Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
re- |
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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. |
red |
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. imp. & p. p. of Read., To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; — generally with up; as, to red up a house., 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., The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these., A red pigment., An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a., The menses. |
ree |
noun |
See Rei., To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. |
rei |
noun |
A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. |
ren |
verb t. & i. |
See Renne., A run. |
rep |
noun |
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface., Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; — applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk. |
res |
plural |
of Res, A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. |
ret |
verb t. |
See Aret., To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. |
rew |
noun |
A row. |
rex |
noun |
A king. |