R R (är). (continued 8)

5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] "A church with windowss only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times." Bacon.

6. (Parliamentary Practice)

Defn: To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer. To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. — To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Syn. — To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

REPORT Re*port" (r-prt"), v. i.

1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

REPORT Re*port" (r-prt"), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]

1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller. (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation. It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 1 Kings x. 6. Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews. Acts x. 22.

(c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like. (e) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports. (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.

2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.] The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to. Evelyn.

Syn. — Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.

REPORTABLE Re*port"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable or admitting of being reported.

REPORTAGE Re*port"age (-j), n.

Defn: SAme as Report. [Obs.]

REPORTER Re*port"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reports. Specifically: (a) An officer or person who makees authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. (b) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers. Of our tales judge and reportour. Chaucer.

REPORTINGLY Re*port"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: By report or common fame.

REPORTORIAL Re`por*to"ri*al (r`pr-t"r-al), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

REPOSAL Re*pos"al (r-pz"al), n. Etym: [From Repose.]

1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak.

2. That on which one reposes. [Obs.] Burton.

REPOSANCE Re*pos"ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Reliance. [Obs.] John Hall.

REPOSE Re*pose" (r-pz") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reposing.] Etym: [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v.]

1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, — often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. All being settled and reposed, the lord archibishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons. Fuller. After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue. Milton.

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. Shak.

REPOSE Re*pose", v. i.

1. To lie at rest; to rest. Within a thicket I reposed. Chapman.

2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. It is upon these that the soul may repose. I. Taylor.

3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Syn. — To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

REPOSE Re*pose", n. Etym: [F. repos. See Repose, v.]

1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. Shak.

2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

3. (Poetic)

Defn: A rest; a pause.

4. (Fine Arts)

Defn: That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eue; — opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or side down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.

Syn. — Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

REPOSED Re*posed" (r-pzd"), a.

Defn: Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. — Re*pos"ed*ly (r, adv. — Re*pos"ed*ness, n.

REPOSEFUL Re*pose"ful (r-pz"fl), a.

Defn: Full of repose; quiet.

REPOSER Re*pos"er (r-pz"r), n.

Defn: One who reposes.

REPOSIT Re*pos"it (r-pz"t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Repositing.] Etym: [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See Position.]

Defn: To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.

REPOSITION Re`po*si"tion (r`p*zsh"n), n. Etym: [L. repositio.]

Defn: The act of repositing; a laying up.

REPOSITOR Re*pos"i*tor (r*pz"*tr), n. (Surg.)

Defn: An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

REPOSITORY Re*pos"i*to*ry (r*pz"*t$*r), n. Etym: [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.]

Defn: A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

REPOSSESS Re`pos*sess" (r"pz*zs" or -ps*ss"), v. t.

Defn: To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).

REPOSSESSION Re`pos*ses"sion (r`pz-zsh"n or -ps ssh"n), n.

Defn: The act or the state of possessing again.

REPOSURE Re*po"sure (r-p"shr; 135), n.

Defn: Rest; quiet. In the reposure of most soft content. Marston.

REPOUR Re*pour" (r-pr"), v. t.

Defn: To pour again.

REPOUSSAGE Re*pous`sage", n. [F. See Repoussé.] (Art)

Defn: Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

REPOUSSE Re*pous`sé" (re -p`s"), a. Etym: [F., p. p. of repousser to thrust back; pref re- + pousser to push. See Push.] (a) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. (b) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; — said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. — n.

Defn: Repoussé work. Repoussé work, ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side.

REPREFE Re*prefe" (r-prf"), n.

Defn: Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPREHEND Rep`re*hend" (rp`r-hnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprehending.] Etym: [L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ]

Defn: To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer. Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. Bacon. Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak. In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. Dryden. I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. J. Philips.

REPREHENDER Rep`re*hend"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reprehends.

REPREHENSIBLE Rep`re*hen"si*ble (-hn"s-b'l), a. Etym: [L. reprehensibilis: cf. F. répréhensible.]

Defn: Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable. — Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. — Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.

REPREHENSION Rep`re*hen"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.]

Defn: Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval. This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. — Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.

REPREHENSIVE Rep`re*hen"sive (-hn"sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répréhensif.]

Defn: Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South. — Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.

REPREHENSORY Rep`re*hen"so*ry (-s-r), a.

Defn: Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. Johnson.

RE-PRESENT Re`-pre*sent" (r`pr-znt"), v. t.

Defn: To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

REPRESENT Rep`re*sent" (rp`r-znt"), v. t. Etym: [F. repr, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present. See Present, v. t.]

1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. Milton.

2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe. He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand. Robertson. This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate. Addison.

6. To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present. Among these. Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things Which he five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton.

8. (Metaph.)

Defn: To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative,3. The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy. Sir. W. Hamilton.

REPRESENTABLE Rep`re*sent"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being represented.

REPRESENTANCE Rep`re*sent"ance (-ans), n.

Defn: Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.

REPRESENTANT Rep`re*sent"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repr.]

Defn: Appearing or acting for another; representing.

REPRESENTANT Rep`re*sent"ant, n. Etym: [F. representant.]

