1  "R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254."
   2  
   3  Ra (n.) A roe; a deer.
   4  
   5  "Ra- () A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-."
   6  
   7  Raash (n.) The electric catfish.
   8  
   9  Rab (n.) A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
  10  
  11  Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
  12  
  13  "Rabate (v.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk."
  14  
  15  Rabatine (n.) A collar or cape.
  16  
  17  Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
  18  
  19  Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.
  20  
  21  Rabbate (n.) Abatement.
  22  
  23  Rabbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Rabbet
  24  
  25  Rabbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabbet
  26  
  27  Rabbet (v. t.) To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
  28  
  29  "Rabbet (v. t.) To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint."
  30  
  31  "Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate."
  32  
  33  "Rabbet (n.) Same as Rabbet joint, below."
  34  
  35  Rabbis (pl. ) of Rabbi
  36  
  37  Rabbies (pl. ) of Rabbi
  38  
  39  Rabbi (n.) Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.
  40  
  41  Rabbin (n.) Same as Rabbi.
  42  
  43  Rabbinic (a.) Alt. of Rabbinical
  44  
  45  "Rabbinical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins."
  46  
  47  Rabbinic (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
  48  
  49  Rabbinically (adv.) In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.
  50  
  51  Rabbinism (n.) A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
  52  
  53  Rabbinism (n.) The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.
  54  
  55  "Rabbinist (n.) One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions."
  56  
  57  Rabbinite (n.) Same as Rabbinist.
  58  
  59  "Rabbit (n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand."
  60  
  61  Rabbiting (n.) The hunting of rabbits.
  62  
  63  "Rabbitry (n.) A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits."
  64  
  65  "Rabble (n.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling."
  66  
  67  "Rabble (v. t.) To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron."
  68  
  69  Rabble (v. i.) To speak in a confused manner.
  70  
  71  "Rabble (v. i.) A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng."
  72  
  73  "Rabble (v. i.) A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter."
  74  
  75  "Rabble (a.) Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar."
  76  
  77  Rabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Rabble
  78  
  79  Rabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rabble
  80  
  81  "Rabble (v. t.) To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate."
  82  
  83  Rabble (v. t.) To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
  84  
  85  Rabble (v. t.) To rumple; to crumple.
  86  
  87  Rabblement (n.) A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.
  88  
  89  Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
  90  
  91  Rabble-rout (n.) A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
  92  
  93  Rabdoidal (a.) See Sagittal.
  94  
  95  Rabdology (n.) The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
  96  
  97  Rabdomancy (n.) Divination by means of rods or wands.
  98  
  99  Rabid (n.) Furious; raging; extremely violent.
 100  
 101  "Rabid (n.) Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist."
 102  
 103  "Rabid (n.) Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox."
 104  
 105  "Rabid (n.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus."
 106  
 107  Rabidity (n.) Rabidness; furiousness.
 108  
 109  Rabidly (adv.) In a rabid manner; with extreme violence.
 110  
 111  Rabidness (n.) The quality or state of being rabid.
 112  
 113  Rabies (n.) Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
 114  
 115  Rabinet (n.) A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.
 116  
 117  Rabious (a.) Fierce.
 118  
 119  Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
 120  
 121  "Raca (a.) A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning ""worthless."""
 122  
 123  "Racahout (n.) A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids."
 124  
 125  "Raccoon (n.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach."
 126  
 127  Race (v. t.) To raze.
 128  
 129  Race (n.) A root.
 130  
 131  "Race (n.) The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed."
 132  
 133  Race (n.) Company; herd; breed.
 134  
 135  Race (n.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.
 136  
 137  "Race (n.) Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack."
 138  
 139  "Race (n.) Hence, characteristic quality or disposition."
 140  
 141  Race (n.) A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
 142  
 143  "Race (n.) Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running."
 144  
 145  "Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races."
 146  
 147  "Race (n.) Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life."
 148  
 149  "Race (n.) A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney."
 150  
 151  "Race (n.) The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race."
 152  
 153  "Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc."
 154  
 155  Raced (imp. & p. p.) of Race
 156  
 157  Racing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Race
 158  
 159  "Race (v. i.) To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port."
 160  
 161  "Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea."
 162  
 163  "Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses."
 164  
 165  Race (v. t.) To run a race with.
 166  
 167  Racemate (n.) A salt of racemic acid.
 168  
 169  "Racemation (n.) A cluster or bunch, as of grapes."
 170  
 171  Racemation (n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
 172  
 173  "Raceme (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry."
 174  
 175  "Racemed (a.) Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes."
 176  
 177  "Racemic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids."
 178  
 179  "Racemiferous (a.) Bearing racemes, as the currant."
 180  
 181  Racemiform (a.) Having the form of a raceme.
 182  
 183  "Racemose (a.) Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme."
 184  
 185  Racemous (a.) See Racemose.
 186  
 187  Racemule (n.) A little raceme.
 188  
 189  Racemulose (a.) Growing in very small racemes.
 190  
 191  "Racer (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse."
 192  
 193  Racer (n.) The common American black snake.
 194  
 195  Racer (n.) One of the circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.
 196  
 197  Rach (n.) Alt. of Rache
 198  
 199  "Rache (n.) A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound."
 200  
 201  "Rachialgia (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic."
 202  
 203  Rachidian (a.) Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.
 204  
 205  Rachilla (n.) Same as Rhachilla.
 206  
 207  Rachiodont (a.) Same as Rhachiodont.
 208  
 209  Rachises (pl. ) of Rachis
 210  
 211  Rachides (pl. ) of Rachis
 212  
 213  Rachis (n.) The spine; the vertebral column.
 214  
 215  Rachis (n.) Same as Rhachis.
 216  
 217  Rachitic (a.) Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
 218  
 219  "Rachitis (n.) Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets."
 220  
 221  Rachitis (n.) A disease which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.
 222  
 223  Rachitome (n.) A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.
 224  
 225  "Racial (a.) Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion."
 226  
 227  Racily (adv.) In a racy manner.
 228  
 229  Raciness (n.) The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
 230  
 231  "Racing () a. & n. from Race, v. t. & i."
 232  
 233  Rack (n.) Same as Arrack.
 234  
 235  Rack (n.) The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
 236  
 237  Rack (n.) A wreck; destruction.
 238  
 239  "Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky."
 240  
 241  "Rack (v. i.) To fly, as vapor or broken clouds."
 242  
 243  Racked (imp. & p. p.) of Rack
 244  
 245  Racking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rack
 246  
 247  "Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse."
 248  
 249  Rack (n.) A fast amble.
 250  
 251  "Rack (v. t.) To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine."
 252  
 253  "Rack (a.) An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something."
 254  
 255  "Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons."
 256  
 257  Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
 258  
 259  Rack (a.) A grate on which bacon is laid.
 260  
 261  "Rack (a.) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts."
 262  
 263  "Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc."
 264  
 265  "Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot."
 266  
 267  Rack (a.) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed.
 268  
 269  "Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads."
 270  
 271  Rack (a.) A distaff.
 272  
 273  "Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it."
 274  
 275  Rack (a.) That which is extorted; exaction.
 276  
 277  "Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints."
 278  
 279  Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
 280  
 281  "Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion."
 282  
 283  "Rack (v. t.) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore."
 284  
 285  "Rack (v. t.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc."
 286  
 287  "Rackabones (n.) A very lean animal, esp. a horse."
 288  
 289  Racker (n.) One who racks.
 290  
 291  Racker (n.) A horse that has a racking gait.
 292  
 293  "Racket (n.) A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games."
 294  
 295  Racket (n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.
 296  
 297  Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
 298  
 299  "Racket (n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground."
 300  
 301  "Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket."
 302  
 303  "Racket (n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport."
 304  
 305  Racket (n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
 306  
 307  Racketed (imp. & p. p.) of Racket
 308  
 309  Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Racket
 310  
 311  Racket (v. i.) To make a confused noise or racket.
 312  
 313  Racket (v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
 314  
 315  Racket (v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.
 316  
 317  "Racketer (n.) One who makes, or engages in, a racket."
 318  
 319  "Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys."
 320  
 321  "Racket-tail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped."
 322  
 323  "Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers."
 324  
 325  Rackety (a.) Making a tumultuous noise.
 326  
 327  Racking (n.) Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
 328  
 329  "Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent."
 330  
 331  "Rack-rent (v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant."
 332  
 333  Rack-renter (n.) One who is subjected to paying rack-rent.
 334  
 335  Rack-renter (n.) One who exacts rack-rent.
 336  
 337  "Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock."
 338  
 339  "Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion."
 340  
 341  Racle (a.) See Rakel.
 342  
 343  Racleness (n.) See Rakelness.
 344  
 345  Raconteur (n.) A relater; a storyteller.
 346  
 347  Racoonda (n.) The coypu.
 348  
 349  Racovian (n.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
 350  
 351  Racquet (n.) See Racket.
 352  
 353  "Racy (superl.) Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich."
 354  
 355  Racy (superl.) Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
 356  
 357  "Rad () imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede."
 358  
 359  "Radde () imp. of Read, Rede."
 360  
 361  "Raddle (n.) A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence."
 362  
 363  Raddle (n.) A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
 364  
 365  "Raddle (n.) An instrument consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon the beam of the loom."
 366  
 367  Raddle (v. t.) To interweave or twist together.
 368  
 369  "Raddle (n.) A red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle."
 370  
 371  "Raddle (v. t.) To mark or paint with, or as with, raddle."
 372  
 373  Raddock (n.) The ruddock.
 374  
 375  Rade (n.) A raid.
 376  
 377  Radeau (n.) A float; a raft.
 378  
 379  "Radial (a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery."
 380  
 381  Radialia (pl. ) of Radiale
 382  
 383  Radiale (n.) The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
 384  
 385  Radiale (n.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.
 386  
 387  Radially (adv.) In a radial manner.
 388  
 389  "Radian (n.) An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc."
 390  
 391  Radiance (n.) Alt. of Radiancy
 392  
 393  "Radiancy (n.) The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun."
 394  
 395  Radiant (a.) Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
 396  
 397  "Radiant (a.) Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun."
 398  
 399  "Radiant (a.) Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face."
 400  
 401  "Radiant (a.) Giving off rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant."
 402  
 403  "Radiant (a.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers."
 404  
 405  "Radiant (n.) The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly."
 406  
 407  "Radiant (n.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve."
 408  
 409  "Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate."
 410  
 411  Radiantly (adv.) In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.
 412  
 413  Radiary (n.) A radiate.
 414  
 415  "Radiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere."
 416  
 417  Radiated (imp. & p. p.) of Radiate
 418  
 419  Radiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Radiate
 420  
 421  Radiate (v. i.) To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
 422  
 423  "Radiate (v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat."
 424  
 425  "Radiate (v. t.) To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat."
 426  
 427  Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
 428  
 429  "Radiate (a.) Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal."
 430  
 431  "Radiate (a.) Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc."
 432  
 433  Radiate (a.) Belonging to the Radiata.
 434  
 435  Radiate (n.) One of the Radiata.
 436  
 437  "Radiated (a.) Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat."
 438  
 439  "Radiated (a.) Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of crystals."
 440  
 441  Radiated (a.) Belonging to the Radiata.
 442  
 443  Radiately (adv.) In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
 444  
 445  "Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant."
 446  
 447  "Radiatiform (a.) Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower."
 448  
 449  "Radiation (n.) The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness."
 450  
 451  "Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat."
 452  
 453  Radiative (a.) Capable of radiating; acting by radiation.
 454  
 455  "Radiator (n.) That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator."
 456  
 457  Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
 458  
 459  "Radical (a.) Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party."
 460  
 461  "Radical (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs."
 462  
 463  "Radical (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower."
 464  
 465  "Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form."
 466  
 467  "Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below."
 468  
 469  "Radical (n.) A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon."
 470  
 471  Radical (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
 472  
 473  "Radical (n.) One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative."
 474  
 475  "Radical (n.) A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom."
 476  
 477  "Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue."
 478  
 479  "Radical (n.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a."
 480  
 481  "Radical (a.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a."
 482  
 483  "Radicalism (n.) The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform."
 484  
 485  Radicality (n.) Germinal principle; source; origination.
 486  
 487  Radicality (n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
 488  
 489  "Radically (adv.) In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective."
 490  
 491  Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.
 492  
 493  Radicalness (n.) Quality or state of being radical.
 494  
 495  "Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy."
 496  
 497  Radicate (a.) Radicated.
 498  
 499  Radicate (v. i.) To take root; to become rooted.
 500  
 501  Radicated (imp. & p. p.) of Radicate
 502  
 503  Radicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Radicate
 504  
 505  Radicate (v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
 506  
 507  Radicated (a.) Rooted
 508  
 509  "Radicated (a.) Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root."
 510  
 511  Radicated (a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.
 512  
 513  "Radication (n.) The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits."
 514  
 515  Radication (n.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.
 516  
 517  Radicel (n.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
 518  
 519  Radiciflorous (a.) Rhizanthous.
 520  
 521  Radiciform (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.
 522  
 523  "Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle."
 524  
 525  Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.
 526  
 527  "Radicular (a.) Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a plant."
 528  
 529  Radicule (n.) A radicle.
 530  
 531  "Radiculose (a.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets."
 532  
 533  Radii (n.) pl. of Radius.
 534  
 535  "Radio- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal."
 536  
 537  Radio-flagellata (n. pl.) A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
 538  
 539  "Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays."
 540  
 541  "Radiolaria (n. pl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina."
 542  
 543  Radiolarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria.
 544  
 545  Radiolarian (n.) One of the Radiolaria.
 546  
 547  Radioli (n. pl.) The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.
 548  
 549  Radiolite (n.) A hippurite.
 550  
 551  Radiometer (n.) A forestaff.
 552  
 553  Radiometer (n.) An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy.
 554  
 555  "Radiomicrometer (n.) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature."
 556  
 557  Radiophone (n.) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.
 558  
 559  Radiophony (n.) The art or practice of using the radiophone.
 560  
 561  "Radious (a.) Consisting of rays, as light."
 562  
 563  Radious (a.) Radiating; radiant.
 564  
 565  "Radish (n.) The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant."
 566  
 567  Radii (pl. ) of Radius
 568  
 569  Radiuses (pl. ) of Radius
 570  
 571  Radius (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
 572  
 573  "Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla."
 574  
 575  "Radius (n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2."
 576  
 577  Radius (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.
 578  
 579  "Radius (n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates."
 580  
 581  Radius (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.
 582  
 583  "Radius vector () A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n."
 584  
 585  "Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite."
 586  
 587  Radices (pl. ) of Radix
 588  
 589  Radixes (pl. ) of Radix
 590  
 591  "Radix (n.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon."
 592  
 593  "Radix (n.) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration."
 594  
 595  "Radix (n.) A finite expression, from which a series is derived."
 596  
 597  Radix (n.) The root of a plant.
 598  
 599  Radulae (pl. ) of Radula
 600  
 601  "Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore."
 602  
 603  "Raduliform (a.) Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth."
 604  
 605  Raffed (imp. & p. p.) of Raff
 606  
 607  Raffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raff
 608  
 609  "Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep."
 610  
 611  Raff (n.) A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
 612  
 613  "Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff."
 614  
 615  Raff (n.) A low fellow; a churl.
 616  
 617  Raffaelesque (a.) Raphaelesque.
 618  
 619  "Raffia (n.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia."
 620  
 621  Raffinose (n.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
 622  
 623  "Raffish (a.) Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low."
 624  
 625  "Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor."
 626  
 627  Raffle (v.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
 628  
 629  Raffled (imp. & p. p.) of Raffle
 630  
 631  Raffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raffle
 632  
 633  "Raffle (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch."
 634  
 635  "Raffle (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse."
 636  
 637  Raffler (n.) One who raffles.
 638  
 639  "Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet."
 640  
 641  Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.
 642  
 643  "Raft (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float."
 644  
 645  "Raft (n.) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation."
 646  
 647  Raft (n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
 648  
 649  Rafted (imp. & p. p.) of Raft
 650  
 651  Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raft
 652  
 653  "Raft (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber."
 654  
 655  Rafte () imp. of Reave.
 656  
 657  Rafter (n.) A raftsman.
 658  
 659  "Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post."
 660  
 661  "Rafter (v. t.) To make into rafters, as timber."
 662  
 663  "Rafter (v. t.) To furnish with rafters, as a house."
 664  
 665  Rafter (v. t.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
 666  
 667  Rafting (n.) The business of making or managing rafts.
 668  
 669  Raftsmen (pl. ) of Raftsman
 670  
 671  Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.
 672  
 673  Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
 674  
 675  Rag (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
 676  
 677  Rag (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
 678  
 679  "Rag (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress."
 680  
 681  "Rag (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin."
 682  
 683  "Rag (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture."
 684  
 685  Rag (n.) A ragged edge.
 686  
 687  "Rag (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas."
 688  
 689  Ragged (imp. & p. p.) of Rag
 690  
 691  Ragging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rag
 692  
 693  Rag (v. i.) To become tattered.
 694  
 695  Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
 696  
 697  "Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone."
 698  
 699  Ragabash (n.) Alt. of Ragabrash
 700  
 701  "Ragabrash (n.) An idle, ragged person."
 702  
 703  Ragamuffin (n.) A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
 704  
 705  Ragamuffin (n.) A person who wears ragged clothing.
 706  
 707  Ragamuffin (n.) The long-tailed titmouse.
 708  
 709  "Rage (n.) Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will."
 710  
 711  "Rage (n.) Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury."
 712  
 713  Rage (n.) A violent or raging wind.
 714  
 715  "Rage (n.) The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage."
 716  
 717  Raged (imp. & p. p.) of Rage
 718  
 719  Raging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rage
 720  
 721  Rage (n.) To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
 722  
 723  "Rage (n.) To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or winds."
 724  
 725  "Rage (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in Cairo."
 726  
 727  Rage (n.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport.
 728  
 729  Rage (v. t.) To enrage.
 730  
 731  Rageful (a.) Full of rage; expressing rage.
 732  
 733  Ragery (n.) Wantonness.
 734  
 735  "Ragged (n.) Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail."
 736  
 737  "Ragged (n.) Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks."
 738  
 739  "Ragged (n.) Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant."
 740  
 741  "Ragged (n.) Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow."
 742  
 743  Ragged (n.) Rough; shaggy; rugged.
 744  
 745  Raggie (a.) Alt. of Raggy
 746  
 747  Raggy (a.) Ragged; rough.
 748  
 749  Raghuvansa (n.) A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
 750  
 751  "Raging () a. & n. from Rage, v. i."
 752  
 753  Ragious (a.) Raging; furious; rageful.
 754  
 755  "Raglan (n.) A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general."
 756  
 757  Ragmen (pl. ) of Ragman
 758  
 759  "Ragman (n.) A man who collects, or deals in, rags."
 760  
 761  "Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull."
 762  
 763  "Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296."
 764  
 765  "Ragout (n.) A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton."
 766  
 767  Ragpicker (n.) One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
 768  
 769  Raguled (a.) Alt. of Ragguled
 770  
 771  "Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge."
 772  
 773  Ragweed (n.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
 774  
 775  "Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones."
 776  
 777  Ragwort (n.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
 778  
 779  Raia (n.) A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
 780  
 781  "Raiae (n. pl.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii."
 782  
 783  Raid (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
 784  
 785  "Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury."
 786  
 787  Raided (imp. & p. p.) of Raid
 788  
 789  Raiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raid
 790  
 791  "Raid (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties."
 792  
 793  Raider (n.) One who engages in a raid.
 794  
 795  Rail (n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
 796  
 797  Rail (v. i.) To flow forth; to roll out; to course.
 798  
 799  "Rail (n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc."
 800  
 801  Rail (n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.
 802  
 803  "Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc."
 804  
 805  "Rail (n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks."
 806  
 807  "Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed."
 808  
 809  Railed (imp. & p. p.) of Rail
 810  
 811  Railing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rail
 812  
 813  Rail (v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing.
 814  
 815  Rail (v. t.) To range in a line.
 816  
 817  "Rail (v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds."
 818  
 819  "Rail (v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on."
 820  
 821  Rail (v. t.) To rail at.
 822  
 823  Rail (v. t.) To move or influence by railing.
 824  
 825  "Railer (n.) One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language."
 826  
 827  Railing (a.) Expressing reproach; insulting.
 828  
 829  Railing (n.) A barrier made of a rail or of rails.
 830  
 831  "Railing (n.) Rails in general; also, material for making rails."
 832  
 833  Railingly (adv.) With scoffing or insulting language.
 834  
 835  Raillery (n.) Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
 836  
 837  Railleur (n.) A banterer; a jester; a mocker.
 838  
 839  Railroad (n.) Alt. of Railway
 840  
 841  "Railway (n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure."
 842  
 843  "Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver."
 844  
 845  Railroading (n.) The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
 846  
 847  "Raiment (n.) Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense."
 848  
 849  Raiment (n.) An article of dress.
 850  
 851  Rain (n. & v.) Reign.
 852  
 853  Rain (n.) Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
 854  
 855  Rained (imp. & p. p.) of Rain
 856  
 857  Raining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rain
 858  
 859  "Rain (n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it rains."
 860  
 861  "Rain (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes."
 862  
 863  "Rain (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds."
 864  
 865  "Rain (v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person."
 866  
 867  "Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain."
 868  
 869  Rainbowed (a.) Formed with or like a rainbow.
 870  
 871  Raindeer (n.) See Reindeer.
 872  
 873  Raindrop (n.) A drop of rain.
 874  
 875  "Rainfall (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region."
 876  
 877  Raininess (n.) The state of being rainy.
 878  
 879  "Rainless (a.) Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region."
 880  
 881  "Rain-tight (a.) So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof."
 882  
 883  "Rainy (a.) Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season."
 884  
 885  "Raip (n.) A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod."
 886  
 887  Rais (n.) Same as 2d Reis.
 888  
 889  Raisable (a.) Capable of being raised.
 890  
 891  Raised (imp. & p. p.) of Raise
 892  
 893  Raising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raise
 894  
 895  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight."
 896  
 897  "Raise (v. t.) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like."
 898  
 899  "Raise (v. t.) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace."
 900  
 901  "Raise (v. t.) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room."
 902  
 903  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff."
