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6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; — used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
7. (Math.)
Defn: To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton.
8. (Med.)
Defn: To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
9. (Mus.)
Defn: To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] B. Jonson. To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution.
Syn. — To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.
RESOLVE Re*solve" (r-zlv"), v. i. Etym: [The sense "to be convinced, to determine" comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]
1. To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
2. To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline. Arbuthhnot.
3. To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.] Let men resolve of that as they plaease. Locke.
4. To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
Syn. — To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.
RESOLVE Re*solve", n.
1. The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. "To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted." Milton.
2. That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. Nor is your firm resolve unknown. Shak. Cæsar's approach has summoned us together, And Rome attends her fate from our resolves. Addison.
RESOLVED Re*solved" (r-zlvd"), p. p. & a.
Defn: Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; — usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.
RESOLVEDLY Re*solv"ed*ly (rzlv"d-l), adv.
1. So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly. [Obs.] Of that, and all the progress, more or less, Resolvedly more leisure shall express. Shak.
2. Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. Grew.
RESOLVEDNESS Re*solv"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. Dr. H. More.
RESOLVENT Re*solv"ent (-ent), a.
Defn: Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
RESOLVENT Re*solv"ent, n. Etym: [L. resolvens, p. pr. of resolvere: cf. F. résolvant. See Resolve.]
1. That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
2. (Med.)
Defn: That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe.
3. (Math.)
Defn: An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
RESOLVER Re*solv"er (r-zlv"r), n.
1. That which decomposes, or dissolves. Boyle.
2. That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined. Bp. Burnet.
3. One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.
RESONANCE Res"o*nance (rz"-nans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. résonance, L. resonantia an echo.]
1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
2. (Acoustics)
Defn: A prolongation or increase of any sound, eithar by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. — Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
RESONANCY Res"o*nan*cy (-nan-s), n.
Defn: Resonance.
RESONANT Res"o*nant (-nant), a. Etym: [L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. résonnant. See Resound.]
Defn: Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back. Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.
RESONANTLY Res"o*nant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a reasonant manner.
RESONATOR Res"o*na`tor (-n`tr), n. (Acoustics)
Defn: Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.
RESORB Re*sorb" (r-srb"), v. t. Etym: [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.]
Defn: To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young.
RESORBENT Re*sorb"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. resorbens, p. pr. of resorbere.]
Defn: Swallowing up. Wodhull.
RESORCIN Res*or"cin (rz-r"sn), n. Etym: [Resin + orcin. So called because in its higher homologue it resembles orcin.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthaleïn, fluoresceïn, and eosin.
RESORCYLIC Res`or*cyl"ic (rz`r-sl"k), a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.
RESORPTION Re*sorp"tion (r*srp"shn), n.
Defn: The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
RESORT Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [F. ressort.]
Defn: Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. Bacon.
RESORT Re*sort", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.] Etym: [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See Sort. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.]
1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self. What men name resort to him Shak.
2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.] The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. Sir M. Hale.
3. To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. Clarendon.
RESORT Re*sort" (r*zrt"), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressort jurisdiction. See Resort, v.]
1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; — often figuratively; as, to have resort to force. Join with me to forbid him her resort. Shak.
2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. Far from all resort of mirth. Milton.
3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
RESORTER Re*sort"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who resorts; a frequenter.
RESOUN Re*soun" (r*zn"), n.
Defn: Reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RESOUN Re*soun", v. i. & t.
Defn: To resound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RE-SOUND Re-sound" (r*sound"), v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + sound.]
Defn: To sound again or anew.
RESOUND Re*sound" (r*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] Etym: [OE. resounen, OF. resoner, F. résonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]
1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . resounds back to them again." South.
4. To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.
5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
RESOUND Re*sound", v. t.
1. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate. Albion's cliffs resound the rurPope.
2. To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of. The man for wisdom's various arts renowned, Long exercised in woes, O muse, resound. Pope.
Syn. — To echo; reëcho; reverberate; sound.
RESOUND Re*sound", n.
Defn: Return of sound; echo. Beaumont.
RESOURCE Re*source" (r*srs"), n. Etym: [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]
1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. Dryden.
2. pl.
Defn: Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. Macaulay.
Syn. — Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.
RESOURCEFUL Re*source"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Full of resources.
RESOURCELESS Re*source"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of resources. Burke. — Re*source"less*ness, n. R. Browning.
