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