R R (är). (continued 6)

4. To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.

5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike. His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness. Macaulay.

6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem. He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd. Rom. xiv. 6. Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king. Shak.

7. To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. "Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father." Shak.

8. To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; — often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.

Syn. — To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect; esteem; estimate; value. See Attend.

REGARD Re*gard" (r*grd"), v. i.

Defn: To look attentively; to consider; to notice. [Obs.] Shak.

REGARD Re*gard", n. Etym: [F. regard See Regard, v. t.]

1. A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze. But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled. Milton.

2. Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice. Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard. Shak.

3. That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; — often in the plural. He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards. A. Smith. Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference. Hawthorne.

4. State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account. A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power. Spenser.

5. Consideration; thought; reflection; heed. Sad pause and deep regard become the sage. Shak.

6. Matter for conssideration; account; condition. [Obs.] "Reason full of good regard." Shak.

7. Respect; relation; reference. Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with regard to themselves; in justice and goodness with regard to their neighbors; and piefy toward God. I. Watts.

Note: The phrase in regard of was formerly used as equivalent in meaning to on account of, but in modern usage is often improperly substituted for in respect to, or in regard to. G. P. Marsh. Change was thought necessary in regard of the injury the church did receive by a number of things then in use. Hooker. In regard of its security, it had a great advantage over the bandboxes. Dickens.

8. Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. [R.] Throw out our eyes for brave Othello, Even till we make the main and the aërial blue An indistinct regard. Shak.

9. (O.Eng.Law)

Defn: Supervision; inspection. At regard of, in consideration of; in comparison with. [Obs.] "Bodily penance is but short and little at regard of the pains of hell." Chaucer. — Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; — called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

Syn. — Respect; consideration; notice; observance; heed; care; concern; estimation; esteem; attachment; reverence.

REGARDABLE Re*gard"a*ble (-*b'l), a.

Defn: Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

REGARDANT Re*gard"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. regardant, fr. regarder. See Regard, v. t.] [Written also regardant.]

1. Looking behind; looking backward watchfully. [He] turns thither his regardant eye. Southey.

2. (Her.)

Defn: Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.

3. (O.Eng.Law)

Defn: Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.

REGARDER Re*gard"er (r*grd"r), n.

1. One who regards.

2. (Eng. Forest law)

Defn: An officer appointed to supervise the forest. Cowell.

REGARDFUL Re*gard"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Heedful; attentive; observant. — Re*gard"ful*ly, adv. Let a man be very tender and regardful of every pious motion made by the Spirit of God to his heart. South.

Syn. — Mindful; heedful; attentive; observant.

REGARDING Re*gard"ing, prep.

Defn: Concerning; respecting.

REGARDLESS Re*gard"less, a.

1. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton.

2. Not regarded; slighted. [R.] Spectator.

Syn. — Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned; inattentive; unobservant; neglectful. — Re*gard"less*ly, adv. — Re*gard"less*ness, n.

REGATHER Re*gath"er (r*gth"r), v. t.

Defn: To gather again.

REGATTA Re*gat"ta (r*gt"t), n.; pl. Regattas (-t. Etym: [It. regatta, regata.]

Defn: Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.

REGEL Re"gel (r"gl), n. (Astron.)

Defn: See Rigel.

REGELATE Re"ge*late (r"j*lt or rj"-), v. i. (Physics)

Defn: To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.

REGELATION Re`ge*la"tion (-l"shn), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. gelatio a freezing.] (Physics)

Defn: The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.

Note: Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32regelation. Faraday.

REGENCE Re"gence (r"jens), n.

Defn: Rule. [Obs.] Hudibras.

REGENCY Re"gen*cy (r*jen*s), n.; pl. Regencies (-s. Etym: [CF. F. régence, LL. regentia. See Regent, a.]

1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government. Sir W. Temple.

3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability. A council or regency consisting of twelve persons. Lowth.

REGENERACY Re*gen"er*a*cy (r*jn"r**s), n. Etym: [See Regenerate.]

Defn: The state of being regenerated. Hammond.

REGENERATE Re*gen"er*ate (-t), a. Etym: [L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.]

1. Reproduced. The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.

REGENERATE Re*gen"er*ate (r*jn"r*t), v. t.

1. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to. Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads. Blackmore.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.

3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.

REGENERATENESS Re*gen"er*ate*ness (-t*ns), n.

Defn: The quality or state of being rgenerate.

REGENERATION Re*gen`er*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration.]

1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost. Tit. iii. 5.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; — a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.

4. (Physiol.) (a) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle. (b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.

REGENERATIVE Re*gen"er*a*tive (r*jn"r**tv), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.

REGENERATIVELY Re*gen"er*a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: So as to regenerate.

REGENERATOR Re*gen"er*a`tor (-`tr), n.

1. One who, or that which, regenerates.

2. (Mech.)

Defn: A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.

REGENERATORY Re*gen"er*a*to*ry (-*t*r), a.

Defn: Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating. G. S. Faber.

REGENESIS Re*gen"e*sis (-*ss), n.

Defn: New birth; renewal. A continued regenesis of dissenting sects. H. Spenser.

REGENT Re"gent (r"jent), a. Etym: [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. régent. See Regiment.]

1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." Sir M. Hale.

2. Exercising vicarious authority. Milton. Queen regent. See under Queen, n.

REGENT Re"gent, n. Etym: [F. régent. See Regent, a.]

1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. Milton.

2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.

3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

4. (Eng.Univ.)

Defn: A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools. Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; — so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III. — The Regents of the University of the State of New York, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State.

REGENT DIAMOND Re"gent di"a*mond.

Defn: A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.

REGENTESS Re"gent*ess, n.

Defn: A female regent. [R.] Cotgrave.

REGENTSHIP Re"gent*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a regent; regency.

REGERMINATE Re*ger"mi*nate (r*jr"m*nt), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L. regerminare.]

Defn: To germinate again. Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. J. Lee.

REGERMINATION Re*ger`mi*na"tion (-n"shn), n. Etym: [L. regerminatio.]

Defn: A germinating again or anew.

REGEST Re*gest" (r*jst"), n. Etym: [L. regesta, pl.: cf. OF. regestes, pl. See Register.]

Defn: A register. [Obs.] Milton.

REGET Re*get" (r*gt"), v. t.

Defn: To get again.

REGIAN Re"gi*an (r"j-an), n. Etym: [L. regius regal.]

Defn: An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [Obs.] Fuller.

REGIBLE Reg"i*ble (rj"*b'l), a. Etym: [L. regibilis, from regere to rule.]

Defn: Governable; tractable. [Obs.]

REGICIDAL Reg"i*ci`dal (rj"*s`dal), a.

Defn: Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton.