 904  
 905  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse."
 906  
 907  "Raise (v. t.) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite."
 908  
 909  "Raise (v. t.) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to."
 910  
 911  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like."
 912  
 913  "Raise (v. t.) To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones."
 914  
 915  "Raise (v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like."
 916  
 917  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle."
 918  
 919  "Raise (v. t.) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up."
 920  
 921  "Raise (v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush."
 922  
 923  Raise (v. t.) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
 924  
 925  "Raise (v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection."
 926  
 927  "Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread."
 928  
 929  "Raise (v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light."
 930  
 931  "Raise (v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets."
 932  
 933  "Raise (v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it."
 934  
 935  "Raised (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work."
 936  
 937  "Raised (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4."
 938  
 939  "Raiser (n.) One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb)."
 940  
 941  "Raisin (n.) A grape, or a bunch of grapes."
 942  
 943  Raisin (n.) A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
 944  
 945  "Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life."
 946  
 947  "Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising."
 948  
 949  "Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning."
 950  
 951  "Raisonne (a.) Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne. See under Catalogue."
 952  
 953  Raivel (n.) A separator.
 954  
 955  Raj (n.) Reign; rule.
 956  
 957  Raja (n.) Same as Rajah.
 958  
 959  "Rajah (a.) A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts."
 960  
 961  Rajahship (n.) The office or dignity of a rajah.
 962  
 963  Rajpoot (n.) Alt. of Rajput
 964  
 965  "Rajput (n.) A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India."
 966  
 967  "Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth."
 968  
 969  "Rake (n.) A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake."
 970  
 971  "Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein."
 972  
 973  Raked (imp. & p. p.) of Rake
 974  
 975  Raking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rake
 976  
 977  "Rake (v. t.) To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen leaves."
 978  
 979  "Rake (v. t.) To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town."
 980  
 981  "Rake (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a flower bed."
 982  
 983  Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
 984  
 985  "Rake (v. t.) To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does."
 986  
 987  "Rake (v. t.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the deck."
 988  
 989  "Rake (v. i.) To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely."
 990  
 991  Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
 992  
 993  "Rake (n.) The inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc."
 994  
 995  "Rake (n.) the inclination of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel."
 996  
 997  "Rake (v. i.) To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft."
 998  
 999  "Rake (n.) A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a roue."
1000  
1001  Rake (v. i.) To walk about; to gad or ramble idly.
1002  
1003  "Rake (v. i.) To act the rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life."
1004  
1005  "Rakehell (n.) A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake."
1006  
1007  Rakehell (a.) Alt. of Rakehelly
1008  
1009  Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.
1010  
1011  Rakel (a.) Hasty; reckless; rash.
1012  
1013  "Raker (n.) One who, or that which, rakes"
1014  
1015  Raker (n.) A person who uses a rake.
1016  
1017  Raker (n.) A machine for raking grain or hay by horse or other power.
1018  
1019  Raker (n.) A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.
1020  
1021  "Raker (n.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill."
1022  
1023  Rakery (n.) Debauchery; lewdness.
1024  
1025  "Rakeshame (n.) A vile, dissolute wretch."
1026  
1027  Rakestale (n.) The handle of a rake.
1028  
1029  "Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a mineral vein."
1030  
1031  Raking (n.) The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
1032  
1033  "Raking (n.) A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake."
1034  
1035  Rakish (a.) Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
1036  
1037  Rakish (a.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.
1038  
1039  Rakishly (adv.) In a rakish manner.
1040  
1041  Rakishness (n.) The quality or state of being rakish.
1042  
1043  "Raku ware () A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color."
1044  
1045  "Rale (n.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus."
1046  
1047  Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
1048  
1049  Ralliance (n.) The act of rallying.
1050  
1051  Rallier (n.) One who rallies.
1052  
1053  Ralline (a.) Pertaining to the rails.
1054  
1055  Rallied (imp. & p. p.) of Rally
1056  
1057  Rallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rally
1058  
1059  "Rally (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite."
1060  
1061  "Rally (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite."
1062  
1063  Rally (v. i.) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
1064  
1065  "Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc."
1066  
1067  Rallies (pl. ) of Rally
1068  
1069  Rally (n.) The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
1070  
1071  Rally (n.) A political mass meeting.
1072  
1073  "Rally (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire."
1074  
1075  "Rally (v. i.) To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment."
1076  
1077  Rally (n.) Good-humored raillery.
1078  
1079  Ralph (n.) A name sometimes given to the raven.
1080  
1081  Ralstonite (n.) A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
1082  
1083  Ram (n.) The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
1084  
1085  "Ram (n.) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March."
1086  
1087  "Ram (n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name."
1088  
1089  Ram (n.) An engine of war used for butting or battering.
1090  
1091  "Ram (n.) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram."
1092  
1093  "Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak."
1094  
1095  Ram (n.) A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
1096  
1097  "Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like."
1098  
1099  Ram (n.) The plunger of a hydraulic press.
1100  
1101  Rammed (imp. & p. p.) of Ram
1102  
1103  Ramming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ram
1104  
1105  "Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc."
1106  
1107  Ram (v. t.) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
1108  
1109  Ramadan (n.) The ninth Mohammedan month.
1110  
1111  "Ramadan (n.) The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month."
1112  
1113  Ramage (n.) Boughs or branches.
1114  
1115  Ramage (n.) Warbling of birds in trees.
1116  
1117  Ramage (a.) Wild; untamed.
1118  
1119  Ramagious (a.) Wild; not tame.
1120  
1121  "Ramal (a.) Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal."
1122  
1123  Ramayana (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
1124  
1125  "Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley."
1126  
1127  Rambled (imp. & p. p.) of Ramble
1128  
1129  Rambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramble
1130  
1131  "Ramble (v. i.) To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world."
1132  
1133  "Ramble (v. i.) To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way."
1134  
1135  Ramble (v. i.) To extend or grow at random.
1136  
1137  Ramble (n.) A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.
1138  
1139  Ramble (n.) A bed of shale over the seam.
1140  
1141  Rambler (n.) One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
1142  
1143  "Rambling (a.) Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building."
1144  
1145  Ramblingly (adv.) In a rambling manner.
1146  
1147  "Rambooze (n.) A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc."
1148  
1149  "Rambutan (n.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan."
1150  
1151  Rameal (a.) Same as Ramal.
1152  
1153  Ramean (n.) A Ramist.
1154  
1155  "Ramed (a.) Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks."
1156  
1157  Ramee (n.) See Ramie.
1158  
1159  Ramekin (n.) See Ramequin.
1160  
1161  Rament (n.) A scraping; a shaving.
1162  
1163  Rament (n.) Ramenta.
1164  
1165  "Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns."
1166  
1167  Ramentaceous (a.) Covered with ramenta.
1168  
1169  Rameous (a.) Ramal.
1170  
1171  "Ramequin (n.) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread."
1172  
1173  "Ramie (n.) The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass."
1174  
1175  "Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement."
1176  
1177  "Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve."
1178  
1179  "Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme."
1180  
1181  Ramification (n.) The production of branchlike figures.
1182  
1183  Ramiflorous (a.) Flowering on the branches.
1184  
1185  Ramiform (a.) Having the form of a branch.
1186  
1187  Ramified (imp. & p. p.) of Ramify
1188  
1189  Ramifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramify
1190  
1191  "Ramify (v. t.) To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme."
1192  
1193  "Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant."
1194  
1195  "Ramify (v. i.) To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject."
1196  
1197  Ramigerous (a.) Bearing branches; branched.
1198  
1199  Ramiparous (a.) Producing branches; ramigerous.
1200  
1201  "Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians."
1202  
1203  "Ramline (n.) A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel."
1204  
1205  Rammel (n.) Refuse matter.
1206  
1207  "Rammer (n.) One who, or that which, rams or drives."
1208  
1209  "Rammer (n.) An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity"
1210  
1211  Rammer (n.) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod
1212  
1213  Rammer (n.) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
1214  
1215  "Rammish (a.) Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious."
1216  
1217  Rammishness (n.) The quality of being rammish.
1218  
1219  Rammy (a.) Like a ram; rammish.
1220  
1221  Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.
1222  
1223  "Ramoon (n.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle."
1224  
1225  "Ramose (a.) Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy."
1226  
1227  Ramous (a.) Ramose.
1228  
1229  Ramped (imp. & p. p.) of Ramp
1230  
1231  Ramping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ramp
1232  
1233  "Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp."
1234  
1235  "Ramp (v. i.) To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence."
1236  
1237  "Ramp (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up."
1238  
1239  Ramp (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
1240  
1241  Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a robber.
1242  
1243  Ramp (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute.
1244  
1245  "Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase."
1246  
1247  "Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction."
1248  
1249  Ramp (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
1250  
1251  Rampacious (a.) High-spirited; rampageous.
1252  
1253  "Rampage (v.) Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage."
1254  
1255  "Rampage (v. i.) To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage."
1256  
1257  Rampageous (a.) Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.
1258  
1259  Rampallian (n.) A mean wretch.
1260  
1261  Rampancy (n.) The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.
1262  
1263  "Rampant (v.) Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious."
1264  
1265  Rampant (v.) Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.
1266  
1267  "Rampant (v.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left."
1268  
1269  Rampantly (adv.) In a rampant manner.
1270  
1271  Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
1272  
1273  "Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification."
1274  
1275  Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampart
1276  
1277  Ramparting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rampart
1278  
1279  "Rampart (v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts."
1280  
1281  Rampe (n.) The cuckoopint.
1282  
1283  Rampier (n.) See Rampart.
1284  
1285  "Rampion (n.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps."
1286  
1287  Rampire (n.) A rampart.
1288  
1289  Rampire (v. t.) To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire.
1290  
1291  Rampler (n.) A rambler.
1292  
1293  Rampler (a.) Roving; rambling.
1294  
1295  Ramrod (n.) The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
1296  
1297  Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
1298  
1299  Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
1300  
1301  "Ramson (n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram."
1302  
1303  Ramsted (n.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.
1304  
1305  "Ramulose (a.) Having many small branches, or ramuli."
1306  
1307  Ramulous (a.) Ramulose.
1308  
1309  Ramuli (pl. ) of Ramulus
1310  
1311  "Ramulus (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms."
1312  
1313  Rami (pl. ) of Ramus
1314  
1315  Ramus (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
1316  
1317  "Ramuscule (n.) A small ramus, or branch."
1318  
1319  Ran () imp. of Run.
1320  
1321  Ran (n.) Open robbery.
1322  
1323  Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
1324  
1325  "Rana (n.) A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs."
1326  
1327  Ranal (a.) Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.
1328  
1329  Rance (n.) A prop or shore.
1330  
1331  Rance (n.) A round between the legs of a chair.
1332  
1333  Rancescent (a.) Becoming rancid or sour.
1334  
1335  Ranch (v. t.) To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
1336  
1337  "Ranch (n.) A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2."
1338  
1339  Rancheros (pl. ) of Ranchero
1340  
1341  Ranchero (n.) A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
1342  
1343  Ranchero (n.) The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.
1344  
1345  Ranchmen (pl. ) of Ranchman
1346  
1347  "Ranchman (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman."
1348  
1349  Ranchos (pl. ) of Rancho
1350  
1351  "Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night."
1352  
1353  "Rancho (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation."
1354  
1355  "Rancid (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter."
1356  
1357  "Rancidity (n.) The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil."
1358  
1359  Rancidly (adv.) In a rancid manner.
1360  
1361  Rancidness (n.) The quality of being rancid.
1362  
1363  Rancor (n.) The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
1364  
1365  "Rancorous (a.) Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent."
1366  
1367  Rancorously (adv.) In a rancorous manner.
1368  
1369  Rand (n.) A border; edge; margin.
1370  
1371  "Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak."
1372  
1373  "Rand (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel."
1374  
1375  Rand (v. i.) To rant; to storm.
1376  
1377  Randall grass () The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
1378  
1379  Randan (n.) The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
1380  
1381  "Randan (n.) A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two."
1382  
1383  Randing (n.) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.
1384  
1385  Randing (n.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.
1386  
1387  Random (n.) Force; violence.
1388  
1389  "Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard."
1390  
1391  "Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball."
1392  
1393  Random (n.) The direction of a rake-vein.
1394  
1395  "Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess."
1396  
1397  Randomly (adv.) In a random manner.
1398  
1399  Randon (n.) Random.
1400  
1401  Randon (v. i.) To go or stray at random.
1402  
1403  Ranedeer (n.) See Reindeer.
1404  
1405  Ranee (n.) Same as Rani.
1406  
1407  Ranforce (n.) See Re/nforce.
1408  
1409  "Rang () imp. of Ring, v. t. & i."
1410  
1411  Ranged (imp. & p. p.) of Range
1412  
1413  Ranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Range
1414  
1415  "Range (n.) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line."
1416  
1417  "Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc."
1418  
1419  Range (n.) To separate into parts; to sift.
1420  
1421  "Range (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species."
1422  
1423  "Range (n.) To rove over or through; as, to range the fields."
1424  
1425  "Range (n.) To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast."
1426  
1427  "Range (n.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent."
1428  
1429  Range (v. i.) To rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
1430  
1431  "Range (v. i.) To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three miles; the shot ranged four miles."
1432  
1433  Range (v. i.) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
1434  
1435  "Range (v. i.) To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges with the street; to range along the coast."
1436  
1437  "Range (v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."
1438  
1439  "Range (v.) A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains."
1440  
1441  Range (v.) An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
1442  
1443  Range (v.) The step of a ladder; a rung.
1444  
1445  Range (v.) A kitchen grate.
1446  
1447  "Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove."
1448  
1449  Range (v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.
1450  
1451  Range (v.) A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
1452  
1453  "Range (v.) That which may be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture."
1454  
1455  "Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority."
1456  
1457  Range (v.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
1458  
1459  Range (v.) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
1460  
1461  "Range (v.) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile."
1462  
1463  "Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced."
1464  
1465  "Range (v.) In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart."
1466  
1467  "Range (v.) See Range of cable, below."
1468  
1469  Rangement (n.) Arrangement.
1470  
1471  "Ranger (n.) One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber."
1472  
1473  "Ranger (n.) That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve."
1474  
1475  Ranger (n.) A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
1476  
1477  "Ranger (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot."
1478  
1479  "Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc."
1480  
1481  Rangership (n.) The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
1482  
1483  Rangle (v. i.) To range about in an irregular manner.
1484  
1485  Rani (n.) A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.
1486  
1487  Ranine (a.) Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.
1488  
1489  "Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein."
1490  
1491  "Rank (superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds."
1492  
1493  "Rank (superl.) Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy."
1494  
1495  "Rank (superl.) Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land."
1496  
1497  "Rank (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue."
1498  
1499  Rank (superl.) Strong to the taste.
1500  
1501  Rank (superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
1502  
1503  Rank (adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently.
1504  
1505  "Rank (n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers."
1506  
1507  "Rank (n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a)."
1508  
1509  "Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral."
1510  
1511  "Rank (n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings."
1512  
1513  "Rank (n. & v.) Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank."
1514  
1515  "Rank (n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank."
1516  
1517  Ranked (imp. & p. p.) of Rank
1518  
1519  Ranking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rank
1520  
1521  "Rank (v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line."
1522  
1523  "Rank (v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify."
1524  
1525  Rank (v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank.
1526  
1527  "Rank (v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division."
1528  
1529  "Rank (v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation."
1530  
1531  "Ranker (n.) One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges."
1532  
1533  Rankled (imp. & p. p.) of Rankle
1534  
1535  Rankling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rankle
1536  
1537  "Rankle (a.) To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively."
1538  
1539  "Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom."
1540  
1541  Rankle (v. t.) To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.
1542  
1543  "Rankly (adv.) With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow rankly."
1544  
1545  Rankness (n.) The condition or quality of being rank.
1546  
1547  Rannel (n.) A prostitute.
1548  
1549  Ranny (n.) The erd shrew.
1550  
1551  Ransacked (imp. & p. p.) of Ransack
1552  
1553  Ransacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransack
1554  
1555  "Ransack (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house."
1556  
1557  Ransack (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage completely.
1558  
1559  Ransack (v. t.) To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
1560  
1561  Ransack (v. i.) To make a thorough search.
1562  
1563  "Ransack (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage."
1564  
1565  "Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom."
1566  
1567  "Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit."
1568  
1569  "Ransom (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment."
1570  
1571  Ransomed (imp. & p. p.) of Ransom
1572  
1573  Ransoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ransom
1574  
1575  "Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy."
1576  
1577  "Ransom (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on."
1578  
1579  Ransomable (a.) Such as can be ransomed.
1580  
1581  Ransomer (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.
1582  
1583  Ransomless (a.) Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.
1584  
1585  Ranted (imp. & p. p.) of Rant
1586  
1587  Ranting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rant
1588  
1589  "Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher."
1590  
1591  "Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics."
1592  
1593  Ranter (n.) A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
1594  
1595  Ranter (n.) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker.
1596  
1597  "Ranter (n.) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt."
1598  
1599  Ranterism (n.) The practice or tenets of the Ranters.
1600  
1601  Rantingly (adv.) In a ranting manner.
1602  
1603  "Rantipole (n.) A wild, romping young person."
1604  
1605  Rantipole (a.) Wild; roving; rakish.
1606  
1607  Rantipole (v. i.) To act like a rantipole.
1608  
1609  Rantism (n.) Ranterism.
1610  
1611  Ranty (a.) Wild; noisy; boisterous.
1612  
1613  Ranula (n.) A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
1614  
1615  "Ranunculaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony."
1616  
1617  Ranunculuses (pl. ) of Ranunculus
1618  
1619  Ranunculi (pl. ) of Ranunculus
1620  
1621  "Ranunculus (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors."
1622  
1623  "Ranz des vaches () The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung."
1624  
1625  Rap (n.) A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
1626  
1627  Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of Rap
1628  
1629  Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rap
1630  
1631  "Rap (v. i.) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door."
1632  
1633  Rap (v. t.) To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
1634  
1635  "Rap (v. t.) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal."
1636  
1637  "Rap (n.) A quick, smart blow; a knock."
1638  
1639  Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of Rap
1640  
1641  Rapt () of Rap
1642  
1643  Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rap
1644  
1645  Rap (v.) To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
1646  
1647  Rap (v.) To hasten.
1648  
1649  "Rap (v.) To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration."
1650  
1651  Rap (v.) To exchange; to truck.
1652  
1653  Rap (n.) A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
1654  
1655  Rapaces (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres.
1656  
1657  Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
1658  
1659  "Rapacious (a.) Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird."
1660  
1661  "Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite."
1662  
1663  "Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves."
1664  
1665  Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
1666  
1667  Raparee (n.) See Rapparee.
1668  
1669  "Rape (n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster."
1670  
1671  Rape (n.) The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.
1672  
1673  "Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc."
1674  
1675  Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
1676  
1677  "Rape (n.) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n."
1678  
1679  Rape (n.) That which is snatched away.
1680  
1681  "Rape (n.) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry."
1682  
1683  Rape (v. t.) To commit rape upon; to ravish.
1684  
1685  Rape (v. i.) To rob; to pillage.
1686  
1687  "Rape (n.) One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire."
1688  
1689  "Rape (n.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds."
1690  
1691  Rapeful (a.) Violent.
1692  
1693  Rapeful (a.) Given to the commission of rape.
1694  
1695  Rapfully (adv.) Violently.
1696  
1697  Raphaelesque (a.) Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
1698  
1699  "Raphaelism (n.) The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter."
1700  
1701  Raphaelite (n.) One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.
1702  
1703  "Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism."
1704  
1705  "Raphe (n.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue."
1706  
1707  Raphe (n.) Same as Rhaphe.
1708  
1709  Raphides (n. pl.) See Rhaphides.
1710  
1711  "Rapid (a.) Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion."
1712  
1713  "Rapid (a.) Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession."
1714  
1715  "Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman."
1716  
1717  "Rapid (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence."
1718  
1719  "Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement."
1720  
1721  Rapidly (adv.) In a rapid manner.
1722  
1723  Rapidness (n.) Quality of being rapid; rapidity.
1724  
1725  "Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting."
1726  
1727  Rapiered (a.) Wearing a rapier.
1728  
1729  Rapilli (n. pl.) Lapilli.
1730  
1731  Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
1732  
1733  Rapine (n.) Ravishment; rape.
1734  
1735  Rapine (v. t.) To plunder.
1736  
1737  Rapinous (a.) Given to rapine.
1738  
1739  Rappage (n.) The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern.
1740  
1741  "Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary."
1742  
1743  "Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike."
1744  
1745  "Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away."
1746  
1747  Rappee (v.) A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.
1748  
1749  Rappel (n.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
1750  
1751  "Rapper (n.) One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door."
1752  
1753  Rapper (n.) A forcible oath or lie.
1754  
1755  Rapport (n.) Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
1756  
1757  Rapscallion (n.) A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.
1758  
1759  "Rapt () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away."
1760  
1761  Rapt (a.) Snatched away; hurried away or along.
1762  
1763  "Rapt (a.) Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured."
1764  
1765  "Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation."
1766  
1767  Rapt (a.) An ecstasy; a trance.
1768  
1769  Rapt (a.) Rapidity.
1770  
1771  Rapt (v. t.) To transport or ravish.
1772  
1773  Rapt (v. t.) To carry away by force.
1774  
1775  Rapter (n.) A raptor.
1776  
1777  Raptor (n.) A ravisher; a plunderer.
1778  
1779  Raptores (n. pl.) Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
1780  
1781  Raptorial (a.) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
1782  
1783  "Raptorial (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals."
1784  
1785  Raptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.
1786  
1787  Raptorious (a.) Raptorial.
1788  
1789  Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
1790  
1791  "Rapture (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy."
1792  
1793  Rapture (n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
1794  
1795  Raptured (imp. & p. p.) of Rapture
1796  
1797  Rapturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rapture
1798  
1799  Rapture (v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.
1800  
1801  Rapturist (n.) An enthusiast.
1802  
1803  "Rapturize (v. t. & i.) To put, or be put, in a state of rapture."
1804  
1805  "Rapturous (a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause."
