| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |