
READILY, adv. red'ily. [See Ready.] 1. Quickly; promptly; easily. I readily perceive the ... |
44798
|
readiness |
READINESS, n. red'iness. [from ready.]1. Quickness; promptness; promptitude; facility; freedom ... |
44799
|
reading |
RE'ADING, ppr.1. Pronouncing or perusing written or printed words or characters of a book or ... |
44800
|
readjourn |
READJOURN', v.t. [re and adjourn.]1. To adjourn a second time.2. To cite or summon again. [Not ... |
44801
|
readjust |
READJUST', v.t. [re and adjust.] To settle again; to put in order again what had been ... |
44802
|
readjusted |
READJUST'ED, pp. Adjusted again; resettled. |
44803
|
readjusting |
READJUST'ING, ppr. Adjusting again. |
44804
|
readjustment |
READJUST'MENT, n. A second adjustment. |
44805
|
readmission |
READMIS'SION, n. [re and admission.] The act of admitting again what had been excluded; as the ... |
44806
|
readmit |
READMIT', v.t. [re and admit.] To admit again.Whose ear is ever open and his eye gracious to ... |
44807
|
readmittance |
READMIT'TANCE, n. A second admittance; allowance to enter again. |
44808
|
readopt |
READOPT', v.t. [re and adopt.] To adopt again. |
44809
|
readorn |
READORN', v.t. To adorn anew; to decorate a second time. |
44810
|
readvertency |
READVERT'ENCY, n. [re and advertency.] The act of reviewing. |
44811
|
ready |
READY, a. red'y. [Eng. to rid; redo, ready; rida, to ride; bereda, to prepare. Gr. easy. The ... |
44812
|
reaffirm |
REAFFIRM', v.t. [re and affirm.] To affirm a second time. |
44813
|
reaffirmance |
REAFFIRM'ANCE, n. A second confirmation. |
44814
|
reagent |
REA'GENT, n. [re and agent.] In chimistry, a substance employed to precipitate another in ... |
44815
|
reaggravation |
REAGGRAVA'TION, n. [re and aggravation.]In the Romish ecclesiastical law, the last monitory, ... |
44816
|
reak |
REAK, n. A rush. [Not in use.] |
44817
|
real |
RE'AL, a. [Low L. realis. The L. res and Eng. thing coincide exactly with the Heb. a word, a ... |
44818
|
realgar |
RE'ALGAR, n.A combination of sulphur and arsenic; red sulphuret of arsenic. Realgar differs from ... |
44819
|
realist |
RE'ALIST, n. A scholastic philosopher, who maintains that things and not words, are the objects of ... |
44820
|
reality |
REAL'ITY, n.1. Actual being or existence of any thing; truth; fact; in distinction from mere ... |
44821
|
realization |
REALIZA'TION, n. [from realize.] 1. The act of realizing or making real.2. The act of ... |
44822
|
realize |
RE'ALIZE, v.t.1. To bring into being or act; as, to realize a scheme or project.We realize what ... |
44823
|
realized |
RE'ALIZED, pp. Brought into actual being; converted into real estate; impressed, received or ... |
44824
|
realizing |
RE'ALIZING, ppr.1. Bringing into actual being; converting into real estate; impressing as a ... |
44825
|
realledge |
REALLEDGE, v.t. reallej'. [re and alledge.] To alledge again. |
44826
|
really |
RE'ALLY, adv.1. With actual existence.2. In truth; in fact; not in appearance only; as things ... |
44827
|
realm |
REALM, n. relm. [L. rex, king, whence regalis, royal.]1. A royal jurisdiction or extent of ... |
44828
|
realty |
RE'ALTY, n. [L. rex.]1. Lovalty. [Not in use.]2. Reality. [Not in use.]3. In law, immobility. ... |
44829
|
ream |
REAM, n. [L. remus., ramus, a branch, for the shoots of trees or shrubs were the first bands used ... |
44830
|
reanimate |
REAN'IMATE, v.t. [re and animate.]1. To revive; to resuscitate; to restore to life; as a person ... |
44831
|
reanimated |
REAN'IMATED, pp. Restored to life or action. |
44832
|
reanimating |
REAN'IMATING, ppr. Restoring life to; invigorating with new life and courage. |
44833
|
reanimation |
REANIMA'TION, n. The act or operation of reviving from apparent death; the act or operation of ... |
44834
|
reannex |
REANNEX', v.t. [re and annex.] To annex again; to reunite; to annex what has been separated. |
44835
|
reannexation |
REANNEXA'TION, n. The act of annexing again. |
44836
|
reannexed |
REANNEX'ED, pp. Annexed or united again. |
44837
|
reannexing |
REANNEX'ING, ppr. Annexing again; reuniting. |
44838
|
reap |
REAP, v.t. [L. rapio, carpo; Gr. a sickle, to reap; Eng. crop.]1. To cut grain with a sickle; as, ... |
44839
|
reaped |
RE'APED, pp. Cut with a sickle; received as the fruit of labor or works. |
44840
|
reaper |
RE'APER, n. One that cuts grain with a sickle. |
44841
|
reaping |
RE'APING, ppr. Cutting grain with a sickle; receiving as the fruit of labor or the reward of ... |
44842
|
reaping-hook |
RE'APING-HOOK, n. An instrument used in reaping; a sickle. |
44843
|
reapparel |
REAPPAR'EL, v.t. [re and apparel.] To clothe again. |
44844
|
reappareled |
REAPPAR'ELED, pp. Clothed again. |
44845
|
reappareling |
REAPPAR'ELING, ppr. Clothing again. |
44846
|
reappear |
REAPPE'AR, v.i. [re and appear.] To appear a second time. |
44847
|
reappearance |
REAPPE'ARANCE, n. A second appearance. |
44848
|
reappearing |
REAPPE'ARING, ppr. Appearing again. |
44849
|
reapplication |
REAPPLICA'TION, n. [See Reapply. A second application. |
44850
|
reapply |
REAPPLY', v.t. or i. [re and apply.] To apply again. |
44851
|
reapplying |
REAPPLY'ING, ppr. Applying again. |
44852
|
reappoint |
REAPPOINT', v.t. To appoint again. |
44853
|
reappointment |
REAPPOINT'MENT, n. A second appointment. |
44854
|
reapportion |
REAPPORTION, v.t. To apportion again. |
44855
|
reapportioned |
REAPPORTIONED, pp. Apportioned again. |
44856
|
reapportioning |
REAPPORTIONING, ppr. Apportioning. again. |
44857
|
reapportionment |
REAPPORTIONMENT, n. A second apportionment. |
44858
|
rear |
REAR, n.1. In a general sense, that which is behind or backwards; appropriately, the part of an ... |
44859
|
rear-admiral |
REAR-ADMIRAL. [See Admiral.] |
44860
|
rear-guard |
RE'AR-GU'ARD, n. The body of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it. |
44861
|
rear-line |
REAR-LINE, n. The line in the rear of an army. |
44862
|
rear-mouse |
RE'AR-MOUSE, n. The leather-winged bat. |
44863
|
rear-rank |
REAR-RANK, n. The rank of a body of troops which is in the rear. |
44864
|
reared |
RE'ARED, pp. Raised; lifted; brought up; educated; elevated. |
44865
|
rearing |
RE'ARING, ppr. Raising; educating; elevating. |
44866
|
rearward |
RE'ARWARD, n. [from rear. See Rereward.]1. The last troop; the rear-guard.2. The end; the tail; ... |
44867
|
reascend |
REASCEND', v.i. [re and ascend.] To rise, mount or climb again.REASCEND', v.t. To mount or ... |
44868
|
reascended |
REASCEND'ED, pp. Ascended again. |
44869
|
reascending |
REASCEND'ING, ppr. Ascending again. |
44870
|
reascension |
REASCEN'SION, n. The act of reascending; a remounting. |
44871
|
reascent |
REASCENT', n. A returning ascent; acclivity. |
44872
|
reason |
REASON, n. re'zn. [L. ratio, which is from ratus, and which proves reor to be contracted from ... |
44873
|
reasonable |
RE'ASONABLE, a.1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; as a reasonable being. [In ... |
44874
|
reasonableness |
RE'ASONABLENESS, n.1. The faculty of reason. [In this sense, little used.]2. Agreeableness to ... |
44875
|
reasonably |
RE'ASONABLY, adv.1. In a manner or degree agreeable to reason; in consistency with reason. We may ... |
44876
|
reasoner |
RE'ASONER, n. One who reasons or argues; as a fiar reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner. |
44877
|
reasoning |
RE'ASONING, ppr. arguing; deducing inferences from premises; debating; discussing.RE'ASONING, n. ... |
44878
|
reasonless |
RE'ASONLESS, a. 1. Destitute of reason; as a reasonless man or mind.2. Void of reason; not ... |
44879
|
reassemblage |
REASSEM'BLAGE, n. assemblage a second time. |
44880
|
reassemble |
REASSEM'BLE, v.t. [re and assemble.] to collect again.REASSEM'BLE, v.i. to assemble or convene ... |
44881
|
reassembled |
REASSEM'BLED, pp. assembled again. |
44882
|
reassembling |
REASSEM'BLING, ppr. assembling again. |
44883
|
reassert |
REASSERT', v.t. [re and asset.] To assert again; to maintain after suspension or cessation.Let us ... |
44884
|
reasserted |
REASSERT'ED, pp. Asserted or maintained anew. |
44885
|
reasserting |
REASSERT'ING, ppr. Asserting again; vindicating anew. |
44886
|
reassign |
REASSIGN, v.t. [re and assign.] To assign back; to transfer back what has been assigned. |
44887
|
reassimilate |
REASSIM'ILATE, v.t. [re and assimilate.] To assimilate or cause to resemble anew; to change again ... |
44888
|
reassimilated |
REASSIM'ILATED, pp. Assimilated anew; changed again to a like substance. |
44889
|
reassimilating |
REASSIM'ILATING, ppr. Assimilating again. |
44890
|
reassimilation |
REASSIMILA'TION, n. A second or renewed assimilation. |
44891
|
reassume |
REASSU'ME, v.t. [re and assume.] To resume; to take again. |
44892
|
reassumed |
REASSU'MED, pp. Resumed; assumed again. |
44893
|
reassuming |
REASSU'MING, ppr. Assuming or taking again. |
44894
|
reassumption |
REASSUMP'TION, n. A resuming; a second assumption. |
44895
|
reassurance |
REASSU'RANCE, n. [See Sure and Assurance.]A second assurance against loss; or the assurance of ... |
44896
|
reassure |
REASSURE, v.t. reashu're. [re and assure.]1. To restore courage to; to free from fear or ... |
44897
|
reassured |
REASSU'RED, pp.1. Restored from fear; re-encouraged.2. Insured against loss by risk taken, as an ... |
44898
|
reassurer |
REASSU'RER, n. One who insures the first underwriter. |
44899
|
reassuring |
REASSU'RING, ppr. 1. Restoring from fear, terror or depression of courage.2. Insuring against ... |
44900
|
reastiness |
RE'ASTINESS, n. Rancidness. [Not in use or local.] |
44901
|
reasty |
RE'ASTY, a. Covered with a kind of rust and having a rancid taste; applied to dried meat. [Not in ... |
44902
|
reate |
RE'ATE, n. A kind of long small grass that grows in water and complicates itself. [Not in use or ... |
44903
|
reattach |
REATTACH', v.t. [re and attach.] To attach a second time. |
44904
|
reattachment |
REATTACH'MENT, n. A second attachment. |
44905
|
reattempt |
REATTEMPT', v.t. [re and attempt.] To attempt again. |
44906
|
reave |
REAVE, v.t. To take away by stealth or violence; to bereave. Obs. [See Bereave.] |
44907
|
rebaptism |
REBAP'TISM, n. A second baptism. |
44908
|
rebaptization |
REBAPTIZA'TION, n. [from rebaptize.] A second baptism. |
44909
|
rebaptize |
REBAPTI'ZE, v.t. [re and baptize.] To baptize a second time. |
44910
|
rebaptized |
REBAPTI'ZED, pp. Baptized again. |
44911
|
rebaptizing |
REBAPTI'ZING, ppr. Baptizing a second time. |
44912
|
rebate |
REBA'TE, v.t.To blunt; to beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness.He doth rebate and blunt his ... |
44913
|
rebatement |
REBA'TEMENT, n.1. Diminution.2. In commerce, abatement in price; deduction.3. In heraldry, a ... |
44914
|
rebato |
REBA'TO, n. A sort of ruff. [See Rabato.] |
44915
|
rebeck |
RE'BECK, n. A three stringed fiddle. [Not much used.] |
44916
|
rebel |
REB'EL, n. [L. rebellis, making war again.]1. One who revolts from the government to which he ... |
44917
|
rebelled |
REBEL'LED, pp. or a. Rebellious; guilty of rebellion. |
44918
|
rebeller |
REBEL'LER, n. One that rebels. |
44919
|
rebelling |
REBEL'LING, ppr. Renouncing the authority of the government to which one owes allegiance; rising ... |
44920
|
rebellion |
REBEL'LION, n. [L. rebellio. among the Romans, rebellion was originally a revolt or open ... |
44921
|
rebellious |
REBEL'LIOUS, a. Engaged in rebellion; renouncing the authority and dominion of the government to ... |
44922
|
rebelliously |
REBEL'LIOUSLY, adv. With design to throw off the authority of legitimate government; in opposition ... |
44923
|
rebelliousness |
REBEL'LIOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being rebellious. |
44924
|
rebellow |
REBEL'LOW, v.i. [re and bellow.] To bellow in return; to echo back a loud roaring noise.The cave ... |
44925
|
rebellowing |
REBEL'LOWING, ppr. Bellowing in return or in echo. |
44926
|
rebild |
REBILD', v.t. [re and build.] To build again; to renew a structure; to build or construct what ... |
44927
|
rebilding |
REBILD'ING, ppr. Building again. |
44928
|
rebilt |
REBILT', pp. Built again; reconstructed. |
44929
|
reblossom |
REBLOS'SOM, v.i. [re and blossom.] To blossom again. |
44930
|
reboation |
REBOA'TION, n. [L. rebo; re and boo.] The return of a loud bellowing sound. [Not used.] |
44931
|
reboil |
REBOIL', v.i. [L. re and bullio.] To take fire; to be hot. |
44932
|
rebound |
REBOUND', v.i.To spring back; to start back; to be reverberated by an elastic power resisting ... |
44933
|
rebounding |
REBOUND'ING, ppr. Springing or flying back; reverberating. |
44934
|
rebrace |
REBRA'CE, v.t. [re and brace.] To brace again. |
44935
|
rebreathe |
REBRE'ATHE, v.i. [re and breathe.] To breathe again. |
44936
|
rebuff |
REBUFF', n. 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.The strong rebuff of ... |
44937
|
rebuild |
REBUILD', |
44938
|
rebuilding |
REBUILD'ING, |
44939
|
rebuilt |
REBUILT', |
44940
|
rebukable |
REBU'KABLE, a. [from rebuke.] Worthy of reprehension. |
44941
|
rebuke |
REBU'KE, v.t. [See Pack and Impeach.]1. To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check ... |
44942
|
rebuked |
REBU'KED, pp. Reproved; reprehended; checked; restrained; punished for faults. |
44943
|
rebukeful |
REBU'KEFUL, a. Containing or abounding with rebukes. |
44944
|
rebukefully |
REBU'KEFULLY, adv. With reproof or reprehension. |
44945
|
rebuker |
REBU'KER, n. One that rebukes; a chider; one that chastises or restrains. |
44946
|
rebuking |
REBU'KING, ppr. Chiding; reproving; checking; punishing. |
44947
|
rebullition |
REBULLI'TION, n. [See ebullition and Boil.] Act of boiling or effervescing. [Little used.] |
44948
|
rebury |
REBURY, v.t. reber'ry. [re and bury.] To inter again. |
44949
|
rebus |
RE'BUS, n. [L. from res, which is of the class Rd, Rs, and of the same family as riddle. See ... |
44950
|
rebut |
REBUT', v.t. [See Butt and Pout.]To repel; to oppose by argument, plea or countervailing proof. ... |
44951
|
rebutted |
REBUT'TED, pp. Repelled; answered. |
44952
|
rebutter |
REBUT'TER, n. In law pleadings, the answer of a defendant to a plaintiff's sur-rejoinder.If I ... |
44953
|
rebutting |
REBUT'TING, ppr. Repelling; opposing by argument, countervailing allegation or evidence. |
44954
|
recall |
RECALL', v.t. [re and call.]1. To call back; to take back; as, to recall words or declarations.2. ... |
44955
|
recallable |
RECALL'ABLE, a. That may be recalled.Delegates recallable at pleasure. |
44956
|
recalled |
RECALL'ED, pp. Called back; revoked. |
44957
|
recalling |
RECALL'ING, ppr. Calling back; revoking. |
44958
|
recant |
RECANT', v.t. [L. recanto; re and canto. See Cant.]To retract; to recall; to contradict a former ... |
44959
|
recantation |
RECANTA'TION, n. The act of recalling; retraction; a declaration that contradicts a former one. |
44960
|
recanted |
RECANT'ED, pp. Recalled; retracted. |
44961
|
recanter |
RECANT'ER, n. One that recants. |
44962
|
recanting |
RECANT'ING, ppr. Recalling; retracting. |
44963
|
recapacitate |
RECAPAC'ITATE, v.t. [re and capacitate.] To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. |
44964
|
recapacitated |
RECAPAC'ITATED, pp. Capacitated again. |
44965
|
recapacitating |
RECAPAC'ITATING, ppr. Conferring capacity again. |
44966
|
recapitulate |
RECAPIT'ULATE, v.t. [L. capitulum. See Capitulate.]To repeat the principal things mentioned in a ... |
44967
|
recapitulated |
RECAPIT'ULATED, pp. Repeated in a summary. |
44968
|
recapitulating |
RECAPIT'ULATING, ppr. Repeating the principal things in a discourse or argument. |
44969
|
recapitulation |
RECAPITULA'TION, n.1. The act of recapitulating.2. A summary or concise statement or enumeration ... |
44970
|
recapitulatory |
RECAPIT'ULATORY, a. Repeating again; containing recapitulation. |
44971
|
recaption |
RECAP'TION, n. [L. re and captio; capio, to take.]The act of retaking; reprisal; the retaking of ... |
44972
|
recaptor |
RECAP'TOR, n. [re and captor.] One who retakes; one that takes a prize which had been previously ... |
44973
|
recapture |