1806  
1807  Rapturously (adv.) In a rapturous manner.
1808  
1809  Rare (a.) Early.
1810  
1811  "Rare (superl.) Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton."
1812  
1813  "Rare (superl.) Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event."
1814  
1815  Rare (superl.) Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
1816  
1817  Rare (superl.) Thinly scattered; dispersed.
1818  
1819  "Rare (superl.) Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations."
1820  
1821  "Rarebit (n.) A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit."
1822  
1823  Raree-show (n.) A show carried about in a box; a peep show.
1824  
1825  "Rarefaction (n.) The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air."
1826  
1827  Rarefiable (a.) Capable of being rarefied.
1828  
1829  Rarefied (imp. & p. p.) of Rarefy
1830  
1831  Rarefying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rarefy
1832  
1833  "Rarefy (v. t.) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense."
1834  
1835  Rarefy (v. i.) To become less dense; to become thin and porous.
1836  
1837  "Rarely (adv.) In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen."
1838  
1839  "Rarely (adv.) Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2."
1840  
1841  Rareness (n.) The state or quality of being rare.
1842  
1843  "Rareripe (a.) Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season."
1844  
1845  "Rareripe (n.) An early ripening fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach."
1846  
1847  Rarification (n.) See Rarefaction.
1848  
1849  Rarities (pl. ) of Rarity
1850  
1851  "Rarity (n.) The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases."
1852  
1853  Rarity (n.) That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.
1854  
1855  Ras (n.) See 2d Reis.
1856  
1857  "Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them."
1858  
1859  "Rascal (v.) One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer."
1860  
1861  "Rascal (v.) A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster."
1862  
1863  Rascal (a.) Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.
1864  
1865  "Rascaldom (n.) State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively."
1866  
1867  Rascaless (n.) A female rascal.
1868  
1869  Rascalities (pl. ) of Rascality
1870  
1871  "Rascality (n.) The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud."
1872  
1873  Rascality (n.) The poorer and lower classes of people.
1874  
1875  "Rascallion (n.) A low, mean wretch."
1876  
1877  "Rascally (a.) Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty."
1878  
1879  Rased (imp. & p. p.) of Rase
1880  
1881  Rasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rase
1882  
1883  Rase (v. t.) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
1884  
1885  Rase (v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
1886  
1887  Rase (v. t.) To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
1888  
1889  Rase (v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
1890  
1891  "Rase (n.) A scratching out, or erasure."
1892  
1893  Rase (n.) A slight wound; a scratch.
1894  
1895  "Rase (n.) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it."
1896  
1897  Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
1898  
1899  Rash (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
1900  
1901  "Rash (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation."
1902  
1903  "Rash (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted."
1904  
1905  Rash (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
1906  
1907  Rash (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
1908  
1909  "Rash (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander."
1910  
1911  "Rash (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures."
1912  
1913  "Rash (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn."
1914  
1915  Rash (v. t.) To prepare with haste.
1916  
1917  Rasher (n.) A thin slice of bacon.
1918  
1919  Rasher (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
1920  
1921  Rashful (a.) Rash; hasty; precipitate.
1922  
1923  Rashling (n.) A rash person.
1924  
1925  Rashly (adv.) In a rash manner; with precipitation.
1926  
1927  Rashness (n.) The quality or state of being rash.
1928  
1929  Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
1930  
1931  Rasores (v. t.) An order of birds; the Gallinae.
1932  
1933  "Rasorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like."
1934  
1935  Rasour (n.) Razor.
1936  
1937  Rasped (imp. & p. p.) of Rasp
1938  
1939  Rasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rasp
1940  
1941  "Rasp (v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder."
1942  
1943  "Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper."
1944  
1945  "Rasp (v.) A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file."
1946  
1947  Rasp (v.) The raspberry.
1948  
1949  Raspatorium (n.) See Raspatory.
1950  
1951  Raspatory (v.) A surgeon's rasp.
1952  
1953  "Raspberry (n.) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry."
1954  
1955  Raspberry (n.) The shrub bearing this fruit.
1956  
1957  "Rasper (n.) One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper."
1958  
1959  Raspis (n.) The raspberry.
1960  
1961  "Raspy (a.) Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating."
1962  
1963  "Rasse (n.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet."
1964  
1965  "Rasure (v.) The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration."
1966  
1967  "Rasure (v.) A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure."
1968  
1969  "Rat (n.) One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World."
1970  
1971  "Rat (n.) A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair."
1972  
1973  "Rat (n.) One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union."
1974  
1975  Ratted (imp. & p. p.) of Rat
1976  
1977  Ratting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rat
1978  
1979  "Rat (v. i.) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union."
1980  
1981  Rat (v. i.) To catch or kill rats.
1982  
1983  "Rata (n.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs."
1984  
1985  Ratability (n.) The quality or state of being ratable.
1986  
1987  "Ratable (a.) Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value."
1988  
1989  "Ratable (a.) Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate."
1990  
1991  "Ratable (a.) Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments."
1992  
1993  "Ratafia (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc."
1994  
1995  Ratan (n.) See Rattan.
1996  
1997  Ratany (n.) Same as Rhatany.
1998  
1999  "Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse."
2000  
2001  Ratch (n.) Same as Rotche.
2002  
2003  "Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works."
2004  
2005  Ratchel (n.) Gravelly stone.
2006  
2007  "Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc."
2008  
2009  "Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch."
2010  
2011  Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
2012  
2013  Rate (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
2014  
2015  "Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum."
2016  
2017  "Rate (n.) Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation."
2018  
2019  "Rate (n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates."
2020  
2021  Rate (n.) Order; arrangement.
2022  
2023  Rate (n.) Ratification; approval.
2024  
2025  "Rate (n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc."
2026  
2027  "Rate (n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc."
2028  
2029  "Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc."
2030  
2031  Rated (imp. & p. p.) of Rate
2032  
2033  Rating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rate
2034  
2035  Rate (v. t.) To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
2036  
2037  Rate (v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
2038  
2039  "Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension."
2040  
2041  Rate (v. t.) To ratify.
2042  
2043  "Rate (v. i.) To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line."
2044  
2045  Rate (v. i.) To make an estimate.
2046  
2047  Rateable (a.) See Ratable.
2048  
2049  "Ratel (n.) Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger."
2050  
2051  Ratepayer (n.) One who pays rates or taxes.
2052  
2053  Rater (n.) One who rates or estimates.
2054  
2055  Rater (n.) One who rates or scolds.
2056  
2057  Ratfish (n.) Same as Rat-tail.
2058  
2059  Rath (n.) A hill or mound.
2060  
2061  Rath (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
2062  
2063  Rath (a.) Alt. of Rathe
2064  
2065  "Rathe (a.) Coming before others, or before the usual time; early."
2066  
2067  Rath (adv.) Alt. of Rathe
2068  
2069  Rathe (adv.) Early; soon; betimes.
2070  
2071  Rather (a.) Prior; earlier; former.
2072  
2073  Rather (a.) Earlier; sooner; before.
2074  
2075  Rather (a.) More readily or willingly; preferably.
2076  
2077  Rather (a.) On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
2078  
2079  "Rather (a.) Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat."
2080  
2081  Rather (a.) More properly; more correctly speaking.
2082  
2083  "Rather (a.) In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp."
2084  
2085  "Rathripe (a.) Rareripe, or early ripe."
2086  
2087  Rathripe (n.) A rareripe.
2088  
2089  "Ratification (n.) The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty."
2090  
2091  "Ratifier (n.) One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer."
2092  
2093  Ratified (imp. & p. p.) of Ratify
2094  
2095  Ratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ratify
2096  
2097  "Ratify (n.) To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination."
2098  
2099  "Ratihabition (n.) Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract."
2100  
2101  "Ratio (n.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a."
2102  
2103  "Ratio (n.) Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress."
2104  
2105  "Ratiocinate (v. i.) To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument."
2106  
2107  "Ratiocination (n.) The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning."
2108  
2109  "Ratiocinative (a.) Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process."
2110  
2111  Ratiocinatory (a.) Ratiocinative.
2112  
2113  "Ration (n.) A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence."
2114  
2115  "Ration (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment."
2116  
2117  "Ration (v. t.) To supply with rations, as a regiment."
2118  
2119  Rational (a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
2120  
2121  "Rational (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning."
2122  
2123  "Rational (a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man."
2124  
2125  "Rational (a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula."
2126  
2127  Rational (n.) A rational being.
2128  
2129  "Rationale (a.) An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves."
2130  
2131  "Rationalism (n.) The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation."
2132  
2133  "Rationalism (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism."
2134  
2135  "Rationalist (n.) One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist."
2136  
2137  Rationalistic (a.) Alt. of Rationalistical
2138  
2139  "Rationalistical (a.) Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism."
2140  
2141  -ties (pl. ) of Rationality
2142  
2143  Rationality (n.) The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
2144  
2145  Rationalization (n.) The act or process of rationalizing.
2146  
2147  "Rationalize (v. t.) To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism."
2148  
2149  Rationalize (v. t.) To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
2150  
2151  Rationalize (v. t.) To form a rational conception of.
2152  
2153  Rationalize (v. t.) To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
2154  
2155  "Rationalize (v. i.) To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism."
2156  
2157  Rationally (adv.) In a rational manner.
2158  
2159  Rationalness (n.) The quality or state of being rational; rationality.
2160  
2161  "Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples."
2162  
2163  Ratitate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.
2164  
2165  Ratite (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.
2166  
2167  Ratite (n.) One of the Ratitae.
2168  
2169  Ratlines (n. pl.) Alt. of Ratlins
2170  
2171  Ratlins (n. pl.) The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
2172  
2173  Raton (n.) A small rat.
2174  
2175  "Ratoon (n.) Same as Rattoon, n."
2176  
2177  Ratoon (n.) A rattan cane.
2178  
2179  "Ratoon (v. i.) Same as Rattoon, v. i."
2180  
2181  Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison; white arsenic.
2182  
2183  Ratsbaned (a.) Poisoned by ratsbane.
2184  
2185  "Rat-tail (a.) Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File."
2186  
2187  Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
2188  
2189  Rat-tail (n.) The California chimaera. See Chimaera.
2190  
2191  "Rat-tail (n.) Any fish of the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2."
2192  
2193  "Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat."
2194  
2195  "Rattan (n.) One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes."
2196  
2197  Ratteen (n.) A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
2198  
2199  "Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike."
2200  
2201  "Ratter (n.) One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party."
2202  
2203  "Ratter (n.) Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier."
2204  
2205  Rattinet (n.) A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.
2206  
2207  "Ratting (n.) The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1."
2208  
2209  Ratting (v. i.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
2210  
2211  Rattled (imp. & p. p.) of Rattle
2212  
2213  Rattling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rattle
2214  
2215  "Rattle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter."
2216  
2217  "Rattle (v. i.) To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles."
2218  
2219  "Rattle (v. i.) To make a clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or away; as, she rattled on for an hour."
2220  
2221  "Rattle (v. t.) To cause to make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain."
2222  
2223  "Rattle (v. t.) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise."
2224  
2225  "Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game."
2226  
2227  Rattle (v. t.) To scold; to rail at.
2228  
2229  "Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum."
2230  
2231  "Rattle (n.) Noisy, rapid talk."
2232  
2233  "Rattle (n.) An instrument with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken."
2234  
2235  "Rattle (n.) A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer."
2236  
2237  Rattle (n.) A scolding; a sharp rebuke.
2238  
2239  Rattle (n.) Any organ of an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
2240  
2241  "Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le."
2242  
2243  Rattlebox (n.) A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
2244  
2245  "Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod."
2246  
2247  "Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods."
2248  
2249  Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy; rattle-headed.
2250  
2251  "Rattlehead (n.) An empty, noisy talker."
2252  
2253  Rattle-headed (a.) Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
2254  
2255  Rattlemouse (n.) A bat.
2256  
2257  Rattlepate (n.) A rattlehead.
2258  
2259  Rattle-pated (a.) Rattle-headed.
2260  
2261  "Rattler (n.) One who, or that which, rattles."
2262  
2263  "Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang."
2264  
2265  Rattletrap (n.) Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.
2266  
2267  Rattleweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
2268  
2269  Rattlewings (n.) The golden-eye.
2270  
2271  Rattlewort (n.) Same as Rattlebox.
2272  
2273  Rattlings (n. pl.) Ratlines.
2274  
2275  "Rattoon (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane."
2276  
2277  Rattooned (imp. & p. p.) of Rattoon
2278  
2279  Rattooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rattoon
2280  
2281  "Rattoon (v. i.) To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's planting."
2282  
2283  Raucid (a.) Hoarse; raucous.
2284  
2285  "Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice."
2286  
2287  "Raucous (a.) Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone."
2288  
2289  Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reach.
2290  
2291  Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reck.
2292  
2293  Raunch (v. t.) See Ranch.
2294  
2295  Raunsoun (n.) Ransom.
2296  
2297  "Ravage (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time."
2298  
2299  Ravaged (imp. & p. p.) of Ravage
2300  
2301  Ravaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravage
2302  
2303  Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
2304  
2305  "Ravager (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler."
2306  
2307  Rave () imp. of Rive.
2308  
2309  Rave (n.) One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
2310  
2311  Raved (imp. & p. p.) of Rave
2312  
2313  Raving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave
2314  
2315  "Rave (v. i.) To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman."
2316  
2317  Rave (v. i.) To rush wildly or furiously.
2318  
2319  "Rave (v. i.) To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty."
2320  
2321  "Rave (v. t.) To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense."
2322  
2323  "Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum."
2324  
2325  Raveled (imp. & p. p.) of Ravel
2326  
2327  Ravelled () of Ravel
2328  
2329  Raveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravel
2330  
2331  Ravelling () of Ravel
2332  
2333  "Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking."
2334  
2335  Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
2336  
2337  "Ravel (v. t.) To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve."
2338  
2339  Ravel (v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
2340  
2341  Ravel (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.
2342  
2343  "Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern."
2344  
2345  Raveler (n.) One who ravels.
2346  
2347  "Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon."
2348  
2349  Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
2350  
2351  "Raveling (n.) That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture."
2352  
2353  "Raven (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity."
2354  
2355  "Raven (a.) Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness."
2356  
2357  Raven (n.) Rapine; rapacity.
2358  
2359  Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
2360  
2361  Ravened (imp. & p. p.) of Raven
2362  
2363  Ravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raven
2364  
2365  Raven (v. t.) To obtain or seize by violence.
2366  
2367  Raven (v. t.) To devour with great eagerness.
2368  
2369  Raven (v. i.) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
2370  
2371  Ravenala (n.) A genus of plants related to the banana.
2372  
2373  "Ravener (n.) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders."
2374  
2375  "Ravener (n.) A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture."
2376  
2377  Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
2378  
2379  "Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves."
2380  
2381  "Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture."
2382  
2383  "Ravenous (a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire."
2384  
2385  Raven's-duck (n.) A fine quality of sailcloth.
2386  
2387  Raver (n.) One who raves.
2388  
2389  Ravin (a.) Ravenous.
2390  
2391  Ravin (n.) Alt. of Ravine
2392  
2393  Ravine (n.) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
2394  
2395  Ravin (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Ravine
2396  
2397  "Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i."
2398  
2399  Ravine (n.) A torrent of water.
2400  
2401  "Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft."
2402  
2403  "Raving (a.) Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic."
2404  
2405  Ravished (imp. & p. p.) of Ravish
2406  
2407  Ravishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ravish
2408  
2409  Ravish (v. t.) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
2410  
2411  Ravish (v. t.) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
2412  
2413  "Ravish (v. t.) To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape."
2414  
2415  Ravisher (n.) One who ravishes (in any sense).
2416  
2417  Ravishing (a.) Rapturous; transporting.
2418  
2419  Ravishingly (adv.) In a ravishing manner.
2420  
2421  "Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband."
2422  
2423  Ravishment (n.) The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
2424  
2425  Ravishment (n.) The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
2426  
2427  "Ravissant (a.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey."
2428  
2429  "Raw (superl.) Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat."
2430  
2431  "Raw (superl.) Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit."
2432  
2433  Raw (superl.) Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
2434  
2435  "Raw (superl.) Not distilled; as, raw water"
2436  
2437  "Raw (superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton"
2438  
2439  "Raw (superl.) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits"
2440  
2441  "Raw (superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow"
2442  
2443  "Raw (superl.) Not tanned; as, raw hides"
2444  
2445  "Raw (superl.) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth."
2446  
2447  Raw (superl.) Not covered; bare.
2448  
2449  Raw (superl.) Bald.
2450  
2451  "Raw (superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore."
2452  
2453  "Raw (superl.) Sore, as if by being galled."
2454  
2455  "Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind."
2456  
2457  "Raw (n.) A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw."
2458  
2459  Rawbone (a.) Rawboned.
2460  
2461  Rawboned (a.) Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.
2462  
2463  "Rawhead (n.) A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones."
2464  
2465  "Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted."
2466  
2467  Rawish (a.) Somewhat raw.
2468  
2469  Rawly (adv.) In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
2470  
2471  Rawly (adv.) Without proper preparation or provision.
2472  
2473  Rawness (n.) The quality or state of being raw.
2474  
2475  Ray (v. t.) To array.
2476  
2477  "Ray (v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile."
2478  
2479  Ray (n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
2480  
2481  "Ray (n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays."
2482  
2483  "Ray (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius."
2484  
2485  "Ray (n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes."
2486  
2487  "Ray (n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran."
2488  
2489  "Ray (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray."
2490  
2491  "Ray (n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light."
2492  
2493  "Ray (n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen."
2494  
2495  "Ray (n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray."
2496  
2497  Rayed (imp. & p. p.) of Ray
2498  
2499  Raying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ray
2500  
2501  Ray (n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.
2502  
2503  "Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles."
2504  
2505  "Ray (v. i.) To shine, as with rays."
2506  
2507  "Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc."
2508  
2509  "Ray (n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate."
2510  
2511  "Rayah (n.) A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax."
2512  
2513  "Ray grass () A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass."
2514  
2515  "Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes."
2516  
2517  Rayon (n.) Ray; beam.
2518  
2519  "Rayonnant (a.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out."
2520  
2521  "Raze (n.) A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root."
2522  
2523  Razed (imp. & p. p.) of Raze
2524  
2525  Razing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Raze
2526  
2527  Raze (v. t.) To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
2528  
2529  Raze (v. t.) To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
2530  
2531  Razed (a.) Slashed or striped in patterns.
2532  
2533  "Razee (v. t.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate."
2534  
2535  Razeed (imp. & p. p.) of Razee
2536  
2537  Razeeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Razee
2538  
2539  "Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article."
2540  
2541  "Razor (v. t.) A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head."
2542  
2543  Razor (v. t.) A tusk of a wild boar.
2544  
2545  Razorable (a.) Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved.
2546  
2547  Razorback (n.) The rorqual.
2548  
2549  "Razor-backed (a.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc."
2550  
2551  "Razorbill (n.) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix."
2552  
2553  "Razorbill (n.) See Cutwater, 3."
2554  
2555  "Razure (n.) The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure."
2556  
2557  Razure (n.) An erasure; a change made by erasing.
2558  
2559  Razzia (n.) A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
2560  
2561  "Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification."
2562  
2563  "Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale."
2564  
2565  "Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids."
2566  
2567  Reabsorption (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.
2568  
2569  Reaccess (n.) A second access or approach; a return.
2570  
2571  Reaccuse (v. t.) To accuse again.
2572  
2573  Reach (v. i.) To retch.
2574  
2575  Reach (n.) An effort to vomit.
2576  
2577  Reached (imp. & p. p.) of Reach
2578  
2579  Raught () of Reach
2580  
2581  Reaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reach
2582  
2583  "Reach (v. t.) To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like."
2584  
2585  "Reach (v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book."
2586  
2587  "Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear."
2588  
2589  "Reach (v. t.) To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell."
2590  
2591  "Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as."
2592  
2593  "Reach (v. t.) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river."
2594  
2595  Reach (v. t.) To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
2596  
2597  Reach (v. t.) To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
2598  
2599  Reach (v. t.) To understand; to comprehend.
2600  
2601  Reach (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
2602  
2603  Reach (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
2604  
2605  Reach (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
2606  
2607  "Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something."
2608  
2609  "Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam."
2610  
2611  "Reach (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot."
2612  
2613  "Reach (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity."
2614  
2615  "Reach (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope."
2616  
2617  "Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land."
2618  
2619  Reach (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
2620  
2621  Reach (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
2622  
2623  Reachable (a.) Being within reach.
2624  
2625  Reacher (n.) One who reaches.
2626  
2627  Reacher (n.) An exaggeration.
2628  
2629  Reachless (a.) Being beyond reach; lofty.
2630  
2631  "React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome."
2632  
2633  "React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state."
2634  
2635  "React (v. i.) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition."
2636  
2637  Reaction (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
2638  
2639  "Reaction (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame."
2640  
2641  Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
2642  
2643  Reaction (n.) The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.
2644  
2645  "Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction."
2646  
2647  "Reactionary (a.) Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements."
2648  
2649  Reactionaries (pl. ) of Reactionary
2650  
2651  "Reactionary (n.) One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution."
2652  
2653  Reactionist (n.) A reactionary.
2654  
2655  Reactive (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
2656  
2657  Read (n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.
2658  
2659  Read (imp. & p. p.) of Read
2660  
2661  Reading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read
2662  
2663  Read (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.
2664  
2665  "Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle."
2666  
2667  Read (v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.
2668  
2669  "Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book."
2670  
2671  "Read (v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend."
2672  
2673  "Read (v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation."
2674  
2675  "Read (v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law."
2676  
2677  Read (v. i.) To give advice or counsel.
2678  
2679  Read (v. i.) To tell; to declare.
2680  
2681  "Read (v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document."
2682  
2683  "Read (v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar."
2684  
2685  Read (v. i.) To learn by reading.
2686  
2687  "Read (v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts."
2688  
2689  "Read (v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly."
2690  
2691  "Read (v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede."
2692  
2693  Read (v.) Reading.
2694  
2695  "Read () imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i."
