Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
repaint |
verb t. |
To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. |
reparel |
noun |
A change of apparel; a second or different suit. |
repiner |
noun |
One who repines. |
replace |
verb t. |
To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like., To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed., To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document., To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of., To put in a new or different place. |
replait |
verb t. |
To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again. |
replant |
verb t. |
To plant again. |
replead |
verb t. & i. |
To plead again. |
replete |
adjective |
Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding., To fill completely, or to satiety. |
replevy |
verb t. |
To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied., To bail., Replevin. |
replica |
verb & noun |
A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original., Repetition. |
replier |
noun |
One who replies. |
replied |
imp. & past participle |
of Reply |
replies |
plural |
of Reply |
replyer |
noun |
See Replier. |
reposal |
noun |
The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust., That on which one reposes. |
reposed |
imp. & past participle |
of Repose, Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. |
reposer |
noun |
One who reposes. |
reposit |
verb t. |
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. |
reprefe |
noun |
Reproof. |
repress |
verb t. |
To press again., To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent., Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back., The act of repressing. |
repreve |
verb t. |
To reprove., Reproof. |
reprint |
verb t. |
To print again; to print a second or a new edition of., To renew the impression of., A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another. |
reprise |
noun |
A taking by way of retaliation., Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like., A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate., To take again; to retake., To recompense; to pay. |
reprive |
verb t. |
To take back or away., To reprieve. |
reprize |
verb t. |
See Reprise. |
reproof |
noun |
Refutation; confutation; contradiction., An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. |
reprove |
verb t. |
To convince., To disprove; to refute., To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure., To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. |
reprune |
verb t. |
To prune again or anew. |
reptant |
adjective |
Same as Repent., Creeping; crawling; — said of reptiles, worms, etc. |
reptile |
adjective |
Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs., Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices., An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like., One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia., A groveling or very mean person. |
repulse |
verb t. |
To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy., To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer., The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back., Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure. |
reputed |
imp. & past participle |
of Repute |