RECAP'TURE, n. [re and capture.]1. The act of retaking; particularly, the retaking of a prize or ... |
44974
|
recaptured |
RECAP'TURED, pp. Retaken. |
44975
|
recapturing |
RECAP'TURING, ppr. Retaking, as a prize from the captor. |
44976
|
recarnify |
REC'ARNIFY, v.t. [re and carnify, from L. caro, flesh.]To convert again into flesh. [Not much ... |
44977
|
recarried |
RECAR'RIED, pp. Carried back or again. |
44978
|
recarry |
RECAR'RY, v.t. [re and carry.] To carry back. |
44979
|
recarrying |
RECAR'RYING, ppr. Carrying back. |
44980
|
recast |
REC'AST, v.t. [re and cast.]1. To cast again; as, to recast cannon.2. To throw again.3. To mold ... |
44981
|
recasting |
REC'ASTING, ppr. Casting again; molding anew. |
44982
|
recede |
RECE'DE, v.i. [L. recedo; re and cedo.]1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.Like the hollow ... |
44983
|
receded |
RECE'DED, pp. Ceded back; regranted. |
44984
|
receding |
RECE'DING, ppr. 1. Withdrawing; retreating; moving back.2. Ceding back; regranting. |
44985
|
receipt |
RECE'IPT, |
44986
|
receit |
RECE'IT, n. rece't. [L. receptus. This word wought to follow the analogy of conceit, deceit, ... |
44987
|
receivable |
RECE'IVABLE, a. That may be received. |
44988
|
receivableness |
RECE'IVABLENESS, n. Capability of being received. |
44989
|
receive |
RECE'IVE, v.t. [L. recipio; re and capio, to take.]1. To take, as a thing offered or sent; to ... |
44990
|
received |
RECE'IVED, pp. Taken; accepted; admitted; embraced; entertained; believed. |
44991
|
receivedness |
RECE'IVEDNESS, n. General allowance or belief; as the receivedness of an opinion. |
44992
|
receiver |
RECE'IVER, n.1. One who takes or receives in any manner.2. An officer appointed to receive public ... |
44993
|
receiving |
RECE'IVING, ppr. Taking; accepting; admitting; embracing; believing; entertaining. |
44994
|
recelebrate |
RECEL'EBRATE, v.t. [re and celebrate.] To celebrate again. |
44995
|
recelebrated |
RECEL'EBRATED, pp. Celebrated anew. |
44996
|
recelebrating |
RECEL'EBRATING, ppr. Celebrating anew. |
44997
|
recelebration |
RECELEBRA'TION, n. A renewed celebration. |
44998
|
recency |
RE'CENCY, n. [L. recens.] 1. Newness; new state; late origin; as the recency of a wound or ... |
44999
|
recense |
RECENSE, v.t. recens'. [L. recenso; re and censeo.]To review; to revise. |
45000
|
recension |
RECEN'SION, n. [L. recensio.] Review; examination; enumeration. |
45001
|
recent |
RE'CENT, a. [L. recens.]1. New; being of late origin or existence.The ancients believed some ... |
45002
|
recently |
RE'CENTLY, adv. Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as advices recently received; a torn ... |
45003
|
recentness |
RE'CENTNESS, n. Newness; freshness; lateness of origin or occurrence; as the recentness of ... |
45004
|
receptacle |
RECEP'TACLE, n. [L. receptaculum, from receptus, recipio.]1. A place or vessel into which ... |
45005
|
receptacular |
RECEPTAC'ULAR, a. In botany, pertaining to the receptacle or growing on it, as the nectary. |
45006
|
receptary |
REC'EPTARY, n. Thing received. [Not in use.] |
45007
|
receptibility |
RECEPTIBIL'ITY, n. The possibility of receiving. |
45008
|
reception |
RECEP'TION, n. [L. receptio.]1. The act of receiving; in a general sense; as the reception of ... |
45009
|
receptive |
RECEP'TIVE, a. Having the quality of receiving or admitting what is communicated.Imaginary space ... |
45010
|
receptivity |
RECEPTIV'ITY, n. The state or quality of being receptive. |
45011
|
receptory |
RECEP'TORY, a. Generally or popularly admitted or received. [Not in use.] |
45012
|
recess |
RECESS', n. [L. recessus, from recedo. See Recede.]1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; ... |
45013
|
recession |
RECES'SION, n. [L. recessio.]1. The act of withdrawing, retiring or retreating.2. The act of ... |
45014
|
rechange |
RECHANGE, v.t. [re and change.] To change again. |
45015
|
rechanged |
RECHANGED, pp. Changed again. |
45016
|
rechanging |
RECHANGING, ppr. Changing again. |
45017
|
recharge |
RECH'ARGE, v.t. [re and charge.]1. To charge or accuse in return.2. To attack again; to attack ... |
45018
|
recharged |
RECH'ARGED, pp. Accused in return; attacked anew. |
45019
|
recharging |
RECH'ARGING, ppr. Accusing in return; attacking anew. |
45020
|
recheat |
RECHE'AT, n. Among hunters, a lesson which the huntsman winds on the horn when the hounds have ... |
45021
|
rechoose |
RECHOOSE, v.t. rechooz'. To choose a second time. |
45022
|
rechosen |
RECHOSEN, pp. or a. recho'zn. Re-elected; chosen again. |
45023
|
recidivation |
RECIDIVA'TION, n. [L. recidivus, from recido, to fall back; re and cado, to fall.]A falling back; ... |
45024
|
recidivous |
RECID'IVOUS, a. [L. recidivus.] Subject to backslide. [Little used.] |
45025
|
recipe |
RECIPE, n. res'ipy. [L. imperative of recipio, to take.]A medical prescription; a direction of ... |
45026
|
recipient |
RECIP'IENT, n. [L. recipiens, recipio.] 1. A receiver; the person or thing that receives; he or ... |
45027
|
reciprocal |
RECIP'ROCAL, a. [L. reciprocus.]1. Acting in vicissitude or return; alternate.Corruption is ... |
45028
|
reciprocally |
RECIP'ROCALLY, adv. Mutually; interchangeably; in such a manner that each affects the other and is ... |
45029
|
reciprocalness |
RECIP'ROCALNESS, n. Mutual return; alternateness. |
45030
|
reciprocate |
RECIP'ROCATE, v.i. [L. reciproco.] To act interchangeably; to alternate.One brawny smith the ... |
45031
|
reciprocated |
RECIP'ROCATED, pp. Mutually given and returned; interchanged. |
45032
|
reciprocating |
RECIP'ROCATING, ppr. Interchanging; each giving or doing to the other the same thing. |
45033
|
reciprocation |
RECIPROCA'TION, n. [L. reciprocatio.]1. Interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as ... |
45034
|
reciprocity |
RECIPROC'ITY, n. Reciprocal obligation or right; equal mutual rights or benefits to be yielded or ... |
45035
|
recision |
RECI'SION, n. s as z. [L. recisio, from recido, to cut off; re and caedo.]The act of cutting off. |
45036
|
recital |
RECI'TAL, n. [from recite.]1. Rehearsal; the repetition of the words of another or of a writing; ... |
45037
|
recitation |
RECITA'TION, n. [L. recitatio.]1. Rehearsal; repetition of words.2. In colleges and schools, the ... |
45038
|
recitative |
RECIT'ATIVE, a. [See recite.]Reciting; rehearsing; pertaining to musical ... |
45039
|
recitatively |
RECIT'ATIVELY, adv. In the manner of recitative. |
45040
|
recite |
RECI'TE, v.t. [L. recito; re and cito, to call or name.]1. To rehearse; to repeat the words of ... |
45041
|
recited |
RECI'TED, pp. Rehearsed; told; repeated; narrated. |
45042
|
reciter |
RECI'TER, n. One that recites or rehearses; a narrator. |
45043
|
reciting |
RECI'TING, ppr. Rehearsing; telling; repeating narrating. |
45044
|
reck |
RECK, v.i. [L. rego. See Rack and Reckon.]To care; to mind; to rate at much; as we say, to reckon ... |
45045
|
reckless |
RECK'LESS, a. Careless; heedless; mindless.I made the king reckless, as them diligent. |
45046
|
recklessness |
RECK'LESSNESS, n. Heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.[These words, formerly disused, have been ... |
45047
|
reckon |
RECKON, v.t. rek'n. [L. rego, rectus, whence regnum, regno, Eng. to reign and right.]1. To count; ... |
45048
|
reckoned |
RECKONED, pp. rek'nd. Counted; numbered; esteemed; reputed; computed; set or assigned to in ... |
45049
|
reckoner |
RECKONER, n. rek'ner. One who reckons or computes.Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. |
45050
|
reckoning |
RECKONING, ppr. rek'ning. Counting; computing; esteeming; reputing; stating an account mutually. |
45051
|
reckoning-book |
RECK'ONING-BOOK, n. a book in which money received and expended is entered. |
45052
|
reclaim |
RECLA'IM, v.t. [L. reclama. re and clamo, to call. See Claim.]1. To claim back; to demand to ... |
45053
|
reclaimable |
RECLA'IMABLE, a. That may be reclaimed, reformed or tamed. |
45054
|
reclaimant |
RECLA'IMANT, n. One that opposes, contradicts or remonstrates against. |
45055
|
reclaimed |
RECLA'IMED, pp. Recalled from a vicious life; reformed; tamed; domesticated; recovered. |
45056
|
reclaiming |
RECLA'IMING, ppr. Recalling to a regular course of life; reforming; recovering; taking; demanding. |
45057
|
reclamation |
RECLAMA'TION, n.1. Recovery.2. Demand; challenge of something to be restored; claim made. |
45058
|
reclinate |
REC'LINATE, a. [L. reclinatus. See recline.]In botany, reclined, as a leaf; bend downwards, so ... |
45059
|
reclination |
RECLINA'TION, n. That act of leaning or reclining. |
45060
|
recline |
RECLI'NE, v.t. [L. reclino; re and clino, to lean.]To lean back; to lean to one side or sideways; ... |
45061
|
reclined |
RECLI'NED, pp. Inclined back or sideways. |
45062
|
reclining |
RECLI'NING, ppr. Leaning back or sideways; resting; lying. |
45063
|
reclose |
RECLO'SE, v.t. s as z. [re and close.] To close or shut again. |
45064
|
reclosed |
RECLO'SED, pp. Closed again. |
45065
|
reclosing |
RECLO'SING, ppr. Closing again. |
45066
|
reclude |
RECLU'DE, v.t. [L. recludo; re and claudo, cludo.] To open. [Little used.] |
45067
|
recluse |
RECLU'SE, a.Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; as a ... |
45068
|
reclusely |
RECLU'SELY, adv. In retirement or seclusion from society. |
45069
|
recluseness |
RECLU'SENESS, n. Retirement; seclusion from society. |
45070
|
reclusion |
RECLU'SION, n. s as z. A state of retirement from the world; seclusion. |
45071
|
reclusive |
RECLU'SIVE, a. Affording retirement from society. |
45072
|
recoagulation |
RECOAGULA'TION, n. [re and coagulation.] A second coagulation. |
45073
|
recoct |
RECOCT', a. [L. recoctus, recoquo.] New vamped. [Not used.] |
45074
|
recognition |
RECOGNITION, n. reconish'on or recognish'on. [L. recognitio.]1. Acknowledgment; formal avowal; ... |
45075
|
recognitor |
RECOGNITOR, n. recon'itor. One of a jury upon assize. |
45076
|
recognizable |
RECOGNIZABLE, a. recon'izable. [from recognize.] That may be recognized or acknowledged. |
45077
|
recognizance |
RECOGNIZANCE, n. recon'izance.1. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; as the ... |
45078
|
recognize |
RECOGNIZE, v.t. rec'onize. [L. recognosco; re and cognosco, to know. The g in these words has ... |
45079
|
recognized |
REC'OGNIZED, pp. Acknowledged; recollected as known; bound by recognizance. |
45080
|
recognizee |
RECOGNIZEE, n. reconizee'. The person to whom a recognizance is made. |
45081
|
recognizing |
REC'OGNIZING, ppr. Acknowledging; recollecting as known; entering a recognizance. |
45082
|
recognizor |
RECOGNIZOR, n. reconizor'. One who enters into a recognizance. |
45083
|
recoil |
RECOIL', v.i.1. To move or start back; to roll back; as, a cannon recoils when fired; waves recoil ... |
45084
|
recoiling |
RECOIL'ING, ppr. Starting or falling back; retiring; shrinking.RECOIL'ING, n. The act of starting ... |
45085
|
recoilingly |
RECOIL'INGLY, adv. With starting back or retrocession. |
45086
|
recoin |
RECOIN', v.t. [re and coin.] To coin again; as, to recoin gold or silver. |
45087
|
recoinage |
RECOIN'AGE, n. 1. The act of coining anew.2. That which is coined anew. |
45088
|
recoined |
RECOIN'ED, pp. Coined again. |
45089
|
recoining |
RECOIN'ING, ppr. Coining anew. |
45090
|
recollect |
RECOLLECT', v.t. [re and collect; L. recolligo, recollectus.]1. To collect again; applied to ideas ... |
45091
|
recollected |
RECOLLECT'ED, pp. Recalled to the memory. |
45092
|
recollecting |
RECOLLECT'ING, ppr. Recovering to the memory. |
45093
|
recollection |
RECOLLEC'TION, n. 1. The act of recalling to the memory, as ideas that have escaped; or the ... |
45094
|
recollective |
RECOLLECT'IVE, a. Having the power of recollecting. |
45095
|
recollet |
REC'OLLET, n. A monk of a reformed order of Franciscans. |
45096
|
recombination |
RECOMBINA'TION, n. Combination a second time. |
45097
|
recombine |
RECOMBI'NE, v.t. [re and combine.] To combine again.If we recombine these two elastic fluids. |
45098
|
recombined |
RECOMBI'NED, pp. Combined anew. |
45099
|
recombining |
RECOMBI'NING, ppr. Combining again. |
45100
|
recomfort |
RECOMFORT, v.t. [re and comfort.]1. To comfort again; to console anew.2. To give new strength. |
45101
|
recomforted |
RECOMFORTED, pp. Comforted again. |
45102
|
recomforting |
RECOMFORTING, ppr. Comforting again. |
45103
|
recomfortless |
RECOMFORTLESS, a. Without comfort. [Not used.] |
45104
|
recommence |
RECOMMENCE, v.t. recommens'. [re and commence.] To commence again; to begin anew. |
45105
|
recommenced |
RECOMMEN'CED, pp. Commenced anew. |
45106
|
recommencing |
RECOMMEN'CING, ppr. Beginning again. |
45107
|
recommend |
RECOMMEND', v.t. [re and commend.]1. To praise to another; to offer or commend to another's ... |
45108
|
recommendable |
RECOMMEND'ABLE, a. That may be recommended; worthy of recommendation or praise. |
45109
|
recommendation |
RECOMMENDA'TION, n. 1. The act of recommending or of commending; the act of representing in a ... |
45110
|
recommendatory |
RECOMMEND'ATORY, a. That commends to another; that recommends. |
45111
|
recommended |
RECOMMEND'ED, pp. Praised; commended to another. |
45112
|
recommender |
RECOMMEND'ER, n. One who commends. |
45113
|
recommending |
RECOMMEND'ING, ppr. Praising to another; commending. |
45114
|
recommission |
RECOMMIS'SION, v.t. [re and commission.] To commission again.Officers whose time of service had ... |
45115
|
recommissioned |
RECOMMIS'SIONED, pp. Commissioned again. |
45116
|
recommissioning |
RECOMMIS'SIONING, ppr. Commissioning again. |
45117
|
recommit |
RECOMMIT', v.t. [re and commit.]1. To commit again; as, to recommit persons to prison.2. To ... |
45118
|
recommitment |
RECOMMIT'MENT, n. A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee. |
45119
|
recommitted |
RECOMMIT'TED, pp. Committed anew; referred again. |
45120
|
recommitting |
RECOMMIT'TING, ppr. Committing again; referring again to a committee. |
45121
|
recommunicate |
RECOMMU'NICATE, v.i. [re and communicate.] To communicate again. |
45122
|
recompact |
RECOMPACT', v.t. [re and compact.] To join anew.Repair and recompact my scatter'd body. |
45123
|
recompensation |
RECOMPENSA'TION, n. Recompense. [Not used.] |
45124
|
recompense |
REC'OMPENSE, v.t.1. To compensate; to make return of an equivalent for any thing given, done or ... |
45125
|
recompensed |
REC'OMPENSED, pp. Rewarded; requited. |
45126
|
recompensing |
REC'OMPENSING, ppr. Rewarding; compensating; requiting. |
45127
|
recompilement |
RECOMPI'LEMENT, n. [re and compilement.] New compilation or digest; as a recompilement of laws. |
45128
|
recompose |
RECOMPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [re and compose.]1. To quiet anew; to compose or tranquilize that which ... |
45129
|
recomposed |
RECOMPO'SED, pp. Quieted again after agitation; formed anew; composed a second time. |
45130
|
recomposing |
RECOMPO'SING, ppr. Rendering tranquil after agitation; forming or adjusting anew. |
45131
|
recomposition |
RECOMPOSI'TION, n. Composition renewed. |
45132
|
reconcilable |
RECONCI'LABLE, a. 1. Capable of being reconciled; capable of renewed friendship. The parties are ... |
45133
|
reconcilableness |
RECONCI'LABLENESS, n.1. The quality of being reconcilable; consistency; as the reconcilableness of ... |
45134
|
reconcile |
RECONCI'LE, v.t. [L. reconcilio; re and concilio; con and calo, to call, Gr. The literal sense ... |
45135
|
reconciled |
RECONCI'LED, pp. Brought into friendship from a state of disagreement or enmity; made consistent; ... |
45136
|
reconcilement |
RECONCI'LEMENT, n.1. Reconciliation; renewal of friendship. Animosities sometimes make ... |
45137
|
reconciler |
RECONCI'LER, n.1. One who reconciles; one who brings parties at variance into renewed ... |
45138
|
reconciliation |
RECONCILIA'TION, n. [L. reconciliatio.]1. The act of reconciling parties at variance; renewal of ... |
45139
|
reconciliatory |
RECONCIL'IATORY, a. Able or tending to reconcile. |
45140
|
reconciling |
RECONCI'LING, ppr. Bringing into favor and friendship after variance; bringing to content or ... |
45141
|
recondensation |
