| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| reader | noun | One who reads., One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church., One who reads lectures on scientific subjects., A proof reader., One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit., One who reads much; one who is studious., A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book. |
| really | adverb | Royally., In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth. |
| realty | noun | Royalty., Loyalty; faithfulness., Reality., Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; — so written in legal language for reality., Real estate; a piece of real property. |
| reamed | imp. & past participle | of Ream |
| reamer | noun | 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. |
| reaped | imp. & past participle | of Reap |
| reaper | noun | One who reaps., A reaping machine. |
| reared | imp. & past participle | of Rear |
| rearer | noun | One who, or that which, rears. |
| rearly | adverb | Early. |
| reason | noun | 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., 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., 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., Ratio; proportion., 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., 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., To converse; to compare opinions., 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., To support with reasons, as a request., To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan., To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; — with down; as, to reason down a passion., 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. |
| reasty | adjective | Rusty and rancid; — applied to salt meat. |
| reaume | noun | Realm. |
| reaved | imp. & past participle | of Reave |
| reaver | noun | One who reaves. |
| rebate | verb t. | To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise., To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties., To abate; to withdraw., Diminution., Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties., A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet., A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar., An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood., A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements., To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v. |
| rebato | noun | Same as Rabato. |
| reboil | verb t. & i. | To boil, or to cause to boil, again., Fig.: To make or to become hot. |
| reborn | past participle | Born again. |
| rebuff | noun | Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance., Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation., To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. |
| rebuke | verb 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., A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment., Check; rebuff. |
| rebury | verb t. | To bury again. |
| recall | verb t. | To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador., To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree., To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days., A calling back; a revocation., A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. |
| recant | verb 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., 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. |
| recast | verb t. | To throw again., 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., To compute, or cast up, a second time. |
| recche | verb i. | To reck. |
| recede | verb i. | To move back; to retreat; to withdraw., To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition., To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. |
| receit | noun | Receipt. |
| recent | adjective | 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., Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells. |
| recess | noun | A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides., The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy., Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school., Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc., A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion., Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science., A sinus., To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall., A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. |
| recipe | noun | A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine. |
| recite | verb 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., To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage., To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor., To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5., To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned., A recital. |
| recked | imp. & past participle | of Reck |
| reckon | verb t. | To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate., 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., To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value., 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., To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing., 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. |
| recoct | verb t. | To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct. |
| recoil | verb i. | To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return., To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink., To turn or go back; to withdraw one’s self; to retire., To draw or go back., A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood., The state or condition of having recoiled., Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. |
| recoin | verb t. | To coin anew or again. |
| recopy | verb t. | To copy again. |
| record | verb t. | To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate., To repeat; to recite; to sing or play., 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., To reflect; to ponder., To sing or repeat a tune., 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., 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., 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., An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record., 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., Testimony; witness; attestation., That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial., 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., 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. |
| recoup | verb t. | Alt. of Recoupe |
| rectal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum. |
| recti- | A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved. | |
| recto- | A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical. | |
| rector | noun | A ruler or governor., 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., A clergyman in charge of a parish., The head master of a public school., 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., 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. |
| rectum | noun | The terminal part of the large intestine; — so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive. |
| rectus | noun | A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye. |
| recule | verb i. | To recoil., Alt. of Reculement |
| recumb | verb i. | To lean; to recline; to repose. |
| recure | verb t. | To arrive at; to reach; to attain., To recover; to regain; to repossess., To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair., To be a cure for; to remedy., Cure; remedy; recovery. |
| recuse | verb t. | To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. |
| redact | verb t. | To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. |
| redbud | noun | A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas. |
| redcap | noun | The European goldfinch., A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. |
| redden | adjective | To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to., To grow or become red; to blush. |
| reddle | noun | Red chalk. See under Chalk. |
| redeem | verb t. | To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase., To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage., 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., 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., Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God’s violated law., To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one’s promises., 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. |