Defn: A representative. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

REPRESENTATION Rep`re*sen*ta"tion (-zn-t"shn), n. Etym: [F. repr, L. representatio.]

1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. (b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet. (c) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress. (e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

3. The state of being represented.

Syn. — Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.

RE-PRESENTATION Re-pres`en*ta"tion (r-prez`n-t"shn), n. Etym: [See Re-present.]

Defn: The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

REPRESENTATIONARY Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry (rp`r—zn-t"shn—r), a.

Defn: Implying representation; representative. [R.]

REPRESENTATIVE Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-znt`-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repr.]

1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.

3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; — said of certain species and varieties.

5. (Metaph.)

Defn: Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

REPRESENTATIVE Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity. Addison. Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. Locke.

2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

3. (Law)

Defn: One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives. Wharton. Burrill.

4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]

5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.

REPRESENTATIVELY Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a representative manner; vicariously.

REPRESENTATIVENESS Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.

REPRESENTER Rep`re*sent"er (-r), n.

1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne.

2. A representative. [Obs.] Swift.

REPRESENTMENT Rep`re*sent"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Representation. [Obs.]

REPRESS Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press.]

Defn: To press again.

REPRESS Re*press" (r-prs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.]

1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress. Milton.

Syn. — To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.

REPRESS Re*press", n.

Defn: The act of repressing. [Obs.]

REPRESSER Re*press"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, represses.

REPRESSIBLE Re*press"i*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being repressed.

REPRESSION Re*pres"sion (r-prsh"n), n. Etym: [Cf. F. répression.]

1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

2. That which represses; check; restraint.

REPRESSIVE Re*press"ive (r-prs"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.]

Defn: Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. — Re*press"ive*ly, adv.

REPREVABLE Re*prev"a*ble (r-prv"-b'l), a.

Defn: Reprovable. [Obs.]

REPREVE Re*preve" (r-prv"), v. t. Etym: [See Reprieve, v. t.]

Defn: To reprove. [Obs.] "Repreve him of his vice." Chaucer.

REPREVE Re*preve", n.

Defn: Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPRIEFE Re*priefe" (r-prf"), n.

Defn: Repreve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

REPRIEVAL Re*priev"al (r-prv"al), n.

Defn: Reprieve. Overbury.

REPRIEVE Re*prieve (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] Etym: [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]

1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience. South.

REPRIEVE Re*prieve" (r-prv"), n.

1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.

2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham.

REPRIMAND Rep"ri*mand (rp"r-mnd), n. Etym: [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.]

Defn: Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.

REPRIMAND Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] Etym: [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.]

1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Syn. — To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.

REPRIMANDER Rep"ri*mand`er (-mnd`r), n.

Defn: One who reprimands.

REPRIMER Re*prim"er (r-prm"r), n. (Firearms)

Defn: A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

REPRINT Re*print" (r-prnt"), v. t.

1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.

REPRINT Re"print` (r"prnt`), n.

Defn: A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

REPRINTER Re*print"er (r-prnt"r), n.

Defn: One who reprints.

REPRISAL Re*pris"al (r-priz"al), n. Etym: [F. repr, It. ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See Reprehend, Reprise.]

1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. Macaulay.

2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans. )

4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.

REPRISE Re*prise" (r-prz"), n. Etym: [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. pl. (Law)

Defn: Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

REPRISE Re*prise", v. t. Etym: [Written also reprize.]

1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]

REPRISTINATE Re*pris"tin*ate (r-prs"tn-t), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + pristine.]

Defn: To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

REPRISTINATION Re*pris`ti*na"tion (-t-n"shn), n.

Defn: Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R. Browning.

REPRIVE Re*prive" (r-prv"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. privare to deprive.]

Defn: To take back or away. [Obs.] Spenser.

REPRIVE Re*prive", v. t.

Defn: To reprieve. [Obs.] Howell.

REPRIZE Re*prize" (-prz"), v. t.

Defn: See Reprise. [Obs.] Spenser.

REPRIZES Re*priz"es (-prz"z), n.pl. (Law)

Defn: See Repise, n., 2.

REPROACH Re*proach" (r-prch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-prcht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.] Etym: [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. Approach.]

1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.] I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak.

2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgracefull against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. 1 Peter iv. 14. That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. Milton. Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors. Dryden.

Syn. — To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.

REPROACH Re*proach", n. Etym: [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]

1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach. No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain. Macaulay. Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel ii. 17.

2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.

3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. ii. 17.

Syn. — Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.

REPROACHABLR Re*proach"a*blr (—b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. reprochable.]

1. Deserving reproach; censurable.

2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. — Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. — Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

REPROACHER Re*proach"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who reproaches.

REPROACHFUL Re*proach"ful (-fl), a.

1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn. — Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous. — Re*proach"ful*ly (r, adv. — Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

REPROACHLESS Re*proach"less, a.

Defn: Being without reproach.

REPROBACY Rep"ro*ba*cy (rp"r-b-c), n.

Defn: Reprobation. [R.]

REPROBANCE Rep"ro*bance (-bans), n.

Defn: Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.

REPROBATE Rep"ro*bate (-bt), a. Etym: [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.] Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30.

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved. And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate. Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." Shak.

Syn. — Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.

REPROBATE Rep"ro*bate, n.