2696  
2697  Read (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
2698  
2699  Readability (n.) The state of being readable; readableness.
2700  
2701  Readable (a.) Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.
2702  
2703  Readdress (v. t.) To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.
2704  
2705  Readept (v. t.) To regain; to recover.
2706  
2707  Readeption (n.) A regaining; recovery of something lost.
2708  
2709  Reader (n.) One who reads.
2710  
2711  Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.
2712  
2713  Reader (n.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects.
2714  
2715  Reader (n.) A proof reader.
2716  
2717  Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
2718  
2719  Reader (n.) One who reads much; one who is studious.
2720  
2721  Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
2722  
2723  Readership (n.) The office of reader.
2724  
2725  Readily (adv.) In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
2726  
2727  Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.
2728  
2729  Readiness (n.) The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
2730  
2731  "Reading (n.) The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read."
2732  
2733  "Reading (n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading."
2734  
2735  Reading (n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.
2736  
2737  Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
2738  
2739  "Reading (n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering."
2740  
2741  "Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer."
2742  
2743  Reading (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2744  
2745  "Reading (a.) Addicted to reading; as, a reading community."
2746  
2747  Readjourn (v. t.) To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
2748  
2749  Readjournment (n.) The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
2750  
2751  Readjust (v. t.) To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
2752  
2753  "Readjuster (n.) One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors."
2754  
2755  Readjustment (n.) A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
2756  
2757  "Readmission (n.) The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary."
2758  
2759  Readmit (v. t.) To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.
2760  
2761  Readmittance (n.) Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
2762  
2763  Readopt (v. t.) To adopt again.
2764  
2765  Readorn (v. t.) To adorn again or anew.
2766  
2767  Readvance (v. i.) To advance again.
2768  
2769  "Readvertency (n.) The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing."
2770  
2771  "Ready (superl.) Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey."
2772  
2773  Ready (superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
2774  
2775  Ready (superl.) Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
2776  
2777  "Ready (superl.) Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman."
2778  
2779  Ready (superl.) Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
2780  
2781  Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
2782  
2783  "Ready (superl.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim."
2784  
2785  Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
2786  
2787  "Ready (n.) Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready."
2788  
2789  Ready (v. t.) To dispose in order.
2790  
2791  "Ready-made (a.) Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes."
2792  
2793  Ready-witted (a.) Having ready wit.
2794  
2795  Reaffirm (v. t.) To affirm again.
2796  
2797  Reaffirmance (n.) Alt. of Reaffirmation
2798  
2799  Reaffirmation (n.) A second affirmation.
2800  
2801  "Reafforest (v. t.) To convert again into a forest, as a region of country."
2802  
2803  Reafforestation (n.) The act or process of converting again into a forest.
2804  
2805  "Reagent (n.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test."
2806  
2807  "Reaggravation (n.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication."
2808  
2809  Reagree (v. i.) To agree again.
2810  
2811  Reak (n.) A rush.
2812  
2813  Reak (n.) A prank.
2814  
2815  "Real (n.) A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system."
2816  
2817  Real (a.) Royal; regal; kingly.
2818  
2819  "Real (a.) Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life."
2820  
2821  "Real (a.) True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger."
2822  
2823  "Real (a.) Relating to things, not to persons."
2824  
2825  Real (a.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
2826  
2827  "Real (a.) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property."
2828  
2829  Real (n.) A realist.
2830  
2831  "Realgar (n.) Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product."
2832  
2833  "Realism (n.) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)."
2834  
2835  "Realism (n.) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative."
2836  
2837  "Realism (n.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact."
2838  
2839  "Realist (n.) One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists."
2840  
2841  "Realist (n.) An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2."
2842  
2843  Realistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.
2844  
2845  Realistically (adv.) In a realistic manner.
2846  
2847  Realities (pl. ) of Reality
2848  
2849  "Reality (n.) The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact."
2850  
2851  "Reality (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea."
2852  
2853  Reality (n.) Loyalty; devotion.
2854  
2855  "Reality (n.) See 2d Realty, 2."
2856  
2857  Realizable (a.) Capable of being realized.
2858  
2859  "Realization (n.) The act of realizing, or the state of being realized."
2860  
2861  Realized (imp. & p. p.) of Realize
2862  
2863  Realizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Realize
2864  
2865  "Realize (v. t.) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project."
2866  
2867  Realize (v. t.) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
2868  
2869  "Realize (v. t.) To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune."
2870  
2871  "Realize (v. t.) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation."
2872  
2873  "Realize (v. t.) To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets."
2874  
2875  "Realize (v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc."
2876  
2877  Realizer (n.) One who realizes.
2878  
2879  "Realizing (a.) Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred."
2880  
2881  Reallege (v. t.) To allege again.
2882  
2883  Realliance (n.) A renewed alliance.
2884  
2885  Re-ally (v. t.) To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
2886  
2887  Really (adv.) Royally.
2888  
2889  Really (adv.) In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
2890  
2891  Realm (n.) A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.
2892  
2893  "Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy."
2894  
2895  Realmless (a.) Destitute of a realm.
2896  
2897  Realness (n.) The quality or condition of being real; reality.
2898  
2899  Realty (n.) Royalty.
2900  
2901  Realty (n.) Loyalty; faithfulness.
2902  
2903  Realty (n.) Reality.
2904  
2905  "Realty (n.) Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; -- so written in legal language for reality."
2906  
2907  Realty (n.) Real estate; a piece of real property.
2908  
2909  "Ream (n.) Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale."
2910  
2911  Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.
2912  
2913  "Ream (v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments."
2914  
2915  "Ream (n.) A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets."
2916  
2917  Reamed (imp. & p. p.) of Ream
2918  
2919  Reaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ream
2920  
2921  "Ream (v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer."
2922  
2923  Reame (n.) Realm.
2924  
2925  "Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc."
2926  
2927  Reamputation (n.) The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.
2928  
2929  "Reanimate (v. t.) To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits."
2930  
2931  "Reanimation (n.) The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival."
2932  
2933  Reannex (v. t.) To annex again or anew; to reunite.
2934  
2935  Reannexation (n.) Act of reannexing.
2936  
2937  Reanswer (v. t. & i.) To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.
2938  
2939  Reaped (imp. & p. p.) of Reap
2940  
2941  Reaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reap
2942  
2943  "Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting."
2944  
2945  "Reap (v. t.) To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions."
2946  
2947  "Reap (v. t.) To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field."
2948  
2949  Reap (v. t.) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
2950  
2951  Reap (v. i.) To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
2952  
2953  Reap (v.) A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
2954  
2955  Reaper (n.) One who reaps.
2956  
2957  Reaper (n.) A reaping machine.
2958  
2959  Reapparel (v. t.) To clothe again.
2960  
2961  Reappear (v. i.) To appear again.
2962  
2963  Reappearance (n.) A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
2964  
2965  "Reapplication (n.) The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied."
2966  
2967  Reapply (v. t. & i.) To apply again.
2968  
2969  Reappoint (v. t.) To appoint again.
2970  
2971  "Reappointment (n.) The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed."
2972  
2973  Reapportion (v. t.) To apportion again.
2974  
2975  Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.
2976  
2977  Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To approach again or anew.
2978  
2979  Rear (adv.) Early; soon.
2980  
2981  "Rear (n.) The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front."
2982  
2983  "Rear (n.) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest."
2984  
2985  "Rear (a.) Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company."
2986  
2987  Rear (v. t.) To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
2988  
2989  Reared (imp. & p. p.) of Rear
2990  
2991  Rearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rear
2992  
2993  "Rear (v. t.) To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith."
2994  
2995  "Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another."
2996  
2997  Rear (v. t.) To lift and take up.
2998  
2999  "Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring."
3000  
3001  "Rear (v. t.) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle."
3002  
3003  Rear (v. t.) To rouse; to stir up.
3004  
3005  "Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect."
3006  
3007  Reardorse (n.) Alt. of Reardoss
3008  
3009  Reardoss (n.) A reredos.
3010  
3011  "Rearer (n.) One who, or that which, rears."
3012  
3013  Reargue (v. t.) To argue anew or again.
3014  
3015  "Reargument (n.) An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court."
3016  
3017  Rear-horse (n.) A mantis.
3018  
3019  Rearly (adv.) Early.
3020  
3021  Rearmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; last.
3022  
3023  Rearmouse (n.) Alt. of Reremouse
3024  
3025  Reremouse (n.) The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).
3026  
3027  Rearrange (v. t.) To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
3028  
3029  "Rearrangement (n.) The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged."
3030  
3031  Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
3032  
3033  Rearward (a. & adv.) At or toward the rear.
3034  
3035  "Reascend (v. i.) To rise, mount, or climb again."
3036  
3037  Reascend (v. t.) To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.
3038  
3039  Reascension (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.
3040  
3041  Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
3042  
3043  "Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument."
3044  
3045  "Reason (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty."
3046  
3047  "Reason (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice."
3048  
3049  Reason (n.) Ratio; proportion.
3050  
3051  Reasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reason
3052  
3053  Reasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reason
3054  
3055  Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
3056  
3057  "Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue."
3058  
3059  Reason (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.
3060  
3061  "Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend."
3062  
3063  "Reason (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request."
3064  
3065  "Reason (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan."
3066  
3067  "Reason (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion."
3068  
3069  "Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon."
3070  
3071  "Reasonable (n.) Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being."
3072  
3073  "Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men."
3074  
3075  "Reasonable (n.) Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price."
3076  
3077  Reasonable (adv.) Reasonably; tolerably.
3078  
3079  Reasonableness (n.) Quality of being reasonable.
3080  
3081  Reasonably (adv.) In a reasonable manner.
3082  
3083  Reasonably (adv.) Moderately; tolerably.
3084  
3085  "Reasoner (n.) One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner."
3086  
3087  Reasoning (n.) The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
3088  
3089  Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.
3090  
3091  Reasonist (n.) A rationalist.
3092  
3093  "Reasonless (a.) Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind."
3094  
3095  Reasonless (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
3096  
3097  Reassemblage (n.) Assemblage a second time or again.
3098  
3099  Reassemble (v. t. & i.) To assemble again.
3100  
3101  Reassert (v. t.) To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
3102  
3103  Reassertion (n.) A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.
3104  
3105  Reassessment (n.) A renewed or second assessment.
3106  
3107  Reassign (v. t.) To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.
3108  
3109  Reassignment (n.) The act of reassigning.
3110  
3111  Reassimilate (v. t. & i.) To assimilate again.
3112  
3113  Reassociate (v. t. & i.) To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
3114  
3115  Reassume (v. t.) To assume again or anew; to resume.
3116  
3117  Reassurance (n.) Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
3118  
3119  Reassurance (n.) Same as Reinsurance.
3120  
3121  Reassure (v. t.) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
3122  
3123  Reassure (v. t.) To reinsure.
3124  
3125  Reassurer (n.) One who reassures.
3126  
3127  Reasty (a.) Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat.
3128  
3129  Reata (n.) A lariat.
3130  
3131  Reattach (v. t.) To attach again.
3132  
3133  Reattachment (n.) The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
3134  
3135  Reattain (v. t.) To attain again.
3136  
3137  Reattainment (n.) The act of reattaining.
3138  
3139  Reattempt (v. t.) To attempt again.
3140  
3141  Reaume (n.) Realm.
3142  
3143  Reaumur (a.) Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.
3144  
3145  Reaumur (n.) A Reaumur thermometer or scale.
3146  
3147  Reaved (imp. & p. p.) of Reave
3148  
3149  Reft () of Reave
3150  
3151  Raft () of Reave
3152  
3153  Reaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reave
3154  
3155  Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]
3156  
3157  Reaver (n.) One who reaves.
3158  
3159  Reawake (v. i.) To awake again.
3160  
3161  Rebanish (v. t.) To banish again.
3162  
3163  Rebaptism (n.) A second baptism.
3164  
3165  Rebaptization (n.) A second baptism.
3166  
3167  Rebaptize (v. t.) To baptize again or a second time.
3168  
3169  Rebaptizer (n.) One who rebaptizes.
3170  
3171  Rebarbarize (v. t.) To reduce again to barbarism.
3172  
3173  "Rebate (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise."
3174  
3175  "Rebate (v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties."
3176  
3177  Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
3178  
3179  Rebate (n.) Diminution.
3180  
3181  "Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties."
3182  
3183  "Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet."
3184  
3185  "Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar."
3186  
3187  "Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood."
3188  
3189  Rebate (n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
3190  
3191  "Rebate (v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v."
3192  
3193  Rebatement (n.) Same as 3d Rebate.
3194  
3195  Rebato (n.) Same as Rabato.
3196  
3197  "Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow."
3198  
3199  Rebec (n.) A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.
3200  
3201  "Rebel (v. i.) Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops."
3202  
3203  Rebel (n.) One who rebels.
3204  
3205  Rebelled (imp. & p. p.) of Rebel
3206  
3207  Rebelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebel
3208  
3209  "Rebel (v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion."
3210  
3211  Rebel (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
3212  
3213  "Rebeldom (n.) A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels."
3214  
3215  Rebeller (n.) One who rebels; a rebel.
3216  
3217  "Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection."
3218  
3219  "Rebellion (v. i.) Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority."
3220  
3221  Rebellious (a.) Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.
3222  
3223  Rebellow (v. i.) To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.
3224  
3225  Rebiting (n.) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.
3226  
3227  Rebloom (v. i.) To bloom again.
3228  
3229  Reblossom (v. i.) To blossom again.
3230  
3231  Reboant (a.) Rebellowing; resounding loudly.
3232  
3233  Reboation (n.) Repetition of a bellow.
3234  
3235  "Reboil (v. t. & i.) To boil, or to cause to boil, again."
3236  
3237  Reboil (v. t. & i.) Fig.: To make or to become hot.
3238  
3239  Reborn (p. p.) Born again.
3240  
3241  "Rebound (v. i.) To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo."
3242  
3243  Rebound (v. i.) To give back an echo.
3244  
3245  "Rebound (v. i.) To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse."
3246  
3247  Rebound (v. t.) To send back; to reverberate.
3248  
3249  Rebound (n.) The act of rebounding; resilience.
3250  
3251  Rebrace (v. t.) To brace again.
3252  
3253  Rebreathe (v. t.) To breathe again.
3254  
3255  Rebucous (a.) Rebuking.
3256  
3257  "Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance."
3258  
3259  Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
3260  
3261  Rebuffed (imp. & p. p.) of Rebuff
3262  
3263  Rebuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebuff
3264  
3265  "Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously."
3266  
3267  "Rebuild (v. t.) To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city."
3268  
3269  Rebuilder (n.) One who rebuilds.
3270  
3271  Rebukable (a.) Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible.
3272  
3273  Rebuked (imp. & p. p.) of Rebuke
3274  
3275  Rebuking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebuke
3276  
3277  "Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish."
3278  
3279  "Rebuke (n.) A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment."
3280  
3281  Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
3282  
3283  Rebukeful (a.) Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
3284  
3285  Rebuker (n.) One who rebukes.
3286  
3287  Rebukingly (adv.) By way of rebuke.
3288  
3289  Rebullition (n.) The act of boiling up or effervescing.
3290  
3291  Rebury (v. t.) To bury again.
3292  
3293  Rebuses (pl. ) of Rebus
3294  
3295  "Rebus (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations."
3296  
3297  "Rebus (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting."
3298  
3299  Rebus (v. t.) To mark or indicate by a rebus.
3300  
3301  Rebutted (imp. & p. p.) of Rebut
3302  
3303  Rebutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rebut
3304  
3305  Rebut (v. t.) To drive or beat back; to repulse.
3306  
3307  "Rebut (v. t.) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof."
3308  
3309  Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.
3310  
3311  "Rebut (v. i.) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder."
3312  
3313  Rebuttable (a.) Capable of being rebutted.
3314  
3315  Rebuttal (n.) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
3316  
3317  Rebutter (n.) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
3318  
3319  Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
3320  
3321  "Recalcitrant (a.) Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory."
3322  
3323  Recalcitrate (v. t.) To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
3324  
3325  "Recalcitrate (v. i.) To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition."
3326  
3327  Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
3328  
3329  "Recall (v. t.) To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador."
3330  
3331  "Recall (v. t.) To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree."
3332  
3333  "Recall (v. t.) To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days."
3334  
3335  Recall (n.) A calling back; a revocation.
3336  
3337  "Recall (n.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc."
3338  
3339  Recallable (a.) Capable of being recalled.
3340  
3341  Recallment (n.) Recall.
3342  
3343  Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recant
3344  
3345  Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recant
3346  
3347  "Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall."
3348  
3349  "Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant."
3350  
3351  Recantation (n.) The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
3352  
3353  Recanter (n.) One who recants.
3354  
3355  Recapacitate (v. t.) To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
3356  
3357  "Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize."
3358  
3359  "Recapitulate (v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance."
3360  
3361  "Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay."
3362  
3363  Recapitulator (n.) One who recapitulates.
3364  
3365  Recapitulatory (a.) Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.
3366  
3367  Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
3368  
3369  "Recaption (n.) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them."
3370  
3371  Recaptor (n.) One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
3372  
3373  "Recapture (n.) The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor."
3374  
3375  Recapture (n.) That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
3376  
3377  Recapture (v. t.) To capture again; to retake.
3378  
3379  "Recarbonize (v. t.) To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel."
3380  
3381  Recarnify (v. t.) To convert again into flesh.
3382  
3383  Recarriage (n.) Act of carrying back.
3384  
3385  Recarry (v. t.) To carry back.
3386  
3387  Recast (v. t.) To throw again.
3388  
3389  "Recast (v. t.) To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play."
3390  
3391  "Recast (v. t.) To compute, or cast up, a second time."
3392  
3393  Recche (v. i.) To reck.
3394  
3395  Reccheles (a.) Reckless.
3396  
3397  Receded (imp. & p. p.) of Recede
3398  
3399  Receding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recede
3400  
3401  Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
3402  
3403  "Recede (v. i.) To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition."
3404  
3405  "Recede (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory."
3406  
3407  Receipt (n.) The act of receiving; reception.
3408  
3409  "Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality."
3410  
3411  Receipt (n.) Capability of receiving; capacity.
3412  
3413  Receipt (n.) Place of receiving.
3414  
3415  "Receipt (n.) Hence, a recess; a retired place."
3416  
3417  "Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake."
3418  
3419  Receipt (n.) A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.
3420  
3421  "Receipt (n.) That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars."
3422  
3423  Receipted (imp. & p. p.) of Receipt
3424  
3425  Receipting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Receipt
3426  
3427  "Receipt (v. t.) To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff."
3428  
3429  "Receipt (v. t.) To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill."
3430  
3431  "Receipt (v. i.) To give a receipt, as for money paid."
3432  
3433  "Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony."
3434  
3435  "Receiptor (n.) One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff."
3436  
3437  Receit (n.) Receipt.
3438  
3439  Receivability (n.) The quality of being receivable; receivableness.
3440  
3441  Receivable (a.) Capable of being received.
3442  
3443  Received (imp. & p. p.) of Receive
3444  
3445  Receiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Receive
3446  
3447  "Receive (v. t.) To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter."
3448  
3449  "Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace."
3450  
3451  "Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to."
3452  
3453  "Receive (v. t.) To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc."
3454  
3455  Receive (v. t.) To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
3456  
3457  "Receive (v. t.) To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage."
3458  
3459  "Receive (v. t.) To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen."
3460  
3461  Receive (v. t.) To bat back (the ball) when served.
3462  
3463  "Receive (v. i.) To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays."
3464  
3465  "Receive (v. i.) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive."
3466  
3467  "Receivedness (n.) The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion."
3468  
3469  Receiver (n.) One who takes or receives in any manner.
3470  
3471  "Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases."
3472  
3473  "Receiver (n.) One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen."
3474  
3475  "Receiver (n.) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation."
3476  
3477  Receiver (n.) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
3478  
3479  "Receiver (n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump."
3480  
3481  "Receiver (n.) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine."
3482  
3483  "Receiver (n.) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine."
3484  
3485  "Receiver (n.) That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter."
3486  
3487  Receivership (n.) The state or office of a receiver.
3488  
3489  "Recelebrate (v. t.) To celebrate again, or anew."
3490  
3491  "Recency (n.) The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc."
3492  
3493  Recense (v. t.) To review; to revise.
3494  
3495  Recension (n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
3496  
3497  "Recension (n.) Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment."
3498  
3499  Recension (n.) The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.
3500  
3501  "Recensionist (n.) One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor."
3502  
3503  "Recent (a.) Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news."
3504  
3505  "Recent (a.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells."
3506  
3507  Recenter (v. t.) To center again; to restore to the center.
3508  
3509  "Recently (adv.) Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received."
3510  
3511  Recentness (n.) Quality or state of being recent.
3512  
3513  "Receptacle (n.) That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository."
3514  
3515  "Receptacle (n.) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary."
3516  
3517  Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
3518  
3519  Receptacle (n.) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
3520  
3521  Receptacle (n.) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
3522  
3523  "Receptacular (a.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower."
3524  
3525  Receptacula (pl. ) of Receptaculum
3526  
3527  "Receptaculum (n.) A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle."
3528  
3529  Receptary (a.) Generally or popularly admitted or received.
3530  
3531  Receptary (n.) That which is received.
3532  
3533  Receptibility (n.) The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.
3534  
3535  Receptibility (n.) A receptible thing.
3536  
3537  Receptible (a.) Such as may be received; receivable.
3538  
3539  "Reception (n.) The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence."
3540  
3541  Reception (n.) The state of being received.
3542  
3543  "Reception (n.) The act or manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception."
3544  
3545  "Reception (n.) Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine."
3546  
3547  Reception (n.) A retaking; a recovery.
3548  
3549  "Receptive (a.) Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind."
3550  
3551  Receptiveness (n.) The quality of being receptive.
3552  
3553  Receptivity (n.) The state or quality of being receptive.
3554  
3555  "Receptivity (n.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses."
3556  
3557  Receptory (n.) Receptacle.
3558  
3559  "Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides."
3560  
3561  Recess (n.) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
3562  
3563  "Recess (n.) Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school."
3564  
3565  "Recess (n.) Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc."
3566  
3567  "Recess (n.) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion."
3568  
3569  "Recess (n.) Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science."
3570  
3571  Recess (n.) A sinus.
3572  
3573  Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of Recess
3574  
3575  Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recess
3576  
3577  "Recess (v. t.) To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall."