| redeye | noun | The rudd., Same as Redfish (d)., The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. |
| redfin | noun | 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. |
| rediae | plural | of Redia |
| redias | plural | of Redia |
| redleg | noun | Alt. of Redlegs |
| redowa | noun | 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. |
| redrew | imp. | of Redraw |
| redraw | verb t. | To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft., To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers. |
| redtop | noun | 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. |
| reduce | noun | To bring or lead back to any former place or condition., 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., To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort., 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., 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., 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., 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., 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., To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. |
| reduct | verb t.. | To reduce. |
| reduit | noun | A central or retired work within any other work. |
| reebok | noun | The peele. |
| reecho | verb t. | To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon., To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant., The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo. |
| reechy | adjective | Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt. |
| reeded | adjective | Civered with reeds; reedy., Formed with channels and ridges like reeds. |
| reeden | adjective | Consisting of a reed or reeds. |
| reefed | imp. & past participle | of Reef |
| reefer | noun | One who reefs; — a name often given to midshipmen., A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth. |
| reeked | imp. & past participle | of Reek |
| reeled | imp. & past participle | of Reel |
| reeler | noun | One who reels., The grasshopper warbler; — so called from its note. |
| reezed | adjective | Grown rank; rancid; rusty. |
| refect | verb t. | To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh. |
| refill | verb t. & i. | To fill, or become full, again. |
| refind | verb t. | To find again; to get or experience again. |
| refine | verb 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., 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., To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter., To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence., To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. |
| reflex | adjective | Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective., Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return., Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness., Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade., An involuntary movement produced by reflex action., To reflect., To bend back; to turn back. |
| reflow | verb i. | To flow back; to ebb. |
| reflux | adjective | Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action., A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides. |
| refold | verb t. | To fold again. |
| reform | verb 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., 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., Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. |
| refret | noun | Refrain. |
| refuge | noun | Shelter or protection from danger or distress., 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., An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance., To shelter; to protect. |
| refund | verb t. | To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan., To pour back., To give back; to repay; to restore., To supply again with funds; to reimburse. |
| refuse | verb t. | To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant., 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., To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor., To disown., To deny compliance; not to comply., Refusal., That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter., Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. |
| refute | verb 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. |
| regain | verb t. | To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again. |
| regale | noun | A prerogative of royalty., 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., To feast; t/ fare sumtuously., A sumptuous repast; a banquet. |
| regard | verb t. | To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon., Hence, to look or front toward; to face., To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly., 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., To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike., To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem., To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition., 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., To look attentively; to consider; to notice., A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze., Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice., 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., State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account., Consideration; thought; reflection; heed., Matter for consideration; account; condition., Respect; relation; reference., Object of sight; scene; view; aspect., Supervision; inspection. |
| regent | adjective | Ruling; governing; regnant., Exercising vicarious authority., One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler., Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign., One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution., 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. |
| regest | noun | A register. |
| regian | noun | An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. |
| regild | verb t. | To gild anew. |
| regime | noun | Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system., 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. |
| region | noun | 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., Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere., The upper air; the sky; the heavens., The inhabitants of a district., Place; rank; station. |
| regius | adjective | Of or pertaining to a king; royal. |
| regive | verb t. | To give again; to give back. |
| reglet | noun | 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., 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. |
| regnal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years. |
| regret | verb | 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., Dislike; aversion., 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. |
| regrow | verb i. & t. | To grow again. |
| reguli | plural | of Regulus |
| rehash | verb t. | To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments., Something hashed over, or made up from old materials. |
| rehear | verb t. | To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery. |
| reheat | verb t. | To heat again., To revive; to cheer; to cherish. |
| rehire | verb t. | To hire again. |
| reigle | noun | A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate., To regulate; to govern. |
| reined | imp. & past participle | of Rein |
| reiter | noun | A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. |
| reiver | noun | See Reaver. |
| reject | verb t. | To cast from one; to throw away; to discard., To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate., To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. |
| rejoin | verb t. | To join again; to unite after separation., To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again., To state in reply; — followed by an object clause., To answer to a reply., To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff’s replication. |
| rejolt | noun | A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil., To jolt or shake again. |
| relade | verb t. | To lade or load again. |
| relaid | imp. & p. p. of Relay., of Relay | |
| relais | noun | 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. |
| reland | verb t. | To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked., To go on shore after having embarked; to land again. |