RECONDENSA'TION, n. The act of recondensing. |
45142
|
recondense |
RECONDENSE, v.t. recondens'. [re and condense.] To condense again. |
45143
|
recondensed |
RECONDENS'ED, pp. Condensed anew. |
45144
|
recondensing |
RECONDENS'ING, ppr. Condensing again. |
45145
|
recondite |
REC'ONDITE, a. [L. reconditus, recondo; re and condo to conceal.]1. Secret; hidden from the view ... |
45146
|
reconditory |
RECOND'ITORY, n. [supra.] A repository; a store-house or magazine. [Little used.] |
45147
|
reconduct |
RECONDUCT', v.t [re and conduct.] To conduct back or again. |
45148
|
reconducted |
RECONDUCT'ED, pp. Conducted back or again. |
45149
|
reconducting |
RECONDUCT'ING, ppr. Conducting back or again. |
45150
|
reconfirm |
RECONFIRM', v.t. [re and confirm.] To confirm anew. |
45151
|
reconjoin |
RECONJOIN', v.t. [re and conjoin.] To join or conjoin anew. |
45152
|
reconjoined |
RECONJOIN'ED, pp. Joined again. |
45153
|
reconjoining |
RECONJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining anew. |
45154
|
reconnoiter |
RECONNOIT'ER, v.t.To view; to survey; to examine by the eye; particularly in military affairs, to ... |
45155
|
reconnoitered |
RECONNOIT'ERED, pp. Viewed; examined by personal observation. |
45156
|
reconnoitering |
RECONNOIT'ERING, ppr. Viewing; examining by personal observation. |
45157
|
reconquer |
RECONQUER, v.t. recon'ker. [re and conquer.]1. To conquer again; to recover by conquest.2. To ... |
45158
|
reconquered |
RECON'QUERED, pp. Conquered again; regained. |
45159
|
reconquering |
RECON'QUERING, ppr. Conquering again; recovering. |
45160
|
reconsecrate |
RECON'SECRATE, v.t. [re and consecrate.] To consecrate anew. |
45161
|
reconsecrated |
RECONSECRATED, pp. Consecrated again. |
45162
|
reconsecrating |
RECON'SECRATING, ppr. Consecrating again. |
45163
|
reconsecration |
RECONSECRA'TION, n. A renewed consecration. |
45164
|
reconsider |
RECONSID'ER, v.t. [re and consider.]1. To consider again; to turn in the mind again; to review.2. ... |
45165
|
reconsideration |
RECONSIDERA'TION, n. 1. A renewed consideration or review in the mind.2. A second consideration; ... |
45166
|
reconsidered |
RECONSID'ERED, pp. Considered again; rescinded. |
45167
|
reconsidering |
RECONSID'ERING, ppr. Considering again; rescinding. |
45168
|
reconsolate |
RECON'SOLATE, v.t. To console or comfort again. [Not in use.] |
45169
|
reconvene |
RECONVE'NE, v.t. [re and convene.] To convene or call together again.RECONVE'NE, v.i. To ... |
45170
|
reconvened |
RECONVE'NED, pp. Assembled anew. |
45171
|
reconvening |
RECONVE'NING, ppr. Assembling anew. |
45172
|
reconversion |
RECONVER'SION, n. [re and conversion.] A second conversion. |
45173
|
reconvert |
RECONVERT', v.t. [re and convert.] To convert again. |
45174
|
reconverted |
RECONVERT'ED, pp. Converted again. |
45175
|
reconverting |
RECONVERT'ING, ppr. Converting again. |
45176
|
reconvey |
RECONVEY, v.t. [re and convey.]1. To convey back or to its former place; as, to reconvey goods.2. ... |
45177
|
reconveyed |
RECONVEYED, pp. Conveyed back; transferred to a former owner. |
45178
|
reconveying |
RECONVEYING, ppr. Conveying back; transferring to a former owner. |
45179
|
record |
RECORD', v.t. [L. recorder, to call to mind, to remember, from re and cor, cordis, the heart or ... |
45180
|
recordation |
RECORDA'TION, n. [L. recordatio.] Remembrance. [Not in use.] |
45181
|
recorded |
RECORD'ED, pp. Registered; officially entered in a book or on parchment; imprinted on the memory. |
45182
|
recorder |
RECORD'ER, n.1. A person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions; one who ... |
45183
|
recording |
RECORD'ING, ppr. Registering; enrolling; imprinting on the memory. |
45184
|
recouch |
RECOUCH', v.i. [re and couch.] To retire again to a lodge, as lions. |
45185
|
recount |
RECOUNT', v.t. [re and count.]To relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars; ... |
45186
|
recounted |
RECOUNT'ED, pp. Related or told in detail; recited. |
45187
|
recounting |
RECOUNT'ING, ppr. Relating in a series; narrating. |
45188
|
recountment |
RECOUNT'MENT, n. Relation in detail; recital. [Little used.] |
45189
|
recoured |
RECOURED, for recovered or recured. [Not used.] |
45190
|
recourse |
RECOURSE, n. [L. recursus; re and cursus, curro, to run.] Literally, a running back; a return.1. ... |
45191
|
recourseful |
RECOURSEFUL, a. Moving alternately. [Not in use.] |
45192
|
recover |
RECOVER, v.t. [L. recupero; re and capio, to take.]1. To regain; to get or obtain that which was ... |
45193
|
recoverable |
RECOVERABLE, a. 1. That may be regained or recovered. Goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not ... |
45194
|
recovered |
RECOVERED, pp. Regained; restored obtained by judicial decision. |
45195
|
recoveree |
RECOVEREE', n. In law, the tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common ... |
45196
|
recovering |
RECOVERING, ppr. Regaining; obtaining in return or by judgment in law; regaining health. |
45197
|
recoveror |
RECOVEROR, n. In law, the demandant or person who obtains a judgment in his favor in common ... |
45198
|
recovery |
RECOVERY, n.1. The act of regaining, retaking or obtaining possession of anything lost. The ... |
45199
|
recreant |
REC'REANT, a. [See Craven.]1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; ... |
45200
|
recreate |
REC'REATE, v.t. [L. recero; re and creo, to create.]1. To refresh after toil; to reanimate, as ... |
45201
|
recreated |
REC'REATED, pp. Refreshed; diverted; amused; gratified. |
45202
|
recreating |
REC'REATING, ppr. Refreshing after toil; reanimating the spirits or strength; diverting; amusing. |
45203
|
recreation |
RECREA'TION, n.1. Refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion.2. ... |
45204
|
recreative |
REC'REATIVE, a. Refreshing; giving new vigor or animation; giving relief after labor or pain; ... |
45205
|
recreatively |
REC'REATIVELY, adv. With recreation or diversion. |
45206
|
recreativeness |
REC'REATIVENESS, n. The quality of being refreshing or diverting. |
45207
|
recrement |
REC'REMENT, n. [L. recrementum; probably re and cerno, to secrete.]Superfluous matter separated ... |
45208
|
recremental |
RECREMENT'AL, |
45209
|
recrementitial |
RECREMENTI'TIAL, |
45210
|
recrementitious |
RECREMENTI'TIOUS, a. Drossy; consisting of superfluous matter separated from that which is ... |
45211
|
recriminate |
RECRIM'INATE, v.i. [L. re and criminor, to accuse.]1. To return one accusation with another.It is ... |
45212
|
recriminating |
RECRIM'INATING, ppr. Returning one accusation with another. |
45213
|
recrimination |
RECRIMINA'TION, n.1. The return of one accusation with another.2. In law, an accusation brought ... |
45214
|
recriminator |
RECRIM'INATOR, n. He that accuses the accuser of a like crime. |
45215
|
recriminatory |
RECRIM'INATORY, a. Retorting accusation. |
45216
|
recross |
RECROSS', v.t. To cross a second time. |
45217
|
recrossed |
RECROSS'ED, pp. Crossed a second time. |
45218
|
recrossing |
RECROSS'ING, ppr. Crossing a second time. |
45219
|
recrudescence |
RECRUDES'CENCE, |
45220
|
recrudescency |
RECRUDES'CENCY, n. [from L. recrudescens; re and crudesco, to grow raw; crudus, raw.]The state of ... |
45221
|
recrudescent |
RECRUDES'CENT, a. Growing raw, sore or painful again. |
45222
|
recruit |
RECRUIT, v.t. [L. cresco.]1. To repair by fresh supplies any thing wasted. We say, food recruits ... |
45223
|
recruited |
RECRUITED, pp. Furnished with new supplies of what is wasted. |
45224
|
recruiting |
RECRUITING, ppr. Furnishing with fresh supplies; raising new soldiers for an army.RECRUITING, n. ... |
45225
|
recruitment |
RECRUITMENT, n. The act or business of raising new supplies of men for an army. |
45226
|
recrystalize |
RECRYS'TALIZE, v.i. To crystalize a second time. |
45227
|
rectangle |
RECT'ANGLE, n. [L. rectangulus; rectus, right, and angulus, angle.]1. A right angled ... |
45228
|
rectangled |
RECT'ANGLED, a. Having right angles, or angles of ninety degrees. |
45229
|
rectangular |
RECTAN'GULAR, a. Right angled; having angles of ninety degrees. |
45230
|
rectangularly |
RECTAN'GULARLY, adv. with or at right angles. |
45231
|
rectifiable |
RECTIFIABLE, a. [from rectify.] that may be rectified; capable of being corrected or set right; ... |
45232
|
rectification |
RECTIFICA'TION, n.1. The act or operation of correcting, amending or setting right that which is ... |
45233
|
rectified |
REC'TIFIED, pp. Corrected; set or made right; refined by repeated distiliation or sublimation. |
45234
|
rectifier |
REC'TIFIER, n.1. One that corrects or amends.2. One who refines a substance by repeated ... |
45235
|
rectify |
REC'TIFY, v.t. [L. rectus, right, and facio, to make.]1. To make right; to correct that which is ... |
45236
|
rectifying |
REC'TIFYING, ppr. Correcting; amending; refining by repeated distiliation or sublimation. |
45237
|
rectilineal |
RECTILIN'EAL, |
45238
|
rectilinear |
RECTILIN'EAR, a. [L. rectus, right, and linea, line.]Right lined; consisting of a right line or of ... |
45239
|
rectilineous |
RECTILIN'EOUS, a. Rectilinear. Obs. |
45240
|
rectitude |
REC'TITUDE, n. [L. rectus, right, straight.]In morality, rightness of principle or practice; ... |
45241
|
rector |
REC'TOR, n. [L. rector, from rego, rectum, to rule.]1. A ruler or governor.God is the supreme ... |
45242
|
rectoral |
REC'TORAL, |
45243
|
rectorial |
RECTO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to a rector. |
45244
|
rectorship |
REC'TORSHIP, n. The office or rank of a rector. |
45245
|
rectory |
REC'TORY, n.1. A parish church, parsonage or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes and ... |
45246
|
rectress |
REC'TRESS, |
45247
|
rectrix |
REC'TRIX, n. [L. rectrix.] A governess. |
45248
|
rectum |
REC'TUM, n. [L.] In anatomy, the third and last of the large intestines. |
45249
|
recubation |
RECUBA'TION, n. [L. recubo; re and cubo, to lie down.]The act of lying or leaning. [Little used.] |
45250
|
recule |
RECU'LE, v.i. To recoil. [Not used. See Recoil.] |
45251
|
recumb |
RECUMB', v.i. [L. recumbo; re and cumbo, to lie down.] To lean; to recline; to repose. |
45252
|
recumbence |
RECUMB'ENCE, n. [from L. recumbens.] The act of reposing or resting in confidence. |
45253
|
recumbency |
RECUMB'ENCY, n. 1. The posture of leaning, reclining or lying.2. Rest; repose; idle state. |
45254
|
recumbent |
RECUMB'ENT, a. [L. recumbens.]1. Leaning; reclining; as the recumbent posture of the Romans at ... |
45255
|
recuperation |
RECUPERA'TION, n. [L. recuperatio.] Recovery, as of any thing lost. |
45256
|
recuperative |
RECU'PERATIVE, |
45257
|
recuperatory |
RECU'PERATORY, a. Tending to recovery; pertaining to recovery. |
45258
|
recur |
RECUR', v.i. [L. recurro; re and curro, to run.]1. To return to the thought or mind.When any word ... |
45259
|
recure |
RECU'RE, v.t. [re and cure.] To cure; to recover. [Not in use.]RECU'RE, n. Cure; recovery. ... |
45260
|
recureless |
RECU'RELESS, a. Incapable of cure or remedy. [Not in use.] |
45261
|
recurrence |
RECUR'RENCE, |
45262
|
recurrency |
RECUR'RENCY, n. [See Recur.] 1. Return; as the recurrence of error.2. Resort; the having ... |
45263
|
recurrent |
RECUR'RENT, a. [L. recurrens.1. Returning from time to time; as recurrent pains of a disease.2. ... |
45264
|
recursion |
RECUR'SION, n. [L. recursus, recurro; re and curro, to run.] Return. [Little used.] |
45265
|
recurvate |
RECURV'ATE, v.t. [L. recurro; re and curvo, to bend.] To bend back.RECURV'ATE, a. 1. In botany, ... |
45266
|
recurvation |
RECURVA'TION, |
45267
|
recurve |
RECURVE, v.t. recurv'. [L. recurvo, supra.] To bend back. |
45268
|
recurved |
RECURV'ED, pp. Bent back or downwards; as a recurved leaf. |
45269
|
recurviroster |
RECURV'IROSTER, n. [L. recurvus, bent back, and rostrum, a beak.]A fowl whose beak or bill bends ... |
45270
|
recurvity |
RECURV'ITY, n. A bending or flexure backwards. |
45271
|
recurvous |
RECURV'OUS, a. [L. recurvus.] Bent backwards. |
45272
|
recusancy |
RECU'SANCY, n. Non-conformity. [See Recusant.] |
45273
|
recusant |
RECU'SANT, a. s as z. [L. recusans, recuso, to refuse; re and the root of causa, signifying to ... |
45274
|
recusation |
RECUSA'TION, n. [L. recusatio.]1. Refusal.2. In law, the act of refusing a judge, or challenging ... |
45275
|
recuse |
RECU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. recuso.] To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge ... |
45276
|
red |
RED, a. [Gr red, and a rose, from its color. Heb. to descend, to bring down. L. gradior, also to ... |
45277
|
red-berried |
RED'-BERRIED, a. Having or bearing red berries; as red-berried shrub cassia. |
45278
|
red-bird |
RED-BIRD, n. The popular name of several birds in the United States, as the Tanagra aestiva or ... |
45279
|
red-chalk |
RED-CHALK, n. A kind of clay ironstone; reddle. |
45280
|
red-hot |
RED'-HOT, n. Red with heat; heated to redness; as red-hot iron; red-hot balls. |
45281
|
red-led |
RED'-LED, n. red-led. [red and lead.] Minium, or red oxyd of lead, composed of 88 parts of lead ... |
45282
|
redact |
REDACT', v.t. [L. redactus, redigo; red, re, and ago.]To force; to reduce to form. [Not used.] |
45283
|
redan |
RED'AN, n. [written sometimes redent and redens; said to be contracted from L. recedens. ... |
45284
|
redargue |
RED'ARGUE, v.t. [L. redarguo; red, re, and arguo.] To refute. [Not in use.] |
45285
|
redargution |
REDARGU'TION, n. [supra.] Refutation; conviction. [Not in use.] |
45286
|
redbreast |
RED'BREAST, n. A bird so called from the color of its breast, a species of Motacilla. In America, ... |
45287
|
redbud |
RED'BUD, n. A plant or tree of the genus Cercis. |
45288
|
redden |
REDDEN, v.t. red'n. [from red.] To make red.REDDEN, v.i. red'n. 1. To grow or become red.- The ... |
45289
|
reddendum |
REDDEND'UM, n. In law, the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. |
45290
|
reddish |
RED'DISH, a. Somewhat red; moderately red. Lev. 13. |
45291
|
reddishness |
RED'DISHNESS, n. Redness in a moderate degree. |
45292
|
reddition |
REDDI'TION, n. [L. reddo, to return.] 1. A returning of any thing; restitution; surrender.2. ... |
45293
|
redditive |
RED'DITIVE, a. [L. redditivus, from reddo.]Returning; answering to an interrogative; a term of ... |
45294
|
reddle |
RED'DLE, n. [from red.] Red chalk, commonly used as a pigment. It is a mineral of a florid ... |
45295
|
rede |
REDE, n. Counsel; advice. Obs.REDE, v.t. To counsel or advise. Obs. |
45296
|
redeem |
REDEE'M, v.t. [L. redimo; red, re, and emo, to obtain or purchase.]1. To purchase back; to ... |
45297
|
redeemable |
REDEE'MABLE, a.1. That may be redeemed; capable of redemption.2. That may be purchased or paid ... |
45298
|
redeemableness |
REDEE'MABLENESS, n. The state of being redeemable. |
45299
|
redeemed |
REDEE'MED, pp. Ransomed; delivered from bondage, distress, penalty, liability, or from the ... |
45300
|
redeemer |
REDEE'MER, n.1. One who redeems or ransoms.2. The Savior of the world, JESUS CHRIST. |
45301
|
redeeming |
REDEE'MING, ppr. Ransoming; procuring deliverance from captivity, capture, bondage, sin, distress ... |
45302
|
redeliberate |
REDELIB'ERATE, v.i. [re and deliberate.] To deliberate again.REDELIB'ERATE, v.t. To reconsider. ... |
45303
|
redeliver |
REDELIV'ER, v.t. [re and deliver.]1. To deliver back.2. To deliver again; to liberate a second ... |
45304
|
redeliverance |
REDELIV'ERANCE, n. A second deliverance. |
45305
|
redelivered |
REDELIV'ERED, pp. Delivered back; liberated again. |
45306
|
redelivering |
REDELIV'ERING, ppr. Delivering back; liberating again. |
45307
|
redelivery |
REDELIV'ERY, n. The act of delivering back; also, a second delivery or liberation. |
45308
|
redemand |
REDEM'AND, v.t. [re and demand.]To demand back; to demand again.REDEM'AND, n. A demanding back ... |
45309
|
redemandable |
REDEM'ANDABLE, a. That may be demanded back. |
45310
|
redemanded |
REDEM'ANDED, pp. Demanded back or again. |
45311
|
redemanding |
REDEM'ANDING, ppr. Demanding back or again. |
45312
|
redemise |
REDEMI'SE, v.t. s as z. [re and demise.] To convey or transfer back, as an estate in fee simple, ... |