RESOW Re*sow" (r*s"), v. t.
Defn: To sow again. Bacon.
RESOWN Re*sown" (r*zoun"), v.
Defn: To resound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RESPEAK Re*speak" (r*spk"), v. t.
1. To speak or utter again.
2. To answer; to echo. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.
RESPECT Re*spect" (r*spkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n. Respecting.] Etym: [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.]
1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon.
2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul." Shak.
3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the Sir T. Browne.
4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.] To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death. B. Jonson.
5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relateto; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to. Macaulay. — To respect the person or persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment." Deut. i. 17.
Syn. — To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
RESPECT Re*spect", n. Etym: [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite.]
1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. But he it well did ward with wise respect. Spenser.
2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. Seen without awe, and served without respect. Prior. The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. R. Nelson.
3. pl.
Defn: An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.
4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.] Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak.
5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. Tillotson.
4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects. Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects. Tillotson. In one respect I'll be thy assistant. Shak.
7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] "Whatever secret respects were likely to move them." Hooker. To the publik good Private respects must yield. Milton. In respect, in comparison. [Obs.] Shak. — In respect of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] Shak. (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] "Monsters in respect of their bodies." Bp. Wilkins. "In respect of these matters." Jowett. (Thucyd. ) — In, or With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects. Tillotson. — To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc. "It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment." Prov. xxiv. 23.
Syn. — Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See Deference.
RESPECTABILITY Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty (r*spkt`*bl"*t), n.
Defn: The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
RESPECTABLE Re*spect"a*ble (-, a. Etym: [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.]
1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison.
2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. —Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. — Re*spect"a*bly, adv.
RESPECTANT Re*spect"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of respecter. See Respect.] (Her.)
Defn: Placed so as to face one another; — said of animals.
RESPECTER Re*spect"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x. 34.
RESPECTFUL Re*spect"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior. — Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. — Re*spect"ful*ness, n.
RESPECTING Re*spect"ing, prep.
Defn: With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.
RESPECTION Re*spec"tion (r*spk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.LL. respectio.]
Defn: The act of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.] Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale.
RESPECTIVE Re*spec"tive (r*spk"tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. respectif, LL. respectivus. See Respect.]
1. Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate. [Obs.] If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this charge. A
2. Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.
3. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.
4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] Shak.
5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.] With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands. Chapman. With thy equals familiar, yet respective. Lord Burleigh.
RESPECTIVELY Re*spec"tive*ly, adv.
1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty. The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon.
2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] Shak.
RESPECTLESS Re*spect"less (r*spkt"ls), a.
Defn: Having no respect; without regard; regardless. Rather than again Endure, respectless, their so moving cChapman. — Re*spect"less*ness, n. [R.] Shelton.
RESPECTUOUS Re*spec"tu*ous (r*spk"t*s;135), a.
1. Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. [Obs.] Boyle.
2. Respectable. [Obs.] Knolles.
RESPELL Re*spell" (r*spl"), v. t.
Defn: To spell again.
RESPERSE Re*sperse" (r*sprs"), v. t. Etym: [L. respersus, p. p. of respergere; pref. re- re- + spargere to srew, sprinkle.]
Defn: To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
RESPERSION Re*sper"sion (r*spr"shn), n. Etym: [L. respersio.]
Defn: The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]
RESPIRABILITY Re*spir`a*bil"i*ty (r*spr`*bl"*t or rs`p*r-), n. Etym: [Cf. F. respirabilit.]
Defn: The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.
RESPIRABLE Re*spir"a*ble (r*spr"*b'l or rs"p*r*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. respirable.]
Defn: Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. — Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.
RESPIRATION Res`pi*ra"tion (rs`p*r"shn), n. Etym: [L. respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See Respire.]
1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.] Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked. Milton.
3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
4. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into: (a) Internal respiration, or the interchange of oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process of nutrition. (b) External respiration, or the gaseous interchange taking place in the special respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes respiration proper. Gamgee. In the respiration of plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by another process which goes on with more vigor, in which the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.
RESPIRATIONAL Res`pi*ra"tion*al (rs`p*r"shn-al), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.
RESPIRATIVE Re*spir"a*tive (r*sp*r*tv), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.
RESPIRATOR Res"pi*ra`tor (rs"p*r`tr), n. Etym: [Cf. F. respirateur.]
Defn: A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.
RESPIRATORY Re*spir"a*to*ry (r*spr"*t*r or rs"p*r-), a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes. Respiratory foods. (Physiol.) See 2d Note under Food, n., 1. — Respiratory tree (Zoöl.), the branched internal gill of certain holothurians.
RESPIRE Re*spire" (r*spr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired (-sprd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. Respiring.] Etym: [L. respirare, respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.]
1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Spenser. Here leave me to respire. Milton. From the mountains where I now respire. Byron.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
RESPIRE Re*spire", v. t.
1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. A native of the land where I respire The clear air for a while. Byron.
2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] B. Jonson.
RESPITE Res"pite (rs"pt), n. Etym: [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See Respect.]
1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. I crave but four day's respite. Shak.
2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without more respite." Chaucer. Some pause and respite only I require. Denham.
3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Syn. — Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve.
RESPITE Res"pite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.] Etym: [OF. respiter, LL. respectare. See Respite, n.]
Defn: To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. Forty days longer we do respite you. Shak.
(c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast." Milton.
RESPITELESS Res"pite*less, a.
Defn: Without respite. Baxter.
RESPLENDENCE; RESPLENDENCY Re*splen"dence, Re*splen"den*cy, n. Etym: [L. resplendentia.]
Defn: The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Milton. The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.
RESPLENDENT Re*splen"dent (-dent), a. Etym: [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine. See Splendid.]
Defn: Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. — Re*splen"dent*ly, adv. With royal arras and resplendent gold. Spenser.
RESPLENDISHANT Re*splen"dish*ant (-dsh*ant), a.
Defn: Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.] Fabyan.
RESPLENDISHING Re*splen"dish*ing, a.
Defn: Resplendent. [Obs.]
RESPLIT Re*split" (r*splt"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To split again.
RESPOND Re*spond" (r*spnd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.] Etym: [OF. respondre, F. répondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]
1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. Broome.
3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
Syn. — To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
RESPOND Re*spond", v. t.
1. To answer; to reply.
2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] For his great deeds respond his speeches great. Fairfax.
RESPOND Re*spond", n.
1. An answer; a response. [R.]
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. Oxf. Gloss.
RESPONDENCE; RESPONDENCY Re*spond"ence, Re*spond"en*cy, n.
Defn: The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering. A. Chalmers. The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine respondence meet. Spenser.
RESPONDENT Re*spond"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.]
Defn: Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.
RESPONDENT Re*spond"ent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. répondant.]
Defn: One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; — distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; — distinguished from opponent. I. Watts.
RESPONDENTIA Re`spon*den"ti*a (r`spn*dn"sh*), n. Etym: [NL. See Respondence.] (Commercial Law)
Defn: A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.
RESPONSAL Re*spon"sal (r*spn"sal), a.
Defn: Answerable. [Obs.]
RESPONSAL Re*spon"sal, n. Etym: [Cf.LL. resposalis.]
1. One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] Barrow.
2. Response. [Obs.] Brevint.
RESPONSE Re*sponse" (r*spns"), n. Etym: [OF. response, respons, F. réponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]
1. The act of responding.
2. An answer or reply. Specifically: (a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. I. Watts. (b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service. (c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office. (d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below. Busby.
RESPONSELESS Re*sponse"less, a.
Defn: Giving no response.
RESPONSIBILITY Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty (r*spn`s*bl"*t), n.; pl. -ties (-t. Etym: [Cf. F. responsabilité.]
1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power.
3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
RESPONSIBLE Re*spon"si*ble (r*spn"s*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. responsable. See Respond.]
1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.
3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office.
Syn. — Accountable; answerable; amenable. — Re*spon"si*ble*ness, n. — Re*spon"si*bly, adv.
RESPONSION Re*spon"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. responsio. See Respond.]
1. The act of answering. [Obs.]
2. (University of Oxford)
Defn: The first university examination; — called also little go. See under Little, a.
RESPONSIVE Re*spon"sive (-sv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. resposif.]
1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. Pope.
3. Responsible. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. — Re*spon"sive*ly, adv. — Re*spon"sive*ness, n.
RESPONSORIAL Re`spon*so"ri*al (r`spn*s"r-al), a.
Defn: Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman.
RESPONSORY Re*spon"so*ry (r*spn"s*r), a.
Defn: Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.