3578  
3579  Recess (n.) A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
3580  
3581  "Recessed (a.) Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall."
3582  
3583  Recessed (a.) Withdrawn; secluded.
3584  
3585  "Recession (n.) The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand."
3586  
3587  "Recession (n.) The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign."
3588  
3589  Recessional (a.) Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
3590  
3591  Recessive (a.) Going back; receding.
3592  
3593  "Rechabite (n.) One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors."
3594  
3595  "Rechange (v. t. & i.) To change again, or change back."
3596  
3597  Recharge (v. t. & i.) To charge or accuse in return.
3598  
3599  Recharge (v. t. & i.) To attack again; to attack anew.
3600  
3601  Recharter (n.) A second charter; a renewal of a charter.
3602  
3603  Recharter (v. t.) To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.
3604  
3605  Rechase (v. t.) To chase again; to chase or drive back.
3606  
3607  Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
3608  
3609  Recheat (v. i.) To blow the recheat.
3610  
3611  "Recherche (a.) Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind."
3612  
3613  Rechless (a.) Reckless.
3614  
3615  Rechoose (v. t.) To choose again.
3616  
3617  Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.
3618  
3619  Recidivation (n.) A falling back; a backsliding.
3620  
3621  Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
3622  
3623  Recipes (pl. ) of Recipe
3624  
3625  "Recipe (n.) A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine."
3626  
3627  "Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications."
3628  
3629  Recipience (n.) Alt. of Recipiency
3630  
3631  Recipiency (n.) The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
3632  
3633  "Recipient (n.) A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still."
3634  
3635  Recipient (a.) Receiving; receptive.
3636  
3637  Reciprocal (a.) Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
3638  
3639  "Reciprocal (a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties."
3640  
3641  Reciprocal (a.) Mutually interchangeable.
3642  
3643  "Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action."
3644  
3645  Reciprocal (a.) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
3646  
3647  Reciprocal (n.) That which is reciprocal to another thing.
3648  
3649  "Reciprocal (n.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator."
3650  
3651  Reciprocality (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
3652  
3653  "Reciprocally (adv.) In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually."
3654  
3655  Reciprocally (adv.) In the manner of reciprocals.
3656  
3657  Reciprocalness (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
3658  
3659  Reciprocated (imp. & p. p.) of Reciprocate
3660  
3661  Reciprocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reciprocate
3662  
3663  Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
3664  
3665  "Reciprocate (v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors."
3666  
3667  "Reciprocation (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses."
3668  
3669  "Reciprocation (n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides."
3670  
3671  Reciprocity (n.) Mutual action and reaction.
3672  
3673  "Reciprocity (n.) Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation."
3674  
3675  "Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram."
3676  
3677  Reciprocous (a.) Reciprocal.
3678  
3679  Reciprok (a.) Reciprocal.
3680  
3681  Reciproque (a. & n.) Reciprocal.
3682  
3683  Recision (n.) The act of cutting off.
3684  
3685  "Recital (n.) The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony."
3686  
3687  "Recital (n.) A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration."
3688  
3689  Recital (n.) That which is recited; a story; a narration.
3690  
3691  "Recital (n.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital."
3692  
3693  "Recital (n.) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation."
3694  
3695  Recitation (n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
3696  
3697  "Recitation (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered."
3698  
3699  Recitation (n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
3700  
3701  "Recitative (n.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma."
3702  
3703  Recitative (a.) Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.
3704  
3705  Recitativo (n.) Recitative.
3706  
3707  Recited (imp. & p. p.) of Recite
3708  
3709  Reciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recite
3710  
3711  "Recite (v. t.) To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant."
3712  
3713  "Recite (v. t.) To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage."
3714  
3715  "Recite (v. t.) To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor."
3716  
3717  "Recite (v. t.) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5."
3718  
3719  "Recite (v. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned."
3720  
3721  Recite (n.) A recital.
3722  
3723  "Reciter (n.) One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation."
3724  
3725  Recked (imp. & p. p.) of Reck
3726  
3727  Roughte () of Reck
3728  
3729  Recking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reck
3730  
3731  Reck (v. t.) To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
3732  
3733  Reck (v. t.) To concern; -- used impersonally.
3734  
3735  Reck (v. i.) To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
3736  
3737  Reckless (a.) Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
3738  
3739  Reckless (a.) Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
3740  
3741  "Reckling (a.) Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child."
3742  
3743  Reckling (n.) A weak child or animal.
3744  
3745  Reckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reckon
3746  
3747  Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reckon
3748  
3749  "Reckon (v. t.) To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate."
3750  
3751  "Reckon (v. t.) To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute."
3752  
3753  "Reckon (v. t.) To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value."
3754  
3755  "Reckon (v. t.) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again."
3756  
3757  Reckon (v. i.) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
3758  
3759  Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
3760  
3761  "Reckoner (n.) One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning."
3762  
3763  "Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation."
3764  
3765  Reckoning (n.) An account of time
3766  
3767  "Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc."
3768  
3769  Reckoning (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
3770  
3771  Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
3772  
3773  "Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation."
3774  
3775  Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
3776  
3777  Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
3778  
3779  Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclaim
3780  
3781  Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclaim
3782  
3783  "Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call."
3784  
3785  "Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting."
3786  
3787  "Reclaim (v. t.) To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals."
3788  
3789  "Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc."
3790  
3791  Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
3792  
3793  Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
3794  
3795  Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
3796  
3797  Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
3798  
3799  Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
3800  
3801  Reclaim (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.
3802  
3803  "Reclaim (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery."
3804  
3805  Reclaimable (a.) That may be reclaimed.
3806  
3807  Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
3808  
3809  Reclaimer (n.) One who reclaims.
3810  
3811  Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
3812  
3813  Reclamation (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.
3814  
3815  Reclamation (n.) Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
3816  
3817  Reclasp (v. i.) To clasp or unite again.
3818  
3819  Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
3820  
3821  "Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base."
3822  
3823  "Reclination (n.) The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined."
3824  
3825  Reclination (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
3826  
3827  "Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one."
3828  
3829  Reclined (imp. & p. p.) of Recline
3830  
3831  Reclining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recline
3832  
3833  "Recline (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand."
3834  
3835  "Recline (v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall."
3836  
3837  "Recline (v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch."
3838  
3839  Recline (v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
3840  
3841  Reclined (a.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
3842  
3843  "Recliner (n.) One who, or that which, reclines."
3844  
3845  Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
3846  
3847  Reclining (a.) Recumbent.
3848  
3849  Reclose (v. t.) To close again.
3850  
3851  Reclothe (v. t.) To clothe again.
3852  
3853  Reclude (v. t.) To open; to unclose.
3854  
3855  "Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life."
3856  
3857  "Recluse (a.) A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries."
3858  
3859  Recluse (a.) The place where a recluse dwells.
3860  
3861  Recluse (v. t.) To shut up; to seclude.
3862  
3863  Reclusely (adv.) In a recluse or solitary manner.
3864  
3865  Recluseness (n.) Quality or state of being recluse.
3866  
3867  Reclusion (n.) A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
3868  
3869  Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
3870  
3871  Reclusory (n.) The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
3872  
3873  "Recoct (v. t.) To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct."
3874  
3875  Recoction (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
3876  
3877  "Recognition (n.) The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice."
3878  
3879  Recognitor (n.) One of a jury impaneled on an assize.
3880  
3881  "Recognitory (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition."
3882  
3883  Recognizability (n.) The quality or condition of being recognizable.
3884  
3885  Recognizable (a.) Capable of being recognized.
3886  
3887  "Recognizance (n.) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal."
3888  
3889  Recognizance (n.) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
3890  
3891  Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
3892  
3893  Recognizance (n.) Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
3894  
3895  Recognization (n.) Recognition.
3896  
3897  Recognized (imp. & p. p.) of Recognize
3898  
3899  Recognizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recognize
3900  
3901  "Recognize (v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of."
3902  
3903  "Recognize (v. t.) To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul."
3904  
3905  "Recognize (v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like."
3906  
3907  "Recognize (v. t.) To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial."
3908  
3909  Recognize (v. t.) To review; to reexamine.
3910  
3911  Recognize (v. t.) To reconnoiter.
3912  
3913  "Recognize (v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars."
3914  
3915  Recognizee (n.) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
3916  
3917  Recognizer (n.) One who recognizes; a recognizor.
3918  
3919  Recognizor (n.) One who enters into a recognizance.
3920  
3921  Recognosce (v. t.) To recognize.
3922  
3923  Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoil
3924  
3925  Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoil
3926  
3927  "Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return."
3928  
3929  "Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink."
3930  
3931  Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
3932  
3933  Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
3934  
3935  "Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood."
3936  
3937  Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
3938  
3939  "Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged."
3940  
3941  "Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils."
3942  
3943  Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
3944  
3945  Recoilment (n.) Recoil.
3946  
3947  Recoin (v. t.) To coin anew or again.
3948  
3949  Recoinage (n.) The act of coining anew.
3950  
3951  Recoinage (n.) That which is coined anew.
3952  
3953  "Re-collect (v. t.) To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops."
3954  
3955  Recollected (imp. & p. p.) of Recollect
3956  
3957  Recollecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recollect
3958  
3959  Recollect (v. t.) To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
3960  
3961  "Recollect (v. t.) Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle."
3962  
3963  "Recollect (n.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans."
3964  
3965  "Recollection (n.) The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance."
3966  
3967  "Recollection (n.) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection."
3968  
3969  Recollection (n.) That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
3970  
3971  Recollection (n.) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
3972  
3973  Recollective (a.) Having the power of recollecting.
3974  
3975  "Recollet (n.) Same as Recollect, n."
3976  
3977  Recolonization (n.) A second or renewed colonization.
3978  
3979  Recolonize (v. t.) To colonize again.
3980  
3981  Recombination (n.) Combination a second or additional time.
3982  
3983  Recombine (v. t.) To combine again.
3984  
3985  Recomfort (v. t.) To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.
3986  
3987  Recomfortless (a.) Without comfort.
3988  
3989  Recomforture (n.) The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
3990  
3991  Recommence (v. i.) To commence or begin again.
3992  
3993  Recommence (v. i.) To begin anew to be; to act again as.
3994  
3995  Recommence (v. t.) To commence again or anew.
3996  
3997  Recommencement (n.) A commencement made anew.
3998  
3999  Recommended (imp. & p. p.) of Recommend
4000  
4001  Recommending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recommend
4002  
4003  "Recommend (v. t.) To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body."
4004  
4005  Recommend (v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
4006  
4007  Recommend (v. t.) To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
4008  
4009  Recommendable (a.) Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.
4010  
4011  Recommendation (n.) The act of recommending.
4012  
4013  "Recommendation (n.) That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations."
4014  
4015  Recommendation (n.) The state of being recommended; esteem.
4016  
4017  Recommendative (n.) That which recommends; a recommendation.
4018  
4019  Recommendatory (a.) Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.
4020  
4021  Recommender (n.) One who recommends.
4022  
4023  Recommission (v. t.) To commission again; to give a new commission to.
4024  
4025  "Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee."
4026  
4027  Recommitment (n.) Alt. of Recommittal
4028  
4029  Recommittal (n.) A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
4030  
4031  Recompact (v. t.) To compact or join anew.
4032  
4033  Recompensation (n.) Recompense.
4034  
4035  Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
4036  
4037  Recompensed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompense
4038  
4039  Recompensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompense
4040  
4041  "Recompense (v. t.) To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate."
4042  
4043  Recompense (v. t.) To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
4044  
4045  "Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved."
4046  
4047  Recompense (v. i.) To give recompense; to make amends or requital.
4048  
4049  "Recompense (n.) An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return."
4050  
4051  Recompensement (n.) Recompense; requital.
4052  
4053  Recompenser (n.) One who recompenses.
4054  
4055  Recompensive (a.) Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense.
4056  
4057  Recompilation (n.) A new compilation.
4058  
4059  Recompile (v. t.) To compile anew.
4060  
4061  "Recompilement (n.) The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws."
4062  
4063  Recomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompose
4064  
4065  Recomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompose
4066  
4067  Recompose (v. t.) To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.
4068  
4069  "Recompose (v. t.) To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind."
4070  
4071  Recomposer (n.) One who recomposes.
4072  
4073  Recomposition (n.) The act of recomposing.
4074  
4075  "Reconcilable (a.) Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts."
4076  
4077  Reconciled (imp. & p. p.) of Reconcile
4078  
4079  Reconciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reconcile
4080  
4081  "Reconcile (v. t.) To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled."
4082  
4083  "Reconcile (v. t.) To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions."
4084  
4085  Reconcile (v. t.) To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
4086  
4087  "Reconcile (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences."
4088  
4089  Reconcile (v. i.) To become reconciled.
4090  
4091  Reconcilement (n.) Reconciliation.
4092  
4093  Reconciler (n.) One who reconciles.
4094  
4095  "Reconciliation (n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship."
4096  
4097  Reconciliation (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
4098  
4099  Reconciliatory (a.) Serving or tending to reconcile.
4100  
4101  Recondensation (n.) The act or process of recondensing.
4102  
4103  Recondense (v. t.) To condense again.
4104  
4105  "Recondite (a.) Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things."
4106  
4107  "Recondite (a.) Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies."
4108  
4109  Reconditory (n.) A repository; a storehouse.
4110  
4111  Reconduct (v. t.) To conduct back or again.
4112  
4113  Reconfirm (v. t.) To confirm anew.
4114  
4115  Reconfort (v. t.) To recomfort; to comfort.
4116  
4117  Reconjoin (v. t.) To join or conjoin anew.
4118  
4119  Reconnoissance (n.) Alt. of Reconnaissance
4120  
4121  Reconnaissance (n.) The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
4122  
4123  Reconnaissance (n.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
4124  
4125  "Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work."
4126  
4127  "Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition."
4128  
4129  Reconnoiter (v. t.) Alt. of Reconnoitre
4130  
4131  "Reconnoitre (v. t.) To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations."
4132  
4133  Reconnoitre (v. t.) To recognize.
4134  
4135  "Reconquer (v. t.) To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province."
4136  
4137  Reconquest (n.) A second conquest.
4138  
4139  Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.
4140  
4141  Reconsecration (n.) Renewed consecration.
4142  
4143  "Reconsider (v. t.) To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject."
4144  
4145  "Reconsider (v. t.) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon."
4146  
4147  "Reconsideration (n.) The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body."
4148  
4149  Reconsolate (v. t.) To console or comfort again.
4150  
4151  Reconsolidate (v. t.) To consolidate anew or again.
4152  
4153  Reconsolidation (n.) The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
4154  
4155  Reconstruct (v. t.) To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
4156  
4157  Reconstruction (n.) The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
4158  
4159  "Reconstruction (n.) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War."
4160  
4161  "Reconstructive (a.) Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy."
4162  
4163  Recontinuance (n.) The act or state of recontinuing.
4164  
4165  Recontinue (v. t. & i.) To continue anew.
4166  
4167  Reconvene (v. t. & i.) To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
4168  
4169  Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
4170  
4171  Reconversion (n.) A second conversion.
4172  
4173  Reconvert (v. t.) To convert again.
4174  
4175  Reconvert (n.) A person who has been reconverted.
4176  
4177  Reconvertible (a.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
4178  
4179  "Reconvey (v. t.) To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods."
4180  
4181  "Reconvey (v. t.) To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate."
4182  
4183  Reconveyance (n.) Act of reconveying.
4184  
4185  Recopy (v. t.) To copy again.
4186  
4187  Recorded (imp. & p. p.) of Record
4188  
4189  Recording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Record
4190  
4191  Record (v. t.) To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
4192  
4193  Record (v. t.) To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
4194  
4195  "Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events."
4196  
4197  Record (v. i.) To reflect; to ponder.
4198  
4199  Record (v. i.) To sing or repeat a tune.
4200  
4201  "Record (v. t.) A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record."
4202  
4203  "Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes."
4204  
4205  "Record (v. t.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law."
4206  
4207  Record (v. t.) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
4208  
4209  "Record (v. t.) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record."
4210  
4211  Record (v. t.) Testimony; witness; attestation.
4212  
4213  Record (v. t.) That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
4214  
4215  "Record (v. t.) That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record."
4216  
4217  "Record (v. t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race."
4218  
4219  Recordance (n.) Remembrance.
4220  
4221  "Recordation (v. t.) Remembrance; recollection; also, a record."
4222  
4223  "Recorder (n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions."
4224  
4225  "Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court."
4226  
4227  Recorder (n.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
4228  
4229  Recordership (n.) The office of a recorder.
4230  
4231  "Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph."
4232  
4233  Recorporification (n.) The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.
4234  
4235  Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
4236  
4237  Recount (v. t.) To count or reckon again.
4238  
4239  "Recount (n.) A counting again, as of votes."
4240  
4241  "Recount (v.) To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings."
4242  
4243  Recountment (n.) Recital.
4244  
4245  Recoup (v. t.) Alt. of Recoupe
4246  
4247  "Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction."
4248  
4249  "Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market."
4250  
4251  Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
4252  
4253  Recouper (n.) One who recoups.
4254  
4255  Recoupment (n.) The act of recouping.
4256  
4257  "Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence."
4258  
4259  "Recourse (n.) Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort."
4260  
4261  Recourse (n.) Access; admittance.
4262  
4263  Recourse (v. i.) To return; to recur.
4264  
4265  Recourse (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort.
4266  
4267  Recourseful (a.) Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
4268  
4269  Recover (v. t.) To cover again.
4270  
4271  Recovered (imp. & p. p.) of Recover
4272  
4273  Recovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recover
4274  
4275  Recover (v. t.) To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
4276  
4277  "Recover (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time."
4278  
4279  "Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal."
4280  
4281  "Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body."
4282  
4283  Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
4284  
4285  Recover (v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
4286  
4287  "Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant."
4288  
4289  "Recover (v. i.) To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright."
4290  
4291  Recover (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
4292  
4293  "Recover (v. i.) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit."
4294  
4295  Recover (n.) Recovery.
4296  
4297  "Recoverable (a.) Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable."
4298  
4299  Re coverance (n.) Recovery.
4300  
4301  Recoveree (n.) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
4302  
4303  Recoverer (n.) One who recovers.
4304  
4305  Recoveror (n.) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
4306  
4307  "Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession."
4308  
4309  "Recovery (n.) Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc."
4310  
4311  Recovery (n.) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
4312  
4313  "Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had."
4314  
4315  "Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke."
4316  
4317  Recreance (n.) Recreancy.
4318  
4319  Recreancy (n.) The quality or state of being recreant.
4320  
4321  "Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven."
4322  
4323  Recreant (a.) Apostate; false; unfaithful.
4324  
4325  "Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch."
4326  
4327  Re-create (v. t.) To create or form anew.
4328  
4329  Recreated (imp. & p. p.) of Recreate
4330  
4331  Recreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recreate
4332  
4333  "Recreate (v. t.) To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify."
4334  
4335  Recreate (v. i.) To take recreation.
4336  
4337  "Recreation (n.) The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime."
4338  
4339  Re-creation (n.) A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
4340  
4341  "Re-creative (a.) Creating anew; as, re-creative power."
4342  
4343  Recreative (a.) Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
4344  
4345  "Recrement (n.) Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore."
4346  
4347  Recrement (n.) Excrement.
4348  
4349  Recrement (n.) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
4350  
4351  Recremental (a.) Recrementitious.
4352  
4353  "Recrementitial (a.) Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b)."
4354  
4355  Recrementitious (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
4356  
4357  Recriminate (v. i.) To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
4358  
4359  Recriminate (v. t.) To accuse in return.
4360  
4361  Recrimination (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
4362  
4363  Recriminative (a.) Recriminatory.
4364  
4365  Recriminator (n.) One who recriminates.
4366  
4367  Recriminatory (a.) Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
4368  
4369  Recross (v. t.) To cross a second time.
4370  
4371  Recrudency (n.) Recrudescence.
4372  
4373  Recrudescence (n.) Alt. of Recrudescency
4374  
4375  Recrudescency (n.) The state or condition of being recrudescent.
4376  
4377  Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
4378  
4379  "Recrudescent (a.) Growing raw, sore, or painful again."
4380  
4381  "Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic."
4382  
4383  Recruited (imp. & p. p.) of Recruit
4384  
4385  Recruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recruit
4386  
4387  "Recruit (v. t.) To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits."
4388  
4389  "Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate."
4390  
4391  "Recruit (v. t.) To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men."
4392  
4393  "Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures."
4394  
4395  Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
4396  
4397  Recruit (n.) A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.
4398  
4399  "Recruit (n.) Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier."
4400  
4401  "Recruiter (n.) One who, or that which, recruits."
4402  
4403  "Recruitment (n.) The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army."
4404  
4405  Recrystallization (n.) The process or recrystallizing.
4406  
4407  Recrystallize (v. i. & t.) To crystallize again.
4408  
4409  Rectal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
4410  
4411  Rectangle (n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
4412  
4413  Rectangle (a.) Rectangular.
4414  
4415  Rectangled (a.) Rectangular.
4416  
4417  Rectangular (a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
4418  
4419  "Rectangularity (n.) The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled."
4420  
4421  "Recti- () A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved."
4422  
4423  "Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake."
4424  
4425  "Rectifiable (a.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to any definite portion of the curve."
4426  
4427  "Rectification (n.) The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits."
4428  
4429  Rectification (n.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
4430  
4431  "Rectificator (n.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier."
4432  
4433  "Rectifier (n.) One who, or that which, rectifies."
4434  
4435  Rectifier (n.) Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
4436  
4437  Rectified (imp. & p. p.) of Rectify
4438  
4439  Rectifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rectify
4440  
4441  "Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders."
4442  
4443  "Rectify (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine."
4444  
4445  "Rectify (v. t.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added."
4446  
4447  Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinear
4448  
4449  "Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course."
4450  
4451  Rectilinearity (n.) The quality or state of being rectilinear.
4452  
4453  Rectilineous (a.) Rectilinear.
4454  
4455  Rectinerved (a.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
4456  
4457  "Rection (n.) See Government, n., 7."
4458  
4459  Rectirostral (a.) Having a straight beak.
4460  
4461  "Rectiserial (a.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial."
4462  
4463  Rectitis (n.) Proctitis.
4464  
4465  Rectitude (n.) Straightness.
4466  
4467  "Rectitude (n.) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice."