45313
|
redemised |
REDEMI'SED, pp. Reconveyed, as an estate. |
45314
|
redemising |
REDEMI'SING, ppr. Reconveying. |
45315
|
redemption |
REDEMP'TION, n. [L. redemptio. See Redeem.]1. Repurchase of captured goods or prisoners; the act ... |
45316
|
redemptioner |
REDEMP'TIONER, n. One who redeems himself, or purchases his release from debt or obligation to the ... |
45317
|
redemptory |
REDEMP'TORY, a. Paid for ransom; as Hector's redemptory price. |
45318
|
redented |
REDENT'ED, a. Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented. |
45319
|
redescend |
REDESCEND', v.i. [re and descent.] To descend again. |
45320
|
redescending |
REDESCEND'ING, ppr. Descending again. |
45321
|
redeye |
RED'EYE, n. [red and eye.] A fish of a red color, particularly the iris. |
45322
|
redgum |
RED'GUM, n. A disease of new born infants; an eruption of red pimples in early infancy. |
45323
|
redient |
RED'IENT, a. [L. rediens, redeo, to return.] Returning. |
45324
|
redigest |
REDIGEST', v.t. To digest or reduce to form a second time. |
45325
|
redigested |
REDIGEST'ED, pp. Digested again. |
45326
|
redigesting |
REDIGEST'ING, ppr. Digesting a second time; reducing again to order. |
45327
|
redintegrate |
REDIN'TEGRATE, v.t. [L. redintegro; red, re, and integro, from integer, whole.]To make whole ... |
45328
|
redintegrated |
REDIN'TEGRATED, pp. Renewed; restored to entireness. |
45329
|
redintegrating |
REDIN'TEGRATING, ppr. Restoring to a perfect state. |
45330
|
redintegration |
REDINTEGRA'TION, n.1. Renovation; restoration to a whole or sound state.2. In chimistry, the ... |
45331
|
redisburse |
REDISBURSE, v.t. redisburs'. [re and disburse.] To repay or refund. |
45332
|
redispose |
REDISPOSE, v.t. s as z. [re and dispose.] To dispose or adjust again. |
45333
|
redisposed |
REDISPO'SED, pp. Disposed anew. |
45334
|
redisposing |
REDISPO'SING, ppr. Disposing or adjusting anew. |
45335
|
redisseizin |
REDISSE'IZIN, n. [re and disseizin.] In law, a writ of redisseizin, is a writ to recover seizin ... |
45336
|
redisseizor |
REDISSE'IZOR, n. [re and disseizor.] A person who disseizes lands or tenements a second time, or ... |
45337
|
redissolve |
REDISSOLVE, v.t. redizolv'. [re and dissolve.] To dissolve again. |
45338
|
redissolved |
REDISSOLV'ED, pp. Dissolved a second time. |
45339
|
redissolving |
REDISSOLV'ING, ppr. Dissolving again. |
45340
|
redistribute |
REDISTRIB'UTE, v.t. [re and distribute.] To distribute again; to deal back again. |
45341
|
redistributed |
REDISTRIB'UTED, pp. Distributed again or back. |
45342
|
redistributing |
REDISTRIB'UTING, pp. Distributing again or back. |
45343
|
redistribution |
REDISTRIBU'TION, n. A dealing back, or a second distribution. |
45344
|
redly |
RED'LY, adv. With redness. |
45345
|
redness |
RED'NESS, n. [See Red.] The quality of being red; red color. |
45346
|
redolence |
RED'OLENCE, |
45347
|
redolency |
RED'OLENCY, n. [from redolent.] Sweet scent. |
45348
|
redolent |
RED'OLENT, a. [L. redolens, redoleo; red, re, and oleo, to smell.]Having or diffusing a sweet ... |
45349
|
redouble |
REDOUBLE, v.t. redub'l. [re and double.]1. To repeat in return.2. To repeat often; as, to ... |
45350
|
redoubled |
REDOUBLED, pp. redub'ld. Repeated in return; repeated over and over; increased by repeated or ... |
45351
|
redoubling |
REDOUBLING, ppr. redub'ling. Repeating in return; repeating again and again; increasing by ... |
45352
|
redound |
REDOUND, v.i. [L. redundo; red, re, and undo, to rise or swell, as waves.]1. To be sent, rolled ... |
45353
|
redounding |
REDOUND'ING, ppr. Conducing; contributing; resulting. |
45354
|
redout |
REDOUT', n. [L. reductus, reduco, to bring back; literally a retreat. The usual orthography, ... |
45355
|
redoutable |
REDOUT'ABLE, a.Formidable; that is to be dreaded; terrible to foes; as a redoubtable hero. Hence ... |
45356
|
redouted |
REDOUT'ED, a. Formidable. [Not in use.] |
45357
|
redpole |
RED'POLE, n. A bird with a red head or poll, of the genus Fringilla. |
45358
|
redraft |
REDR'AFT, v.t. [re and draft.] To draw or draft anew.REDR'AFT, n.1. A second draft or copy.2. ... |
45359
|
redrafted |
REDR'AFTED, pp. Drafted again; transcribed into a new copy. |
45360
|
redrafting |
REDR'AFTING, ppr. Redrawing; drafting or transcribing again. |
45361
|
redraw |
REDRAW', v.t. [re and draw.]1. To draw again. In commerce, to draw a new bill of exchange, as ... |
45362
|
redress |
REDRESS', v.t.1. To set right; to amend.In yonder spring of roses, find what to redress till ... |
45363
|
redressed |
REDRESS'ED, pp. Remedied; set right; relieved; indemnified. |
45364
|
redresser |
REDRESS'ER, n. One who gives redress. |
45365
|
redressing |
REDRESS'ING, ppr. Setting right; relieving; indemnifying. |
45366
|
redressive |
REDRESS'IVE, a. Affording relief. |
45367
|
redressless |
REDRESS'LESS, a. Without amendment; without relief. |
45368
|
redsear |
REDSE'AR, v.i. [red and sear.] To break or crack when too hot, as iron under the hammer; a term ... |
45369
|
redshank |
RED'SHANK, n.1. A bird of the genus Scolopax.2. A contemptuous appellation for bare legged ... |
45370
|
redshort |
RED'SHORT, a. [red and short.] Brittle, or breaking short when red hot, as a metal; a term of ... |
45371
|
redstart |
RED'START, |
45372
|
redstreak |
RED'STREAK, n. [red and streak.] 1. A sort of apple, so called from its red streaks.2. Cider ... |
45373
|
redtail |
RED'TAIL, n. [red and start.] A bird of the genus Motacilla. |
45374
|
reduce |
REDU'CE, v.t. [L. reduco; re and duco, to lead or bring.]1. Literally, to bring back; as, to ... |
45375
|
reduced |
REDU'CED, pp. Brought back; brought to a former state; brought into any state or condition; ... |
45376
|
reducement |
REDU'CEMENT, n. The act of bringing back; the act of diminishing; the act of subduing; ... |
45377
|
reducer |
REDU'CER, n. One that reduces. |
45378
|
reducible |
REDU'CIBLE, a. That may be reduced.All the parts of painting are reducible into these mentioned by ... |
45379
|
reducibleness |
REDU'CIBLENESS, n. The quality of being reducible. |
45380
|
reducing |
REDU'CING, ppr. Bringing back; bringing to a former state, or to a different state or form; ... |
45381
|
reduct |
REDUCT', v.t. [L. reductus, reduco.] To reduce. [Not in use.]REDUCT', n. In building, a little ... |
45382
|
reduction |
REDUC'TION, n. [L. reductio.]1. The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; as the reduction ... |
45383
|
reductive |
REDUC'TIVE, a. Having the power of reducing.REDUC'TIVE, n. That which has the power of reducing. |
45384
|
reductively |
REDUC'TIVELY, adv. By reduction; by consequence. |
45385
|
redundance |
REDUND'ANCE, |
45386
|
redundancy |
REDUND'ANCY, n. [L. redundantia, red-undo. See Redound.]1. Excess or superfluous quantity; ... |
45387
|
redundant |
REDUND'ANT, a. 1. Superfluous; exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; ... |
45388
|
redundantly |
REDUND'ANTLY, adv. With superfluity or excess; superfluously; superabundantly. |
45389
|
reduplicate |
REDU'PLICATE, v.t. [L. reduplico; re and duplico. See Duplicate.] To double. |
45390
|
reduplication |
REDUPLICA'TION, n. The act of doubling. |
45391
|
reduplicative |
REDU'PLICATIVE, a. Double. |
45392
|
redwing |
RED'WING, n. [red and wing.] A bird of the Turdus. |
45393
|
ree |
REE, |
45394
|
reechy |
REECH'Y, a. [a mis-spelling of reeky. See Reek.]Tarnished with smoke; sooty; foul; as a reechy ... |
45395
|
reed |
REED, n.1. The common name of many aquatic plants; most of them large grasses, with hollow jointed ... |
45396
|
reeded |
REE'DED, a.1. Covered with reeds.2. Formed with channels and ridges like reeds. |
45397
|
reeden |
REEDEN, a. ree'dn. Consisting of a reed or reeds' as reeden pipes. |
45398
|
reedgrass |
REE'DGRASS, n. A plant, bur-reed, of the genus Sparganium. |
45399
|
reedless |
REE'DLESS, a. Destitute of reeds; as reedless banks. |
45400
|
reedmace |
REE'DMACE, n. A plant of the genus Typha. |
45401
|
reedy |
REE'DY, a. Abounding with reeds; as a reedy pool. |
45402
|
reef |
REEF, n. A certain portion of a sail between the top or bottom and a row of eyelet holes, which is ... |
45403
|
reef-bank |
REE'F-BANK, n. A piece of canvas sewed across a sail, to strengthen it in the part where the ... |
45404
|
reef-line |
REE'F-LINE, n. A small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed through the holes of ... |
45405
|
reef-tackle |
REE'F-TACKLE, n. A tackle upon deck, communicating with its pendant, and passing through a block ... |
45406
|
reefed |
REE'FED, pp. Having a portion of the top or bottom folded and made fast to the yard. |
45407
|
reefing |
REE'FING, ppr. Folding and making fast to the yard, as a portion of a sail. |
45408
|
reek |
REEK, n.1. Vapor; steam.2. A rick, which see.REEK, v.i. [L. fragro. The primary sense is to ... |
45409
|
reeking |
REE'KING, ppr. Steaming; emitting vapor. |
45410
|
reeky |
REE'KY, a. Smoky; soiled with smoke or steam; foul. |
45411
|
reel |
REEL, n. [See Reel, to stagger.]1. A frame or machine turning on an axis, and on which yarn is ... |
45412
|
reermouse |
RE'ERMOUSE, n. A rearmouse; a bat. |
45413
|
reeve |
REEVE, n. A steward. Obs.REEVE, n. A bird, the female of the ruff.REEVE, v.t. In seamen's ... |
45414
|
refect |
REFECT', v.t. [L. refectus, reficio; re and facio, to make.]To refresh; to restore after hunger or ... |
45415
|
refection |
REFEC'TION, n. [L. refectio.]1. Refreshment after hunger or fatigue.2. A spare meal or repast. |
45416
|
refective |
REFECT'IVE, a. Refreshing; restoring.REFECT'IVE, n. That which refreshes. |
45417
|
refectory |
REFECT'ORY, n. A room of refreshment; properly, a hall or apartment in convents and monasteries, ... |
45418
|
refel |
REFEL', v.t. [L. refello.] To refute; to disprove; to repress; as, to refel the tricks of a ... |
45419
|
refer |
REFER', v.t. [L. refero; re and fero, to bear.]1. To direct, leave or deliver over to another ... |
45420
|
referable |
REF'ERABLE, a.1. That may be referred; capable of being considered in relation to something ... |
45421
|
referee |
REFEREE', n. One to whom a thing is referred; particularly, a person appointed by a court to hear, ... |
45422
|
reference |
REF'ERENCE, n.1. A sending, dismission or direction to another for information.2. Relation; ... |
45423
|
referendary |
REFEREND'ARY, n. 1. One to whose decision a cause is referred. [Not in use.]2. An officer who ... |
45424
|
referment |
REFER'MENT, n. Reference for decision. [Not used.] |
45425
|
referred |
REFER'RED, pp. Dismissed or directed to another; assigned, as to a class, order or cause; assigned ... |
45426
|
referrible |
REFER'RIBLE, a. That may be referred; referable. |
45427
|
referring |
REFER'RING, ppr. Dismissing or directing to another for information; alluding; assigning, as to a ... |
45428
|
refine |
REFI'NE, v.t.1. To purify; in a general sense; applied to liquors, to depurate; to defecate; to ... |
45429
|
refined |
REFI'NED, pp. Purified; separated from extraneous matter; assayed, as metals; clarified, as ... |
45430
|
refinedly |
REFI'NEDLY, adv. With affected nicety or elegance. |
45431
|
refinedness |
REFI'NEDNESS, n. State of being refined; purity; refinement; also, affected purity. |
45432
|
refinement |
REFI'NEMENT, n.1. The act of purifying by separating from a substance all extraneous matter; a ... |
45433
|
refiner |
REFI'NER, n.1. One that refines metals or other things.2. An improver in purity and elegance; as ... |
45434
|
refinery |
REFI'NERY, n. The place and apparatus for refining metals. |
45435
|
refining |
REFI'NING, ppr. Purifying; separating from alloy or any extraneous matter; polishing; improving in ... |
45436
|
refit |
REFIT', v.t. [re and fit.] To fit or prepare again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; ... |
45437
|
refitted |
REFIT'TED, pp. Prepared again; repaired. |
45438
|
refitting |
REFIT'TING, ppr. Repairing after damage or decay. |
45439
|
reflect |
REFLECT', v.t. [L. reflecto; re and flecto, to bend.]To throw back; to return. In the rainbow, ... |
45440
|
reflected |
REFLECT'ED, pp. Thrown back; returned; as reflected light. |
45441
|
reflectent |
REFLECT'ENT, a. Bending or flying back; as the ray descendent, and ray reflectent. |
45442
|
reflectible |
REFLECT'IBLE, a. That may be reflected or thrown back. |
45443
|
reflecting |
REFLECT'ING, ppr.1. Throwing back.2. Turning back, as thoughts upon themselves or upon past ... |
45444
|
reflectingly |
REFLECT'INGLY, adv. With reflection; with censure. |
45445
|
reflection |
REFLEC'TION, n. [from reflect.]1. The act of throwing back; as the reflection of light or colors. ... |
45446
|
reflective |
REFLECT'IVE, a.1. Throwing back images; as a reflective mirror.In the reflective stream the ... |
45447
|
reflector |
REFLECT'OR, n.1. One who reflects or considers.2. That which reflects. |
45448
|
reflex |
RE'FLEX, a. [L. reflexus.]1. Directed back; as a reflex act of the soul, the turning of the ... |
45449
|
reflexibility |
REFLEXIBIL'ITY, n. The quality of being reflexible or capable of being reflected; as the ... |
45450
|
reflexible |
REFLEX'IBLE, a. Capable of being reflected or thrown back.The light of the sun consists of rays ... |
45451
|
reflexion |
REFLEX'ION. [See Reflection.] |
45452
|
reflexity |
REFLEX'ITY, n. Capacity of being reflected. |
45453
|
reflexive |
REFLEX'IVE, a. Having respect to something past.Assurance reflexive cannot be a divine faith. |
45454
|
reflexively |
REFLEX'IVELY, adv. In a direction backward. |
45455
|
refloat |
RE'FLOAT, n. [re and float.] Reflux; ebb; a flowing back. [Little used.] |
45456
|
reflorescence |
REFLORES'CENCE, n. [re and florescence.] A blossoming anew. |
45457
|
reflourish |
REFLOURISH, v.i. reflur'ish. [re and flourish.] To flourish anew. |
45458
|
reflourishing |
REFLOUR'ISHING, ppr. Flourishing again. |
45459
|
reflow |
REFLOW, v.i. [re and flow.] To flow back; to ebb. |
45460
|
reflowing |
REFLOWING, ppr. Flowing backing; ebbing. |
45461
|
refluctuation |
REFLUCTUA'TION, n. A flowing back. |
45462
|
refluence |
REF'LUENCE, |
45463
|
refluency |
REF'LUENCY, n. [from refluent.] A flowing back. |
45464
|
refluent |
REF'LUENT, a. [L. refluens; re and fluo.]1. Flowing back; ebbing; as the refluent tide.2. ... |
45465
|
reflux |
RE'FLUX, n. [L. refluxus.] A flowing back; the returning of a fluid; as the flux and reflux of ... |
45466
|
refocillate |
REFO'CILLATE, v.t. [L. refocillo; re and the root of focus.] To refresh; to revive; to give new ... |
45467
|
refocillation |
REFOCILLA'TION, n. The act of refreshing or giving new vigor; restoration of strength by ... |
45468
|
refoment |
REFOMENT', v.t. [re and foment.]1. To foment anew; to warm or cherish again.2. To excite anew. |
45469
|
refomented |
REFOMENT'ED, pp. Fomented or incited anew. |
45470
|
refomenting |
REFOMENT'ING, ppr. Fomenting anew; exciting again. |
45471
|
reform |
REFORM', v.t. [L. reformo; re and formo, to form.]1. To change from worse to better; to amend; to ... |
45472
|
reformation |
REF'ORMATION, n.1. The act of reforming; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of any thing ... |
45473
|
reformed |
REFORM'ED, pp. Corrected; amended; restored to a good state; as a reformed profligate; the ... |
45474
|
reformer |
REFORM'ER, n.1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; as a reformer of manners or of ... |
45475
|
reforming |
REFORM'ING, ppr. Correcting what is wrong; amending; restoring to a good state. |
45476
|
reformist |
REFORM'IST, n. 1. One who is of the reformed religion.2. One who proposes or favors a political ... |
45477
|
refortification |
REFORTIFICA'TION, n. A fortifying a second time. |
45478
|
refortify |
REFOR'TIFY, v.t. [re and fortify.] To fortify anew. |
45479
|
refossion |
REFOS'SION, n. The act of digging up. |
45480
|
refound |
REFOUND', v.t. [re and found.] To found or cast anew. |
45481
|
refract |
REFRACT', v.t. [L. refractus, refringo; re and frango, to break.]To break the natural course of ... |
45482
|
refractarias |
REFRACTA'RIAS, n. A mineral. |
45483
|
refracted |