| relate | verb t. | To bring back; to restore., To refer; to ascribe, as to a source., To recount; to narrate; to tell over., To ally by connection or kindred., To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; — with to., To make reference; to take account. |
| relbun | noun | The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, — used for dyeing crimson. |
| relent | verb i. | To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce., 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., To slacken; to abate., To soften; to dissolve., To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe., Stay; stop; delay. |
| re-let | verb t. | To let anew, as a house. |
| relict | noun | A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. |
| relief | noun | The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress., Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry., That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay., A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant., The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed., The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure., The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch., The elevations and surface undulations of a country. |
| relier | noun | One who relies. |
| relish | verb t. | To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food., To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably., To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor., A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing., Savor; quality; characteristic tinge., A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness., That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment., The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. |
| relive | verb i. | To live again; to revive., To recall to life; to revive. |
| reload | verb t. | To load again, as a gun. |
| reloan | noun | A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan. |
| relove | verb t. | To love in return. |
| reluct | verb i. | To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance. |
| relume | verb t. | To rekindle; to light again. |
| relied | imp. & past participle | of Rely |
| remade | imp. & p. p. of Remake. | |
| remain | verb i. | To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised., To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last., To await; to be left to., State of remaining; stay., That which is left; relic; remainder; — chiefly in the plural., That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body., The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil’s |
| remake | verb t. | To make anew. |
| remand | verb t. | To recommit; to send back., The act of remanding; the order for recommitment. |
| remark | noun | To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out., To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker., To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; — often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go., To make a remark or remarks; to comment., Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation., The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark. |
| remast | verb t. | To furnish with a new mast or set of masts. |
| remble | verb t. | To remove. |
| remean | verb t. | To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. |
| remede | noun | Remedy. |
| remedy | noun | That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; — with for; as, a remedy for the gout., That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; — followed by for or against, formerly by to., The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong., To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. |
| remelt | verb t. | To melt again. |
| remeve | verb t. & i. | Alt. of Remewe |
| remewe | verb t. & i. | To remove. |
| remind | verb t. | To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person). |
| remise | verb t. | To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return., A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim. |
| remiss | adjective | Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow., The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. |
| remold | verb t. | Alt. of Remould |
| remora | noun | Delay; obstacle; hindrance., Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish., An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places. |
| remord | verb t. | To excite to remorse; to rebuke., To feel remorse. |
| remote | superl. | Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; — said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands., Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; — in various figurative uses., Not agreeing; alien; foreign., Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity., Separate; abstracted., Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant., Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance., Separated by intervals greater than usual. |
| remove | verb t. | To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building., To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease., To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters., To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another., The act of removing; a removal., The transfer of one’s business, or of one’s domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; — in the United States usually called a move., The state of being removed., That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else., The distance or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year., The act of resetting a horse’s shoe. |
| rename | verb t. | To give a new name to. |
| renard | noun | A fox; — so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. |
| renate | adjective | Born again; regenerate; renewed. |
| render | noun | One who rends., To return; to pay back; to restore., To inflict, as a retribution; to requite., To give up; to yield; to surrender., Hence, to furnish; to contribute., To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment., To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure., To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English., To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner., To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow., To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath., To give an account; to make explanation or confession., To pass; to run; — said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way., A surrender., A return; a payment of rent., An account given; a statement. |
| renege | verb t. | To deny; to disown., To deny., To revoke. |
| reneye | verb t. | To deny; to reject; to renounce. |
| renner | noun | A runner. |
| rennet | noun | A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette., The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. |
| rennin | noun | A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme. |
| renown | verb | The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; — always in a good sense., Report of nobleness or exploits; praise., To make famous; to give renown to. |
| rented | imp. & past participle | of Rent |
| rental | noun | A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll., A sum total of rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year. |
| renter | noun | One who rents or leases an estate; — usually said of a lessee or tenant., To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw., To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; — said with reference to tapestry. |
| renvoy | verb t. | To send back., A sending back. |
| reopen | verb t. & i. | To open again. |
| repace | verb t. | To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction. |
| repack | verb t. | To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk. |
| repaid | imp. & p. p. of Repay., of Repay | |
| repair | verb i. | To return., To go; to betake one’s self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety., The act of repairing or resorting to a place., Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort., To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune., To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage., Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city., Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. |