4468  
4469  Rectitude (n.) Right judgment.
4470  
4471  "Recto- () A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical."
4472  
4473  Recto (n.) A writ of right.
4474  
4475  Recto (n.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
4476  
4477  Rector (n.) A ruler or governor.
4478  
4479  "Rector (n.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar."
4480  
4481  Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
4482  
4483  Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.
4484  
4485  "Rector (n.) The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford."
4486  
4487  Rector (n.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
4488  
4489  Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
4490  
4491  "Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship."
4492  
4493  Rectoress (n.) A governess; a rectrix.
4494  
4495  Rectoress (n.) The wife of a rector.
4496  
4497  Rectorial (a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
4498  
4499  Rectorship (n.) Government; guidance.
4500  
4501  Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
4502  
4503  Rectories (pl. ) of Rectory
4504  
4505  "Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes."
4506  
4507  Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
4508  
4509  Recto-uterine (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
4510  
4511  Rectovaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
4512  
4513  Recto-vesical (a.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
4514  
4515  Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
4516  
4517  Rectrices (pl. ) of Rectrix
4518  
4519  Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.
4520  
4521  Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
4522  
4523  Rectum (n.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
4524  
4525  Recti (pl. ) of Rectus
4526  
4527  "Rectus (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye."
4528  
4529  Recubation (n.) Recumbence.
4530  
4531  Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
4532  
4533  Recule (n.) Alt. of Reculement
4534  
4535  Reculement (n.) Recoil.
4536  
4537  Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to recline; to repose.
4538  
4539  "Recumbence (n.) The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent."
4540  
4541  Recumbency (n.) Recumbence.
4542  
4543  "Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle."
4544  
4545  Recuperable (a.) Recoverable.
4546  
4547  Recuperated (imp. &. p. p.) of Recuperate
4548  
4549  Recuperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recuperate
4550  
4551  Recuperate (v. i.) To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
4552  
4553  "Recuperate (v. t.) To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength."
4554  
4555  "Recuperation (n..) Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength."
4556  
4557  Recuperative (a.) Alt. of Recuperatory
4558  
4559  Recuperatory (a.) Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
4560  
4561  Recuperator (n.) Same as Regenerator.
4562  
4563  Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of Recur
4564  
4565  Recurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recur
4566  
4567  Recur (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
4568  
4569  "Recur (v. i.) To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night."
4570  
4571  Recur (v. i.) To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
4572  
4573  Recure (v. t.) To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
4574  
4575  Recure (v. t.) To recover; to regain; to repossess.
4576  
4577  "Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair."
4578  
4579  Recure (v. t.) To be a cure for; to remedy.
4580  
4581  Recure (n.) Cure; remedy; recovery.
4582  
4583  Recureless (a.) Incapable of cure.
4584  
4585  Recurrence (n.) Alt. of Recurrency
4586  
4587  "Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse."
4588  
4589  "Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains."
4590  
4591  "Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery."
4592  
4593  Recursant (a.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
4594  
4595  Recursion (n.) The act of recurring; return.
4596  
4597  Recurvate (a.) Recurved.
4598  
4599  Recurvate (v. t.) To bend or curve back; to recurve.
4600  
4601  "Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward."
4602  
4603  Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
4604  
4605  "Recurved (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals."
4606  
4607  "Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet."
4608  
4609  Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
4610  
4611  Recurvity (n.) Recurvation.
4612  
4613  Recurvous (a.) Recurved.
4614  
4615  Recusancy (n.) The state of being recusant; nonconformity.
4616  
4617  "Recusant (a.) Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord."
4618  
4619  Recusant (n.) One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
4620  
4621  "Recusant (n.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope."
4622  
4623  Recusant (n.) One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
4624  
4625  Recusation (n.) Refusal.
4626  
4627  "Recusation (n.) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality."
4628  
4629  Recusative (a.) Refusing; denying; negative.
4630  
4631  "Recuse (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause."
4632  
4633  Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.
4634  
4635  Red () . imp. & p. p. of Read.
4636  
4637  "Red (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house."
4638  
4639  "Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part."
4640  
4641  "Red (n.) The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these."
4642  
4643  Red (n.) A red pigment.
4644  
4645  "Red (n.) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a."
4646  
4647  Red (a.) The menses.
4648  
4649  "Redact (v. t.) To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit."
4650  
4651  Redacteur (n.) See Redactor.
4652  
4653  Redaction (n.) The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
4654  
4655  Redactor (n.) One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
4656  
4657  Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
4658  
4659  "Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level."
4660  
4661  Redargued (imp. & p. p.) of Redargue
4662  
4663  Redarguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redargue
4664  
4665  Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
4666  
4667  Redargution (n.) The act of redarguing; refutation.
4668  
4669  "Redargutory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory."
4670  
4671  Redback (n.) The dunlin.
4672  
4673  Redbelly (n.) The char.
4674  
4675  Redbird (n.) The cardinal bird.
4676  
4677  Redbird (n.) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
4678  
4679  Redbird (n.) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.
4680  
4681  Redbreast (n.) The European robin.
4682  
4683  Redbreast (n.) The American robin. See Robin.
4684  
4685  "Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot."
4686  
4687  Redbreast (n.) The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
4688  
4689  "Redbud (n.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas."
4690  
4691  Redcap (n.) The European goldfinch.
4692  
4693  "Redcap (n.) A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland."
4694  
4695  "Redcoat (n.) One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier."
4696  
4697  "Redde () obs. imp. of Read, or Rede."
4698  
4699  Reddened (imp. & p. p.) of Redden
4700  
4701  Reddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redden
4702  
4703  Redden (a.) To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
4704  
4705  Redden (v. i.) To grow or become red; to blush.
4706  
4707  Reddendum (n.) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
4708  
4709  Reddish (a.) Somewhat red; moderately red.
4710  
4711  Reddition (n.) Restoration: restitution: surrender.
4712  
4713  Reddition (n.) Explanation; representation.
4714  
4715  "Redditive (a.) Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words."
4716  
4717  Reddle (n.) Red chalk. See under Chalk.
4718  
4719  Reddour (n.) Rigor; violence.
4720  
4721  Rede (v. t.) To advise or counsel.
4722  
4723  Rede (v. t.) To interpret; to explain.
4724  
4725  Rede (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion.
4726  
4727  Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
4728  
4729  Redeemed (imp. & p. p.) of Redeem
4730  
4731  Redeeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redeem
4732  
4733  Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
4734  
4735  "Redeem (v. t.) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage."
4736  
4737  "Redeem (v. t.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin."
4738  
4739  "Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like."
4740  
4741  "Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law."
4742  
4743  "Redeem (v. t.) To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises."
4744  
4745  "Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error."
4746  
4747  Redeemability (n.) Redeemableness.
4748  
4749  "Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable."
4750  
4751  "Redeemable (a.) Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date."
4752  
4753  Redeemableness (n.) The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
4754  
4755  Redeemer (n.) One who redeems.
4756  
4757  "Redeemer (n.) Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ."
4758  
4759  Redeless (a.) Without rede or counsel.
4760  
4761  Redeliberate (v. t. & i.) To deliberate again; to reconsider.
4762  
4763  Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.
4764  
4765  Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or liberate a second time or again.
4766  
4767  Redeliver (v. t.) To report; to deliver the answer of.
4768  
4769  Redeliverance (n.) A second deliverance.
4770  
4771  Redelivery (n.) Act of delivering back.
4772  
4773  Redelivery (n.) A second or new delivery or liberation.
4774  
4775  Redemand (v. t.) To demand back; to demand again.
4776  
4777  Redemand (n.) A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
4778  
4779  "Redemise (v. t.) To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate."
4780  
4781  "Redemise (n.) The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise."
4782  
4783  "Redemonstrate (v. t.) To demonstrate again, or anew."
4784  
4785  Redemptible (a.) Redeemable.
4786  
4787  "Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo."
4788  
4789  "Re-demption (n.) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity."
4790  
4791  "Re-demption (n.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder."
4792  
4793  Re-demption (n.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
4794  
4795  "Redemptionary (n.) One who is, or may be, redeemed."
4796  
4797  "Redemptioner (n.) One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude."
4798  
4799  "Redemptioner (n.) Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage."
4800  
4801  Redemptionist (n.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
4802  
4803  "Redemptive (a.) Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ."
4804  
4805  "Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth."
4806  
4807  Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
4808  
4809  Redempture (n.) Redemption.
4810  
4811  Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
4812  
4813  Redeposit (v. t.) To deposit again.
4814  
4815  Redescend (v. i.) To descend again.
4816  
4817  Redeye (n.) The rudd.
4818  
4819  Redeye (n.) Same as Redfish (d).
4820  
4821  "Redeye (n.) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass."
4822  
4823  "Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley."
4824  
4825  Redfinch (n.) The European linnet.
4826  
4827  Redfish (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
4828  
4829  Redfish (n.) The rosefish.
4830  
4831  Redfish (n.) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
4832  
4833  "Redfish (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish."
4834  
4835  "Red-gum (n.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus."
4836  
4837  Red-gum (n.) A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
4838  
4839  Red-hand (a. / adv.) Alt. of Red-handed
4840  
4841  "Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed."
4842  
4843  Redhead (n.) A person having red hair.
4844  
4845  "Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard."
4846  
4847  Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
4848  
4849  Redhead (n.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
4850  
4851  "Redhibition (n.) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect."
4852  
4853  "Redhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault."
4854  
4855  Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
4856  
4857  Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
4858  
4859  "Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical."
4860  
4861  Rediae (pl. ) of Redia
4862  
4863  Redias (pl. ) of Redia
4864  
4865  "Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix."
4866  
4867  Redient (a.) Returning.
4868  
4869  "Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time."
4870  
4871  Rediminish (v. t.) To diminish again.
4872  
4873  Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
4874  
4875  Redintegrate (a.) Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
4876  
4877  Redintegrate (v. t.) To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.
4878  
4879  Redintegration (n.) Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.
4880  
4881  Redintegration (n.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state.
4882  
4883  Redintegration (n.) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
4884  
4885  "Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination."
4886  
4887  "Redisburse (v. t.) To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back."
4888  
4889  Rediscover (v. t.) To discover again.
4890  
4891  Redispose (v. t.) To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.
4892  
4893  "Redisseize (v. t.) To disseize anew, or a second time."
4894  
4895  "Redisseizin (n.) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case."
4896  
4897  Redisseizor (n.) One who redisseizes.
4898  
4899  Redissolve (v. t.) To dissolve again.
4900  
4901  Redistill (v. t.) To distill again.
4902  
4903  Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.
4904  
4905  Redistribute (v. t.) To distribute again.
4906  
4907  Redistrict (v. t.) To divide into new districts.
4908  
4909  Redition (n.) Act of returning; return.
4910  
4911  Redivide (v. t.) To divide anew.
4912  
4913  Redleg (n.) Alt. of Redlegs
4914  
4915  Redlegs (n.) The redshank.
4916  
4917  Redlegs (n.) The turnstone.
4918  
4919  Red-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
4920  
4921  Redly (adv.) In a red manner; with redness.
4922  
4923  "Redmouth (n.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt."
4924  
4925  Redness (n.) The quality or state of being red; red color.
4926  
4927  Redolence (n.) Alt. of Redolency
4928  
4929  Redolency (n.) The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
4930  
4931  Redolent (a.) Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.
4932  
4933  Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
4934  
4935  "Redouble (v. i.) To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles."
4936  
4937  "Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory."
4938  
4939  "Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin."
4940  
4941  Redoubt (v. t.) To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
4942  
4943  "Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque."
4944  
4945  Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.
4946  
4947  Redoubting (n.) Reverence; honor.
4948  
4949  Redounded (imp. & p. p.) of Redound
4950  
4951  Redounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redound
4952  
4953  "Redound (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result."
4954  
4955  Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
4956  
4957  "Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital."
4958  
4959  Redound (n.) Rebound; reverberation.
4960  
4961  "Redowa (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use."
4962  
4963  Redpole (n.) Same as Redpoll.
4964  
4965  "Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet."
4966  
4967  Redpoll (n.) The common European linnet.
4968  
4969  Redpoll (n.) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
4970  
4971  Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.
4972  
4973  Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.
4974  
4975  "Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges."
4976  
4977  Redrew (imp.) of Redraw
4978  
4979  Redrawn (p. p.) of Redraw
4980  
4981  Redrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redraw
4982  
4983  Redraw (v. t.) To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
4984  
4985  "Redraw (v. i.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers."
4986  
4987  Redress (v. t.) To dress again.
4988  
4989  Redress (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
4990  
4991  "Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from."
4992  
4993  Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
4994  
4995  Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
4996  
4997  "Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification."
4998  
4999  "Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser."
5000  
5001  Redressal (n.) Redress.
5002  
5003  Redresser (n.) One who redresses.
5004  
5005  Redressible (a.) Such as may be redressed.
5006  
5007  Redressive (a.) Tending to redress.
5008  
5009  Redressless (a.) Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.
5010  
5011  Redressment (n.) The act of redressing; redress.
5012  
5013  "Red-riband (n.) The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish."
5014  
5015  "Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida."
5016  
5017  Redsear (v. i.) To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.
5018  
5019  "Redshank (n.) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee."
5020  
5021  Redshank (n.) The fieldfare.
5022  
5023  "Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs."
5024  
5025  Red-short (a.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.
5026  
5027  Redskin (n.) A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin.
5028  
5029  "Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India."
5030  
5031  "Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches."
5032  
5033  "Redstreak (n.) A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple."
5034  
5035  Redstreak (n.) Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
5036  
5037  Redtail (n.) The red-tailed hawk.
5038  
5039  Redtail (n.) The European redstart.
5040  
5041  Red-tailed (a.) Having a red tail.
5042  
5043  "Red-tape (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a."
5044  
5045  Red-tapism (n.) Strict adherence to official formalities.
5046  
5047  Red-tapist (n.) One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
5048  
5049  "Redthroat (n.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red."
5050  
5051  "Redtop (n.) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides."
5052  
5053  "Redub (v. t.) To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite."
5054  
5055  Reduced (imp. & p. p.) of Reduce
5056  
5057  Reducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reduce
5058  
5059  Reduce (n.) To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
5060  
5061  "Reduce (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat."
5062  
5063  "Reduce (n.) To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort."
5064  
5065  "Reduce (n.) To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp."
5066  
5067  "Reduce (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules."
5068  
5069  "Reduce (n.) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours."
5070  
5071  "Reduce (n.) To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc."
5072  
5073  "Reduce (n.) To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; -- opposed to oxidize."
5074  
5075  "Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia."
5076  
5077  Reducement (n.) Reduction.
5078  
5079  Reducent (a.) Tending to reduce.
5080  
5081  Reducent (n.) A reducent agent.
5082  
5083  "Reducer (n.) One who, or that which, reduces."
5084  
5085  Reducible (a.) Capable of being reduced.
5086  
5087  Reducibleness (n.) Quality of being reducible.
5088  
5089  Reducing () a & n. from Reduce.
5090  
5091  Reduct (v. t..) To reduce.
5092  
5093  Reductibility (n.) The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.
5094  
5095  "Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province."
5096  
5097  "Reduction (n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t."
5098  
5099  "Reduction (v. t.) The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc."
5100  
5101  Reduction (v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
5102  
5103  "Reduction (v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions."
5104  
5105  Reduction (v. t.) The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
5106  
5107  "Reduction (v. t.) The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol."
5108  
5109  Reduction (v. t.) The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
5110  
5111  Reductive (a.) Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
5112  
5113  Reductive (n.) A reductive agent.
5114  
5115  Reductively (adv.) By reduction; by consequence.
5116  
5117  Reduit (n.) A central or retired work within any other work.
5118  
5119  Redundance (n.) Alt. of Redundancy
5120  
5121  Redundancy (n.) The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
5122  
5123  Redundancy (n.) That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.
5124  
5125  Redundancy (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
5126  
5127  "Redundant (a.) Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food."
5128  
5129  Redundant (a.) Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
5130  
5131  Redundantly (adv.) In a refundant manner.
5132  
5133  Reduplicate (a.) Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
5134  
5135  Reduplicate (a.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the /stivation of certain flowers.
5136  
5137  Reduplicate (v. t.) To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
5138  
5139  "Reduplicate (v. t.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3."
5140  
5141  "Reduplication (n.) The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled."
5142  
5143  Reduplication (n.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
5144  
5145  "Reduplication (n.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci."
5146  
5147  Reduplicative (a.) Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate.
5148  
5149  "Reduvid (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man."
5150  
5151  Redweed (n.) The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).
5152  
5153  "Redwing (n.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird."
5154  
5155  Redwithe (n.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
5156  
5157  "Redwood (n.) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia."
5158  
5159  "Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees."
5160  
5161  Ree (n.) See Rei.
5162  
5163  Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
5164  
5165  Reebok (n.) The peele.
5166  
5167  "Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon."
5168  
5169  "Reecho (v. i.) To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant."
5170  
5171  Reecho (n.) The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo.
5172  
5173  "Reechy (a.) Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt."
5174  
5175  Reed (a.) Red.
5176  
5177  Reed (v. & n.) Same as Rede.
5178  
5179  Reed (n.) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
5180  
5181  "Reed (n.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis)."
5182  
5183  Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
5184  
5185  "Reed (n.) An arrow, as made of a reed."
5186  
5187  Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
5188  
5189  "Reed (n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube."
5190  
5191  "Reed (n.) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ."
5192  
5193  "Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten."
5194  
5195  Reed (n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
5196  
5197  Reed (n.) Same as Reeding.
5198  
5199  Reedbird (n.) The bobolink.
5200  
5201  Reedbird (n.) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.
5202  
5203  Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.
5204  
5205  Reeded (a.) Civered with reeds; reedy.
5206  
5207  Reeded (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
5208  
5209  Reeden (a.) Consisting of a reed or reeds.
5210  
5211  Reedification (n.) The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.
5212  
5213  Reedify (v. t.) To edify anew; to build again after destruction.
5214  
5215  "Reeding (n.) A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting."
5216  
5217  Reeding (n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
5218  
5219  "Reedless (a.) Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks."
5220  
5221  "Reedling (n.) The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird."
5222  
5223  Reed-mace (n.) The cat-tail.
5224  
5225  Reedwork (n.) A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
5226  
5227  Reedy (a.) Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
5228  
5229  "Reedy (a.) Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices."
5230  
5231  "Reef (n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral."
5232  
5233  "Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore."
5234  
5235  "Reef (v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind."
5236  
5237  Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Reef
5238  
5239  Reefing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reef
5240  
5241  Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
5242  
5243  Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
5244  
5245  Reefer (n.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.
5246  
5247  Reefer (n.) A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
5248  
5249  Reefing (n.) The process of taking in a reef.
5250  
5251  Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.
5252  
5253  Reek (n.) A rick.
5254  
5255  Reek (n.) Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
5256  
5257  Reeked (imp. & p. p.) of Reek
5258  
5259  Reeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reek
5260  
5261  "Reek (v. i.) To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale."
5262  
5263  Reeky (a.) Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
5264  
5265  Reeky (a.) Emitting reek.
5266  
5267  "Reel (n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel."
5268  
5269  "Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel."
5270  
5271  "Reel (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches."
5272  
5273  "Reel (n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives."
5274  
5275  Reeled (imp. & p. p.) of Reel
5276  
5277  Reeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reel
5278  
5279  Reel (v. t.) To roll.
5280  
5281  "Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread."
5282  
5283  "Reel (v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger."
5284  
5285  Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
5286  
5287  "Reel (n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel."
5288  
5289  "Reelect (v. t.) To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor."
5290  
5291  "Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief."
5292  
5293  Reeler (n.) One who reels.
5294  
5295  Reeler (n.) The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note.
5296  
5297  "Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office."
5298  
5299  "Reem (n.) The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus."
5300  
5301  Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
5302  
5303  "Reembark (v. t. & i.) To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again."
5304  
5305  "Reembarkation (n.) A putting, or going, on board a vessel again."
5306  
5307  Reembody (v. t.) To embody again.
5308  
5309  Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.
5310  
5311  Reemerge (v. i.) To emerge again.
5312  
5313  Reemergence (n.) Act of reemerging.
5314  
5315  Reenact (v. t.) To enact again.
5316  
5317  Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
5318  
5319  Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
5320  
5321  Reencourage (v. t.) To encourage again.
5322  
5323  Reendow (v. t.) To endow again.
5324  
5325  "Reenforce (v. t.) To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet."
5326  
5327  Reenforce (v.) Something which reenforces or strengthens.
5328  
5329  "Reenforce (v.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon."
5330  
5331  Reenforce (v.) (b)
5332  
5333  "Reenforce (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc."
5334  
5335  "Reenforcement (n.) The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced."
5336  
5337  "Reenforcement (n.) That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet."
5338  
5339  Reengage (v. t. & i.) To engage a second time or again.
5340  
5341  Reengagement (n.) A renewed or repeated engagement.
5342  
5343  Reengrave (v. t.) To engrave anew.
5344  
5345  Reenjoy (v. i.) To enjoy anew.
5346  
5347  Reenjoyment (n.) Renewed enjoyment.
5348  
5349  Reenkindle (v. t.) To enkindle again.
5350  
5351  Reenlist (v. t. & i.) To enlist again.
5352  
5353  Reenlistment (n.) A renewed enlistment.
5354  
5355  Reenslave (v. t.) To enslave again.
5356  
5357  Reenter (v. t.) To enter again.
5358  
5359  "Reenter (v. t.) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing."
5360  
5361  Reenter (v. i.) To enter anew or again.
5362  
5363  "Reentering (n.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored."
5364  
5365  Reenthrone (v. t.) To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
5366  
5367  Reenthronement (n.) A second enthroning.
5368  
5369  Reentrance (n.) The act entereing again; re/ntry.
5370  
5371  "Reentrant (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle."
5372  
5373  "Reentry (n.) A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life."
5374  
5375  "Reentry (n.) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease."
5376  
5377  Reerect (v. t.) To erect again.
5378  
5379  Reermouse (n.) See Rearmouse.
5380  
5381  "Reestablish (v. t.) To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health."