REFRACT'ED, pp. 1. Turned from a direct course, as rays of light.2. a. In botany, bent back at ... |
45484
|
refracting |
REFRACT'ING, ppr.1. Turning from a direct course.2. a. That turns rays from a direct course; as ... |
45485
|
refraction |
REFRAC'TION, n. The deviation of a moving body, chiefly rays of light, from a direct course. This ... |
45486
|
refractive |
REFRACT'IVE, a. That refracts or has power to refract or turn from a direct course; as refractive ... |
45487
|
refractoriness |
REFRACT'ORINESS, n. [from refractory.] Perverse or sullen obstinacy in opposition or ... |
45488
|
refractory |
REFRACT'ORY, a. [L. refractarius, from refragor, to resist; re and fragor, from frango.]1. Sullen ... |
45489
|
refragable |
REFRA'GABLE, a. [L. refragor; re and frango.]That may be refuted that is, broken. |
45490
|
refrain |
REFRA'IN, v.t. [L. refaeno; re and fraeno, to curb; fraenum, a rein. See Rein.]To hold back; to ... |
45491
|
refrained |
REFRA'INED, pp. Held back; restrained. |
45492
|
refraining |
REFRA'INING, ppr. Holding back; forbearing. |
45493
|
reframe |
REFRA'ME, v.t. [re and frame.] To frame again. |
45494
|
refrangibility |
REFRANGIBIL'ITY, n. [from refrangible.]The disposition of rays of light to be refracted or turned ... |
45495
|
refrangible |
REFRAN'GIBLE, a. [L. re and frango, to break.]Capable of being refracted or turned out of a direct ... |
45496
|
refrenation |
REFRENA'TION, n. [See refrain.] The act of restraining. [Not used.] |
45497
|
refresh |
REFRESH', v.t. [See Fresh.]1. To cool; to allay heat.A dew coming after a heat refresheth.2. To ... |
45498
|
refreshed |
REFRESH'ED, pp. Cooled; invigorated; revived; cheered. |
45499
|
refresher |
REFRESH'ER, n. He or that which refreshes, revives or invigorates. |
45500
|
refreshing |
REFRESH'ING, ppr. or a. Cooling; invigorating; reviving; reanimating.REFRESH'ING, n. Refreshment; ... |
45501
|
refreshment |
REFRESH'MENT, n.1. Act of refreshing; or new strength or vigor received after fatigue; relief ... |
45502
|
refret |
REFRET', n. The burden of a song. |
45503
|
refrigerant |
REFRIG'ERANT, a. [See Refrigerate.]Cooling; allaying heat.REFRIG'ERANT, n. Among physicians, a ... |
45504
|
refrigerate |
REFRIG'ERATE, v.t. [L. refrigero; re and frigus, cold.] To cool; to allay the heat of; to ... |
45505
|
refrigerated |
REFRIG'ERATED, pp. Cooled. |
45506
|
refrigerating |
REFRIG'ERATING, ppr. Allaying heat; cooling. |
45507
|
refrigeration |
REFRIGERA'TION, n. The act of cooling; the abatement of heat; state of being cooled. |
45508
|
refrigerative |
REFRIG'ERATIVE, a. Cooling.REFRIG'ERATIVE, n. A remedy that allays heat. |
45509
|
refrigeratory |
REFRIG'ERATORY, a. Cooling; mitigating heat.REFRIG'ERATORY, n. 1. In distillation, a vessel ... |
45510
|
refrigerium |
REFRIGE'RIUM, n. [L.] Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [Not in use.] |
45511
|
reft |
REFT, pp. of reave.1. Deprived; bereft. [Not in use.]2. pret. of reave. Took away. [Not in ... |
45512
|
refuge |
REF'UGE, n. [L. refugium, refugio; re and fugio, to flee.]1. Shelter or protection from danger or ... |
45513
|
refugee |
REFUGEE', n. 1. One who flies to a shelter or place of safety.2. One who, in times of ... |
45514
|
refulgence |
REFUL'GENCE, |
45515
|
refulgency |
REFUL'GENCY, n. [L. refulgens, refulgeo; re and fulgeo, to shine.] A flood of light; splendor. |
45516
|
refulgent |
REFUL'GENT, a. Casting a bright light; shining; splendid; as refulgent beams; refulgent light; ... |
45517
|
refulgently |
REFUL'GENTLY, adv. With a flood of light; with great brightness. |
45518
|
refund |
REFUND', v.t. [L. refundo; re and fundo, to pour.]1. To pour back.Were the humors of the eye ... |
45519
|
refunded |
REFUND'ED, pp. Poured back; repaid. |
45520
|
refunding |
REFUND'ING, ppr. Pouring back; returning by payment or compensation. |
45521
|
refusable |
REFU'SABLE, a. s as z. [from refuse.] That may be refused. |
45522
|
refusal |
REFU'SAL, n. s as z.1. The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited or offered ... |
45523
|
refuse |
REFU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. recuso; re and the root of causor, to accuse; causa, cause. The primary ... |
45524
|
refused |
REFU'SED, pp. Denied; rejected; not accepted. |
45525
|
refuser |
REFU'SER, n. One that refuses or rejects. |
45526
|
refusing |
REFU'SING, ppr. Denying; declining to accept; rejecting. |
45527
|
refutable |
REFU'TABLE, a. [from refute.] That may be refuted or disproved; that may be proved false or ... |
45528
|
refutal |
REFU'TAL, n. Refutation. [Not used.] |
45529
|
refutation |
REFUTA'TION, n. [L. refutatio. See Refute.]The act or process of refuting or disproving; the act ... |
45530
|
refute |
REFU'TE, v.t. [L. refuto; re and futo, Obs. The primary sense of futo, is to drive or thrust, to ... |
45531
|
refuted |
REFU'TED, pp. Disproved; proved to be false or erroneous. |
45532
|
refuter |
REFU'TER, n. One that refutes. |
45533
|
refuting |
REFU'TING, ppr. Proving to be false or erroneous; confuting. |
45534
|
regain |
REGA'IN, v.t. [re and gain.]To gain anew; to recover what has escaped or been lost. |
45535
|
regained |
REGA'INED, pp. Recovered; gained anew. |
45536
|
regaining |
REGA'INING, ppr. Gaining anew; recovering. |
45537
|
regal |
RE'GAL, a. [L. regalis, from rex, L. rectus. See Reck and Reckon.]Pertaining to a king; kingly; ... |
45538
|
regale |
REGA'LE, n. The prerogative of monarchy.REGA'LE, n. [See the verb, below.] A magnificent ... |
45539
|
regaled |
REGA'LED, pp. Refreshed; entertained; gratified. |
45540
|
regalement |
REGA'LEMENT, n. Refreshment; entertainment; gratification. |
45541
|
regalia |
REGA'LIA, n. [L. from rex, king.] 1. Ensigns of royalty; the apparatus of a coronation; as the ... |
45542
|
regaling |
REGA'LING, ppr. Refreshing; entertaining; gratifying. |
45543
|
regality |
REGAL'ITY, n. [from L. regalis.] Royalty; sovereignty; kingship.He came partly in by the sword ... |
45544
|
regally |
RE'GALLY, adv. In a royal manner. |
45545
|
regard |
REG'ARD, v.t.1. To look towards; to point or be directed.It is a peninsula which regardeth the ... |
45546
|
regardable |
REG'ARDABLE, a. Observable; worthy of notice. |
45547
|
regardant |
REG'ARDANT, a. 1. In law, a villain regardant is one annexed to the manor or land.2. In ... |
45548
|
regarded |
REG'ARDED, pp. Noticed; observed; esteemed; respected. |
45549
|
regarder |
REG'ARDER, n.1. One that regards.2. In law, the regarder of the forest is an officer whose ... |
45550
|
regardful |
REG'ARDFUL, a. Taking notice; heedful; observing with care; attentive.Let a man be very tender and ... |
45551
|
regardfully |
REG'ARDFULLY, adv.1. Attentively; heedfully.2. Respectfully. |
45552
|
regarding |
REG'ARDING, ppr. 1. Noticing; considering with care; attending to; observing; esteeming; caring ... |
45553
|
regardless |
REG'ARDLESS, a. 1. Not looking or attending to; heedless; negligent; careless; as regardless of ... |
45554
|
regardlessly |
REG'ARDLESSLY, adv. Heedlessly; carelessly; negligently. |
45555
|
regardlessness |
REG'ARDLESSNESS, n. Heedlessness; inattention; negligence. |
45556
|
regata |
REGA'TA, |
45557
|
regather |
REGATH'ER, v.t. To gather or collect a second time. |
45558
|
regathered |
REGATH'ERED, pp. Collected again. |
45559
|
regathering |
REGATH'ERING, ppr. Gathering a second time. |
45560
|
regatta |
REGAT'TA, n. In Venice, a grand rowing match in which many boats are rowed for a prize. |
45561
|
regel |
REG'EL, |
45562
|
regency |
RE'GENCY, n. [L. regens, from rego, to govern.]1. Rule' authority; government.2. Vicarious ... |
45563
|
regeneracy |
REGEN'ERACY, n. [See Regenerate.] The state of being regenerated. |
45564
|
regenerate |
REGEN'ERATE, v.t. [L. regenero; re and genero. See Generate.]1. To generate or produce anew; to ... |
45565
|
regenerated |
REGEN'ERATED, pp.1. Reproduced.2. Renewed; born again. |
45566
|
regenerateness |
REGEN'ERATENESS, n. The state of being regenerated. |
45567
|
regenerating |
REGEN'ERATING, ppr.1. Reproducing.2. Renovating the nature by the implantation of holy affections ... |
45568
|
regeneration |
REGENERA'TION, n.1. Reproduction; the act of producing anew.2. In theology, new birth by the ... |
45569
|
regeneratory |
REGEN'ERATORY, a. Renewing; having the power to renew; tending to reproduce or renovate. |
45570
|
regent |
RE'GENT, a. [L. regens, from rego, to rule.1. Ruling; governing; as a regent principle.2. ... |
45571
|
regentess |
RE'GENTESS, n. A protectress of a kingdom. |
45572
|
regentship |
RE'GENTSHIP, n.1. The power of governing, or the office of a regent.2. Deputed authority. |
45573
|
regerminate |
REGERM'INATE, v.i. [re and germinate.]To germinate again.Perennial plants regerminate several ... |
45574
|
regerminating |
REGERM'INATING, ppr. Germinating anew. |
45575
|
regermination |
REGERMINA'TION, n. A sprouting or germination anew. |
45576
|
regest |
REGEST', n. A register. [Not in use.] |
45577
|
regible |
REG'IBLE, a. Governable. [Not in use.] |
45578
|
regicide |
REG'ICIDE, n. [L. rex, king, and caedo, to slay.]1. A king-killer; one who murders a king.2. The ... |
45579
|
regil |
REG'IL, n. A fixed star of the first magnitude in Orion's left foot. |
45580
|
regimen |
REG'IMEN, n. [L. from rego, to govern.]1. In medicine, the regulation of diet with a view to the ... |
45581
|
regiment |
REG'IMENT, n. [L. regimen.]1. In military affairs, a body of men, either horse, foot or ... |
45582
|
regimental |
REGIMENT'AL, a. Belonging to a regiment; as regimental officers; regimental clothing. |
45583
|
regimentals |
REGIMENT'ALS, n. plu. The uniform worn by the troops of a regiment. |
45584
|
regimented |
REG'IMENTED, pp. Formed into a regiment; incorporated with a regiment. |
45585
|
region |
REGION, n. re'jun. [L. regio, rego.]1. A tract of land or space of indefinite extent, usually a ... |
45586
|
register |
REG'ISTER, n. [Low L. registrum, from regero, to set down in writing; re and gero, to carry.]1. A ... |
45587
|
registership |
REG'ISTERSHIP, n. The office of register. |
45588
|
registrar |
REG'ISTRAR, n. An officer in the English universities, who has the keeping of all the public ... |
45589
|
registration |
REGISTRA'TION, n. The act of inserting in a register. |
45590
|
registry |
REG'ISTRY, n.1. The act of recording or writing in a register.2. The place where a register is ... |
45591
|
reglement |
REG'LEMENT, n. Regulation. [Not used.] |
45592
|
reglet |
REG'LET, n. [L. regula, rego.]A ledge of wood exactly planed, used by printers to separate lines ... |
45593
|
regnant |
REG'NANT, a. [L. regno, to reign.]1. Reigning; exercising regal authority; as a queen regnant. ... |
45594
|
regorge |
REGORGE, v.t. regorj'.1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back or out again.2. To ... |
45595
|
regrade |
REGRA'DE, v.i. [L. regredior; re and gradior, to go.] To retire; to go back. [Not used.] |
45596
|
regraft |
REGR'AFT, v.t. [re and graft.] To graft again. |
45597
|
regrafted |
REGR'AFTED, pp. Grafted again. |
45598
|
regrafting |
REGR'AFTING, ppr. Grafting anew. |
45599
|
regrant |
REGR'ANT, v.t. [re and grant.] To grant back.REGR'ANT, n. The act of granting back to a former ... |
45600
|
regranted |
REGR'ANTED, pp. Granted back. |
45601
|
regranting |
REGR'ANTING, ppr. Granting back. |
45602
|
regrate |
REGRA'TE, v.t.1. To offend; to shock. [Little used.]2. To buy provisions and sell them again in ... |
45603
|
regrater |
REGRA'TER, n. One who buys provisions and sells them in the same market or fair. |
45604
|
regrating |
REGRA'TING, ppr. Purchasing provisions and selling them in the same market. |
45605
|
regreet |
REGREE'T, v.t. [re and greet.] To greet again; to resalute. |
45606
|
regreeted |
REGREE'TED, pp. Greeting again or in return. |
45607
|
regreeting |
REGREE'TING, ppr. Greeting again; resaluting. |
45608
|
regress |
RE'GRESS, n. [L. regressus, regredior.]1. Passage back; return; as ingress and regress.2. The ... |
45609
|
regression |
REGRES'SION, n. The act of passing back or returning. |
45610
|
regressive |
REGRESS'IVE, a. Passing back; returning. |
45611
|
regressively |
REGRESS'IVELY, adv. In a backward way or manner; by return. |
45612
|
regret |
REGRET', n. 1. Grief; sorrow; pain of mind. We feel regret at the loss of friends, regret for ... |
45613
|
regretful |
REGRET'FUL, a. Full of regret. |
45614
|
regretfully |
REGRET'FULLY, adv. With regret. |
45615
|
regretted |
REGRET'TED, pp. Lamented. |
45616
|
regretting |
REGRET'TING, ppr. Lamenting; grieving at; repenting. |
45617
|
reguerdon |
REGUERDON, n. regerd'on. [See Reward.]A reward; a recompense. [Not in use.]REGUERDON, v.t. ... |
45618
|
regular |
REG'ULAR, a. [L. regularis, from regula, a rule, from rego, to rule.]1. Conformed to a rule; ... |
45619
|
regularity |
REGULAR'ITY, n. 1. Agreeableness to a rule or to established order; as the regularity of legal ... |
45620
|
regularly |
REG'ULARLY, adv.1. In a manner accordant to a rule or established mode; as a physician or lawyer ... |
45621
|
regulate |
REG'ULATE, v.t.1. To adjust by rule, method or established mode; as, to regulate weights and ... |
45622
|
regulated |
REG'ULATED, pp. Adjusted by rule, method or forms; put in good order; subjected to rules or ... |
45623
|
regulating |
REG'ULATING, ppr. Adjusting by rule, method or forms; reducing to order; subjecting to rules or ... |
45624
|
regulation |
REGULA'TION, n. 1. The act of regulating or reducing to order.2. A rule or order prescribed by a ... |
45625
|
regulator |
REG'ULATOR, n.1. One who regulates.2. The small spring of a watch, which regulates its motions by ... |
45626
|
reguline |
REG'ULINE, a. [See Regulus.] Pertaining to regulus or pure metal.Bodies which we can reduce to ... |
45627
|
regulize |
REG'ULIZE, v.t. To reduce to regulus or pure metal; to separate pure metal from extraneous matter. |
45628
|
regulus |
REG'ULUS, n. [L. a petty king.]In chimistry, the finer or pure part of a metallic substance, ... |
45629
|
regurgitate |
REGURG'ITATE, v.t. [L. re and gurges.]To throw or pour back as from a deep or hollow place; to ... |
45630
|
regurgitated |
REGURG'ITATED, pp. Thrown or poured back. |
45631
|
regurgitating |
REGURG'ITATING, ppr. Throwing or pouring back. |
45632
|
regurgitation |
REGURGITA'TION, n.1. The act of pouring back.2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption. |
45633
|
rehabilitate |
REHABIL'ITATE, v.t.To restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as ... |
45634
|
rehabilitated |
REHABIL'ITATED, pp. Restored to a former rank, right privilege or capacity; reinstated. |
45635
|
rehabilitating |
REHABIL'ITATING, ppr. Restoring to a former right, rank, privilege or capacity; reinstating. |
45636
|
rehabilitation |
REHABILITA'TION, n. The act of reinstating in a former rank or capacity; restoration to former ... |
45637
|
rehear |
REHE'AR, v.t. pret. and pp. reheard. [re and hear.]To hear again; to try a second time; as, to ... |
45638
|
reheard |
REHE'ARD, pp. Heard again. |
45639
|
rehearing |
REHE'ARING, ppr. Hearing a second time.REHE'ARING, n.1. A second hearing.2. In law, a second ... |
45640
|
rehearsal |
REHEARSAL, n. rehers'al. [from rehearse.]1. Recital; repetition of the words of another or of a ... |
45641
|
rehearse |
REHEARSE, v.t. rehers.'1. To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat ... |
45642
|
rehearsed |
REHEARSED, pp. rehers'ed. Recited; repeated; as words; narrated. |
45643
|
rehearser |
REHEARSER, n. rehers'er. One who recites or narrates. |
45644
|
rehearsing |
REHEARSING, ppr. rehers'ing. Reciting; repeating words; recounting; telling; narrating. |
45645
|
reigle |
RE'IGLE, n. A hollow cut or channel for guiding any thing; as the reigle of a side post for a ... |
45646
|
reign |
REIGN, v.i. rane. [L. regno, a derivative of rego, regnum.]1. To possess or exercise sovereign ... |
45647
|
reigning |
REIGNING, ppr. ra'ning. 1. Holding or exercising supreme power; ruling; governing as king, queen ... |
45648
|
reimbark |
REIMBARK. [See Re-embark.] |
45649
|
reimbody |