| repand | adjective | Having a slightly undulating margin; — said of leaves. |
| repass | verb t. | To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea., To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes. |
| repast | noun | The act of taking food., That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment., To supply food to; to feast; to take food. |
| repeal | verb t. | To recall; to summon again, as persons., To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law., To suppress; to repel., Recall, as from exile., Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage. |
| repeat | verb t. | To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem., To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again., To repay or refund (an excess received)., The act of repeating; repetition., That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.)., A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance. |
| repent | adjective | Prostrate and rooting; — said of stems., Same as Reptant., To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do., To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction., To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin., To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow., To feel regret or sorrow; — used reflexively., To cause to have sorrow or regret; — used impersonally. |
| repine | verb i. | To fail; to wane., To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur., Vexation; mortification. |
| repkie | noun | Any edible sea urchin. |
| replum | noun | The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. |
| repone | verb t. | To replace. |
| report | verb t. | To refer., To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress., To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported., To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures., To return or repeat, as sound; to echo., To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry., To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker., To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race., To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer., To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o’clock., To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication., To present one’s self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one’s address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter., That which is reported., An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation., A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation., Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon., An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like., An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke’s Reports., A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc., Rapport; relation; connection; reference. |
| repose | verb | To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit., To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, — often reflexive; as, to repose one’s self on a couch., To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust., To lie at rest; to rest., Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms., To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand., A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet., Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment., A rest; a pause., That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; — opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. |
| repour | verb t. | To pour again. |
| repugn | verb t. | To fight against; to oppose; to resist. |
| repute | verb t. | To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon., Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate., Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; — opposed to disrepute. |
| requin | noun | The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. |
| resail | verb t. & i. | To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port. |
| resale | noun | A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale. |
| rescat | verb t. | To ransom; to release; to rescue., Ransom; release. |
| rescue | verb t. | To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction., The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation., The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained., The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment., The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. |
| reseat | verb t. | To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc., To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers. |
| resect | verb t. | To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting. |
| reseda | noun | A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette., A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette. |
| reseek | verb t. | To seek again. |
| resell | verb t. | To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail. |
| resend | verb t. | To send again; as, to resend a message., To send back; as, to resend a gift., To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater. |
| resent | verb t. | To be sensible of; to feel, In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction., In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at., To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts., To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i., To feel resentment., To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. |
| reship | verb t. | To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise., To engage one’s self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged. |
| reside | verb i. | To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one’s domicile of home; to remain for a long time., To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element., To sink; to settle, as sediment. |
| resign | verb t. | To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; — said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; — said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; — also often used reflexively., To relinquish; to abandon., To commit to the care of; to consign. |
| resile | verb i. | To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. |
| resiny | adjective | Like resin; resinous. |
| resist | verb t. | To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct., To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose., To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction., To be distasteful to., To make opposition., A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. |
| resorb | verb t. | To swallow up. |
| resort | noun | Active power or movement; spring., To go; to repair; to betake one’s self., To fall back; to revert., To have recourse; to apply; to one’s self for help, relief, or advantage., The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one’s self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; — often figuratively; as, to have resort to force., A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt., That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. |
| resoun | noun | Reason., To resound. |
| resown | verb | To resound. |
| rested | imp. & past participle | of Rest |
| restem | verb t. | To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course., To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current. |
| result | verb i. | To leap back; to rebound., To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; — followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil., To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor., A flying back; resilience., That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation., The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. |
| resume | noun | A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation., To take back., To enter upon, or take up again., To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse. |
| retail | verb | The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; — opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand., Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer., To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries., To sell at second hand., To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. |