REGICIDE Reg"i*cide (rj"*sd), n. Etym: [F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]

1. One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.

2. The killing or the murder of a king.

REGIDOR Re`gi*dor", n.; pl. -dores (#). [Sp., fr. regir to rule, L. regere.]

Defn: One of a body of officers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman.

REGIE Ré`gie", n. [F.]

1. Direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account; — opposed to the contract system.

2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them out.

3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco, salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain.

REGILD Re*gild" (r*gld"), v. t.

Defn: To gild anew.

REGIME Ré`gime" (r`zhm"), n. Etym: [F. See Regimen.]

1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come. H. Kingsley.

2. (Hydraul.)

Defn: The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. The ancient régime, or Ancien régime Etym: [F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.

REGIMEN Reg"i*men (rj"*mn), n. Etym: [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, Régime, Regiment.]

1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam.

2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.),

Defn: a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; — sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed.

REGIMENT Reg"i*ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.]

1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker.

2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. (Mil.)

Defn: A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; — in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]

REGIMENT Reg"i*ment (-mnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.]

Defn: To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.

REGIMENTAL Reg`i*men"tal (-mn"tal), a.

Defn: Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing. Regimental school, in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.

REGIMENTALLY Reg`i*men"tal*ly, adv.

Defn: In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.

REGIMENTALS Reg`i*men"tals (-talz), n. pl. (Mil.)

Defn: The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; — formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.

REGIMINAL Re*gim"i*nal (r*jm"*nal), a.

Defn: Of or relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules.

REGION Re"gion (r"jn), n. Etym: [F. région, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]

1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. Milton.

2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the fork invade the region of my heart." Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. Luke iii. 1.

3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.

4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5.

5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. Shak.

REGIONAL Re"gion*al (-al), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.

REGIOUS Re"gi*ous (-j*s), a. Etym: [L. regius royal, fr. rex, regis, king.]

Defn: Regal; royal. [Obs.] Harrington.

REGISTER Reg"is*ter (rj"s*tr), n. Etym: [OE. registre, F. registre, LL. registrum,regestum, L. regesta, pl., fr. regerere, regestum, to carry back, to register; pref. re- re- + gerere to carry. See Jest, and cf. Regest.]

1. A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule. As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn another into the register of your own. Shak.

2. (Com.) (a) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district. (b) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

3. Etym: [Cf. LL. registrarius. Cf. Regisrar.]

Defn: One who registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.

4. That which registers or records. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process. (b) (Teleg.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received. (c) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc.; a telltale.

5. A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.

6. (Print.) (a) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast. (b) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet. (c) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2.

7. (Mus.) (a) The compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower register; the soprano register; the tenor register.

Note: In respect to the vocal tones, the thick register properly extends below from the F on the lower space of the treble staff. The thin register extends an octave above this. The small register is above the thin. The voice in the thick register is called the chest voice; in the thin, the head voice. Falsetto is a kind off voice, of a thin, shrull quality, made by using the mechanism of the upper thin register for tones below the proper limit on the scale. E. Behnke. (b) A stop or set of pipes in an organ. Parish register, A book in which are recorded the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a parish.

Syn. — List; catalogue; roll; record; archives; chronicle; annals. See List.

REGISTER Reg"is*ter (rj"s*tr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Registere (-trd); p. pr. & vb. n. Registering.] Etym: [Cf. F. regisrer, exregistrer, LL. registrare. See Register, n.]

1. T

2. To enroll; to enter in a list. Such follow him as shall be registered. Milton. Registered letter, a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.

REGISTER Reg"is*ter, v. i.

1. To enroll one's name in a register.

2. (Print.)

Defn: To correspond in ralative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary.

REGISTERING Reg"is*ter*ing, a.

Defn: Recording; — applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a registering thermometer. See Recording.

REGISTERSHIP Reg"is*ter*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a register.

REGISTRANT Reg"is*trant (-trant), n. Etym: [L. registrans, p. pr.]

Defn: One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.

REGISTRAR Reg"is*trar (-trr), n. Etym: [LL. registrarius, or F. régistraire. See Register.]

Defn: One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.

REGISTRARSHIP Reg"is*trar*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a registrar.

REGISTRARY Reg"is*tra*ry (- tr*r), n.

Defn: A registrar. [Obs.]

REGISTRATE Reg"is*trate (-trt), v. t.

Defn: To register. [R.]

REGISTRATION Reg`is*tra"tion (-tr"shn), n. Etym: [LL. registratio, or F. régistration. See Register, v.]

1. The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.

REGISTRY Reg"is*try (rj"s*tr), n.

1. The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.

2. The place where a register is kept.

3. A record; an account; a register. Sir W. Temple.

REGIUS Re"gi*us (rl"*s), a. Etym: [L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a king; royal. Regius professor, an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English university.

REGIVE Re*give" (r*gv"), v. t.

Defn: To give again; to give back.

REGLE Re"gle (rg"'l) v. t. Etym: [See Reglement.]

Defn: To rule; to govern. [Obs.] "To regle their lives." Fuller.

REGLEMENT Re"gle*ment (rg"'l*ment), n. Etym: [F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare. See Regulate.]

Defn: Regulation. [Obs.] The reformation and reglement of usuary. Bacon.

REGLEMENTARY Reg`le*men"ta*ry (-l*mn"t*r), a. Etym: [F. réglementaire, fr. réglement.]

Defn: Regulative. [R.]

REGLET Reg"let (rg"lt), n. Etym: [F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See Rule.]

1. (Arch.)

Defn: A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column.

2. (Print.)

Defn: A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like.

REGMA Reg"ma (rg"m), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.

REGMACARP Reg"ma*carp (-krp), n Etym: [Regma + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Any dry dehiscent fruit.

REGNAL Reg"nal (rg"nal), a. Etym: [L. regnum reign.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.

REGNANCY Reg"nan*cy (-nan*s), n.

Defn: The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule. Coleridge.

REGNANT Reg"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [L. regnans, -antis, p. pr. of regnare to reign: cf. F régnant. See Reign.]

1. Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.

2. Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. "A traitor to the vices regnant." Swift.

REGNATIVE Reg"na*tive (-n*tv), a.

Defn: Ruling; governing. [Obs.]

REGNE Regne (rn), n. & v.

Defn: See Reign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REGORGE Re*gorge" (r*grj"), v. t. Etym: [F. regorder; re- + gorger to gorge. Cf. Regurgitate.]

1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward.

2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. DRyden.

REGRADE Re*grade" (r*grd"), v. i. Etym: [L. re- re- + gradi to go. Cf. Regrede. ]

Defn: To retire; to go back. [Obs.] W. Hales.

REGRAFT Re*graft" (r*grft"), v. t.

Defn: To graft again.

REGRANT Re*grant" (r*grnt"), v. t.

Defn: To grant back; to grant again or anew. Ayliffe.

REGRANT Re*grant", n.

1. The act of granting back to a former proprietor.

2. A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.

REGRATE Re*grate" (r*grt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Regrating.] Etym: [F. regratter, literally, to scrape again. See Re-, and Grate, v. t.]

1. (Masonry)

Defn: To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.

REGRATE Re*grate", v. t. Etym: [F. regratter to regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] (Eng.Law)

Defn: To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, — a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.

REGRATER Re*grat"er (-r), n. Etym: [F. regrattier.]

Defn: One who regrates.

REGRATERY Re*grat"er*y, n.

Defn: The act or practice of regrating.

REGRATIATORY Re*gra"ti*a*to*ry (r*gr"sh**t*r), n.

Defn: A returning or giving of thanks. [Obs.] Skelton.

REGRATOR Re*grat"or (r*grt"r), n.

Defn: One guilty of regrating.

REGREDE Re*grede" (r*grd"), v. i. Etym: [L. regredi to go back. Cf. Regrade, Regress.]

Defn: To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit. [R.] Todhunter.

REGREDIENCE Re*gre"di*ence (r*gr"d-ens), n.

Defn: A going back; a retrogression; a return. [R.] Herrick.

REGREET Re*greet" (r*grt"), v. t.

Defn: To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet. Shak.

REGREET Re*greet", n.

Defn: A return or exchange of salutation.

REGRESS Re"gress (r"grs), n. Etym: [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". F. Harrison.

2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak.

REGRESS Re*gress" (r*grs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-grst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]

Defn: To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne.

REGRESSION Re*gres"sion (r*grsh"n), n. Etym: [L. regressio: cf. F. régression.]

Defn: The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; — called also a cuspidal edge. — Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.

REGRESSIVE Re*gress"ive (r*grs"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régressif.]

1. Passing back; returning.

2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.

REGRESSIVELY Re*gress"ive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a regressive manner.

REGRET Re*gret" (r*grt"), n Etym: [F., fr. regretter. See Regret, ]

1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving.

2. Dislike; aversion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Syn. — Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance; penitence; self- condemnation. — Regret, Remorse, Compunction, Contrition, Repentance. Regret does not carry with it the energy of remorse, the sting of compunction, the sacredness of contrition, or the practical character of repentance. We even apply the term regret to circumstance over which we have had no control, as the absence of friends or their loss. When connected with ourselves, it relates rather to unwise acts than to wrong or sinful ones. C. J. Smith.

REGRET Re*gret", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-td); p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] Etym: [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. gr to weep, Icel. gr. See Greet to lament.]

Defn: To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends. Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. Pope. In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader. Macaulay. Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken. Macaulay.

REGRETFUL Re*gret"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. — Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.

REGROW Re*grow" (r*gr"), v. i. & t.

Defn: To grow again. The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.] A. B. Buckley.

REGROWTH Re*growth" (r*grth"), n.

Defn: The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. Darwin. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. A. B. Buckley.

REGUARDANT Re*guard"ant (r*grd"ant), a. (Her.)

Defn: Same as Regardant.

REGUERDON Re*guer"don (r*gr"dn), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- re- + guerdon: cf. OF. reguerdonner.]

Defn: To reward. [Obs.] Shak.

REGULABLE Reg"u*la*ble (rg"*l*b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being regulated. [R.]

REGULAR Reg"u*lar (-lr), a. Etym: [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. régulier. See Rule.]

1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. [Colloq.]

6. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Defn: Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

7. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Same as Isometric. Regular polygon (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular. — Regular polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, — the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. — Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. — Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; — opposed to militia.

Syn. — Normal; orderly; methodical. See Normal.

REGULAR Reg"u*lar (rg"*lr), n. Etym: [LL. regularis: cf. F. régulier. See Regular, a.]

1. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. Bp. Fitzpatrick.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; — chiefly used in the plural.

REGULARIA Reg`u*la"ri*a (rg`*l"r*), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.

REGULARITY Reg`u*lar"i*ty (-lr"*t), n. Etym: [Cf. F. régularité.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.

REGULARIZE Reg"u*lar*ize (rg"*lr*z), v. t.

Defn: To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]

REGULARLY Reg"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.

REGULARNESS Reg"u*lar*ness, n.

Defn: Regularity. Boyle.

REGULATE Reg"u*late (-lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated (-l`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] Etym: [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]

1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons. Macaulay. The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. Bancroft.

2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time.

Syn. — To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order; rule; govern.

REGULATION Reg`u*la"tion (-l"shn), n.

1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay.

2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.

Syn. — Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See Law.

REGULATIVE Reg"u*la*tive (rg"*l*tv), a.

1. Tending to regulate; regulating. Whewell.

2. (Metaph.)

Defn: Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.

Note: These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought, allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.

REGULATOR Reg"u*la`tor (-l`tr), n.

1. One who, or that which, regulates.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive.

3. A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock.

4. A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. [U.S.] A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft.

REGULINE Reg"u*line (rg"*ln), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régulin. See Regulus.] (Chem. & Metal.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to regulus.

REGULIZE Reg"u*lize (-lz), v. t. (Old Chem.)

Defn: To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony. [Archaic]

REGULUS Reg"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. E. Reguluses (-Reguli (-l. Etym: [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. régule. See Regal.]

1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

2. (Chem. & Metal.)

Defn: The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.

Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. Ilittle king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. Ure.

3. (Astron.)

Defn: A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; — called also the Lion's Heart.

REGURGITATE Re*gur"gi*tate (r*gr"j*tt), v. t. Etym: [LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. Regorge.]

Defn: To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.

REGURGITATE Re*gur"gi*tate, v. i.

Defn: To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth. Quain.

REGURGITATION Re*gur`gi*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. régurgitation.]

1. The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance; specifically (Med.),

Defn: the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. Quain.

2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

REHABILITATE Re`ha*bil"i*tate (r`h*bl"*tt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (- t`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.] Etym: [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. réhabiliter.]

Defn: To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; — a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.

REHABILITATION Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. Réhabilitation.]

Defn: The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated. Bouvier. Walsh.

REHASH Re*hash" (r*hsh"), v. t.

Defn: To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

REHASH Re*hash", n.

Defn: Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

REHEAR Re*hear" (r*hr"), v. t.

Defn: To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.

REHEARSAL Re*hears"al (r*hrs"a), n.

Defn: The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.

REHEARSE Re*hearse" (r*hrs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-hrst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehearsing.] Etym: [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.]

1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.

2. To narrate; to relate; to tell. Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judg. . v. 11.

3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.] He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. Dickens.

Syn. — To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate.

REHEARSE Re*hearse", v. i.

Defn: To recite or repeat something for practice. "There will we rehearse." Shak.

REHEARSER Re*hears"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who rehearses.

REHEAT Re*heat" (r*ht"), v. t.

1. To heat again.

2. To revive; to cheer; to cherish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

REHIBITION Re`hi*bi"tion (r`h*bsh"n), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. habere to have.] (Law)

Defn: The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.

REHIBITORY Re*hib"i*to*ry (r*hb"*t*r), a. (Law)

Defn: Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.

REHIRE Re*hire" (r*hr"), v. t.

Defn: To hire again.

REHYPOTHECATE Re`hy*poth"e*cate (r`h*pth"*kt), v. t. (Law)

Defn: To hypothecate again. — Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion, n.

REI Rei (r), n.;pl. Reis (ror r. Etym: [Pg. real, pl. reis. See Real a coin.]

Defn: A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]

REICHSRATH Reichs"rath` (rks"rt), n. Etym: [G]

Defn: The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

REICHSSTAND Reichs"stand` (rks"stt`), n. Etym: [G.]

Defn: A free city of the former German empire.

REICHSTAG Reichs"tag` (rks"tg`), n. Etym: [G.]

Defn: The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath.

REIF Reif (rf), n. Etym: [AS. re.]

Defn: Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]

REIGLE Rei"gle (r"g'l), n. Etym: [F. règle a rule, fr. L. regula. See Rule.]

Defn: A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate. Carew.

REIGLE Rei"gle, v. t.

Defn: To regulate; to govern. [Obs.]

REIGLEMENT Rei"gle*ment (-ment), n. Etym: [See Reglement.]

Defn: Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.

REIGN Reign (rn), n. Etym: [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen.]

1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and deep hell beneath. Prior.

2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer.

3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

REIGN Reign (rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reigning.] Etym: [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]

1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak.

2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.

3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12.

Syn. — To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.

REIGNER Reign"er (rn"r), n.

Defn: One who reigns. [R.]

REILLUME Re`il*lume" (r`l*lm"), v. t.

Defn: To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine. "Thou must reillume its spark." J. R. Drake.

REILLUMINATE Re`il*lu"mi*nate (-l"m*nt), v. t.

Defn: To enlighten again; to reillumine.

REILLUMINATION Re`il*lu`mi*na"tion (-n"shn), n.

Defn: The act or process of enlightening again.

REILLUMINE Re`il*lu"mine (-l"mn), v. t.

Defn: To illumine again or anew; to reillume.

REIM Reim (rm), n. Etym: [D. riem, akin to G riemen; CF. Gr.

Defn: A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, — used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.

REIMBARK Re`im*bark" (r`m*brk"), v. t. & i.

Defn: See Re.

REIMBODY Re`im*bod"y (-bd"), v. t. & i. Etym: [See Re.]

Defn: To imbody again. Boyle.

REIMBURSABLE Re`im*burs"a*ble (r`m*brs"*b'l), a. Etym: [CF. F. remboursable.]

Defn: Capable of being repaid; repayable. A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton.

REIMBURSE Re`im*burse" (-brs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.]

1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; — often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.

REIMBURSEMENT Re`im*burse"ment (-brs"ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rembursement.]

Defn: The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

REIMBURSER Re`im*burs"er (-brs"r), n.

Defn: One who reimburses.

REIMPLANT Re`im*plant" (-plnt"), v. t.

Defn: To implant again.

REIMPORT Re`im*port" (-prt"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + import: cf. F. remporter.]

Defn: To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.

REIMPORTATION Re*im`por*ta"tion (r*m`pr*t"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

REIMPORTUNE Re*im`por*tune" (-pr*tn"), v. t.

Defn: To importune again.

REIMPOSE Re`im*pose" (r`m*pz), v. t.

Defn: To impose anew.

REIMPREGNATE Re`im*preg"nate (-prg"nt), v. t.

Defn: To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne.

REIMPRESS Re`im*press" (-prs"), v. t.

Defn: To impress anew.

REIMPRESSION Re`im*pres"sion (-prsh"n), n.

Defn: A second or repeated impression; a reprint.

REIMPRINT Re`im*print" (-prnt"), v. t.

Defn: To imprint again.

REIMPRISON Re`im*pris"on (-prz'n), v. t.

Defn: To imprison again.

REIMPRISONMENT Re`im*pris"on*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.

REIN Rein (rn), n. Etym: [F. rêne, fr. (assumed) LL. retina, fr. L. retinere to hold back. See Retain.]

1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer.

2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein." Milton. To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. — To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

REIN Rein, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reined (rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reining.]

1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman.

2. To restrain; to control; to check. Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance. Shak. To rein in or rein up, to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins.

REIN Rein, v. i.

Defn: To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak.

REINAUGURATE Re`in*au"gu*rate, v. t.

Defn: To inaugurate anew.

REINCIT Re"in*cit" (-st"), v. t.

Defn: To incite again.

REINCORPORATE Re`in*cor"po*rate, v. t.

Defn: To incorporate again.

REINCREASE Re`in*crease" (-krs"), v. t.

Defn: To increase again.

REINCUR Re`in*cur" (-kr"), v. t.

Defn: To incur again.

REINDEER Rein"deer` (rn"dr), n. Etym: [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.)

Defn: Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

Note: The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R. Groelandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. — Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.

REINDUCE Re`in*duce" (r`n*ds"), v. t.

Defn: To induce again.

REINETTE Rei*nette" (r*nt"), n. Etym: [F. See 1st Rennet.] (Bot.)

Defn: A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.

REINFECT Re`in*fect" (r`n*fkt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + infect: cf. F. réinfecter.]

Defn: To infect again.

REINFECTIOUS Re`in*fec"tious (-fk"shs), a.

Defn: Capable of reinfecting.

REINFORCE Re`in*force" (-frs"), v. t.

Defn: See Reënforce, v. t.

REINFORCE Re`in*force", n.

Defn: See Reënforce, n.

REINFORCEMENT Re`in*force"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: See Reënforcement.

REINFUND Re`in*fund" (-fnd"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in.]

Defn: To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.

REINGRATIATE Re`in*gra"ti*ate (-gr"sh*t), v. t.

Defn: To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert.

REINHABIT Re`in*hab"it (-hb"t), v. t.

Defn: To inhabit again. Mede.

REINLESS Rein"less (rn"ls), a.

Defn: Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

REINS Reins (rnz), n. pl. Etym: [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.]

1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; — so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown andd the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.

REINSERT Re`in*sert" (r`n*srt"), v. t.

Defn: To insert again.

REINSERTION Re`in*ser"tion (-sr"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reinserting.