Defn: One morally abandoned and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh.

REPROBATE Rep"ro*bate (-bt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]

1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. Macaulay.

2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Syn. — To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

REPROBATENESS Rep"ro*bate*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being reprobate.

REPROBATER Rep"ro*ba`ter (-b`tr), n.

Defn: One who reprobates.

REPROBATION Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b`shn), n. Etym: [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]

1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. Jeffrey. Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.

REPROBATIONER Rep`ro*ba"tion*er (-r), n. (Theol.)

Defn: One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation,2. South.

REPROBATIVE Rep"ro*ba*tive (-b-tv), a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

REPROBATORY Rep"ro*ba`to*ry (-b`t-r), a.

Defn: Reprobative.

REPRODUCE Re`pro*duce" (r`pr-ds"), v. t.

Defn: To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again. Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before. Sir I. Newton.

(c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

REPRODUCER Re`pro*du"cer (-d"sr), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.

REPRODUCTION Re`pro*duc"tion (-dk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. reproduction.]

1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.),

Defn: the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.

2. That which is reproduced.

REPRODUCTIVE Re`pro*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. reproductif.]

Defn: Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.

REPRODUCTORY Re`pro*duc"to*ry (-t-r), a.

Defn: Reproductive.

REPROOF Re*proof" (r-prf"), n. Etym: [OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.]

1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]

2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.

Syn. — Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See Admonition.

REPROVABLE Re*prov"a*ble (r-prv"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. r.]

Defn: Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.

Syn. — Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable; rebukable. —Re*prov"a*ble*ness, n. — Re*prov"a*bly, adv.

REPROVAL Re*prov"al (-al), n.

Defn: Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.

REPROVE Re*prove" (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] Etym: [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof.]

1. To convince. [Obs.] When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9.

2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.] Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak.

3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure. What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me" Milton.

4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall.

Syn. — To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure. — Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

REPROVER Re*prov"er (r-prv"r), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, reproves.

REPROVINGLY Re*prov"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a reproving manner.

REPRUNE Re*prune" (r-prn"), v. t.

Defn: To prune again or anew. Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.

REP-SILVER Rep"-sil`ver (rp"sl`vr), n. Etym: [See Reap.]

Defn: Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

REPTANT Rep"tant (rp"tant), a. Etym: [L. reptans, -antis, p. pr. of reptare, v. intens. from repere to creep. See Reptile.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Repent.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Creeping; crawling; — said of reptiles, worms, etc.

REPTANTIA Rep*tan"ti*a (rp-tn"sh-), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A divisiom of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

REPTATION Rep*ta"tion (rp-t"shn), n. Etym: [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The act of creeping.

REPTATORY Rep"ta*to*ry (rp"t-t-r), a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Creeping.

REPTILE Rep"tile (rp"tl;277), a. Etym: [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.]

1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.

2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices. There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke. And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.

REPTILE Rep"tile, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.

3. A groveling or very mean person.

REPTILIA Rep*til"i*a (rp-tl"-), n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.

REPTILIAN Rep*til"i*an (-an), a.

Defn: Belonging to the reptiles. Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; — called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.

REPTILIAN Rep*til"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Reptilia; a reptile.

REPUBLIC Re*pub"lic (r-pb"lk), n. Etym: [F. république, L. respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See Real, a., and Public.]

1. Common weal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.

Note: In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery. Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men.

REPUBLICAN Re*pub"lic*an (-l-kan), a. Etym: [F. républicain.]

1. Of or pertaining to a republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay.

2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

REPUBLICAN Re*pub"lic*an (r-pb"l-kan), n.

1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

2. (U.S.Politics)

Defn: A member of the Republican party.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. Red republican. See under Red.

REPUBLICANISM Re*pub"lic*an*ism (-z'm), n. Etym: [Cf. F. républicanisme.]

1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke.

3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [U.S.]

REPUBLICANIZE Re*pub"lic*an*ize (-z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republicanized (-zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Republicanizing (-`zng).] Etym: [Cf. F. républicaniser.]

Defn: To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. D. Ramsay.

REPUBLICATE Re*pub"li*cate (r*pb"l*kt), v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. republicare.]

Defn: To make public again; to republish. [Obs.]

REPUBLICATION Re*pub`li*ca"tion (r-pb`l-k"shn), n.

Defn: A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint. If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first. Blackstone.

REPUBLISH Re*pub"lish (r-pb"lsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Republished (-lsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Republishing.]

Defn: To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will. Blackstone.

REPUBLISHER Re*pub"lish*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who republishes.

REPUDIABLE Re*pu"di*a*ble (r-p"d—b'l), a. Etym: [See Repudilate.]

Defn: Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

REPUDIATE Re*pu"di*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.] Etym: [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]

1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne.

2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke.

3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

REPUDIATION Re*pu`di*a"tion (-*"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.]

Defn: The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

REPUDIATION Re*pu`di*a"tion, n.

Defn: One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

REPUDIATOR Re*pu"di*a`tor (r-p"d-`tr), n. Etym: [L., a rejecter, contemner.]

Defn: One who repudiates.

REPUGN Re*pugn" (r-pn"), v. t. Etym: [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.]