| retain | verb t. | To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like., To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor., To restrain; to prevent., To belong; to pertain., To keep; to continue; to remain. |
| retake | verb t. | To take or receive again., To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners. |
| retard | verb t. | To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; — opposed to accelerate., To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations., To stay back., Retardation; delay. |
| retell | verb t. | To tell again. |
| retene | noun | A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins. |
| retent | noun | That which is retained. |
| rethor | noun | A rhetorician; a careful writer. |
| retina | noun | The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye. |
| retire | verb t. | To withdraw; to take away; — sometimes used reflexively., To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note., To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer., To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice., To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle., To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired., To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs., To go to bed; as, he usually retires early., The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires., A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back. |
| retold | imp. & p. p. of Retell. | |
| retort | noun | To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line., To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect., To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity., To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply., The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response., A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works. |
| retoss | verb t. | To toss back or again. |
| retrim | verb t. | To trim again. |
| retro- | A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back. | |
| retund | verb t. | To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. |
| return | verb i. | To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition., To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again., To speak in answer; to reply; to respond., To revert; to pass back into possession., To go back in thought, narration, or argument., To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse., To repay; as, to return borrowed money., To give in requital or recompense; to requite., To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks., To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie., To report, or bring back and make known., To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election., Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers., To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ., To convey into official custody, or to a general depository., To bat (the ball) back over the net., To lead in response to the lead of one’s partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club., The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary., The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis., That which is returned., A payment; a remittance; a requital., An answer; as, a return to one’s question., An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information., The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc., The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; — applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south., The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court., The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document., The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners., A day in bank. See Return day, below., An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc., The turnings and windings of a trench or mine. |
| retuse | adjective | Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf. |
| reurge | verb t. | To urge again. |
| revamp | verb t. | To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct. |
| reveal | verb t. | To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show., Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency)., A revealing; a disclosure., The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. |
| reverb | verb t. | To echo. |
| revere | verb t. | To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. |
| revery | noun | A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream., An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision., Same as Reverie. |
| revert | verb t. | To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse., To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate., To change back. See Revert, v. i., To return; to come back., To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him., To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type., To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts., One who, or that which, reverts. |
| revest | verb t. | To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe., To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority., To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation. |
| revict | verb t. | To reconquer. |
| review | noun | To view or see again; to look back on., To go over and examine critically or deliberately., To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition., To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel., To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment., To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one., To retrace; to go over again., To look back; to make a review., A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one’s studies; a review of life., An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author’s review of his works., A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique., A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc., An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc., The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher., A lesson studied or recited for a second time. |
| revile | verb t. & i. | To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach., Reproach; reviling. |
| revise | verb t. | To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation., To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type., To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary., A review; a revision., A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. |
| revive | verb i. | To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated., Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century., To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal., To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate., To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension., Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning., To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken., To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination. |
| revoke | verb t. | To call or bring back; to recall., Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like., To hold back; to repress; to restrain., To draw back; to withdraw., To call back to mind; to recollect., To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege., The act of revoking. |
| revolt | noun | To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence., Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel., To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; — with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty., To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight., To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings., The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire., A revolter. |
| rewake | verb t. & i. | To wake again. |
| reward | verb t. | To give in return, whether good or evil; — commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate., Regard; respect; consideration., That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital., Hence, the fruit of one’s labor or works., Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. |
| rewful | adjective | Rueful. |
| reword | verb t. | To repeat in the same words; to reecho., To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage. |