5382  
5383  Reestablisher (n.) One who establishes again.
5384  
5385  Reestablishment (n.) The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished.
5386  
5387  Reestate (v. t.) To reestablish.
5388  
5389  Reeve (n.) The female of the ruff.
5390  
5391  Rove (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve
5392  
5393  Reeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reeve
5394  
5395  "Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like."
5396  
5397  "Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc."
5398  
5399  Reexaminable (a.) Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered.
5400  
5401  Reexamination (n.) A repeated examination. See under Examination.
5402  
5403  Reexamine (v. t.) To examine anew.
5404  
5405  Reexchange (v. t.) To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
5406  
5407  Reexchange (n.) A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.
5408  
5409  "Reexchange (n.) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up."
5410  
5411  Reexhibit (v. t.) To exhibit again.
5412  
5413  Reexpel (v. t.) To expel again.
5414  
5415  Reexperience (n.) A renewed or repeated experience.
5416  
5417  "Reexport (v. t.) To export again, as what has been imported."
5418  
5419  Reexport (n.) Any commodity reexported; -- chiefly in the plural.
5420  
5421  "Reexportation (n.) The act of reexporting, or of exporting an import."
5422  
5423  Reexpulsion (n.) Renewed or repeated expulsion.
5424  
5425  Reezed (a.) Grown rank; rancid; rusty.
5426  
5427  Refaction (n.) Recompense; atonement; retribution.
5428  
5429  Refar (v. t.) To go over again; to repeat.
5430  
5431  Refashion (v. t.) To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.
5432  
5433  "Refashionment (n.) The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned."
5434  
5435  Refasten (v. t.) To fasten again.
5436  
5437  Refect (v. t.) To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh.
5438  
5439  Refection (n.) Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
5440  
5441  Refective (a.) Refreshing; restoring.
5442  
5443  Refective (n.) That which refreshes.
5444  
5445  Refectories (pl. ) of Refectory
5446  
5447  "Refectory (n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents."
5448  
5449  "Refel (v. t.) To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister."
5450  
5451  Referred (imp. & p. p.) of Refer
5452  
5453  Referring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refer
5454  
5455  Refer (v. t.) To carry or send back.
5456  
5457  "Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal."
5458  
5459  "Refer (v. t.) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances."
5460  
5461  "Refer (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary."
5462  
5463  "Refer (v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote."
5464  
5465  "Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election."
5466  
5467  "Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story."
5468  
5469  "Referable (a.) Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable."
5470  
5471  "Referee (n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it."
5472  
5473  "Reference (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance."
5474  
5475  "Reference (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book."
5476  
5477  Reference (n.) Relation; regard; respect.
5478  
5479  "Reference (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to."
5480  
5481  "Reference (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another."
5482  
5483  "Reference (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred."
5484  
5485  Reference (n.) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
5486  
5487  "Reference (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court."
5488  
5489  Reference (n.) Appeal.
5490  
5491  Referendary (n.) One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
5492  
5493  Referendary (n.) An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
5494  
5495  "Referendary (n.) Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees."
5496  
5497  Referendum (n.) A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
5498  
5499  Referendum (n.) The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.
5500  
5501  "Referential (a.) Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use."
5502  
5503  Referment (n.) The act of referring; reference.
5504  
5505  "Re-ferment (v. t. & i.) To ferment, or cause to ferment, again."
5506  
5507  Referrer (n.) One who refers.
5508  
5509  Referrible (a.) Referable.
5510  
5511  Refigure (v. t.) To figure again.
5512  
5513  "Refill (v. t. & i.) To fill, or become full, again."
5514  
5515  Refind (v. t.) To find again; to get or experience again.
5516  
5517  Refined (imp. & p. p.) of Refine
5518  
5519  Refining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refine
5520  
5521  "Refine (v. t.) To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar."
5522  
5523  "Refine (v. t.) To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings."
5524  
5525  Refine (v. i.) To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
5526  
5527  "Refine (v. i.) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence."
5528  
5529  Refine (v. i.) To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
5530  
5531  Refined (a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.
5532  
5533  "Refinement (n.) The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas."
5534  
5535  "Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic."
5536  
5537  "Refiner (n.) One who, or that which, refines."
5538  
5539  Refineries (pl. ) of Refinery
5540  
5541  "Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar."
5542  
5543  Refinery (n.) A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
5544  
5545  "Refit (v. t.) To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war."
5546  
5547  Refit (v. t.) To fit out or supply a second time.
5548  
5549  "Refit (v. i.) To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit."
5550  
5551  "Refitment (n.) The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted."
5552  
5553  Refix (v. t.) To fix again or anew; to establish anew.
5554  
5555  Reflame (v. i.) To kindle again into flame.
5556  
5557  Reflected (imp. & p. p.) of Reflect
5558  
5559  Reflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reflect
5560  
5561  "Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat."
5562  
5563  Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
5564  
5565  "Reflect (v. i.) To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams."
5566  
5567  Reflect (v. i.) To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
5568  
5569  "Reflect (v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules."
5570  
5571  Reflect (v. i.) To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
5572  
5573  "Reflected (a.) Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc."
5574  
5575  "Reflected (a.) Hence: Not one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory."
5576  
5577  Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
5578  
5579  Reflectent (a.) Bending or flying back; reflected.
5580  
5581  "Reflectent (a.) Reflecting; as, a reflectent body."
5582  
5583  "Reflectible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible."
5584  
5585  "Reflecting (a.) Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface."
5586  
5587  "Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind."
5588  
5589  "Reflectingly (adv.) With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully."
5590  
5591  "Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected."
5592  
5593  "Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below."
5594  
5595  "Reflection (n.) The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard."
5596  
5597  "Reflection (n.) Shining; brightness, as of the sun."
5598  
5599  Reflection (n.) That which is produced by reflection.
5600  
5601  Reflection (n.) An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
5602  
5603  "Reflection (n.) A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane."
5604  
5605  "Reflection (n.) Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth."
5606  
5607  Reflection (n.) Censure; reproach cast.
5608  
5609  "Reflection (n.) The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex."
5610  
5611  "Reflective (a.) Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror."
5612  
5613  "Reflective (a.) Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason."
5614  
5615  "Reflective (a.) Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person."
5616  
5617  Reflective (a.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
5618  
5619  "Reflector (n.) One who, or that which, reflects."
5620  
5621  "Reflector (n.) Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc."
5622  
5623  Reflector (n.) A reflecting telescope.
5624  
5625  Reflector (n.) A device for reflecting sound.
5626  
5627  Reflex (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
5628  
5629  "Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return."
5630  
5631  "Reflex (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness."
5632  
5633  Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
5634  
5635  Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
5636  
5637  Reflex (v. t.) To reflect.
5638  
5639  Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
5640  
5641  Reflexed (a.) Bent backward or outward.
5642  
5643  "Reflexibility (n.) The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light."
5644  
5645  "Reflexible (a.) Capable of being reflected, or thrown back."
5646  
5647  Reflexion (n.) See Reflection.
5648  
5649  Reflexity (n.) The state or condition of being reflected.
5650  
5651  Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
5652  
5653  Reflexive (a.) Implying censure.
5654  
5655  "Reflexive (a.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective."
5656  
5657  Reflexly (adv.) In a reflex manner; reflectively.
5658  
5659  Refloat (n.) Reflux; ebb.
5660  
5661  Reflorescence (n.) A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.
5662  
5663  Reflourish (v. t. & i.) To flourish again.
5664  
5665  Reflow (v. i.) To flow back; to ebb.
5666  
5667  "Reflower (v. i. & t.) To flower, or cause to flower, again."
5668  
5669  Refluctuation (n.) A flowing back; refluence.
5670  
5671  Refluence (n.) Alt. of Refluency
5672  
5673  Refluency (n.) The quality of being refluent; a flowing back.
5674  
5675  Refluent (a.) Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
5676  
5677  Reflueus (a.) Refluent.
5678  
5679  "Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action."
5680  
5681  "Reflux (n.) A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides."
5682  
5683  Refocillate (v. t.) To refresh; to revive.
5684  
5685  Refocillation (n.) Restoration of strength by refreshment.
5686  
5687  Refold (v. t.) To fold again.
5688  
5689  Refoment (v. t.) To foment anew.
5690  
5691  Reforestization (n.) The act or process of reforestizing.
5692  
5693  Reforestize (v. t.) To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.
5694  
5695  "Reforge (v. t.) To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over."
5696  
5697  Reforger (n.) One who reforges.
5698  
5699  "Reform (v. t.) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals."
5700  
5701  "Reform (v. i.) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform."
5702  
5703  "Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government."
5704  
5705  Re-formed (imp. & p. p.) of Re-form
5706  
5707  Re-forming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Re-form
5708  
5709  "Re-form (v. t. & i.) To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge."
5710  
5711  Reformable (a.) Capable of being reformed.
5712  
5713  Reformade (n.) A reformado.
5714  
5715  Reformado (v. t.) A monk of a reformed order.
5716  
5717  "Reformado (v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay."
5718  
5719  Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
5720  
5721  "Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses."
5722  
5723  "Reformation (n.) Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches."
5724  
5725  "Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square."
5726  
5727  Reformative (a.) Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
5728  
5729  Reformatory (a.) Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
5730  
5731  -ries (pl. ) of Reformatory
5732  
5733  Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
5734  
5735  "Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches."
5736  
5737  "Reformed (a.) Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard."
5738  
5739  Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.
5740  
5741  "Reformer (n.) One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses."
5742  
5743  "Reformer (n.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin."
5744  
5745  Reformist (n.) A reformer.
5746  
5747  Reformly (adv.) In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.
5748  
5749  "Refortification (n.) A fortifying anew, or a second time."
5750  
5751  Refortify (v. t.) To fortify anew.
5752  
5753  Refossion (n.) The act of digging up again.
5754  
5755  Refound (v. t.) To found or cast anew.
5756  
5757  Refound (v. t.) To found or establish again; to re/stablish.
5758  
5759  "Refound () imp. & p. p. of Refind, v. t."
5760  
5761  Refounder (n.) One who refounds.
5762  
5763  Refracted (imp. & p. p.) of Refract
5764  
5765  Refracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refract
5766  
5767  Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
5768  
5769  "Refract (n.) To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium."
5770  
5771  Refractable (a.) Capable of being refracted.
5772  
5773  "Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf."
5774  
5775  "Refracted (a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light."
5776  
5777  "Refracting (a.) Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium."
5778  
5779  "Refraction (n.) The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted."
5780  
5781  "Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved."
5782  
5783  "Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction."
5784  
5785  "Refraction (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude."
5786  
5787  "Refractive (a.) Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers."
5788  
5789  Refractiveness (n.) The quality or condition of being refractive.
5790  
5791  Refractometer (n.) A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.
5792  
5793  Refractor (n.) Anything that refracts
5794  
5795  "Refractor (n.) A refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the refraction of light in passing through a convex lens."
5796  
5797  Refractorily (adv.) In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
5798  
5799  Refractoriness (n.) The quality or condition of being refractory.
5800  
5801  "Refractory (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast."
5802  
5803  "Refractory (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore."
5804  
5805  Refractory (n.) A refractory person.
5806  
5807  Refractory (n.) Refractoriness.
5808  
5809  "Refractory (n.) OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles."
5810  
5811  Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
5812  
5813  "Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone."
5814  
5815  Refragable (a.) Capable of being refuted; refutable.
5816  
5817  Refragate (v. i.) To oppose.
5818  
5819  Refrained (imp. & p. p.) of Refrain
5820  
5821  Refraining (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Refrain
5822  
5823  Refrain (v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
5824  
5825  Refrain (v. t.) To abstain from
5826  
5827  Refrain (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
5828  
5829  Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
5830  
5831  Refrainer (n.) One who refrains.
5832  
5833  Refrainment (n.) Act of refraining.
5834  
5835  Reframe (v. t.) To frame again or anew.
5836  
5837  Refrangibility (n.) The quality of being refrangible.
5838  
5839  "Refrangible (a.) Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light."
5840  
5841  Refrenation (v. t.) The act of refraining.
5842  
5843  Refreshed (imp. & p. p.) of Refresh
5844  
5845  Refreshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refresh
5846  
5847  "Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind."
5848  
5849  Refresh (a.) To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
5850  
5851  Refresh (n.) The act of refreshing.
5852  
5853  "Refresher (n.) One who, or that which, refreshes."
5854  
5855  "Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted."
5856  
5857  Refreshful (a.) Full of power to refresh; refreshing.
5858  
5859  Refreshing (a.) Reviving; reanimating.
5860  
5861  "Refreshment (n.) The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression."
5862  
5863  "Refreshment (n.) That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink."
5864  
5865  Refret (n.) Refrain.
5866  
5867  Refreyd (v. t.) To chill; to cool.
5868  
5869  Refrication (n.) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
5870  
5871  Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
5872  
5873  "Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively."
5874  
5875  Refrigerated (imp. & p. p.) of Refrigerate
5876  
5877  Refrigerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refrigerate
5878  
5879  Refrigerate (v. t.) To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
5880  
5881  "Refrigeration (n.) The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled."
5882  
5883  Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
5884  
5885  Refrigerative (n.) A refrigerant.
5886  
5887  Refrigerator (n.) That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
5888  
5889  "Refrigerator (n.) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice."
5890  
5891  "Refrigerator (n.) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc."
5892  
5893  Refrigeratory (a.) Mitigating heat; cooling.
5894  
5895  -ries (pl. ) of Refrigeratory
5896  
5897  Refrigeratory (n.) That which refrigerates or cools.
5898  
5899  "Refrigeratory (n.) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed."
5900  
5901  "Refrigeratory (n.) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine."
5902  
5903  Refrigerium (n.) Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.
5904  
5905  "Refringency (n.) The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies."
5906  
5907  "Refringent (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar."
5908  
5909  Reft (imp. & p. p.) Bereft.
5910  
5911  Reft (n.) A chink; a rift. See Rift.
5912  
5913  Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
5914  
5915  "Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy."
5916  
5917  Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
5918  
5919  Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
5920  
5921  "Refugee (n.) One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety."
5922  
5923  "Refugee (n.) Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes."
5924  
5925  Refulgence (n.) Alt. of Refulgency
5926  
5927  Refulgency (n.) The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.
5928  
5929  "Refulgent (a.) Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams."
5930  
5931  "Refund (v. t.) To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan."
5932  
5933  Refund (v. t.) To pour back.
5934  
5935  Refund (v. t.) To give back; to repay; to restore.
5936  
5937  Refund (v. t.) To supply again with funds; to reimburse.
5938  
5939  Refunder (n.) One who refunds.
5940  
5941  "Refundment (n.) The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded."
5942  
5943  Refurbish (v. t.) To furbish anew.
5944  
5945  Refurnish (v. t.) To furnish again.
5946  
5947  "Refurnishment (n.) The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished."
5948  
5949  Refusable (a.) Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.
5950  
5951  "Refusal (n.) The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance."
5952  
5953  "Refusal (n.) The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment."
5954  
5955  Refused (imp. & p. p.) of Refuse
5956  
5957  Refusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refuse
5958  
5959  "Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant."
5960  
5961  "Refuse (v. t.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks."
5962  
5963  "Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor."
5964  
5965  Refuse (v. t.) To disown.
5966  
5967  Refuse (v. i.) To deny compliance; not to comply.
5968  
5969  Refuse (n.) Refusal.
5970  
5971  Refuse (n.) That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
5972  
5973  Refuse (a.) Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
5974  
5975  Refuser (n.) One who refuses or rejects.
5976  
5977  "Refusion (n.) New or repeated melting, as of metals."
5978  
5979  Refusion (n.) Restoration.
5980  
5981  Refut (n.) Refuge.
5982  
5983  Refutability (n.) The quality of being refutable.
5984  
5985  Refutable (a.) Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
5986  
5987  Refutal (n.) Act of refuting; refutation.
5988  
5989  "Refutation (n.) The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof."
5990  
5991  Refutatory (a.) Tending tu refute; refuting.
5992  
5993  Refuted (imp. & p. p.) of Refute
5994  
5995  Refuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Refute
5996  
5997  "Refute (v. t.) To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant."
5998  
5999  "Refuter (n.) One who, or that which, refutes."
6000  
6001  "Regain (v. t.) To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again."
6002  
6003  "Regal (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway."
6004  
6005  "Regal (n.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."
6006  
6007  Regale (n.) A prerogative of royalty.
6008  
6009  Regaled (imp. & p. p.) of Regale
6010  
6011  Regaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regale
6012  
6013  "Regale (v. t.) To enerta/n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear."
6014  
6015  Regale (v. i.) To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.
6016  
6017  Regale (v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
6018  
6019  Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
6020  
6021  Regaler (n.) One who regales.
6022  
6023  "Regalia (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty."
6024  
6025  "Regalia (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc."
6026  
6027  Regalia (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
6028  
6029  "Regalia (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed."
6030  
6031  Regalian (a.) Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.
6032  
6033  Regalism (n.) The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.
6034  
6035  Regality (n.) Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
6036  
6037  Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
6038  
6039  Regally (adv.) In a regal or royal manner.
6040  
6041  Regarded (imp. & p. p.) of Regard
6042  
6043  Regarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regard
6044  
6045  Regard (v. t.) To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
6046  
6047  "Regard (v. t.) Hence, to look or front toward; to face."
6048  
6049  Regard (v. t.) To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.
6050  
6051  "Regard (v. t.) To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy."
6052  
6053  "Regard (v. t.) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike."
6054  
6055  "Regard (v. t.) To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem."
6056  
6057  "Regard (v. t.) To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition."
6058  
6059  "Regard (v. t.) To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that."
6060  
6061  Regard (v. i.) To look attentively; to consider; to notice.
6062  
6063  Regard (v. t.) A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
6064  
6065  Regard (v. t.) Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.
6066  
6067  "Regard (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural."
6068  
6069  "Regard (v. t.) State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account."
6070  
6071  Regard (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
6072  
6073  Regard (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.
6074  
6075  Regard (v. t.) Respect; relation; reference.
6076  
6077  Regard (v. t.) Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.
6078  
6079  Regard (v. t.) Supervision; inspection.
6080  
6081  Regardable (a.) Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.
6082  
6083  Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
6084  
6085  "Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant."
6086  
6087  "Regardant (v. t.) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant."
6088  
6089  Regarder (n.) One who regards.
6090  
6091  Regarder (n.) An officer appointed to supervise the forest.
6092  
6093  Regardful (a.) Heedful; attentive; observant.
6094  
6095  Regarding (prep.) Concerning; respecting.
6096  
6097  "Regardless (a.) Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity."
6098  
6099  Regardless (a.) Not regarded; slighted.
6100  
6101  Regather (v. t.) To gather again.
6102  
6103  Regattas (pl. ) of Regatta
6104  
6105  "Regatta (n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races."
6106  
6107  Regel (n.) See Rigel.
6108  
6109  "Regelate (v. i.) To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice."
6110  
6111  "Regelation (n.) The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice."
6112  
6113  Regence (n.) Rule.
6114  
6115  Regencies (pl. ) of Regency
6116  
6117  Regency (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
6118  
6119  "Regency (a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government."
6120  
6121  "Regency (a.) A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability."
6122  
6123  Regeneracy (n.) The state of being regenerated.
6124  
6125  Regenerate (a.) Reproduced.
6126  
6127  Regenerate (a.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.
6128  
6129  "Regenerate (v. t.) To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to."
6130  
6131  Regenerate (v. t.) To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.
6132  
6133  "Regenerate (v. t.) Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society."
6134  
6135  Regenerateness (n.) The quality or state of being rgenerate.
6136  
6137  "Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated."
6138  
6139  "Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart."
6140  
6141  "Regeneration (n.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs."
6142  
6143  "Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle."
6144  
6145  "Regeneration (n.) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve."
6146  
6147  "Regenerative (a.) Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences."
6148  
6149  Regeneratively (adv.) So as to regenerate.
6150  
6151  "Regenerator (n.) One who, or that which, regenerates."
6152  
6153  "Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas."
6154  
6155  Regeneratory (a.) Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
6156  
6157  Regenesis (n.) New birth; renewal.
6158  
6159  Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
6160  
6161  Regent (a.) Exercising vicarious authority.
6162  
6163  Regent (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
6164  
6165  "Regent (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign."
6166  
6167  "Regent (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution."
6168  
6169  "Regent (a.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools."
6170  
6171  Regentess (n.) A female regent.
6172  
6173  Regentship (n.) The office of a regent; regency.
6174  
6175  Regerminate (v. i.) To germinate again.
6176  
6177  Regermination (n.) A germinating again or anew.
6178  
6179  Regest (n.) A register.
6180  
6181  Reget (v. t.) To get again.
6182  
6183  Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
6184  
6185  Regible (a.) Governable; tractable.
6186  
6187  "Regicidal (a.) Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide."
6188  
6189  "Regicide (n.) One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death."
6190  
6191  Regicide (n.) The killing or the murder of a king.
6192  
6193  Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.
6194  
6195  "Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system."
6196  
6197  "Regime (n.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections."
6198  
6199  Regimen (n.) Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
6200  
6201  Regimen (n.) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
6202  
6203  "Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene."
6204  
6205  "Regimen (n.) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government."
6206  
6207  Regimen (n.) The word or words governed.
6208  
6209  Regiment (n.) Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
6210  
6211  Regiment (n.) A region or district governed.
6212  
6213  "Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten."
6214  
6215  Regimented (imp. & p. p.) of Regiment
6216  
6217  Regimenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regiment
6218  
6219  Regiment (v. t.) To form into a regiment or into regiments.
6220  
6221  "Regimental (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing."
6222  
6223  "Regimentally (adv.) In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally."
6224  
6225  Regimentals (n. pl.) The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
6226  
6227  "Regiminal (a.) Of or relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules."
6228  
6229  "Region (n.) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract."
6230  
6231  "Region (n.) Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere."
6232  
6233  Region (n.) The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
6234  
6235  Region (n.) The inhabitants of a district.
6236  
6237  Region (n.) Place; rank; station.
6238  
6239  Regional (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
6240  
6241  Regious (a.) Regal; royal.
6242  
6243  "Register (n.) A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule."
6244  
6245  Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district.
6246  
6247  "Register (n.) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title."
6248  
6249  "Register (n.) One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds."
6250  
6251  Register (n.) That which registers or records.
6252  
6253  Register (n.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process.
6254  
6255  Register (n.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.
6256  
6257  "Register (n.) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale."