REIMBOD'Y, v.i. [re and imbody or embody.]To imbody again; to be formed into a body anew. |
45650
|
reimbursable |
REIMBURS'ABLE, a. That may be repaid.A loan has been made of two million of dollars, reimbursable ... |
45651
|
reimburse |
REIMBURSE, v.t. reimburs'.To refund; to replace in a treasury or in a private coffer, an equivalent ... |
45652
|
reimbursed |
REIMBURS'ED, pp. Repaid; refunded; made good, as loss or expense. |
45653
|
reimbursement |
REIMBURSEMENT, n. reimburs'ment. The act of repaying or refunding; repayment; as the reimbursement ... |
45654
|
reimburser |
REIMBURS'ER, n. One who repays or refunds what has been lost or expended. |
45655
|
reimbursing |
REIMBURS'ING, ppr. Repaying; refunding; making good, as loss or expense. |
45656
|
reimplant |
REIMPLANT', v.t. [re and implant.] To implant again. |
45657
|
reimplanted |
REIMPLANT'ED, pp. Implanted anew. |
45658
|
reimplanting |
REIMPLANT'ING, ppr. Implanting again. |
45659
|
reimportune |
REIMPORTU'NE, v.t. [re and importune.] To importune again. |
45660
|
reimportuned |
REIMPORTU'NED, pp. Importuned again. |
45661
|
reimportuning |
REIMPORTU'NING, ppr. Importuning again. |
45662
|
reimpregnate |
REIMPREG'NATE, v.t. [re and impregnate.]To impregnate again. |
45663
|
reimpregnated |
REIMPREG'NATED, pp. Impregnated again. |
45664
|
reimpregnating |
REIMPREG'NATING, ppr. Impregnating again. |
45665
|
reimpress |
REIMPRESS', v.t. [re and impress.] To impress anew. |
45666
|
reimpressed |
REIMPRESS'ED, pp. Impressed again. |
45667
|
reimpressing |
REIMPRESS'ING, ppr. Impressing again. |
45668
|
reimpression |
REIMPRES'SION, n. A second or repeated impression. |
45669
|
reimprint |
REIMPRINT', v.t. [re and imprint.] To imprint again. |
45670
|
reimprinted |
REIMPRINT'ED, pp. Imprinted again. |
45671
|
reimprinting |
REIMPRINT'ING, ppr. Imprinting anew. |
45672
|
rein |
REIN, n. [L. retina, retinaculum. If contracted from the Latin, it is from retineo, otherwise ... |
45673
|
reindeer |
REINDEER, n.A species of the cervine genus; more correctly written ranedeer, or rather rane, which ... |
45674
|
reinfect |
REINFECT', v.t [re and infect.] To infect again. |
45675
|
reinfected |
REINFECT'ED, pp. Infected again. |
45676
|
reinfecting |
REINFECT'ING, ppr. Infecting again. |
45677
|
reinfectious |
REINFEC'TIOUS, a. Capable of infecting again. |
45678
|
reinforce |
REINFORCE, v.t. [re and enforce.] To give new force to; to strengthen by new assistance or ... |
45679
|
reinforced |
REINFORCED, pp. Strengthened by additional force. |
45680
|
reinforcement |
REINFORCEMENT, n. New force added; fresh supplies of strength; particularly, additional troops or ... |
45681
|
reinforcing |
REINFORCING, ppr. Adding fresh force to. |
45682
|
reingratiate |
REINGRA'TIATE, v.t. To ingratiate again.REINGRA'TIATE, v.t. [re and ingratiate.] To ingratiate ... |
45683
|
reingratiated |
REINGRA'TIATED, pp. Reinstated in favor. |
45684
|
reingratiating |
REINGRA'TIATING, ppr. Ingratiating again. |
45685
|
reinhabit |
REINHAB'IT, v.t. [re and inhabit.] To inhabit again. |
45686
|
reinhabited |
REINHAB'ITED, pp. Inhabited again. |
45687
|
reinhabiting |
REINHAB'ITING, ppr. Inhabiting a second time. |
45688
|
reinless |
REINLESS, a. Without rein; without restraint; unchecked. |
45689
|
reinlist |
REINLIST',v.t. or i. [re and inlist.] To inlist again.[It is written also re-enlist.] |
45690
|
reinlisted |
REINLIST'ED, pp. Inlisted anew. |
45691
|
reinlisting |
REINLIST'ING, ppr. Inlisting anew. |
45692
|
reinlistment |
REINLIST'MENT, n. The act of inlisting anew; the act of engaging again in military service. |
45693
|
reinquire |
REINQUI'RE, v.t. To inquire a second time. |
45694
|
reins |
REINS, n. plu. [L. ren, renes.]1. The kidneys; the lower part of the back.2. In Scripture, the ... |
45695
|
reinsert |
REINSERT', v.t. [re and insert.] To insert a second time. |
45696
|
reinserted |
REINSERT'ED, pp. Inserted again. |
45697
|
reinserting |
REINSERT'ING, ppr. Inserting again. |
45698
|
reinsertion |
REINSER'TION, n. A second insertion. |
45699
|
reinspect |
REINSPECT', v.t. [re and inspect.] To inspect again, as provisions. |
45700
|
reinspection |
REINSPEC'TION, n. The act of inspecting a second time. |
45701
|
reinspire |
REINSPI'RE, v.t. [re and inspire.] To inspire anew. |
45702
|
reinspired |
REINSPI'RED, pp. Inspired again. |
45703
|
reinspiring |
REINSPI'RING, ppr. Inspiring again. |
45704
|
reinstall |
REINSTALL', v.t. [re and install.] To install again; to seat anew. |
45705
|
reinstalled |
REINSTALL'ED, pp. Installed anew. |
45706
|
reinstalling |
REINSTALL'ING, ppr. Installing again. |
45707
|
reinstallment |
REINSTALL'MENT, n. A second installment. |
45708
|
reinstate |
REINSTA'TE, v.t. [re and instate.] To place again in possession or in a former state; to restore ... |
45709
|
reinstated |
REINSTA'TED, pp. Replaced in possession or in a former state. |
45710
|
reinstatement |
REINSTA'TEMENT, n. The act of putting in a former state; re-establishment. |
45711
|
reinstating |
REINSTA'TING, ppr. Replacing in a former state; putting again in possession. |
45712
|
reinsurance |
REINSU'RANCE, n. [re and insurance. See Sure.]An insurance of property already insured; a second ... |
45713
|
reinsure |
REINSU'RE, v.t. [re and insure.] To insure the same property a second time by other ... |
45714
|
reinsured |
REINSU'RED, pp. Insured a second time by other persons. |
45715
|
reinsuring |
REINSU'RING, ppr. Insuring a second time by other persons. |
45716
|
reintegrate |
REIN'TEGRATE, v.t. [L. redintegro; red, re, and integro, from integer.]To renew with regard to any ... |
45717
|
reinterrogate |
REINTER'ROGATE, v.t. [re and interrogate.]To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. |
45718
|
reinthrone |
REINTHRO'NE, v.t. [re and inthrone. See Enthrone.]To replace on the throne. |
45719
|
reinthroned |
REINTHRO'NED, pp. Placed again on the throne. |
45720
|
reinthroning |
REINTHRO'NING, ppr. Replacing on the throne. |
45721
|
reinthronize |
REINTHRO'NIZE, v.t. To reinthrone. [Not in use.] |
45722
|
reinvest |
REINVEST', v.t. [re and invest.] To invest anew. |
45723
|
reinvested |
REINVEST'ED, pp. Invested again. |
45724
|
reinvesting |
REINVEST'ING, ppr. Investing anew. |
45725
|
reinvestment |
REINVEST'MENT, n. The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment. |
45726
|
reinvigorate |
REINVIG'ORATE, v.t. To revive vigor in; to reanimate. |
45727
|
reit |
REIT, n. Sedge; sea weed. |
45728
|
reiterate |
REIT'ERATE, v.t. [L. re and itero.]To repeat; to repeat again and again; as reiterated crimes; to ... |
45729
|
reiterated |
REIT'ERATED, pp. Repeated again and again. |
45730
|
reiterating |
REIT'ERATING, ppr. Repeating again and again. |
45731
|
reiteration |
REITERA'TION, n. Repetition. |
45732
|
reject |
REJECT', v.t. [L. rejicio, rejectus, re and jacio, to throw.]1. To throw away, as any thing ... |
45733
|
rejectable |
REJECT'ABLE, a. That may be rejected. |
45734
|
rejectamenta |
REJECTAMENT'A, n. [from L. rejecto.] Things thrown out or away. [Ill formed.] |
45735
|
rejectaneous |
REJECTA'NEOUS, a. [from the L.] Not chosen or received; rejected. |
45736
|
rejected |
REJECT'ED, pp. Thrown away; cast off; refused; slighted. |
45737
|
rejecter |
REJECT'ER, n. One that rejects or refuses. |
45738
|
rejecting |
REJECT'ING, ppr. Throwing away; casting off; refusing to grant or accept; slighting. |
45739
|
rejection |
REJEC'TION, n. [L. rejectio.] The act of throwing away; the act of casting off or forsaking; ... |
45740
|
rejective |
REJECT'IVE, a. That rejects, or tends to cast off. |
45741
|
rejectment |
REJECT'MENT, n. Matter thrown away. |
45742
|
rejoice |
REJOICE, v.i. rejois'.To experience joy and gladness in a high degree; to be exhilarated with ... |
45743
|
rejoiced |
REJOIC'ED, pp. Made glad; exhilarated. |
45744
|
rejoicer |
REJOIC'ER, n. One that rejoices. |
45745
|
rejoicing |
REJOIC'ING, ppr. Animating with gladness; exhilarating; feeling joy.REJOIC'ING, ppr. Animating ... |
45746
|
rejoicingly |
REJOIC'INGLY, adv. With joy or exultation. |
45747
|
rejoin |
REJOIN', v.t. [re and join.]1. To join again; to unite after separation.2. To meet one ... |
45748
|
rejoinder |
REJOIND'ER, n.1. An answer to a reply; or in general, an answer.2. In law pleadings, the ... |
45749
|
rejoined |
REJOIN'ED, pp. Joined again; reunited. |
45750
|
rejoining |
REJOIN'ING, ppr. Joining again; answering a plaintiff's replication. |
45751
|
rejoint |
REJOINT', v.t. [re and joint.] To reunite joints. |
45752
|
rejolt |
REJOLT, n. [re and jolt.] A reacting jolt or shock. [Not used.] |
45753
|
rejourn |
REJOURN, v.t. rejurn'. [See Adjourn.]To adjourn to another hearing or inquiry. [Not used.] |
45754
|
rejudge |
REJUDGE, v.t. rejuj'. [re and judge.] To judge again; to re-examine; to review; to call to a new ... |
45755
|
rejudged |
REJUDG'ED, pp. Reviewed; judged again. |
45756
|
rejudging |
REJUDG'ING, ppr. Judging again. |
45757
|
rejuvenescence |
REJUVENES'CENCE,'CENCY, n. [L. re and juvenescens; juvenis, a youth.]A renewing of youth; the ... |
45758
|
rekindle |
REKIN'DLE, v.t. [re and kindle.]1. To kindle again; to set on fire anew.2. To inflame again; to ... |
45759
|
rekindled |
REKIN'DLED, pp. Kindled again; inflamed anew. |
45760
|
rekindling |
REKIN'DLING, ppr. Kindling again; inflaming anew. |
45761
|
relaid |
RELA'ID, pp. Laid a second time. |
45762
|
reland |
RELAND', v.t. [re and land.] To land again; to put on land what had been shipped or ... |
45763
|
relanded |
RELAND'ED, pp. Put on shore again. |
45764
|
relanding |
RELAND'ING, ppr. Landing again. |
45765
|
relapse |
RELAPSE, v.i. relaps'. [L. relapsus, relabor, to slide back; re and labor, to slide.]1. To slip ... |
45766
|
relapser |
RELAPS'ER, n. One that relapses into vice or error. |
45767
|
relapsing |
RELAPS'ING, ppr. Sliding or falling back, as into disease or vice. |
45768
|
relate |
RELA'TE, v.t. [L. relatus, refero; re and fero, to produce.]1. To tell; to recite; to narrate the ... |
45769
|
related |
RELA'TED, pp. 1. Recited; narrated.2. a. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, ... |
45770
|
relater |
RELA'TER, n. One who tells, recites or narrates; a historian. |
45771
|
relating |
RELA'TING, ppr.1. Telling; reciting; narrating.2. a. Having relation or reference; concerning. |
45772
|
relation |
RELA'TION, n. [L. relatio, refero.]1. The act of telling; recital; account; narration; narrative ... |
45773
|
relational |
RELA'TIONAL, a. Having relation or kindred.We might be tempted to take these two nations for ... |
45774
|
relationship |
RELA'TIONSHIP, n. The state of being related by kindred, affinity or other alliance.[This word is ... |
45775
|
relative |
REL'ATIVE, a. [L. relativus.]1. Having relation; respecting. The arguments may be good, but they ... |
45776
|
relatively |
REL'ATIVELY, adv. In relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.Consider the absolute ... |
45777
|
relativeness |
REL'ATIVENESS,n. The state of having relation. |
45778
|
relator |
RELA'TOR, n., In law, one who brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto. |
45779
|
relax |
RELAX', v.t. [L. relaxo; re and laxo, to slacken.]1. To slacken; to make less tense or rigid; as, ... |
45780
|
relaxable |
RELAX'ABLE, a. That may be remitted. |
45781
|
relaxation |
RELAXA'TION, n. [L. relaxatio.]1. The act of slackening or remitting tension; as a relaxation of ... |
45782
|
relaxative |
RELAX'ATIVE, a. Having the quality of relaxing. [See Laxative.] |
45783
|
relaxed |
RELAX'ED, pp. Slackened; loosened; remitted or abated in rigor or in closeness; made less ... |
45784
|
relaxing |
RELAX'ING, ppr. Slackening; loosening; remitting or abating in rigor, severity or attention; ... |
45785
|
relay |
RELA'Y, n. 1. A supply of horses placed on the road to be in readiness to relieve others, that a ... |
45786
|
relaying |
RELA'YING, ppr. Laying a second time. |
45787
|
release |
RELE'ASE, v.t.1. To set free from restraint of any kind, either physical or moral; to liberate ... |
45788
|
released |
RELE'ASED, pp. Set free from confinement; freed from obligation or liability; freed from pain; ... |
45789
|
releasement |
RELE'ASEMENT, n. The act of releasing from confinement or obligation. |
45790
|
releaser |
RELE'ASER, n. One who releases. |
45791
|
releasing |
RELE'ASING, ppr. Liberating from confinement or restraint; freeing from obligation or ... |
45792
|
relegate |
REL'EGATE, v.t. [L. relego; re and lego, to send.] To banish; to send into exile. |
45793
|
relegated |
REL'EGATED, pp. Sent into exile. |
45794
|
relegating |
REL'EGATING, ppr. Banishing. |
45795
|
relegation |
RELEGA'TION, n. [L. relegatio.] The act of banishment; exile. |
45796
|
relent |
RELENT', v.i. [L. blandus, which unites the L. blandus with lentus. The English is from re and L. ... |
45797
|
relenting |
RELENT'ING, ppr. Softening in temper; becoming more mild or compassionate.RELENT'ING, n. The act ... |
45798
|
relentless |
RELENT'LESS, a. Unmoved by pity unpitying; insensible to the distress of others; destitute of ... |
45799
|
relessee |
RELESSEE', n. [See Release.] The person to whom a release is executed. |
45800
|
relessor |
RELESSOR', n. The person who executes a release.There must be a privity of estate between the ... |
45801
|
relevance |
REL'EVANCE, |
45802
|
relevancy |
REL'EVANCY, n. [See Relevant.]1. The state of being relevant, or of affording relief or aid.2. ... |
45803
|
relevant |
REL'EVANT, a. [L. relever, to relieve, to advance, to raise; re and lever, to raise.]1. ... |
45804
|
relevation |
RELEVA'TION, n. A raising or lifting up. [Not in use.] |
45805
|
reliance |
RELI'ANCE, n. [from rely.] Rest or repose of mind, resulting from a full belief of the veracity ... |
45806
|
relic |
REL'IC, n. [L. reliquiae, from relinquo, to leave; re and linquo.]1. That which remains; that ... |
45807
|
relict |
REL'ICT, n. [L. relictus, relicta, from relinquo, to leave.]A widow; a woman whose husband is ... |
45808
|
relief |
RELIE'F, n.1. The removal, in whole or in part, of any evil that afflicts the body of mind; the ... |
45809
|
relier |
RELI'ER, n. [from rely.] One who relies, or places full confidence in. |
45810
|
relievable |
RELIE'VABLE, a. Capable of being relieved; that may receive relief. |
45811
|
relieve |
RELIE'VE, v.t. [L. relevo. See Relief.]1. To free, wholly or partially, from pain, grief, want, ... |
45812
|
relieved |
RELIE'VED, pp.1. Freed from pain or other evil; eased or cured; aided; succored; dismissed from ... |
45813
|
reliever |
RELIE'VER, n. One that relieves; he or that which gives ease. |
45814
|
relieving |
RELIE'VING, ppr. Removing pain or distress, or abating the violence of it; easing; curing; ... |
45815
|
relievo |
RELIE'VO, n. Relief; prominence of figures in statuary, architecture, &c.; apparent prominence of ... |
45816
|
relight |
RELIGHT, v.t. reli'te. [re and light.] 1. To light anew; to illuminate again.2. To rekindle; to ... |
45817
|
relighted |
RELIGHTED, pp. Lighted anew; rekindled. |
45818
|
relighting |
RELIGHTING, ppr. Lighting again; rekindling. |
45819
|
religion |
RELIGION, n. relij'on. [L. religio, from religo, to bind anew; re and ligo, to bind. This word ... |
45820
|
religionary |
RELIG'IONARY, a. Relating to religion; pious. [Not used.] |
45821
|
religionist |
RELIG'IONIST, n. A bigot to any religious persuasion. |
45822
|
religious |
RELIG'IOUS, a. [L. religiosus.]1. Pertaining or relating to religion; as a religious society; a ... |
45823
|
religiously |
RELIG'IOUSLY, adv.1. Piously; with love and reverence to the Supreme Being; in obedience to the ... |
45824
|
religiousness |
RELIG'IOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being religious. |
45825
|
relinquish |
RELIN'QUISH, v.t. [L. relinquo, re and linquo, to leave, to fail or faint; from the same root as ... |
45826
|
relinquished |
RELIN'QUISHED, pp. Left; quitted; given up. |
45827
|
relinquisher |
RELIN'QUISHER, n. One who leaves or quits. |
45828
|
relinquishing |
RELIN'QUISHING, ppr. Quitting; leaving; giving up. |
45829
|
relinquishment |
RELIN'QUISHMENT, n. The act of leaving or quitting; a forsaking; the renouncing a claim to. |