Defn: To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.] Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.

REPUGNABLE Re*pug"na*ble (r-pg"n-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.

REPUGNANCE; REPUGNANCY Re*pug"nance, Re*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]

Defn: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.

Syn. — Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.

REPUGNANT Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. Etym: [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.]

Defn: Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; — usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [His sword] repugnant to command. Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins.

Syn. — Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.

REPUGNANTLY Re*pug"nant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a repugnant manner.

REPUGNATE Re*pug"nate (-nt), v. t. Etym: [From L. repugnare. See Repugn.]

Defn: To oppose; to fight against. [Obs.]

REPUGNER Re*pugn"er (r-pn"r), n.

Defn: One who repugns.

REPULLULATE Re*pul"lu*late (r-pl"l-lt), v. i. Etym: [L. repullulare, repullulatum. See Pullulate.]

Defn: To bud again. Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. Howell.

REPULLULATION Re*pul`lu*la"tion (r-pl`l-l"shn), n.

Defn: The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

REPULSE Re*pulse" (r-pls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-plst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repulsing.] Etym: [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See Repel.]

1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy. Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend. Milton.

2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.

REPULSE Re*pulse", n. Etym: [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]

1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back. By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. Denham. He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. Shak.

2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.

REPULSELESS Re*pulse"less, a.

Defn: Not capable of being repulsed.

REPULSER Re*puls"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who repulses, or drives back.

REPULSION Re*pul"sion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.]

1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

3. (Physics)

Defn: The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.

REPULSIVE Re*pul"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répulsif.]

1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force. Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. Pope.

2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. — Re*pul"sive*ly, adv. — Re*pul"sive*ness, n.

REPULSORY Re*pul"so*ry (-s-r), a. Etym: [L. repulsorius.]

Defn: Repulsive; driving back.

REPURCHASE Re*pur"chase (r*pr"chs; 48), v. t.

Defn: To buy back or again; to regain by purchase. Sir M. Hale.

REPURCHASE Re*pur"chase, n.

Defn: The act of repurchasing.

REPURIFY Re*pu"ri*fy (r-p"r-f), v. t.

Defn: To purify again.

REPUTABLE Rep"u*ta*ble (rp"-t-b'l), a. Etym: [From Repute.]

Defn: Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. Broome.

Syn. — Respectable; creditable; estimable. — Rep"u ta*ble*ness, n. — Rep"u*ta*bly, adv.

REPUTATION Rep`u*ta"tion (-t"shn), n. Etym: [F. réputation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See Repute, v. t.]

1. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. Ames.

2. (Law)

Defn: The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. I see my reputation is at stake. Shak. The security of his reputation or good name. Blackstone.

4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. Phil. ii. 7.

Syn. — Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the Note under Character.

REPUTATIVELY Re*put"a*tive*ly (r-pt"-tv-l), adv.

Defn: By repute.

REPUTE Re*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] Etym: [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]

Defn: To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight Job xviii. 3. The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. Shak.

REPUTE Re*pute", n.

1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; — opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.

REPUTEDLY Re*put"ed*ly (r-pt"d-l), adv.

Defn: In common opinion or estimation; by repute.

REPUTELESS Re*pute"less, a.

Defn: Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius. [R.] Shak.

REQUERE Re*quere" (r—kwr"), v. t.

Defn: To require. [Obs.]

REQUEST Re*quest" (r-kw*st"), n. Etym: [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.]

1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak.

2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.

3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; — now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; — now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Syn. — Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.

REQUEST Re*quest" (r-kwst"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n. Requesting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.]

1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. Shak.

Syn. — To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.

REQUESTER Re*quest"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who requests; a petitioner.

REQUICKEN Re*quick"en (r-kwk"'n), v. t.

Defn: To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

REQUIEM Re"qui*em (r"kw-m;277), n. Etym: [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]

1. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Shak.

2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.] Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever slept. Sandys.

REQUIETORY Re*qui"e*to*ry (r-kw"-t-r), n. Etym: [L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.]

Defn: A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever.

REQUIN Re"quin (r"kwn), n. Etym: [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

REQUIRABLE Re*quir"a*ble (r-kwr"-b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale.

REQUIRE Re*quire" (r-kwr"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kwrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] Etym: [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]

1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him Shak. By nature did what was by law required. Dryden.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.

3. To ask as a favor; to request. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra viii. 22.

Syn. — To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

REQUIREMENT Re*quire"ment (-ment), n.

1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.

REQUIRER Re*quir"er (-kwr"r), n.

Defn: One who requires.

REQUISITE Req"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.

Defn: That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. Wake.

REQUISITE Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]

Defn: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.

Syn. — Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential. — Req"ui*site*ly, adv. — Req"ui*site*ness, n.

REQUISITION Req`ui*si"tion (rk`w-zsh"n), n.Etym: [Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.]

1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)

Defn: A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]

REQUISITION Req`ui*si"tion, v. t.

1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

REQUISITIONIST Req`ui*si"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who makes or signs a requisition.

REQUISITIVE Re*quis"i*tive (r-kwz"-tv), a.

Defn: Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris.

REQUISITIVE Re*quis"i*tive, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist. [R.]