6258  
6259  "Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation."
6260  
6261  Register (n.) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast.
6262  
6263  "Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet."
6264  
6265  "Register (n.) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2."
6266  
6267  "Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register."
6268  
6269  Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
6270  
6271  Registered (imp. & p. p.) of Register
6272  
6273  Registering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Register
6274  
6275  "Register (n.) To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service."
6276  
6277  Register (n.) To enroll; to enter in a list.
6278  
6279  Register (v. i.) To enroll one's name in a register.
6280  
6281  "Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary."
6282  
6283  "Registering (a.) Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording."
6284  
6285  Registership (n.) The office of a register.
6286  
6287  "Registrant (n.) One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark."
6288  
6289  "Registrar (n.) One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3."
6290  
6291  Registrarship (n.) The office of a registrar.
6292  
6293  Registrary (n.) A registrar.
6294  
6295  Registrate (v. t.) To register.
6296  
6297  Registration (v.) The act of registering; registry; enrollment.
6298  
6299  Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
6300  
6301  Registry (n.) The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
6302  
6303  Registry (n.) The place where a register is kept.
6304  
6305  Registry (n.) A record; an account; a register.
6306  
6307  Regius (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; royal.
6308  
6309  Regive (v. t.) To give again; to give back.
6310  
6311  Regle (v. t.) To rule; to govern.
6312  
6313  Reglement (n.) Regulation.
6314  
6315  Reglementary (a.) Regulative.
6316  
6317  "Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column."
6318  
6319  "Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like."
6320  
6321  "Regma (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle."
6322  
6323  Regmacarp (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit.
6324  
6325  "Regnal (a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years."
6326  
6327  Regnancy (n.) The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
6328  
6329  "Regnant (a.) Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant."
6330  
6331  Regnant (a.) Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
6332  
6333  Regnative (a.) Ruling; governing.
6334  
6335  Regne (n. & v.) See Reign.
6336  
6337  Regorge (v. t.) To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
6338  
6339  Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
6340  
6341  Regrade (v. i.) To retire; to go back.
6342  
6343  Regraft (v. t.) To graft again.
6344  
6345  Regrant (v. t.) To grant back; to grant again or anew.
6346  
6347  Regrant (n.) The act of granting back to a former proprietor.
6348  
6349  "Regrant (n.) A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly."
6350  
6351  Regrated (imp. & p. p.) of Regrate
6352  
6353  Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regrate
6354  
6355  "Regrate (v. t.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance."
6356  
6357  Regrate (v. t.) To offend; to shock.
6358  
6359  "Regrate (v. t.) To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense."
6360  
6361  Regrater (n.) One who regrates.
6362  
6363  Regratery (n.) The act or practice of regrating.
6364  
6365  Regratiatory (n.) A returning or giving of thanks.
6366  
6367  Regrator (n.) One guilty of regrating.
6368  
6369  "Regrede (v. i.) To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit."
6370  
6371  Regredience (n.) A going back; a retrogression; a return.
6372  
6373  Regreet (v. t.) To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
6374  
6375  Regreet (n.) A return or exchange of salutation.
6376  
6377  "Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. ""The progress or regress of man""."
6378  
6379  Regress (n.) The power or liberty of passing back.
6380  
6381  Regressed (imp. & p. p.) of Regress
6382  
6383  Regressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regress
6384  
6385  Regress (v. i.) To go back; to return to a former place or state.
6386  
6387  Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
6388  
6389  Regressive (a.) Passing back; returning.
6390  
6391  Regressive (a.) Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
6392  
6393  Regressively (adv.) In a regressive manner.
6394  
6395  "Regret (v.) Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction."
6396  
6397  Regret (v.) Dislike; aversion.
6398  
6399  Regretted (imp. & p. p.) of Regret
6400  
6401  Regretting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regret
6402  
6403  "Regret (v. t.) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends."
6404  
6405  Regretful (a.) Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
6406  
6407  Regrow (v. i. & t.) To grow again.
6408  
6409  Regrowth (n.) The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.
6410  
6411  Reguardant (a.) Same as Regardant.
6412  
6413  Reguerdon (v. t.) To reward.
6414  
6415  Regulable (a.) Capable of being regulated.
6416  
6417  "Regular (a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building."
6418  
6419  "Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits."
6420  
6421  "Regular (a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops."
6422  
6423  "Regular (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy."
6424  
6425  "Regular (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug."
6426  
6427  "Regular (a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin."
6428  
6429  Regular (a.) Same as Isometric.
6430  
6431  "Regular (a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church."
6432  
6433  Regular (a.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
6434  
6435  "Regularia (n. pl.) A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins."
6436  
6437  "Regularity (n.) The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion."
6438  
6439  Regularize (v. t.) To cause to become regular; to regulate.
6440  
6441  Regularly (adv.) In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.
6442  
6443  Regularness (n.) Regularity.
6444  
6445  Regulated (imp. & p. p.) of Regulate
6446  
6447  Regulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regulate
6448  
6449  "Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws."
6450  
6451  "Regulate (v. t.) To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances."
6452  
6453  "Regulate (v. t.) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc."
6454  
6455  "Regulation (n.) The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated."
6456  
6457  "Regulation (n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school."
6458  
6459  Regulative (a.) Tending to regulate; regulating.
6460  
6461  "Regulative (a.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty."
6462  
6463  "Regulator (n.) One who, or that which, regulates."
6464  
6465  "Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive."
6466  
6467  "Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock."
6468  
6469  "Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes."
6470  
6471  Reguline (a.) Of or pertaining to regulus.
6472  
6473  "Regulize (v. t.) To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony."
6474  
6475  Reguluses (pl. ) of Regulus
6476  
6477  Reguli (pl. ) of Regulus
6478  
6479  Regulus (n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
6480  
6481  "Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores."
6482  
6483  Regulus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
6484  
6485  "Regurgitate (v. t.) To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity."
6486  
6487  Regurgitate (v. i.) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
6488  
6489  Regurgitation (n.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance
6490  
6491  Regurgitation (n.) the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.
6492  
6493  Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
6494  
6495  Rehabilitated (imp. & p. p.) of Rehabilitate
6496  
6497  Rehabilitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rehabilitate
6498  
6499  "Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law."
6500  
6501  "Rehabilitation (n.) The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated."
6502  
6503  "Rehash (v. t.) To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments."
6504  
6505  "Rehash (n.) Something hashed over, or made up from old materials."
6506  
6507  "Rehear (v. t.) To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery."
6508  
6509  "Rehearsal (n.) The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise."
6510  
6511  Rehearsed (imp. & p. p.) of Rehearse
6512  
6513  Rehearsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rehearse
6514  
6515  "Rehearse (v. t.) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite."
6516  
6517  Rehearse (v. t.) To narrate; to relate; to tell.
6518  
6519  "Rehearse (v. t.) To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy."
6520  
6521  Rehearse (v. t.) To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
6522  
6523  Rehearse (v. i.) To recite or repeat something for practice.
6524  
6525  Rehearser (n.) One who rehearses.
6526  
6527  Reheat (v. t.) To heat again.
6528  
6529  Reheat (v. t.) To revive; to cheer; to cherish.
6530  
6531  "Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand."
6532  
6533  "Rehibitory (a.) Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action."
6534  
6535  Rehire (v. t.) To hire again.
6536  
6537  Rehypothecate (v. t.) To hypothecate again.
6538  
6539  Reis (pl. ) of Rei
6540  
6541  "Rei (n.) A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent."
6542  
6543  "Reichsrath (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives."
6544  
6545  Reichsstand (n.) A free city of the former German empire.
6546  
6547  "Reichstag (n.) The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath."
6548  
6549  Reif (n.) Robbery; spoil.
6550  
6551  "Reigle (n.) A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate."
6552  
6553  Reigle (v. t.) To regulate; to govern.
6554  
6555  Reiglement (n.) Rule; regulation.
6556  
6557  Reign (n.) Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
6558  
6559  Reign (n.) The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
6560  
6561  "Reign (n.) The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth."
6562  
6563  Reigned (imp. & p. p.) of Reign
6564  
6565  Reigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reign
6566  
6567  "Reign (n.) To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule."
6568  
6569  "Reign (n.) Hence, to be predominant; to prevail."
6570  
6571  Reign (n.) To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
6572  
6573  Reigner (n.) One who reigns.
6574  
6575  Reillume (v. t.) To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
6576  
6577  Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
6578  
6579  Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.
6580  
6581  Reillumine (v. t.) To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
6582  
6583  "Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc."
6584  
6585  Reimbark (v. t. & i.) See Reembark.
6586  
6587  Reimbody (v. t. & i.) To imbody again.
6588  
6589  Reimbursable (a.) Capable of being repaid; repayable.
6590  
6591  Reimbursed (imp. & p. p.) of Reimburse
6592  
6593  Reimbursing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reimburse
6594  
6595  "Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war."
6596  
6597  "Reimburse (v. t.) To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation."
6598  
6599  Reimbursement (n.) The act reimbursing.
6600  
6601  Reimburser (n.) One who reimburses.
6602  
6603  Reimplant (v. t.) To implant again.
6604  
6605  Reimport (v. t.) To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.
6606  
6607  "Reimportation (n.) The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported."
6608  
6609  Reimportune (v. t.) To importune again.
6610  
6611  Reimpose (v. t.) To impose anew.
6612  
6613  Reimpregnate (v. t.) To impregnate again or anew.
6614  
6615  Reimpress (v. t.) To impress anew.
6616  
6617  Reimpression (n.) A second or repeated impression; a reprint.
6618  
6619  Reimprint (v. t.) To imprint again.
6620  
6621  Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.
6622  
6623  "Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned."
6624  
6625  "Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse."
6626  
6627  "Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint."
6628  
6629  Reined (imp. & p. p.) of Rein
6630  
6631  Reining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rein
6632  
6633  "Rein (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another."
6634  
6635  Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.
6636  
6637  Rein (v. i.) To be guided by reins.
6638  
6639  Reinaugurate (v. t.) To inaugurate anew.
6640  
6641  Reincit (v. t.) To incite again.
6642  
6643  Reincorporate (v. t.) To incorporate again.
6644  
6645  Reincrease (v. t.) To increase again.
6646  
6647  Reincur (v. t.) To incur again.
6648  
6649  "Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate."
6650  
6651  Reinduce (v. t.) To induce again.
6652  
6653  "Reinette (n.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin."
6654  
6655  Reinfect (v. t.) To infect again.
6656  
6657  Reinfectious (a.) Capable of reinfecting.
6658  
6659  "Reinforce (v. t.) See Reenforce, v. t."
6660  
6661  "Reinforce (n.) See Reenforce, n."
6662  
6663  Reinforcement (n.) See Reenforcement.
6664  
6665  Reinfund (v. i.) To flow in anew.
6666  
6667  Reingratiate (v. t.) To ingratiate again or anew.
6668  
6669  Reinhabit (v. t.) To inhabit again.
6670  
6671  "Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained."
6672  
6673  "Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins."
6674  
6675  Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
6676  
6677  Reinsert (v. t.) To insert again.
6678  
6679  Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.
6680  
6681  Reinspect (v. t.) To inspect again.
6682  
6683  Reinspection (n.) The act of reinspecting.
6684  
6685  Reinspire (v. t.) To inspire anew.
6686  
6687  Reinspirit (v. t.) To give fresh spirit to.
6688  
6689  Reinstall (v. t.) To install again.
6690  
6691  Reinstallment (n.) A renewed installment.
6692  
6693  "Reinstate (v. t.) To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom."
6694  
6695  Reinstatement (n.) The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.
6696  
6697  Reinstation (n.) Reinstatement.
6698  
6699  Reinstruct (v. t.) To instruct anew.
6700  
6701  Reinsurance (n.) Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
6702  
6703  Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.
6704  
6705  Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
6706  
6707  "Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it."
6708  
6709  Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.
6710  
6711  "Reintegrate (v. t.) To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation."
6712  
6713  "Reintegration (n.) A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration."
6714  
6715  Reinter (v. t.) To inter again.
6716  
6717  Reinterrogate (v. t.) To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.
6718  
6719  Reinthrone (v. t.) See Reenthrone.
6720  
6721  Reinthronize (v. t.) To enthrone again.
6722  
6723  Reintroduce (v. t.) To introduce again.
6724  
6725  Reinvest (v. t.) To invest again or anew.
6726  
6727  Reinvestigate (v. t.) To investigate again.
6728  
6729  Reinvestment (n.) The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
6730  
6731  Reinvigorate (v. t.) To invigorate anew.
6732  
6733  Reinvolve (v. t.) To involve anew.
6734  
6735  "Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents."
6736  
6737  "Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship."
6738  
6739  "Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc."
6740  
6741  Reissner's membrane () The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
6742  
6743  Reissuable (a.) Capable of being reissued.
6744  
6745  Reissue (v. t. & i.) To issue a second time.
6746  
6747  Reissue (n.) A second or repeated issue.
6748  
6749  Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.
6750  
6751  Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
6752  
6753  Reiterant (a.) Reiterating.
6754  
6755  Reiterated (imp. & p. p.) of Reiterate
6756  
6757  Reiterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reiterate
6758  
6759  "Reiterate (v. t.) To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat."
6760  
6761  Reiterate (a.) Reiterated; repeated.
6762  
6763  Reiteratedly (adv.) Repeatedly.
6764  
6765  Reiteration (n.) The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.
6766  
6767  Reiterative (n.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
6768  
6769  "Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally."
6770  
6771  Reiver (n.) See Reaver.
6772  
6773  Rejected (imp. & p. p.) of Reject
6774  
6775  Rejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reject
6776  
6777  Reject (v. t.) To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
6778  
6779  Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
6780  
6781  "Reject (v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request."
6782  
6783  "Rejectable (a.) Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected."
6784  
6785  "Rejectamenta (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism."
6786  
6787  Rejectaneous (a.) Not chosen or received; rejected.
6788  
6789  Rejecter (n.) One who rejects.
6790  
6791  "Rejection (n.) Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected."
6792  
6793  Rejectitious (a.) Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.
6794  
6795  "Rejective (a.) Rejecting, or tending to reject."
6796  
6797  "Rejectment (n.) Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away."
6798  
6799  Rejoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoice
6800  
6801  Rejoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoice
6802  
6803  Rejoice (v. i.) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.
6804  
6805  Rejoice (v. t.) To enjoy.
6806  
6807  Rejoice (v. t.) To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
6808  
6809  Rejoice (n.) The act of rejoicing.
6810  
6811  Rejoicement (n.) Rejoicing.
6812  
6813  Rejoicer (n.) One who rejoices.
6814  
6815  Rejoicing (n.) Joy; gladness; delight.
6816  
6817  Rejoicing (n.) The expression of joy or gladness.
6818  
6819  Rejoicing (n.) That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
6820  
6821  Rejoicingly (adv.) With joi or exultation.
6822  
6823  Rejoined (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoin
6824  
6825  Rejoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoin
6826  
6827  Rejoin (v. t.) To join again; to unite after separation.
6828  
6829  "Rejoin (v. t.) To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again."
6830  
6831  Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
6832  
6833  Rejoin (v. i.) To answer to a reply.
6834  
6835  "Rejoin (v. i.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication."
6836  
6837  "Rejoinder (n.) An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply."
6838  
6839  Rejoinder (n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
6840  
6841  Rejoinder (v. i.) To make a rejoinder.
6842  
6843  Rejoindure (n.) Act of joining again.
6844  
6845  Rejoint (v. t.) To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.
6846  
6847  "Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather."
6848  
6849  Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
6850  
6851  Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or shake again.
6852  
6853  Rejourn (v. t.) To adjourn; to put off.
6854  
6855  Rejournment (n.) Adjournment.
6856  
6857  Rejudge (v. t.) To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.
6858  
6859  Rejuvenate (v. t.) To render young again.
6860  
6861  Rejuvenation (n.) Rejuvenescence.
6862  
6863  Rejuvenescence (n.) A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
6864  
6865  "Rejuvenescence (n.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc."
6866  
6867  Rejuvenescency (n.) Rejuvenescence.
6868  
6869  "Rejuvenescent (a.) Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating."
6870  
6871  Rejuvenize (v. t.) To rejuvenate.
6872  
6873  Rekindle (v. t. & i.) To kindle again.
6874  
6875  Rekne (v. t.) To reckon.
6876  
6877  Relade (v. t.) To lade or load again.
6878  
6879  Relaid () imp. & p. p. of Relay.
6880  
6881  "Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch."
6882  
6883  "Reland (v. t.) To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked."
6884  
6885  Reland (v. i.) To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.
6886  
6887  Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relapse
6888  
6889  Relapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relapse
6890  
6891  "Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back."
6892  
6893  "Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed."
6894  
6895  "Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide."
6896  
6897  "Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back."
6898  
6899  "Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again."
6900  
6901  Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
6902  
6903  Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
6904  
6905  Related (imp. & p. p.) of Relate
6906  
6907  Relating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relate
6908  
6909  Relate (v. t.) To bring back; to restore.
6910  
6911  "Relate (v. t.) To refer; to ascribe, as to a source."
6912  
6913  Relate (v. t.) To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
6914  
6915  Relate (v. t.) To ally by connection or kindred.
6916  
6917  Relate (v. i.) To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.
6918  
6919  Relate (v. i.) To make reference; to take account.
6920  
6921  "Related (p. p. & a.) Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree."
6922  
6923  "Related (p. p. & a.) Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related."
6924  
6925  Related (p. p. & a.) Narrated; told.
6926  
6927  "Related (p. p. & a.) Same as Relative, 4."
6928  
6929  Relatedness (n.) The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.
6930  
6931  Relater (n.) One who relates or narrates.
6932  
6933  "Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events."
6934  
6935  "Relation (n.) The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant."
6936  
6937  Relation (n.) Reference; respect; regard.
6938  
6939  "Relation (n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children."
6940  
6941  Relation (n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
6942  
6943  "Relation (n.) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation."
6944  
6945  Relation (n.) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
6946  
6947  Relational (a.) Having relation or kindred; related.
6948  
6949  Relational (a.) Indicating or specifying some relation.
6950  
6951  Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation.
6952  
6953  "Relationship (n.) The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance."
6954  
6955  "Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject."
6956  
6957  "Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute."
6958  
6959  "Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun."
6960  
6961  "Relative (a.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other."
6962  
6963  "Relative (n.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation."
6964  
6965  "Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman."
6966  
6967  "Relative (n.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives ""who"", ""which"", ""that""."
6968  
6969  Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
6970  
6971  "Relativeness (n.) The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity."
6972  
6973  "Relativity (n.) The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject."
6974  
6975  Relator (n.) One who relates; a relater.
6976  
6977  "Relator (n.) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed."
6978  
6979  Relatrix (n.) A female relator.
6980  
6981  Relaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Relax
6982  
6983  Relaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relax
6984  
6985  "Relax (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews."
6986  
6987  "Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors."
6988  
6989  "Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind."
6990  
6991  "Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels."
6992  
6993  "Relax (v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax."
6994  
6995  Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
6996  
6997  "Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study."
6998  
6999  Relax (n.) Relaxation.
7000  
7001  "Relax (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless."
7002  
7003  Relaxable (a.) Capable of being relaxed.
7004  
7005  Relaxant (n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
7006  
7007  "Relaxation (n.) The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law."
7008  
7009  "Relaxation (n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement."
7010  
7011  Relaxative (a.) Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
7012  
7013  Relaxative (n.) A relaxant.
7014  
7015  Relaid (imp. & p. p.) of Relay
7016  
7017  Relaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relay
7018  
7019  "Relay (v. t.) To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement."
7020  
7021  "Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief."
7022  
7023  "Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay."
7024  
7025  "Relay (n.) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way."
7026  
7027  Relay (n.) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.
7028  
7029  "Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing."
7030  
7031  "Relbun (n.) The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- used for dyeing crimson."
7032  
7033  Releasable (a.) That may be released.
7034  
7035  Release (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
7036  
7037  Released (imp. & p. p.) of Release
7038  
7039  Releasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Release
7040  
7041  "Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go."
7042  
7043  "Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty."
7044  
7045  "Release (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit."
7046  
7047  "Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance."
7048  
7049  "Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage."
7050  
7051  "Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden."
7052  
7053  "Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance."
7054  
7055  Release (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
7056  
7057  Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
7058  
7059  Releasee (n.) One to whom a release is given.
7060  
7061  "Releasement (n.) The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation."
7062  
7063  "Releaser (n.) One who releases, or sets free."
7064  
7065  Releasor (n.) One by whom a release is given.
7066  
7067  Relegated (imp. & p. p.) of Relegate
7068  
7069  Relegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relegate
7070  
7071  "Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish."
7072  
7073  "Relegation (n.) The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile."
7074  
7075  Relented (imp. & p. p.) of Relent
7076  
7077  Relenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relent
7078  
7079  Relent (v. i.) To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
7080  
7081  "Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion."
7082  
7083  Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
7084  
7085  Relent (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve.
7086  
7087  Relent (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
7088  
7089  Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
7090  
7091  "Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism."
7092  
7093  Relentment (n.) The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.
7094  
7095  Relesse (v. t.) To release.
7096  
7097  Relessee (n.) See Releasee.
7098  
7099  Relessor (n.) See Releasor.
7100  
7101  "Re-let (v. t.) To let anew, as a house."
7102  
7103  Relevance (n.) Alt. of Relevancy
7104  
7105  Relevancy (n.) The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.
7106  
7107  Relevancy (n.) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.
7108  
7109  Relevant (a.) Relieving; lending aid or support.
7110  
7111  "Relevant (a.) Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable."
7112  
7113  Relevant (a.) Sufficient to support the cause.
7114  
7115  Relevantly (adv.) In a relevant manner.
7116  
7117  Relevation (n.) A raising or lifting up.
7118  
7119  Reliability (n.) The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
7120  
7121  Reliable (a.) Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
7122  
7123  "Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority."
7124  
7125  "Reliance (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance."
7126  
7127  "Reliant (a.) Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting."
7128  
7129  Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
7130  
7131  "Relic (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body."
7132  
7133  "Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships."
7134  
7135  Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.
7136  
7137  Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
7138  
7139  "Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water."
7140  
7141  "Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession."
7142  
7143  "Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of be