REINSPECT Re`in*spect" (-spkt"), v. t.

Defn: To inspect again.

REINSPECTION Re`in*spec"tion (-spk"shn), n.

Defn: The act of reinspecting.

REINSPIRE Re`in*spire" (-spr"), v. t.

Defn: To inspire anew. Milton.

REINSPIRIT Re`in*spir"it (-sp`r"t), v. t.

Defn: To give fresh spirit to.

REINSTALL Re`in*stall" (-stl"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller.]

Defn: To install again. Milton.

REINSTALLMENT Re`in*stall"ment (ment), n.

Defn: A renewed installment.

REINSTATE Re`in*state" (-stt"), v. t.

Defn: To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill.

REINSTATEMENT Re`in*state"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re

REINSTATION Re`in*sta"tion (-st"shn), n.

Defn: Reinstatement. [R.]

REINSTRUCT Re`in*struct" (-strkt"), v. t.

Defn: To instruct anew.

REINSURANCE Re`in*sur"ance (-shr"ans), n.

1. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

2. A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.

REINSURE Re`in*sure" (-shr"), v. t.

1. To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.

2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an inssurance risk upon it. The innsurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. Walsh.

REINSURER Re`in*sur"er (-shr"r), n.

Defn: One who gives reinsurance.

REINTEGRATE Re*in"te*grate (r*n"t*grt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + integrate. Cf. Redintegrate.]

Defn: To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reas, to reintegrate a nation. Bacon.

REINTEGRATION Re*in`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n.

Defn: A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.

REINTER Re`in*ter" (r`n*tr"), v. t.

Defn: To inter again.

REINTERROGATE Re`in*ter"ro*gate (-tr"r*gt), v. t.

Defn: To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.

REINTHRONE Re`in*throne" (-thrn"), v. t.

Defn: See Reënthrone.

REINTHRONIZE Re`in*thron"ize (-z), v. t.

Defn: To enthrone again.[Obs.]

REINTRODUCE Re*in`tro*duce" (r*n`tr*ds"), v. t.

Defn: To introduce again. — Re*in`tro*duc"tion (-d, n.

REINVEST Re`in*vest" (r`n*vst"), v. t.

Defn: To invest again or anew.

REINVESTIGATE Re`in*ves"ti*gate (-vs"t*gt), v. t.

Defn: To investigate again. — Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.

REINVESTMENT Re`in*vest"ment (-vst"ment), n.

Defn: The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

REINVIGORATE Re`in*vig"or*ate (-vg"r*t), v. t.

Defn: To invigorate anew.

REINVOLVE Re`in*volve" (-vlv"), v. t.

Defn: To involve anew.

REIS Re`is (r"s or rz), n. Etym: [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.]

Defn: The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

REIS Reis (rs), n. Etym: [Ar. ra head, chief, prince.]

Defn: A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]

REIS EFFENDI Reis` Ef*fen"di (rs` f*fn"d). Etym: [See 2d Reis, and Effendi.]

Defn: A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

REISSNER'S MEMBRANE Reiss"ner's mem"brane (rs"nrz mm"brn). Etym: [Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.] (Anat.)

Defn: The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

REISSUABLE Re*is"su*a*ble (r*sh"**b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being reissued.

REISSUE Re*is"sue (r*sh"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To issue a second time.

REISSUE Re*is"sue, n.

Defn: A second or repeated issue.

REIT Reit (rt), n.

Defn: Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

REITER Rei"ter (r"tr), n. Etym: [G., rider.]

Defn: A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

REITERANT Re*it"er*ant (r-t"r-ant), a. Etym: [See Reiterate.]

Defn: Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

REITERATE Re*it"er*ate (-at), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reiterated (-a`têd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reiterating.] Etym: [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.]

Defn: To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat. That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. Shak.

Syn. — To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.

REITERATE Re*it"er*ate (-t), a.

Defn: Reiterated; repeated. [R.]

REITERATEDLY Re*it"er*a`ted*ly (-`td-l), adv.

Defn: Repeatedly.

REITERATION Re*it`er*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réitération.]

Defn: The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

REITERATIVE Re*it"er*a*tive (r-t"r—tv), n.

1. (Gram.)

Defn: A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.

REIVER Reiv"er (rv"r), n.

Defn: See Reaver. Ruskin.

REJECT Re*ject" (r-jkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.] Etym: [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.

2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hog. iv. 6.

3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Syn. — To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

REJECTABLE Re*ject"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.

REJECTAMENTA Re*jec`ta*men"ta (r-jk`t-mn"ta), n.pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject.]

Defn: Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming.

REJECTANEOUS Re`jec*ta"ne*ous (r`jk-t"n-s), a. Etym: [L. rejectaneus.]

Defn: Not chosen orr received; rejected. [Obs.] "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.

REJECTER Re*ject"er (r-jkt"r), n.

Defn: One who rejects.

REJECTION Re*jec"tion (r-jk"shn), n. Etym: [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.]

Defn: Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

REJECTITIOUS Re`jec*ti"tious (r`jk-tsh"s), a.

Defn: Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. Cudworth.

REJECTIVE Re*ject"ive (r-jkt"v), a.

Defn: Rejecting, or tending to reject.

REJECTMENT Re*ject"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. Eaton.

REJOICE Re*joice" (r-jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rejoced (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing (-joi"sng).] Etym: [OE.rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. , to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See Joy.]

Defn: To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond a common joy." Shak. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. Ps. xxxi. 7.

Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.

REJOICE Re*joice", v. t.

1. To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock.

2. To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden. I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer. While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior. Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. Arbuthnot.

Syn. — To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.

REJOICE Re*joice", n.

Defn: The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.

REJOICEMENT Re*joice"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Rejoicing. [Obs.]

REJOICER Re*joi"cer (r-joi"sr), n.

Defn: One who rejoices.

REJOICING Re*joi"cing (-sng), n.

1. Joy; gladness; delight. We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors. R. Nelson.

2. The expression of joy or gladness. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. cxviii. 15.

3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ps. cxix. 111.

REJOICINGLY Re*joi"cing*ly, adv.

Defn: With joi or exultation.

REJOIN Re*join" (r-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.] Etym: [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See Join, and cf. Rejoinder.]

1. To join again; to unite after separation.

2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. Pope.

3. To state in reply; — followed by an object clause.

REJOIN Re*join", v. i.

1. To answer to a reply.

2. (Law)

Defn: To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

REJOINDER Re*join"der (-dr), n. Etym: [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.]

1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2. (Law)

Defn: The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

Syn. — Reply; ansswer; replication. See Reply.

REJOINDER Re*join"der, v. i.

Defn: To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]

REJOINDURE Re*join"dure (-dr), n.