REQUISITOR Re*quis"i*tor (-tr), n.

Defn: One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.

REQUISITORY Re*quis"i*to*ry (-t-r), a.

Defn: Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621).

REQUITABLE Re*quit"a*ble (-kwt"-b'l), a.

Defn: That may be requited.

REQUITAL Re*quit"al (-al), n. Etym: [From Requite.]

Defn: The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller.

Syn. — Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.

REQUITE Re"quite" (r-kwt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + quit.]

Defn: To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. Ps. x. 14.

Syn. — To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.

REQUITEMENT Re*quite"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.

REQUITER Re*quit"er (-kwt"r), n.

Defn: One who requites.

REREBRACE Rere"brace` (rr"brs"), n. Etym: [F. arri.] (Anc. Armor)

Defn: Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.

REREDEMAIN Rere`de*main" (-d-mn"), n. Etym: [F. arri back + de of + main hand.]

Defn: A backward stroke. [Obs.]

REREDOS Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.

REREFIEF Rere"fief` (rr"ff`), n. Etym: [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and Fief.] (Scots Law)

Defn: A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant. Blackstone.

REREIGN Re*reign" (r-rn"), v. i.

Defn: To reign again.

RE-REITERATE Re`-re*it"er*ate (r`r-t"r-t), v. t.

Defn: To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish." Tennyson.

REREMOUSE Rere"mouse` (rr"mous`), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A rearmouse.

RE-RESOLVE Re`-re*solve" (r`r-zlv"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To resolve again. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.

REREWARD Rere"ward` (rr"wrd`), n. Etym: [See Rearward.]

Defn: The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]

RES Res (rz), n.; pl. Res. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestæ Etym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. — Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

RESAIL Re*sail" (r-sl"), v. t. & i.

Defn: To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

RESALE Re*sale" (r-sl" or r"sl), n.

Defn: A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale. Bacon.

RESALGAR Re*sal"gar (r-sl"gr), n.

Defn: Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESALUTE Re`sa*lute" (r`s-lt"), v. t.

Defn: To salute again.

RESAW Re*saw" (r, v. t.

Defn: To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

RESCAT Res"cat (rs"kt), v. t. Etym: [Sp. rescattar.]

Defn: To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

RESCAT Res"cat, n. Etym: [Sp. rescate.]

Defn: Ransom; release. [Obs.]

RESCIND Re*scind" (r-snd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rescinding.] Etym: [L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.]

1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.

2. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.

Syn. — To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse; vacate; void.

RESCINDABLE Re*scind"a*ble (—b'l), a.

Defn: Capable of being rescinded.

RESCINDMENT Re*scind"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of rescinding; rescission.

RESCISSION Re*scis"sion (r-szh"n), n. Etym: [L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission. See Rescind.]

Defn: The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

RESCISSORY Re*scis"so*ry (r-sz"-r or r-ss"-), a. Etym: [L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]

Defn: Tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.

RESCOUS Res"cous (rs"ks), n. Etym: [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue.]

1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Law)

Defn: See Rescue,2. [Obs.]

RESCOWE Res"cowe (rs"kou), v. t.

Defn: To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

RESCRIBE Re*scribe" (r-skrb"), v. t. Etym: [L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]

1. To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

2. To write over again. Howell.

RESCRIPT Re"script (r"skrpt), n. Etym: [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]

1. (Rom.Antiq.)

Defn: The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. Hare.

2. (R.C.Ch.)

Defn: The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.

3. A counterpart. Bouvier.

RESCRIPTION Re*scrip"tion (r-skrp"shn), n. Etym: [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.]

Defn: A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.

RESCRIPTIVE Re*scrip"tive (-tv), a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

RESCRIPTIVELY Re*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By rescript. Burke.

RESCUABLE Res"cu*a*ble (rs"k—b'l), a.

Defn: That may be rescued.

RESCUE Res"cue (rs"k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-kd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] Etym: [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.]

Defn: To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. Shak.

Syn. — To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.

RESCUE Res"cue (rs"k), n. Etym: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]

1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak.

2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Blackstone. Rescue grass. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

RESCUELESS Res"cue*less, a.

Defn: Without rescue or release.

RESCUER Res"cu*er (-k-r), n.

Defn: One who rescues.

RESCUSSEE Res`cus*see" (rs`ks-s"), n. (O.Eng. Law)

Defn: The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.

RESCUSSOR Res*cus"sor (rs-ks"sr), n. Etym: [LL.] (O.Eng.Law)

Defn: One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.

RESE Rese (rz), v. i.

Defn: To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to rese." Chaucer.

RE-SEARCH Re-search" (r-srch"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search.]

Defn: To search again; to examine anew.

RESEARCH Re*search" (r-srch"), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.]

Defn: Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. Macaulay.

Syn. — Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.

RESEARCH Re*search", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.]

Defn: To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

RESEARCHER Re*search"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who researches.

RESEARCHFUL Re*search"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.

RESEAT Re*seat" (r-st"), v. t.

1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.

2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

RESEAU Ré`seau", n. [F.] A network; specif.: (a) (Astron.)

Defn: A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc. (b) In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network.

RESECT Re*sect" (r-skt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.] Etym: [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.]

