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