Defn: Act of joining again. [Obs.] "Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure" (i.e., kisses). Shak.

REJOINT Re*joint" (re-joint"), v. t.

1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow.

2. Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.

REJOLT Re*jolt" (r-jlt"), n.

Defn: A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. [R.] These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind. South.

REJOLT Re*jolt", v. t.

Defn: To jolt or shake again. Locke.

REJOURN Re*journ" (r-jrn"), v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. réajourner. See Adjourn.]

Defn: To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] Shak.

REJOURNMENT Re*journ"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Adjournment. [Obs.]

REJUDGE Re*judge" (r-jj"), v. t.

Defn: To judge again; to re Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope.

REJUVENATE Re*ju"ve*nate (r-j"v-nt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- re- + L. juventis young, youthful.]

Defn: To render young again.

REJUVENATED Re*ju"ve*na`ted, p. a. from Rejuvenate.

1. Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.

2. (Phys. Geog.) (a) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; — said of streams. (b) Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level; — said of topography, or features of topography, as valleys, hills, etc.

REJUVENATION Re*ju`ve*na"tion (-n"shn), n.

Defn: Rejuvenescence.

REJUVENESCENCE Re*ju`ve*nes"cence (-ns"sens), n.

1. A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zo

REJUVENESCENCY Re*ju`ve*nes"cen*cy (-sen-s), n.

Defn: Rejuvenescence.

REJUVENESCENT Re*ju`ve*nes"cent (-sent), a.

Defn: Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

REJUVENIZE Re*ju`ve*nize (r-j"v-nz), v. t.

Defn: To rejuvenate.

REKINDLE Re*kin"dle (r-kn"d'l), v. t. & i.

Defn: To kindle again.

REKNE Rek"ne (rk"ne), v. t.

Defn: To reckon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELADE Re*lade" (r-ld"), v. t.

Defn: To lade or load again.

RELAID Re*laid" (r-ld),

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Relay.

RELAIS Re*lais" (re-l"), n. Etym: [F. See Relay, n.] (Fort.)

Defn: A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch. Wilhelm.

RELAND Re*land" (r-lnd"), v. t.

Defn: To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.

RELAND Re*land", v. i.

Defn: To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.

RELAPSE Re*lapse" (r-lps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-lpst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing.] Etym: [L.relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse.]

1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; — generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relaps into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; — sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselves. Cowper.

3. (Theol.)

Defn: To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide. They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along, unless they relapse. Waterland.

RELAPSE Re*lapse", n. Etym: [For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v.]

1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. Alas! from what high hope to what relapse Unlooked for are we fallen! Milton.

2. One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backlider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. [Obs.]

RELAPSER Re*laps"er (-lps"r), n.

Defn: One who relapses. Bp. Hall.

RELAPSING Re*laps"ing, a.

Defn: Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium (Spirochæte) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever.

RELATE Re*late" (r-lt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Related; p. pr. & vb. n. Relating.] Etym: [F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L. relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.]

1. To bring back; to restore. [Obs.] Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. Spenser.

2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]

3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over. This heavy act with heavy heart relate. Shak.

4. To ally by connection or kindred. To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]

Syn. — To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe.

RELATE Re*late", v. i.

1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; — with to. All negative or privative words relate positive ideas. Locke.

2. To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.] Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. Fuller.

RELATED Re*lat"ed (-lt"d), p. p. & a.

1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.

3. Narrated; told.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: Same as Relative, 4.

RELATEDNESS Re*lat"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity. [R.] Emerson.

RELATER Re*lat"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who relates or narrates.

RELATION Re*la"tion (r-l"shn), n. Etym: [F. relation, L. relatio. See Relate.]

1. The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events. relation doth well figure them. Bacon.

2. The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant. Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation. I. Taylor.

3. Reference; respect; regard. I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. Dryden.

4. Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children. Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known. Milton.

5. A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman. For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. Ld. Lytton.

6. (Law) (a) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation. (b) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. Wharton. Burrill.

Syn. — Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative; tale; detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity; affinity; kinsman; kinswoman.

RELATIONAL Re*la"tion*al (r-l"shn-al), a.

1. Having relation or kindred; related. We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. Tooke.

2. Indicating or specifying some relation. Relational words, as prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. R. Morris.

RELATIONIST Re*la"tion*ist, n.

Defn: A relative; a relation. [Obs.]

RELATIONSHIP Re*la"tion*ship, n.

Defn: The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.

RELATIVE Rel"a*tive (rl"-tv), a. Etym: [F. relatif, L. relativus. See Relate.]

1. Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject. I'll have grounds More relative than this. Shak.

2. Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute. Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole. South.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other. Moore (Encyc. of Music). Relative clause (Gram.), a clause introduced by a relative pronoun. — Relative term, a term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf. Correlative.

RELATIVE Rel"a*tive, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically: (a) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives." Bp. Fell. (b) (Gram.) A relative prnoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives " who", "which", "that".

RELATIVELY Rel"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.

RELATIVENESS Rel"a*tive*ness, n

Defn: The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.

RELATIVITY Rel`a*tiv"i*ty (-tv"-t), n.

Defn: The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject. Coleridge.

RELATOR Re*lat"or (r-lt"r), n. Etym: [ L.: cf. F. relateur. See Relate.]

1. One who relates; a relater. "The several relators of this history." Fuller.

2. (Law)

Defn: A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.

RELATRIX Re*lat"rix (-rks), n. Etym: [L.] (Law)

Defn: A female relator.

RELAX Re*lax" (r-lks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-lkst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.] Etym: [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.]

1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. Milton. Nor served it to relax their serried files. Milton.

2. To make less severe or rogorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, esrnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legilature. Swift.

3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

Syn. — To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.

RELAX Re*lax", v. i.

1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.

2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior.

3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

RELAX Re*lax", n.

Defn: Relaxation. [Obs.] Feltham.

RELAX Re**lax", a.

Defn: Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

RELAXABLE Re*lax"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relaxed.

RELAXANT Re*lax"ant (r-lks"ant), n. Etym: [L. relaxans, p. pr. of relaxare.] (Med.)

Defn: A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

RELAXATION Re`lax*a"tion (r`lks-"shn;277), n. Etym: [L. relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation.]

1. The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.

2. Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. "Hours of careless relaxation." Macaulay.

RELAXATIVE Re*lax"a*tive (r-lks"-tv), a.

Defn: Having the quality of relaxing; laxative. — n.

Defn: A relaxant. B. Jonson.

RELAY Re*lay" (r-l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaid (-ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaying.] Etym: [Pref re- + lay, v.]

Defn: To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

RELAY Re*lay" (r-l"), n. Etym: [F. relais (cf. OF. relais relaxation, discontinuance, It. rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), fr. OF. relaissier to abandon, release, fr. L. relaxare. See Relax.]