45830
|
reliquary |
REL'IQUARY, n. [L. relinquo.]A depository for relics; a casket in which relics are kept. |
45831
|
reliquidate |
RELIQ'UIDATE, v.t. [re and liquidate.]To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time. |
45832
|
reliquidated |
RELIQ'UIDATED, pp. Liquidated again. |
45833
|
reliquidating |
RELIQ'UIDATING, ppr. Liquidating again. |
45834
|
reliquidation |
RELIQUIDA'TION, n. A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment. |
45835
|
relish |
REL'ISH, n.1. Taste; or rather, a pleasing taste; that sensation of the organs which is ... |
45836
|
relishable |
REL'ISHABLE, a. Gustable; having an agreeable taste. |
45837
|
relished |
REL'ISHED, pp. Giving an agreeable taste; received with pleasure. |
45838
|
relive |
RELIVE, v.i. reliv'. [re and live.] To live again; to revive.RELIVE, v.t. reliv'. To recall to ... |
45839
|
reloan |
RELOAN, v.t. [re and loan.] To loan again; to lend what has been lent and repaid.RELOAN, n. A ... |
45840
|
reloaned |
RELOANED, pp. Loaned again. |
45841
|
reloaning |
RELOANING, ppr. Loaning again. |
45842
|
relove |
RELOVE, v.t. [re and love.] To love in return. [Not in use.] |
45843
|
relucent |
RELU'CENT, a. [L. relucens, relucco; re and lucco, to shine.]Shining; transparent; clear; ... |
45844
|
reluct |
RELUCT', v.i. [L. reluctor; re and luctor, to struggle.] To strive or struggle against. [Little ... |
45845
|
reluctance |
RELUCT'ANCE, |
45846
|
reluctancy |
RELUCT'ANCY, n. [literally a straining or striving against.]Unwillingness; great opposition of ... |
45847
|
reluctant |
RELUCT'ANT, a. 1. Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart.Reluctant now I touch'd the ... |
45848
|
reluctantly |
RELUCT'ANTLY, adv. With opposition of heart; unwillingly. What is undertaken reluctantly is ... |
45849
|
reluctate |
RELUCT'ATE, v.t. To resist; to struggle against. |
45850
|
reluctation |
RELUCTA'TION, n. Repugnance; resistance. |
45851
|
relucting |
RELUCT'ING, ppr. 1. Striving to resist.2. a. Averse; unwilling. |
45852
|
relume |
RELU'ME, v.t. [L. re and lumen, light.] To rekindle; to light again. |
45853
|
relumed |
RELU'MED, pp. Rekindled; lighted again. |
45854
|
relumine |
RELU'MINE, v.t. [re and lumino; re and lumen, light, from lucco, to shine.]1. To light anew; to ... |
45855
|
relumined |
RELU'MINED, pp. Rekindled; illuminated anew. |
45856
|
reluming |
RELU'MING, ppr. Kindling or lighting anew. |
45857
|
relumining |
RELU'MINING, ppr. Rekindling; enlightening anew. |
45858
|
rely |
RELY', v.i. [re and lie, or from the root of lie, lay.]To rest on something, as the mind when ... |
45859
|
relying |
RELY'ING, ppr. Reposing on something, as the mind; confiding in; trusting in; depending. |
45860
|
remade |
REMA'DE, pret. and pp. of remake. |
45861
|
remain |
REMA'IN, v.i. [L. remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]1. To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a ... |
45862
|
remainder |
REMA'INDER, n. 1. Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part.If these decoctions ... |
45863
|
remainder-man |
REMA'INDER-MAN, n. In law, he who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. |
45864
|
remaining |
REMA'INING, ppr. Continuing; resting; abiding for an indefinite time; being left after separation ... |
45865
|
remains |
REMA'INS, n. plu. 1. That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as the ... |
45866
|
remake |
REMA'KE, v.t. pret. and pp. remade. [re and make.] To make anew. |
45867
|
remand |
REM'AND, v.t. [L. re and mando.]To call or send back him or that which is ordered to a place; as, ... |
45868
|
remanded |
REM'ANDED, pp. Called or sent back. |
45869
|
remanding |
REM'ANDING, ppr. Calling or sending back. |
45870
|
remanent |
REM'ANENT, n. [L. remanens.] The part remaining. [Little used. It is contracted into ... |
45871
|
remark |
REM'ARK, n. Notice or observation, particularly notice or observation expressed in words or ... |
45872
|
remarkable |
REM'ARKABLE, a.1. Observable; worthy of notice.'Tis remarkable that they talk most, who have the ... |
45873
|
remarkableness |
REM'ARKABLENESS, n. Observableness; worthiness of remark; the quality of deserving particular ... |
45874
|
remarkably |
REM'ARKABLY, adv. 1. In a manner or degree worthy of notice; as, the winters of 1825, 1826 and ... |
45875
|
remarked |
REM'ARKED, pp. Noticed; observed; expressed in words or writing. |
45876
|
remarker |
REM'ARKER, n. An observer; one who makes remarks. |
45877
|
remarking |
REM'ARKING, ppr. Observing; taking notice of; expressing in words or writing. |
45878
|
remarried |
REMAR'RIED, pp. Married again or a second time. |
45879
|
remarry |
REMAR'RY, v.t. [re and marry.] To marry again or a second time. |
45880
|
remarrying |
REMAR'RYING, ppr. Marrying again or a second time. |
45881
|
remasticate |
REMAS'TICATE, v.t. [re and masticate.] To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as in ... |
45882
|
remasticated |
REMAS'TICATED, pp. Chewed again or repeatedly. |
45883
|
remasticating |
REMAS'TICATING, ppr. Chewing again or over and over. |
45884
|
remastication |
REMASTICA'TION, n. The act of masticating again or repeatedly. |
45885
|
remediable |
REME'DIABLE, a. [from remedy.] That may be remedied or cured. The evil is believed to be ... |
45886
|
remedial |
REME'DIAL, a. [L. remedialis.] Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal of ... |
45887
|
remediate |
REME'DIATE, in the sense of remedial, is not in use. |
45888
|
remedied |
REM'EDIED, pp. [from remedy.] Cured; healed; repaired. |
45889
|
remediless |
REMED'ILESS, a. [In modern books, the accent is placed on the first syllable, which would be well ... |
45890
|
remedilessly |
REMED'ILESSLY, adv. In a manner or degree that precludes a remedy. |
45891
|
remedilessness |
REMED'ILESSNESS, n. Incurableness. |
45892
|
remedy |
REM'EDY, n. [L. remedium; re and medeor, to heal.]1. That which cures a disease; any medicine or ... |
45893
|
remedying |
REM'EDYING, ppr. Curing; healing; removing; restoring from a bad to a good state. |
45894
|
remelt |
REMELT', v.t. [re and melt.] To melt a second time. |
45895
|
remelted |
REMELT'ED, pp. Melted again. |
45896
|
remelting |
REMELT'ING, ppr. Melting again. |
45897
|
remember |
REMEM'BER, v.t. [Low L. rememoror; re and memoror. See Memory.]1. To have in the mind an idea ... |
45898
|
remembered |
REMEM'BERED, pp. Kept in mind; recollected. |
45899
|
rememberer |
REMEM'BERER, n. One that remembers. |
45900
|
remembering |
REMEM'BERING, ppr. Having in mind. |
45901
|
remembrance |
REMEM'BRANCE, n. 1. The retaining or having in mind an idea which had been present before, or an ... |
45902
|
remembrancer |
REMEM'BRANCER, n.1. One that reminds, or revives the remembrance of any thing.God is present in ... |
45903
|
rememorate |
REMEM'ORATE, v.t [L. rememoratus, rememoror.]To remember; to revive in the memory. [Not in use.] |
45904
|
rememoration |
REMEMORA'TION, n. Remembrance. [Not in use.] |
45905
|
remercie |
REMER'CIE, |
45906
|
remercy |
REMER'CY, v.t. To thank. [Not in use.] |
45907
|
remigrate |
REM'IGRATE, v.i. [L. remigro; re and migro, to migrate.]To remove back again to a former place or ... |
45908
|
remigration |
REMIGRA'TION, n. Removal back again; a migration to a former place. |
45909
|
remind |
REMIND, v.t. [re and mind.]1. To put in mind; to bring to the remembrance of; as, to remind a ... |
45910
|
reminded |
REMINDED, pp. Put in mind. |
45911
|
reminding |
REMINDING, ppr. Putting in mind; calling attention to. |
45912
|
reminiscence |
REMINIS'CENCE, n. [L. reminiscens, reminiscor, Gr. See Memory.]1. That faculty of the mind by ... |
45913
|
reminiscential |
REMINISCEN'TIAL, a. Pertaining to reminiscence or recollection. |
45914
|
remise |
REMI'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. remissus, remitto; re and mitto, to send.]To give or grant back; to ... |
45915
|
remised |
REMI'SED, pp. Released. |
45916
|
remising |
REMI'SING, ppr. Surrendering by deed. |
45917
|
remiss |
REMISS', a. [L. remissus, supra.]1. Slack; dilatory; negligent; not performing duty or business; ... |
45918
|
remissible |
REMISS'IBLE, a. That may be remitted or forgiven. |
45919
|
remission |
REMIS'SION, n. [L. remissio, from remitto, to send back.]1. Abatement; relaxation; moderation; as ... |
45920
|
remissly |
REMISS'LY, adv. 1. Carelessly; negligently; without close attention.2. Slowly; slackly; not ... |
45921
|
remissness |
REMISS'NESS, n. Slackness; slowness; carelessness; negligence; want of ardor or vigor; coldness; ... |
45922
|
remit |
REMIT', v.t. [L. remitto, to send back; re and mitto, to send.]1. To relax, as intensity; to make ... |
45923
|
remitment |
REMIT'MENT, n.1. The act of remitting to custody.2. Forgiveness; pardon. |
45924
|
remittal |
REMIT'TAL, n. A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as the remittal of the first fruits. |
45925
|
remittance |
REMIT'TANCE, n. 1. In commerce, the act of transmitting money, bills or the like, to a distant ... |
45926
|
remitted |
REMIT'TED, pp. Relaxed; forgiven; pardoned; sent back; referred; given up; transmitted in payment. |
45927
|
remitter |
REMIT'TER, n.1. One who remits, or makes remittance for payment.2. In law, the restitution of a ... |
45928
|
remnant |
REM'NANT, n. [contracted from remanent. See Remain.]1. Residue; that which is left after the ... |
45929
|
remodel |
REMOD'EL, v.t. [re and model.] To model or fashion anew. |
45930
|
remodeled |
REMOD'ELED, pp. Modeled anew. |
45931
|
remodeling |
REMOD'ELING, ppr. Modeling again. |
45932
|
remold |
REMOLD, v.t. [re and mold.] To mold or shape anew. |
45933
|
remolded |
REMOLDED, pp. Molded again. |
45934
|
remolding |
REMOLDING, ppr. Molding anew. |
45935
|
remolten |
REMOLTEN, a or pp. [re and molten, from melt.] Melted again. |
45936
|
remonstrance |
REMON'STRANCE, n. 1. Show; discovery. [Not in use.]2. Expostulation; strong representation of ... |
45937
|
remonstrant |
REMON'STRANT, a. Expostulatory; urging strong reasons against an act.REMON'STRANT, n. One who ... |
45938
|
remonstrate |
REMON'STRATE, v.i. [L. remonstro; re and monstro, to show. See Muster.]1. To exhibit or present ... |
45939
|
remonstrating |
REMON'STRATING, ppr. Urging strong reasons against a measure. |
45940
|
remonstration |
REMONSTRA'TION, n. The act of remonstrating. [Little used.] |
45941
|
remonstrator |
REMON'STRATOR, n. One who remonstrates. |
45942
|
remora |
REM'ORA, n. [L. from re and moror, to delay.]1. Delay; obstacle; hinderance. [Not in use.]2. ... |
45943
|
remorate |
REM'ORATE, v.t. [L. remoror.] To hinder; to delay. [Not in use.] |
45944
|
remord |
REMORD', v.t. [L. remordeo; re and mordeo, to gnaw.]To rebuke; to excite to remorse. [Not in ... |
45945
|
remordency |
REMORD'ENCY, n. Compunction; remorse. |
45946
|
remorse |
REMORSE, n. remors'. [L. remorsus, from remordeo.]1. The keen pain or anguish excited by a sense ... |
45947
|
remorsed |
REMORS'ED, a. Feeling remorse or compunction. [Not used.] |
45948
|
remorseful |
REMORSEFUL, a. remors'ful.1. Full of remorse.2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Not in ... |
45949
|
remorseless |
REMORSELESS, a. remors'less. Unpitying; cruel; insensible to distress; as the remorseless ... |
45950
|
remorselessly |
REMORSELESSLY, adv. remors'lessly. Without remorse. |
45951
|
remorselessness |
REMORSELESSNESS, n. remors'lessness. Savage cruelty; insensibility to distress. |
45952
|
remote |
REMO'TE, a. [L. remotus, removeo; re and moveo, to move.]1. Distant in place; not near; as a ... |
45953
|
remotely |
REMO'TELY, adv.1. At a distance in space or time; not nearly.2. At a distance in consanguinity or ... |
45954
|
remoteness |
REMO'TENESS, n.1. State of being distant in space or time; distance; as the remoteness of a ... |
45955
|
remotion |
REMO'TION, n. The act of removing; the state of being removed to a distance. [Little used.] |
45956
|
remount |
REMOUNT', v.t. To mount again; as, to remount a horse.REMOUNT', v.i. To mount again; to reascend. |
45957
|
removability |
REMOVABIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being removable from an office or station; capacity of being ... |
45958
|
removable |
REMOVABLE, a. [from remove.]1. That may be removed from an office or station.Such curate is ... |
45959
|
removal |
REMOVAL, n.1. The act of moving from one place to another for residence; as the removal of a ... |
45960
|
remove |
REMOVE, v.t. [L. removeo; re and moveo, to move.]1. To cause to change place; to put from its ... |
45961
|
removed |
REMOVED, pp. 1. Changed in place; carried to a distance; displaced from office; placed far off.2. ... |
45962
|
removedness |
REMOVEDNESS, n. State of being removed; remoteness. |
45963
|
remover |
REMOVER, n. One that removes; as a remover of landmarks. |
45964
|
removing |
REMOVING, ppr. changing place; carrying or going from one place to another; displacing; banishing. |
45965
|
remunerability |
REMUNERABIL'ITY, n. the capacity of being rewarded. |
45966
|
remunerable |
REMU'NERABLE, a. [from remunerate.] That may be rewarded; fit or proper to be recompensed. |
45967
|
remunerate |
REMU'NERATE, v.t. [L. remunero; re and munero, from munus, a gift.]to reward; to recompense; to ... |
45968
|
remunerated |
REMU'NERATED, pp. Rewarded; compensated. |
45969
|
remunerating |
REMU'NERATING, ppr. Rewarding; recompensing. |
45970
|
remuneration |
REMUNERA'TION, n.1. Reward; recompense; the act of paying an equivalent for services, loss or ... |
45971
|
remunerative |
REMU'NERATIVE, a. Exercised in rewarding; that bestows rewards; as remunerative justice. |
45972
|
remuneratory |
REMU'NERATORY, a. Affording recompense; rewarding. |
45973
|
remurmur |
REMUR'MUR, v.t. [L. remurmuro; re and murmuro.]to utter back in murmurs; to return in murmurs; to ... |
45974
|
remurmured |
REMUR'MURED, pp. Uttered back in murmurs. |
45975
|
remurmuring |
REMUR'MURING, ppr. uttering back in low sounds. |
45976
|
renal |
RE'NAL, a. [L. renalis, from renes, the kidneys.]Pertaining to the kidneys or reins; as the renal ... |
45977
|
renard |
REN'ARD, n. a fox; a name used in fables, but not in common discourse. |
45978
|
renascency |
RENAS'CENCY, n. The state of springing or being produced again. |
45979
|
renascent |
RENAS'CENT, a. [L. renascens, renascor; re and nascor, to be born.]Springing or rising into being ... |
45980
|
renascible |
RENAS'CIBLE, a. That may be reproduced; that may spring again into being. |
45981
|
renavigate |
RENAV'IGATE, v.t. [re and navigate.] To navigate again; as, to renavigate the Pacific ocean. |
45982
|
renavigated |
RENAV'IGATED, pp. Navigated again; sailed over anew. |
45983
|
renavigating |
RENAV'IGATING, ppr. Navigating again. |
45984
|
rencounter |
RENCOUN'TER, n. Literally, a meeting of two bodies. Hence,1. A meeting in opposition or ... |
45985
|
rend |
REND, v.t. pret. and pp. rent. [Eng. cranny, L. crena, Gr.]1. To separate any substance into ... |
45986
|
render |
REND'ER, n. [from rend.] One that tears by violence. |
45987
|
renderable |
REN'DERABLE, a. That may be rendered. |
45988
|
rendered |
REN'DERED, pp. Returned; paid back; given; assigned; made; translated; surrendered; afforded. |
45989
|
rendering |
REN'DERING, ppr. Returning; giving back; assigning; making; translating; surrendering; ... |
45990
|
rendezvous |
REN'DEZVOUS, n. [This word is anglicized, and may well be pronounced as an English word.]1. A ... |
45991
|
rendezvousing |
REN'DEZVOUSING, ppr. Assembling at a particular place. |
45992
|
rendible |
REN'DIBLE, a. 1. That may be yielded or surrendered.2. That may be translated. [little used in ... |
45993
|
rendition |
RENDI'TION, n. [from render.] 1. The act of yielding possession; surrender.2. Translation. |
45994
|
renegade |
REN'EGADE, |
45995
|
renegado |
RENEGA'DO, n. [L. re and nego, to deny.]1. An apostate from the faith.2. One who deserts to an ... |
45996
|
renege |
RENE'GE, v.t. [L. renego.] To deny; to disown. Obs.RENE'GE, v.i. To deny. Obs. |
45997
|
renerve |
RENERVE, v.t. renerv'. [re and nerve.] To nerve again; to give new vigor to. |