Defn: To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

RESECTION Re*sec"tion (r-sk"shn), n. Etym: [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]

1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.

2. (Surg.)

Defn: The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

RESEDA Re*se"da (r-s"d), n. Etym: [L. , a kind of plant.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

RESEEK Re*seek" (r-sk"), v. t.

Defn: To seek again. J. Barlow.

RESEIZE Re*seize" (r-sz"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]

1. To seize again, or a second time.

2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again. Spenser.

3. (Law)

Defn: To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

RESEIZER Re*seiz"er (-sz"r), n.

1. One who seizes again.

2. (Eng. Law)

Defn: The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.

RESEIZURE Re*sei"zure (r, n.

Defn: A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.

RESELL Re*sell" (r-sl"), v. t.

Defn: To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.

RESEMBLABLE Re*sem"bla*ble (r-zm"bl-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resemble.]

Defn: Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.

RESEMBLANCE Re*sem"blance (-blans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]

1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker.

3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.

RESEMBLANT Re*sem"blant (-blant), a. Etym: [F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.]

Defn: Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower.

RESEMBLE Re*sem"ble (r-zm"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-blng).] Etym: [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]

1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.

2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.

3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.

4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.

RESEMBLER Re*sem"bler (r-zm"blr), n.

Defn: One who resembles.

RESEMBLINGLY Re*sem"bling*ly (-blng-l), adv.

Defn: So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.

RESEMINATE Re*sem"i*nate (-sm"-nt), v. t. Etym: [L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow.]

Defn: To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

RESEND Re*send" (r-snd"), v. t.

1. To send again; as, to resend a message.

2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.

3. (Telegraphy)

Defn: To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.

RESENT Re*sent" (r-znt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting.] Etym: [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]

1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. [Obs.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. Sir T. Browne.

(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. Bolingbroke.

3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.

RESENT Re*sent", v. i.

1. To feel resentment. Swift.

2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention. Fuller.

RESENTER Re*sent"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.

RESENTFUL Re*sent"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable. — Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.

RESENTIMENT Re*sent"i*ment (—ment), n.

Defn: Resentment. [Obs.]

RESENTINGLY Re*sent"ing*ly, adv.

1. With deep sense or strong perception. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

2. With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.

RESENTIVE Re*sent"ive (-v), a.

Defn: Resentful. [R.] Thomson.

RESENTMENT Re*sent"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. ressentiment.]

1. The act of resenting.

2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. [Obs.] He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality. Dr. H. More. It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger. Jer. Taylor.

3. In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. [Obs.] The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same. The Council Book (1651).

4. In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender. Cogan.

Syn. — Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. — Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for watever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Reseniment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger. Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak. Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe Dryden.

RESERATE Res"er*ate (rs"r-t), v. t. Etym: [L. reseratus, p. p. of reserare to unlock.]

Defn: To unlock; to open. [Obs.] Boyle.

RESERVANCE Re*serv"ance (r-zrv"ans), n.

Defn: Reservation. [R.]

RESERVATION Res`er*va"tion (rz`r-v"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réservation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]

1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. A. Smith. With reservation of an hundred knights. Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. Shak.

2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. Dryden.

3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]

4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.

5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A proviso. Kent.

Note: This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.

6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.

RESERVATIVE Re*serv"a*tive (r-zrv"-tv), a.

Defn: Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.

RESERVATORY Re*serv"a*to*ry (-t-r), n. Etym: [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See Reserve, v. t., and cf. Reservior.]

Defn: A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward.

RESERVE Re*serve" (r-zrv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved. (zp. pr. & vb. n. Reserving.] Etym: [F. réserver, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See Serve.]

1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak.

2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.

3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]

RESERVE Re*serve", n. Etym: [F. réserve.]

1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison.

2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use. The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. Tillotson.

3. That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. Rogers.

4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. Prior. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. Hawthorne.

5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

6. (Mil.)

Defn: A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

7. (Banking)

Defn: Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. — Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental.

Syn. — Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.

RESERVE CITY Reserve city. (Banking)

Defn: In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks in certain of the reserve cities (specifically called central reserve cities) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks in other reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits in these banks (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195).

RESERVED Re*served" (-zrvd"), a.

1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. Dryden. — Re*serv"ed*ly (r, adv. — Re*serv"ed*ness, n.

RESERVEE Res`er*vee" (rz`r-v"), n.

Defn: One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; — contrasted with reservor.

RESERVER Re*serv"er (r-zrv"r), n.

Defn: One who reserves.

RESERVIST Re*serv"ist, n.

Defn: A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia. [Eng.]

RESERVOIR Res"er*voir` (rz"r-vwr`;277), n. Etym: [F. réservoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory.]

1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A small intercellular space, often containing Receiving reservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.

RESERVOR Re*serv"or (r-zrv"r or rz`r-vr), n.

Defn: One who reserves; a reserver.

RESET Re*set" (r-st"), v. t.

Defn: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

RESET Re"set (r"st), n.

1. The act of resetting.

2. (Print.)

Defn: That which is reset; matter set up again.

RESET Re*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law)

Defn: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.

RESET Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law)

Defn: To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.