1. A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief. Specifically: (a) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continnue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

2. (Elec.)

Defn: In various forms of telegrapfhic apparatus, a megnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing. Relay battery (Elec.), the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or relay.

RELAY CYLINDER Relay cylinder.

Defn: In a variable expansion central-valve engine, a small auxiliary engine for automatically adjusting the steam distribution to the load on the main engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

RELAY GOVERNOR Relay governor.

Defn: A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

RELBUN Rel"bun (rl"bn), n.

Defn: The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, — used for dyeing crimson.

RELEASABLE Re*leas"a*ble (r-ls"-b'l), a.

Defn: That may be released.

RELEASE Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re + lease to let.]

Defn: To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

RELEASE Re*lease" (r-ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released (r*lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.] Etym: [OE. relessen, OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]

1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. Mark xv. 6.

2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

3. (Law)

Defn: To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [Obs.] Hooker. A sacred vow that none should aye Spenser.

Syn. — To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extracate; let go; quit; acquit.

RELEASE Re*lease", n.

1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell." Milton.

2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

4. (Law)

Defn: A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. Blackstone.

5. (Steam Engine)

Defn: The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape. Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease. — Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn. — Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death.

RELEASEE Re*leas`ee" (-"), n.

Defn: One to whom a release is given.

RELEASEMENT Re*lease"ment (r-ls"ment), n.

Defn: The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.

RELEASER Re*leas"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who releases, or sets free.

RELEASOR Re*leas"or (-r), n.

Defn: One by whom a release is given.

RELEGATE Rel"e*gate (rl"-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Relegating.] Etym: [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See Legate.]

Defn: To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar. Milman.

RELEGATION Rel`e*ga"tion (-g"shn), n. Etym: [L. relegatio: cf. F. rel.]

Defn: The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.

RELENT Re*lent" (r-lnt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relented; p. pr. & vb. n. Relenting.] Etym: [F. ralentir, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to + lentus pliant, flexible, slow. See Lithe.]

1. To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. [Obs.] He stirred the coals till relente gan The wax again the fire. Chaucer. [Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to relent. Boyle. When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray. Pope.

2. To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion. Can you . . . behold My sighs and tears, and will not once relent Shak.

RELENT Re*lent", v. t.

1. To slacken; to abate. [Obs.] And oftentimes he would relent his pace. Spenser.

2. To soften; to dissolve. [Obs.]

3. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [Obs.]

RELENT Re*lent" (r-lnt"), n.

Defn: Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] Nor rested till she came without relent Unto the land of Amazona. Spenser.

RELENTLESS Re*lent"less, a.

Defn: Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. For this the avenging power employs his darts,.. Thus will persist, relentless in his ire. Dryden. — Re*lent"less*ly, adv. — Re*lent"less*ness, n.

RELENTMENT Re*lent"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act or process of retenting; the state of having relented. Sir T. Browne.

RELESSE Re*lesse" (r-ls"), v. t.

Defn: To release. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELESSEE Re`les*see" (r`ls-s"), n.

Defn: See Releasee.

RELESSOR Re`les*sor" (-sr"), n.

Defn: See Releasor.

RE-LET Re-let" (r-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To let anew, as a hous.

RELEVANCE; RELEVANCY Rel"e*vance, Rel"e*van*cy, n.

1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe.

2. (Scots Law)

Defn: Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.

RELEVANT Rel"e*vant (-vant), a. Etym: [F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve.]

1. Relieving; lending aid or support. [R.] Pownall.

2. Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable. Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions. Sydney Smith.

3. (SScots Law)

Defn: Sufficient to support the cause.

RELEVANTLY Rel"e*vant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a relevant manner.

RELEVATION Rel`e*va"tion (-v"shn), n. Etym: [L. relevatio, fr. relevare. See Relieve.]

Defn: A raising or lifting up. [Obs.]

RELIABILITY Re*li`a*bil"i*ty (r-l`-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

RELIABLE Re*li"a*ble (r-l"-b'l), a.

Defn: Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. Coleridge. According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs." W. Irving.

Note: Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however, sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most convenient substitute for the phrase to be relied upon, and a useful synonym for trustworthy, which is by preference applied to persons, as reliable is to things, such as an account, statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of laughable, worthy of being laughed at, from the neuter verb to laugh; available, fit or able to be availed of, from the neuter verb to avail; dispensable, capable of being dispensed with, from the neuter verb to dispense. Other examples might be added. — Re*li"a*ble*ness, n. — Re*li"a*bly, adv.

RELIANCE Re*li"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [From Rely.]

1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value. Macaulay.

2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. Richardson.

RELIANT Re*li"ant (-ant), a.

Defn: Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.

RELIC Rel"ic (rl"k), n. Etym: [F. relique, from L. reliquiae, pl., akin to relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.] [Formerly written also relique.]

1. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant. Chaucer. Wyclif. The relics of lost innocence. Kebe. The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy relics. Shak.

2. The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; — usually in the plural when referring to the whole body. There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. Addison. Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. Pope.

3. Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. The pearis were split; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson.

RELICLY Rel"ic*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of relics. [Obs.]

RELICT Rel"ict (-kt), n. Etym: [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish.]

Defn: A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.

RELICTED Re*lict"ed (r-lkt"d), a. Etym: [L. relictus, p. p.] (Law)

Defn: Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier.

RELICTION Re*lic"tion (r-lk"shn), n. Etym: [L. relictio a leaving behind.] (Law)

Defn: A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession. Burrill.

RELIEF Re*lief" (r-lf"), n. Etym: [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See Relieve, and cf. Basrelief, Rilievi.]

1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. He seec the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain. Dryden.

2. Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. For this relief much thanks; ;tis bitter cold. Shak.

3. That which removes or lessenc evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.

4. (Feudal Law)

Defn: A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.

5. (Sculp. & Arch.)

Defn: The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on wwhich it is formed.

Note: Relief is of three kinds, namely, high relief (altorilievo), low relief, (basso-rilievo), and demirelief (mezzo-rilievo). See these terms in the Vocabulary.

6. (Paint.)

Defn: The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.

7. (Fort.)

Defn: The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. Wilhelm.

8. (Physical Geog.)

Defn: The elevations and surface undulations of a country. Guyot. Relief valve, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.

Syn. — Alleviation; mitigation; aid; help; succor; assistance; remedy; redress; indemnification.

RELIEFFUL Re*lief"ful (r-lf"fl), a.

Defn: Giving relief. [Obs.]

RELIEFLESS Re*lief"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

RELIER Re*li"er (r-l"r), n. Etym: [From Rely.]

Defn: One who relies.