45998
|
renerved |
RENERV'ED, pp. Nerved anew. |
45999
|
renerving |
RENERV'ING, ppr. Giving new vigor to. |
46000
|
renew |
RENEW', v.t. [L. renovo; re and novo, or re and new.]1. To renovate; to restore to a former ... |
46001
|
renewable |
RENEW'ABLE, a. That may be renewed; as a lease renewable at pleasure. |
46002
|
renewal |
RENEW'AL, n. 1. The act of renewing; the act of forming anew; as the renewal of a treaty.2. ... |
46003
|
renewed |
RENEW'ED, pp. Made new again; repaired; re-established; repeated; revived; renovated; regenerated. |
46004
|
renewedness |
RENEW'EDNESS, n. State of being renewed. |
46005
|
renewer |
RENEW'ER, n. One who renews. |
46006
|
renewing |
RENEW'ING, ppr.1. Making new again; repairing; re-establishing; repeating; reviving; renovating.2. ... |
46007
|
reniform |
REN'IFORM, a. [L. renes, the kidneys, and form.]Having the form or shape of the kidneys. |
46008
|
renitence |
REN'ITENCE, |
46009
|
renitency |
REN'ITENCY, n. [L. renitens, renitor, to resist; re and nitor, to struggle or strive.]1. The ... |
46010
|
renitent |
REN'ITENT, a. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. |
46011
|
rennet |
REN'NET, n.The concreted milk found in the stomach of a sucking quadruped, particularly of the ... |
46012
|
renneting |
REN'NETING, n. A kind of apple. |
46013
|
renounce |
RENOUNCE, v.t. renouns'. [L. renuncio; re and nuncio, to declare, from the root of nomen, name.]1. ... |
46014
|
renounced |
RENOUN'CED, pp. Disowned; denied; rejected; disclaimed. |
46015
|
renouncement |
RENOUNCEMENT, n. renouns'ment. The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. |
46016
|
renouncer |
RENOUN'CER, n. One who disowns or disclaims. |
46017
|
renouncing |
RENOUN'CING, ppr. Disowning; disclaiming; rejecting.RENOUN'CING, n. The act of disowning, ... |
46018
|
renovate |
REN'OVATE, v.t. [L. renovo; re and novo, to make new; novus, new.]To renew; to restore to the ... |
46019
|
renovated |
REN'OVATED, pp. Renewed; made new, fresh or vigorous. |
46020
|
renovating |
REN'OVATING, ppr. Renewing. |
46021
|
renovation |
RENOVA'TION, n. [L. renovatio.]1. The act of renewing; a making new after decay, destruction or ... |
46022
|
renown |
RENOWN', n.Fame; celebrity; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great ... |
46023
|
renowned |
RENOWN'ED, a. Famous; celebrated for great and heroic achievements, for distinguished qualities or ... |
46024
|
renownedly |
RENOWN'EDLY, adv. With fame or celebrity. |
46025
|
renownless |
RENOWN'LESS, a. Without renown; inglorious. |
46026
|
rent |
RENT, pp. of rend. Torn asunder; split or burst by violence; torn.RENT, n. [from rend. 1. A ... |
46027
|
rentable |
RENT'ABLE, a. That may be rented. |
46028
|
rentage |
RENT'AGE, n. Rent. [Not used.] |
46029
|
rental |
RENT'AL, n. A schedule or account of rents. |
46030
|
rented |
RENT'ED, pp. Leased on rent. |
46031
|
renter |
RENT'ER, n. One who leases an estate; more generally, the lessee or tenant who takes an estate or ... |
46032
|
rentered |
REN'TERED, pp. Fine-drawn; sewed artfully together. |
46033
|
renterer |
REN'TERER, n. a Fine-drawer. |
46034
|
rentering |
REN'TERING, ppr. Fine-drawing; sewing artfully together. |
46035
|
renting |
RENT'ING, ppr. Leasing on rent; taking on rent. |
46036
|
rentroll |
RENT'ROLL, n. [rent and roll.] A rental; a list or account of rents or income. |
46037
|
renunciation |
RENUNCIA'TION, n. [L. renunciatio.] The act of renouncing; a disowning; rejection. [See ... |
46038
|
renverse |
RENVERSE, v.t. renvers'. To reverse. [Not used.]RENVERSE, a. renvers'. In heraldry, inverted; ... |
46039
|
renversement |
RENVERSEMENT, n. renvers'ment. The act of reversing. [Not in use.] |
46040
|
reobtain |
REOBTA'IN, v.t. [re and obtain.] To obtain again. |
46041
|
reobtainable |
REOBTA'INABLE, a. That may be obtained again. |
46042
|
reobtained |
REOBTA'INED, pp. Obtained again. |
46043
|
reobtaining |
REOBTA'INING, ppr. Obtaining again. |
46044
|
reoppose |
REOPPO'SE, v.t. s as z. To oppose again. |
46045
|
reordain |
REORDA'IN, v.t. [re and ordain.]To ordain again, as when the first ordination is defective. |
46046
|
reordained |
REORDA'INED, pp. Ordained again. |
46047
|
reordaining |
REORDA'INING, ppr. Ordaining again. |
46048
|
reordination |
REORDINA'TION, n. A second ordination. |
46049
|
reorganization |
REORGANIZA'TION, n. The act of organizing anew; as repeated reorganization of the troops. |
46050
|
reorganize |
REOR'GANIZE, v.t. [re and organize.] To organize anew; to reduce again to a regular body, or to a ... |
46051
|
reorganized |
REOR'GANIZED, pp. Organized anew. |
46052
|
reorganizing |
REOR'GANIZING, ppr. Organizing anew. |
46053
|
repacified |
REPAC'IFIED, pp. Pacified or appeased again. |
46054
|
repacify |
REPAC'IFY, v.t. [re and pacify.] To pacify again. |
46055
|
repacifying |
REPAC'IFYING, ppr. Pacifying again. |
46056
|
repack |
REPACK', v.t. [re and pact.] To pack a second time; as, to repack beef or pork. |
46057
|
repacked |
REPACK'ED, pp. Packed again. |
46058
|
repacker |
REPACK'ER, n. One that repacks. |
46059
|
repacking |
REPACK'ING, ppr. Packing anew. |
46060
|
repaid |
REPA'ID, pp. of repay. Paid back. |
46061
|
repair |
REPA'IR, v.t. [L. reparo; re and paro, to prepare. See Pare.]1. To restore to a sound or good ... |
46062
|
repairable |
REPA'IRABLE, a. That may be repaired; reparable. |
46063
|
repaired |
REPA'IRED, pp. Restored to a good or sound state; rebuilt; made good. |
46064
|
repairer |
REPA'IRER, n. One who repairs, restores or makes amends; as the repairer of decay. |
46065
|
repairing |
REPA'IRING, ppr. Restoring to a sound state; rebuilding; making amends for loss or injury. |
46066
|
repand |
REPAND', a. [L. repandus.] In botany, a repand leaf is one, the rim of which is terminated by ... |
46067
|
repandous |
REPAND'OUS, a. [supra.] Bent upwards; convexedly crooked. |
46068
|
reparable |
REP'ARABLE, a. [L. reparabilis. See Repair.]1. That may be repaired or restored to a sound or ... |
46069
|
reparably |
REP'ARABLY, adv. In a manner admitting of restoration to a good state, or of amends, supply or ... |
46070
|
reparation |
REPARA'TION, n.1. That act of repairing; restoration to soundness or a good state; as the ... |
46071
|
reparative |
REPAR'ATIVE, a. That repairs; restoring to a sound or good state; that amends defect or makes ... |
46072
|
repartee |
REPARTEE', n. A smart, ready and witty reply.Cupid was as bad as he; hear but the youngster's ... |
46073
|
repass |
REP'ASS, v.t.To pass again; to pass or travel back; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass ... |
46074
|
repassed |
REP'ASSED, pp. Passed or traveled back. |
46075
|
repassing |
REP'ASSING, ppr. Passing back. |
46076
|
repast |
REP'AST, n. [L. re and pasco, to feed.]1. The act of taking food; or the food taken; a meal.From ... |
46077
|
repasture |
REP'ASTURE, n. Food; entertainment. [not in use.] |
46078
|
repay |
REPA'Y, v.t. 1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.2. To make ... |
46079
|
repayable |
REPA'YABLE, a. That is to be repaid or refunded; as money lent, repayable at the end of sixty ... |
46080
|
repaying |
REPA'YING, ppr. Paying back; compensating; requiting. |
46081
|
repayment |
REPA'YMENT, n.1. The act of paying back; reimbursement.2. The money or other thing repaid. |
46082
|
repeal |
REPE'AL, v.t. [L. appello; ad and pello.]1. To recall. [Obsolete as it respects persons.]2. To ... |
46083
|
repealability |
REPEALABIL'ITY, n. The quality of being repealable. |
46084
|
repealable |
REPEA'LABLE, a. Capable of being repealed; revocable by the same power that enacted. It is held ... |
46085
|
repealed |
REPE'ALED, pp. Revoked; abrogated. |
46086
|
repealer |
REPE'ALER, n. One that repeals. |
46087
|
repealing |
REPE'ALING, ppr. Revoking; abrogating. |
46088
|
repeat |
REPE'AT, v.t. [L. repeto; re and peto, to make at or drive towards. this verb ought to be written ... |
46089
|
repeated |
REPE'ATED, pp. done, attempted or spoken again; recited. |
46090
|
repeatedly |
REPE'ATEDLY, adv. More than once; again and again, indefinitely. He has been repeatedly warned of ... |
46091
|
repeater |
REPE'ATER, n. 1. One that repeats; one that recites or rehearses.2. A watch that strikes the ... |
46092
|
repeating |
REPE'ATING, ppr. Doing or uttering again. |
46093
|
repedation |
REPEDA'TION, n. [Low L. repedo; re and pes, the foot.] A stepping or going back. [Not in use.] |
46094
|
repel |
REPEL', v.t. [l. repello; re and pello, to drive.]1. to drive back; to force to return; to check ... |
46095
|
repelled |
REPEL'LED, pp. Driven back; resisted. |
46096
|
repellency |
REPEL'LENCY, n.1. The principle of repulsion; the quality of a substance which expands or ... |
46097
|
repellent |
REPEL'LENT, a. Driving back; able or tending to repel.REPEL'LENT, n. In medicine, a medicine ... |
46098
|
repeller |
REPEL'LER, n. He or that which repels. |
46099
|
repelling |
REPEL'LING, ppr. Driving back; resisting advance or approach effectually. |
46100
|
repent |
RE'PENT, a. [L. repo, to creep.] Creeping; as a repent root. |
46101
|
repentance |
REPENT'ANCE, n.1. Sorrow for any thing done or said; the pain or grief which a person experiences ... |
46102
|
repentant |
REPENT'ANT, a. 1. Sorrowful for past conduct or words.2. Sorrowful for sin.3. Expressing or ... |
46103
|
repenter |
REPENT'ER, n. One that repents. |
46104
|
repenting |
REPENT'ING, ppr. Grieving for what is past; feeling pain or contrition for sin.REPENT'ING, n. Act ... |
46105
|
repentingly |
REPENT'INGLY, adv. With repentance. |
46106
|
repeople |
REPEOPLE, v.t. [re and people.]To people anew; to furnish again with a stock of people. The world ... |
46107
|
repeopled |
REPEOPLED, pp. Stocked anew with inhabitants. |
46108
|
repeopling |
REPEOPLING, ppr. Furnishing again with a stock of inhabitants.REPEOPLING, n. [supra.] The act of ... |
46109
|
repercuss |
REPERCUSS', v.t. [L. repercutio; re and percutio; per and quatio, to shake, to beat.] To beat ... |
46110
|
repercussion |
REPERCUS'SION, n. [L. repercussio.]1. The act of driving back; reverberation; as the repercussion ... |
46111
|
repercussive |
REPERCUSS'IVE, a. 1. Driving back; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate; as ... |
46112
|
repertitious |
REPERTI'TIOUS, a. [from L. repertus, reperio.] Found; gained by finding. [Not in use.] |
46113
|
repertory |
REP'ERTORY, n. [L. repertorium, from reperio, to find again; re and aperio, to uncover.]1. A ... |
46114
|
repetend |
REPETEND;, n. [L. repetendus, repeto.] The parts of decimals continually repeated. |
46115
|
repetition |
REPETI'TION, n. [L. repetitio. See Repeat.]1. The act of doing or uttering a second time; ... |
46116
|
repetitional |
REPETI'TIONAL, |
46117
|
repetitionary |
REPETI'TIONARY, a. Containing repetition. [Little used.] |
46118
|
repine |
REPI'NE, v.i. [re and pine.] 1. To fret one's self; to be discontented; to feel inward ... |
46119
|
repiner |
REPI'NER, n. One that repines or murmurs. |
46120
|
repining |
REPI'NING, ppr. 1. Fretting one's self; feeling discontent that preys on the spirits; complaining; ... |
46121
|
repiningly |
REPI'NINGLY, adv. With murmuring or complaint. |
46122
|
replace |
REPLA'CE, v.t.1. To put again in the former place; as, to replace a book.The earl - was replaced ... |
46123
|
replaced |
REPLA'CED, pp. Put again in a former place; supplied by a substitute. Thus in petrification, the ... |
46124
|
replacement |
REPLA'CEMENT, n. The act of replacing. |
46125
|
replacing |
REPLA'CING, ppr. Putting again in a former place; supplying the place of with a substitute. |
46126
|
replait |
REPLA'IT, v.t. [re and plait.] To plait or fold again; to fold one part over another again and ... |
46127
|
replaited |
REPLA'ITED, pp. Folded again or often. |
46128
|
replaiting |
REPLA'ITING, ppr. Folding again or often. |
46129
|
replant |
REPLANT', v.t. To plant again. |
46130
|
replantable |
REPLANT'ABLE, a. That may be planted again. |
46131
|
replantation |
REPLANTA'TION, n. The act of planting again. |
46132
|
replanted |
REPLANT'ED, pp. Planted anew. |
46133
|
replanting |
REPLANT'ING, ppr. Planting again. |
46134
|
replead |
REPLE'AD, v.t. [re and plead.] To plead again. |
46135
|
repleader |
REPLE'ADER, n. In law, a second pleading or course of pleadings; or the power of pleading ... |
46136
|
replenish |
REPLEN'ISH, v.t. [L. re and plenus, full.]1. To fill; to stock with numbers or abundance. The ... |
46137
|
replenished |
REPLEN'ISHED, pp. Filled; abundantly supplied. |
46138
|
replenishing |
REPLEN'ISHING, ppr. Filling; supplying with abundance. |
46139
|
replete |
REPLE'TE, a. [L. repletus; re and pleo, to fill.] Completely filled; full.His words replete with ... |
46140
|
repletion |
REPLE'TION, n. [L. repletio.]1. The state of being completely filled; or superabundant ... |
46141
|
repletive |
REPLE'TIVE, a. Filling; replenishing. |
46142
|
repleviable |
REPLEV'IABLE, a. [See Replevy.] In law, that may be replevied. |
46143
|
replevied |
REPLEV'IED, pp. Taken by a writ of replevin. |
46144
|
replevin |
REPLEV'IN, n. [See Replevy.]1. An action or remedy granted on a distress, by which a person whose ... |
46145
|
replevisable |
REPLEV'ISABLE, a. That may be replevied; but little used, being superseded by repleviable. |
46146
|
replevy |
REPLEV'Y, v.t. [re and pledge. Law L. replegiabilis and replegiare.]1. To take back, by a writ ... |
46147
|
replevying |
REPLEV'YING, ppr. Retaking a distress. [See Replevy.] |
46148
|
replication |
REPLICA'TION, n. [L. replicatio. See Reply.] 1. An answer; a reply. Particularly,2. In law ... |
46149
|
replier |
REPLI'ER, n. One who answers; he that speaks or writes in return to something spoken or written. |
46150
|
reply |
REPLY', v.i. [L. replico; re and plico, to fold, that is, to turn or send to. See apply, Employ ... |
46151
|
replying |
REPLY'ING, ppr. Answering either in words or writing. |
46152
|
repolish |
REPOL'ISH, v.t. To polish again. |
46153
|
repolished |
REPOL'ISHED, pp. Polished again. |
46154
|
repolishing |
REPOL'ISHING, ppr. Polishing anew. |
46155
|
report |
REPORT, v.t. [l. reporto, to carry back; re and porto, to bear.]1. To bear or bring back an ... |
46156
|
reported |
REPORTED, pp. Told, related or stated in answer to inquiry or direction; circulated in popular ... |
46157
|
reporter |
REPORTER, n.1. One that gives an account, verbal or written, official or unofficial.2. An officer ... |
46158
|
reporting |
REPORTING, ppr. Giving account; relating; presenting statements of facts or of adjudged cases in ... |
46159
|
reportingly |
REPORTINGLY, adv. By report or common fame. |
46160
|
reposal |
REPO'SAL, n. s as z. [from repose.] The act of reposing or resting. |
46161
|
repose |
REPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [l. repono, reposui.]1. To lay at rest.- After the toil of battle, to ... |
46162
|
reposed |
REPO'SED, pp. Laid at rest; placed in confidence. |
46163
|
reposedness |
REPO'SEDNESS, n. State of being at rest. |
46164
|
reposing |
REPO'SING, ppr. Laying at rest; placing in confidence; lying at rest; sleeping. |
46165
|
reposit |
REPOS'IT, v.t. [L. repositus, repono.] To lay up; to lodge, as for safety or preservation.Others ... |
46166
|
reposited |
REPOS'ITED, pp. Laid up; deposited for safety or preservation. |
46167
|
repositing |
REPOS'ITING, ppr. Laying up or lodging for safety or preservation. |
46168
|
reposition |
REPOSI'TION, n. The act of replacing; as the reposition of a bone. |
46169
|
repository |
REPOS'ITORY, n. [L. repositorium, from repono.]A place where things are or may be deposited for ... |
46170
|
repossess |
REPOSSESS', v.t. [re and possess.] To possess again.Nor shall my father repossess the land.To ... |
46171
|
repossessed |
REPOSSESS'ED, pp. Possessed again. |
46172
|
repossessing |
REPOSSESS'ING, ppr. Possessing again; obtaining possession again. |
46173
|
repossession |
REPOSSES'SION, n. The act of possessing again; the state of possessing again. |
46174
|
repour |
REPOUR, v.t. [re and pour.] To pour again. |
46175
|
reprehend |