RESETTER Re*set"ter (-tr), n. (Scots Law)

Defn: One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.

RESETTER Re*set"ter (r-St"tr), n.

Defn: One who resets, or sets again.

RESETTLE Re*set"tle (r-st"t'l), v. t.

Defn: To settle again. Swift.

RESETTLE Re*set"tle, v. i.

Defn: To settle again, or a second time.

RESETTLEMENT Re*set"tle*ment (-ment), n.

Defn: Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.

RESHAPE Re*shape" (r-shp"), v. t.

Defn: To shape again.

RESHIP Re*ship" (r-shp"), v. t.

Defn: To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

RESHIP Re*ship", v. i.

Defn: To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

RESHIPMENT Re*ship"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.

RESHIPPER Re*ship"per (-pr), n.

Defn: One who reships.

RESIANCE Res`i*ance (rz"-ans), n. Etym: [LL. reseantia, reseance.]

Defn: Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon.

RESIANT Res"i*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. See Resident.]

Defn: Resident; present in a place. [Obs.] In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser.

RESIANT Res"i*ant, n.

Defn: A resident. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

RESIDE Re*side" (r-zd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n. Residing.] Etym: [F. résider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to sit. See Sit. ]

1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden.

2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.

3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.

Syn. — To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile.

RESIDENCE Res"i*dence (rz"-dens), n. Etym: [F. résidence. See Resident.]

1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.

2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus." Shak. Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay.

3. (Eng.Eccl.Law)

Defn: The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; — opposed to nonresidence.

4. The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.

5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.

6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Syn. — Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.

RESIDENCIA Re`si*den"cia, n. [Sp.]

Defn: In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

RESIDENCY Res"i*den*cy (-den-s), n.

1. Residence. [Obsoles.]

2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.

RESIDENT Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; — opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

RESIDENT Res"i*dent, n.

1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; — a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister,4.

RESIDENTER Res"i*dent*er (-$r), n.

Defn: A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]

RESIDENTIAL Res`i*den""tial (-dn"shal), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.

2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]

RESIDENTIARY Res`i*den"tia*ry (-dn"sh-r; 277), a. Etym: [LL. residentiaris.]

Defn: Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More.

RESIDENTIARY Res`i*den"tia*ry, n.

1. One who is resident. The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there. Coleridge.

2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.

Syn. — Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.

RESIDENTIARYSHIP Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship, n.

Defn: The office or condition of a residentiary.

RESIDENTSHIP Res"i*dent*ship (rz"-dent-shp), n.

Defn: The office or condition of a resident.

RESIDER Re*sid"er (r-zd"r), n.

Defn: One who resides in a place.

RESIDUAL Re*sid"u*al (r-zd"-al), a. Etym: [See Residue.]

Defn: Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. — Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). — Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. — Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. — Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. — Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. — Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq. root(a-b).

RESIDUAL Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.

RESIDUARY Re*sid"u*a*ry (—r), a. Etym: [See Residue.]

Defn: Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. — Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. — Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

RESIDUE Res"i*due (rz"-d), n. Etym: [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. See Reside, and cf. Residuum.]

1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.

2. (Law)

Defn: That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; — used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.

4. (Theory of Numbers)

Defn: Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.

Syn. — Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.

RESIDUOUS Re*sid"u*ous (r-zd"-s), a. Etym: [L. residuus.]

Defn: Remaining; residual. Landor.

RESIDUUM Re*sid"u*um (-m), n. Etym: [L. See Residue.]

Defn: That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

RESIEGE Re*siege" (r-sj"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + siege a seat.]

Defn: To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.

RE-SIGN Re-sign" (r-sn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + sign.]

Defn: To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

RESIGN Re*sign" (r-zn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned (-znd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.] Etym: [F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]

1. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; — said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; — said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; — also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.

2. To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. Spenser.

3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. Evelyn.

Syn. — To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce. — Resign, Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it." Steele. See Abdicate.

RE SIGN Re sign", n.

Defn: Resignation. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

RESIGNATION Res`ig*na"tion (rz`g-n"shn), n. Etym: [F. résignation. See Resign.]

1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.

Syn. — Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See Patience.

RESIGNED Re*signed" (r-znd"), a.

Defn: Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.

RESIGNEDLY Re*sign"ed*ly (r-zn"d-l), adv.

Defn: With submission.

RESIGNEE Res`ign*ee" (rz`-n"), n.

Defn: One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

RESIGNER Re*sign"er (r-zn"r), n.

Defn: One who resigns.

RESIGNMENT Re*sign"ment (-ment), n.

Defn: The act of resigning.

RESILE Re*sile" (r-zl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-zld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling.] Etym: [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.]

Defn: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.

RESILIENCE; RESILIENCY Re*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy, n.

1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

2. (Mech. & Engyn.)

Defn: The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.

RESILIENT Re*sil"i*ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. resiliens, p. pr.]

Defn: Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.

RESILITION Res`i*li"tion (rz`-lsh"n), n.

Defn: Resilience. [R.]

RESIN Res"in (rz"n), n. Etym: [F. résine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf. Rosin.]

Defn: Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).

Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins. Highgate resin (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. — Resin bush (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.

RESINACEOUS Res`in*a"ceous (-"shs), a.