RELIEVABLE Re*liev"a*ble (r-lv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief. Sir M. Hale.

RELIEVE Re*lieve" (r-lv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relieved (-lvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relieving.] Etym: [OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis light. See Levity, and cf. Relevant, Relief.]

1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. Sir W. Scott.

3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. Addison.

4. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or cruches; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to allevate; to- abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

5. To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town. Now lend assistance and relieve the poor. Dryden.

6. To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty. Who hath relieved you Shak.

7. To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.

Syn. — To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify.

RELIEVEMENT Re*lieve"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release. [Archaic.]

RELIEVER Re*liev"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, relieves.

RELIEVING Re*liev"ing, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to relieve. Relieving arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. — Relieving tackle. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Totten. Craig.

RELIEVO Re*lie"vo (r-l"v), n. Etym: [It. rilievo.]

Defn: See Relief, n., 5.

RELIGHT Re*light" (r-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To light or kindle anew.

RELIGIEUSE; RELIGIEUX Re*li`gi`euse", n. f. Re*li`gi`eux", n. m.Etym: [F.]

Defn: A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.

RELIGION Re*li"gion (r-lj"n), n. Etym: [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. Neglect.]

1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion. Paley. Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equivalent for godliness; but . . . it expressed the outer form and embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion assumed. Trench. Religions, by which are meant the modes of sdivine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally . . . There is no living religion without something like a doctrine. On the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion. C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit. ). Religion . . . means the conscious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct. J. Köstlin (Schaff- Herzog Encyc. ) After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisce. Acts xxvi. 5. The image of a brute, adorned With gay religions full of pomp and gold. Milton.

2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Washington. Religion will attend you . . . as pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of life. Buckminster.

3. (R.C.CH.)

Defn: A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. Trench. A good man was there of religion. Chaucer.

4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. [R.] Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. Sir M. Hale.

Note: Religion, as distinguished from theology, is subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to God; while theology is objective, and denotes those ideas which man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his systematized views of God. As distinguished from morality, religion denotes the influences and motives to human duty which are found in the character and will of God, while morality describes the duties to man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from sanciti, religion is the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence. Natural religion, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See Natural theology, under Natural. — Religion of humanity, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis. — Revealed religion, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and New Testaments.

RELIGIONARY Re*li"gion*a*ry (r-lj"n—r), a.

Defn: Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions. [Obs.]

RELIGIONARY; RELIGIONER Re*li"gion*a*ry, Re*li"gion*er (-r), n.

Defn: A religionist. [R.]

RELIGIONISM Re*li"gion*ism (-z'm), n.

1. The practice of, or devotion to, religion.

2. Affectation or pretense of religion.

RELIGIONIST Re*li"gion*ist, n.

Defn: One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot. The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the Puritan religionists. Palfrey. It might be that an Antinomian, a Quaker, or other heterodoreligionists, was to be scourged out of the town. Hawthorne.

RELIGIONIZE Re*li"gion*ize (-z), v. t.

Defn: To bring under the influence of religion. [R.] Mallock.

RELIGIONLESS Re*li"gion*less, a.

Defn: Destitute of religion.

RELIGIOSITY Re*lig`i*os"i*ty (-lj`-s"-t), n. Etym: [L. religiositas: cf. F. religiosit.]

Defn: The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness. [R.] M. Arnold.

RELIGIOUS Re*li"gious (r-lj"s), a. Etym: [OF. religius, religious, F. religieux, from L. religiosus. See Religion.]

1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids at their religious rites My presence. Milton.

2. Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc. Men whose lives Religious titled them the sons of God. Mlton

3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. Shak.

4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows. One of them is religious. Chaucer.

Syn. — Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional; conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.

RELIGIOUS Re*li"gious, n.

Defn: A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison.

RELIGIOUSLY Re*li"gious*ly, adv.

Defn: In a religious manner. Drayton.

RELIGIOUSNESS Re*li"gious*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being religious.

RELIK Rel"ik (rl"k), n.

Defn: Relic. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RELINQUENT Re*lin"quent (r-ln"kwent), a. Etym: [L. relinquens, p. pr. of relinqquere. See Relinquish.]

Defn: Relinquishing. [R.]

RELINQUENT Re*lin"quent, n.

Defn: One who relinquishes. [R.]

RELINQUISH Re*lin"quish (-kwsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relinquished (-kwsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing.] Etym: [OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Relic, Relict.]

1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit. We ought to relinquish such rites. Hooker. They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English. Sir J. Davies.

2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.

Syn. — To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert; renounce; forbResign.

RELINQUISHER Re*lin"quish*er (-rr), n.

Defn: One who relinquishes.

RELINQUISHMENT Re*lin"quish*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of relinquishing.

RELIQUARY Rel"i*qua*ry (rl"-kw-r), n.; pl. -ries (-rîz). Etym: [LL.reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire. See Relic.]

Defn: A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

RELIQUE Re*lique" (r-lk"), n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Relic. Chaucer.

RELIQUIAE Re*liq"ui*æ (r-lk"w-), n.pl. Etym: [L. See Relic.]

1. Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Induviæ.

RELIQUIAN Re*liq"ui*an (r-lk"w-an), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic. [R.]

RELIQUIDATE Re*liq"ui*date (r-lk"w-dt), v. t.

Defn: To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.

RELIQUIDATION Re*liq`ui*da"tion (-d*"shn), n.

Defn: A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment. A. Hamilton.

RELISH Rel"ish (rl"sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relished (-; p. pr. & vb. n. Relishing.] Etym: [Of. relechier to lick or taste anew; pref. re- re- + lechier to lick, F. l. See Lecher, Lick.]

1. To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Now I begin to relish thy advice. Shak. He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys. Atterbury.

2. To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably. A savory bit that served to relish wine. Dryden.

RELISH Rel"ish, v. i.

Defn: To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor. Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits. Shak. A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature. Woodward.

RELISH Rel"ish, n.

1. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing. Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained From this delightful fruit, nor known till now True relish, tasting. Milton. When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish. Addison.

2. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge. It preserve some relish of old writing. Pope.

3. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness. A relish for whatever was excelent in arts. Macaulay. I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be jCowper.

4. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

Syn. — Taste; savor; flavor; appetite; zest; gusto; liking; delight.

RELISH Rel"ish, n. (Carp.)

Defn: The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece. Knight.

RELISHABLE Rel"ish*a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

RELIVE Re*live" (r-lv"), v. i.

Defn: To live again; to revive.

RELIVE Re*live", v. t.

Defn: To recall to life; to revive. [Obs.]

RELOAD Re*load" (r-ld"), v. t.

Defn: To load again, as a gun.

RELOAN Re*loan" (r-ln"), n.