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