| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| reach | verb i. | To retch., An effort to vomit., To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like., 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., 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., To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell., Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as., To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches the river., To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as., To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to., To understand; to comprehend., To overreach; to deceive., To stretch out the hand., To strain after something; to make efforts., To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something., To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam., 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., The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity., Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope., 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., An artifice to obtain an advantage., The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. |
| react | verb t. | To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome., 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., To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. |
| 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., Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished., Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed., 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., Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy., On the point; about; on the brink; near; — with a following infinitive., 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., In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay., Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready., To dispose in order. |
| realm | noun | A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom., Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy. |
| reame | noun | Realm. |
| reata | noun | A lariat. |
| reave | verb i. | To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic] |
| rebec | noun | An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow., A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. |
| rebel | verb i. | Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops., One who rebels., To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion., To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. |
| rebus | noun | 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., A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting., To mark or indicate by a rebus. |
| rebut | verb t. | To drive or beat back; to repulse., To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof., To retire; to recoil., To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder. |
| recto | noun | A writ of right., The right-hand page; — opposed to verso. |
| recti | plural | of Rectus |
| recur | verb i. | To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind., To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night., To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. |
| redan | noun | A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy., A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level. |
| redde | obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. | |
| redia | noun | 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. |
| redly | adverb | In a red manner; with redness. |
| redub | verb t. | To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite. |
| reedy | adjective | Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds., Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices. |
| reefy | adjective | Full of reefs or rocks. |
| reeky | adjective | Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul., Emitting reek. |
| reeve | noun | The female of the ruff., To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like., an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; — used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. |
| refar | verb t. | To go over again; to repeat. |
| refel | verb t. | To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister. |
| refer | verb t. | To carry or send back., 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., 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., To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one’s self; as, to refer to a dictionary., To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote., To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election., 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. |
| refit | verb 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., To fit out or supply a second time., To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit. |
| refix | verb t. | To fix again or anew; to establish anew. |
| refut | noun | Refuge. |
| regal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway., A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, — used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| regel | noun | See Rigel. |
| reget | verb t. | To get again. |
| regle | verb t. | To rule; to govern. |
| regma | noun | A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle. |
| regne | noun & verb | See Reign. |
| reign | noun | Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion., The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion., The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth., To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule., Hence, to be predominant; to prevail., To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. |
| reins | noun pl. | The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins., 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. |
| rekne | verb t. | To reckon. |
| relax | noun | 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., 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., Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind., To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels., To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one’s grasp relax., To abate in severity; to become less rigorous., To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study., Relaxation., Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless. |
| relay | verb t. | To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement., A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief., A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay., 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., A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work., 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. |
| relic | noun | That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant., 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., Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. |
| relik | noun | Relic. |
| remit | verb t. | To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign., To restore., To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail., To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. “Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.” Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision., To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate., To forgive; to pardon; to remove., To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation., To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits., To send money, as in payment. |
| remix | verb t. | To mix again or repeatedly. |
| remue | verb t. | To remove. |
| renal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys. |
| renay | verb t. | To deny; to disown. |
| renew | verb t. | To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild., Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent., To begin again; to recommence., To repeat; to go over again., To make new spiritually; to regenerate., To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again. |
| renne | verb t. | To plunder; — only in the phrase “to rape and renne.” See under Rap, v. t., to snatch., To run. |
| rente | noun | In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness. |
| repay | verb t. | To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced., To make return or requital for; to recompense; — in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury., To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt. |
| repel | verb t. | To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant., To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument., To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. |
| reply | verb i. | To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer., To answer a defendant’s plea., Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery., To return for an answer., That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. |
| resaw | verb t. | To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc. |
| reset | verb t. | To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond., The act of resetting., That which is reset; matter set up again., The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw., To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. |
| resin | noun | Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin). |
| resow | verb t. | To sow again. |
| resty | adjective | Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. |
| retch | verb i. | To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting., To care for; to heed; to reck. |
| retex | verb t. | To annual, as orders. |
| retry | verb t. | To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person. |
| rette | verb t. | See Aret. |
| reule | noun& verb | Rule. |
| reume | noun | Realm. |
| revel | noun | See Reveal., A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal., To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry., To move playfully; to indulge without restraint., To draw back; to retract. |
| revet | verb t. | To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material. |
| revie | verb t. | To vie with, or rival, in return., To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager., To exceed an adversary’s wager in card playing., To make a retort; to bandy words. |
| rewet | noun | A gunlock. |
| rewin | verb t. | To win again, or win back. |
| rewle | noun & verb | Rule. |
| rewme | noun | Realm. |
| rewth | noun | Ruth. |
| reges | plural | of Rex |
| reyse | verb t. | To raise., To go on a military expedition. |