Defn: Having the quality of resin; resinous.

RESINATE Res"in*ate (rz"n-t), n. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

RESINIC Re*sin"ic (r-zn"k), a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.

RESINIFEROUS Res`in*if"er*ous (rz`n-f"r-s), a. Etym: [Resin + -ferous: cf. F. résinifère.]

Defn: Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.

RESINIFORM Res"in*i*form (rz"n—frm), a. Etym: [Resin + -form: cf. F. résiniforme.]

Defn: Having the form of resin.

RESINO-ELECTRIC Res`in*o-e*lec"tric (—-lk"trk), a. (Elec.)

Defn: Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.

RESINOID Res"in*oid (rz"n-oid), a.

Defn: Somewhat like resin.

RESINOUS Res"in*ous (-s), a. Etym: [L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin. Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative.

RESINOUSLY Res"in*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: By means, or in the manner, of resin.

RESINOUSNESS Res"in*ous*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resinous.

RESINY Res"in*y (-), a.

Defn: Like resin; resinous.

RESIPISCENCE Res`i*pis"cence (rs`-ps"sens), n. Etym: [L. resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F. résipiscence.]

Defn: Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

RESIST Re*sist" (r-zstt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resisting.] Etym: [F. résister, L. resistere, pref. re- re- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]

1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.

2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.

3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.

4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. — To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.

RESIST Re*sist", v. i.

Defn: To make opposition. Shak.

RESIST Re*sist", n. (Calico Printing)

Defn: A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.

RESISTANCE Re*sist"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]

1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38.

2. (Physics)

Defn: The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.

3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak.

4. (Elec.)

Defn: A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, — good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance. — Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance. — Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.

RESISTANCE FRAME Re*sist"ance frame`. (Elec.)

Defn: A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.

RESISTANT Re*sist"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. See Resist.]

Defn: Making resistance; resisting. — n.

Defn: One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson.

RESISTER Re*sist"er (-r), n.

Defn: One who resists.

RESISTFUL Re*sist"ful (-fl), a.

Defn: Making much resistance.

RESISTIBILITY Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n..

1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.

2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke.

RESISTIBLE Re*sist"i*ble (r-zst"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résistible.]

Defn: Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. — Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. — Re*sist"i*bly, adv.

RESISTING Re*sist"ing, a.

Defn: Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. — Re*sist"ing ly, adv.

RESISTIVE Re*sist"ive (-v), a.

Defn: Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn.

RESISTLESS Re*sist"less, a.

1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.] Spenser.

2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. — Re*sist"less*ly, adv. — Re*sist"less*ness, n.

RESOLUBLE Res"o*lu*ble (rz"-l-b'l), a.Etym: [L. resolubolis: cf. F. résoluble. See Resolve, and cf. Resolvable.]

Defn: Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. — Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

RESOLUTE Res"o*lute (rz"-lt), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résolu. The L. resolutus (p. p. of resolvere) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See Resolve, v. t. & i.]

1. Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. Edward is at hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Shak.

2. Convinced; satisfied; sure. [Obs.]

3. Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand. [Obs.]

Syn. — Determined; decided; fixed; steadfast; steady; constant; persevering; firm; bold; unshaken.

RESOLUTE Res"o*lute (rz"-lt), n.

1. One who [Obs.] Shak.

2. Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.

RESOLUTELY Res"o*lute*ly, adv.

Defn: In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift.

RESOLUTENESS Res"o*lute*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resolute.

RESOLUTION Res`o*lu"tion (-l"shn), n. Etym: [F. résolution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See Resolve.]

1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem. The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action. Dryden.

2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]

3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination. Be it with resolution then to fight. Shak.

4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.

5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance. [Obs.] Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania. Holland.

6. (Math.)

Defn: The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

7. (Med.)

Defn: A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

8. (Mus.)

Defn: The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord. Joint resolution. See under Joint, a. — Resolution of a force or motion (Mech.), the separation of a single force or motion into two or more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one; — the opposite of Ant: composition of a force. — Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), the exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small stars.

Syn. — Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement; dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision.

RESOLUTIONER Res`o*lu"tion*er (-r), n.

Defn: One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.

RESOLUTIONIST Res`o*lu"tion*ist, n.

Defn: One who makes a resolution.

RESOLUTIVE Res"o*lu`tive (rz"-lu`tv), a. Etym: [Cf.F. résolutif.]

Defn: Serving to dissolve or relax. [R.] Johnson.

RESOLUTORY Res"o*lu*to*ry (rz"-l-t-r), a.

Defn: Resolutive. [R.]

RESOLVABILITY Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty (r-zlv`-bl"-t), n.

Defn: The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.

RESOLVABLE Re*solv"a*ble (r-zlv"-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resolve, and cf. Resoluble.]

Defn: Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

RESOLVABLENESS Re*solv"a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.

RESOLVE Re*solve" (r*zlv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resolved (-zlvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.] Etym: [L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution.]

1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; — said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak. Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again. Dryden.

2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; — said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." Shak. To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. Milton.

3. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. Sir, be resolved. I must and will come. Beau & Fl. Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse Pope. In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. Sir W. Raleigh. We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. Milton.

4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

5. To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; — followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).