RESPONSORY Re*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r. Etym: [LL. responsorium.]
1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: An antiphonary; a response book.
RESSALDAR Res"sal*dar (res"sal*där), n. [Hind. risaldar, fr. risala troop of horse + Per. dar holding.] (Mil.)
Defn: In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.
REST Rest (rst), v. t. Etym: [For arrest.]
Defn: To arrest. [Obs.]
REST Rest, n. Etym: [AS. rest, r, rest; akin to D. rust, G. rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r, Gr. Ransack.]
1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! Shak.
2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. And the land had rest fourscore years. Judges iii. 30.
3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest. Collins.
4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work. He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 1 Kings vi. 6.
5. (Anc. Armor)
Defn: A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. Their visors closed, their lances in the rest. Dryden.
6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and travelers' rests." J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deut. xii. 9.
7. (Pros.)
Defn: A short pause in reading verse; a cæsura.
8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. "An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests." Abbott.
9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
10. (Mus.)
Defn: Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc. Rest house, an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] — To set, or To set up, one's rest, to have a settled determination; — from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] Shak. Bacon.
Syn. — Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; pease. — Rest, Repose. Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable.
REST Rest (rst), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rested; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting.] Etym: [AS. restan. See Rest, n.]
1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. Ex. xxiii. 12.
2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. Milton.
3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. Milton.
6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed Dryden.
7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. Addison. To rest with, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.
REST Rest, v. t.
1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet. Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. Dryden.
2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. Her weary head upon your bosom rest. Waller.
REST Rest, n. Etym: [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand, and cf. Arrest, Restive.] (With the definite article.)
1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. Tillotson.
2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the philosophers." Bp. Stillingfleet. Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears. DRyden.
3. (Com.)
Defn: A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]
Syn. — Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.
REST Rest, v. i. Etym: [F. rester. See Rest remainder.]
Defn: To be left; to remain; to continue to be. The affairs of men rest still uncertain. Shak.
RESTAGNANT Re*stag"nant (r*stg"nant), a. Etym: [L. restagnans, p. pr. ]
Defn: Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle.
RESTAGNATE Re*stag"nate (-nt), v. i. Etym: [L. restagnare to overflow.]
Defn: To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] Wiseman.
RESTAGNATION Re`stag*na"tion (-n"shn), n. Etym: [L. restagnatio aninundation.]
Defn: Stagnation. [Obs.]
RESTANT Res"tant (rs"tant), a. Etym: [L. restans, p. pr. of restare: cf. F. restant. See Rest remainder.] (Bot.)
Defn: Persistent.
RESTATE Re*state" (r*stt"), v. t.
Defn: To state anew. Palfrey.
RESTAURANT Res"tau*rant (rs"t*rnt;277), n. Etym: [F., fr. restaurer. See Restore.]
Defn: An eating house.
RESTAURATE Res"tau*rate (rs"t*rt), v. t. Etym: [L. restauratus, p. p. of restaurare. See Restore.]
Defn: To restore. [Obs.]
RESTAURATEUR Re`stau`ra`teur" (r`st`r`tr"), n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.
RESTAURATION Res`tau*ra"tion (rs`t*r"shn), n. Etym: [LL. restauratio: cf. F. restauration.]
Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Cower.
REST CURE Rest cure. (Med.)
Defn: Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity.
RESTEM Re*stem" (r*stm"), v. t.
1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course. Shak.
2. To stem, or as, to restem a current.
RESTFUL Rest"ful (rst"fl), a.
1. Being at rest; quiet. Shak.
2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc. Tired with all these, for restful death I cry. Shak. — Rest"ful*ly, adv. — Rest"ful*ness, n.
REST-HARROW Rest"-har`row (-hr`r), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.
RESTIFF Rest"iff, a.
Defn: Restive. [Obs.]
RESTIFF Rest"iff, n.
Defn: A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs.]
RESTIFFNESS Rest"iff*ness, n.
Defn: Restiveness. [Obs.]
RESTIFORM Res"ti*form (rs"t*frm), a.Etym: [L. restis rope + -form.] (Anat.)
Defn: Formed like a rope; — applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
RESTILY Rest"i*ly (rst"*l), adv.
Defn: In a resty manner. [Obs.]
RESTINCTION Re*stinc"tion (r*stnk"shn), n.Etym: [L. restinctio. See Restinguish.]
Defn: Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]
RESTINESS Rest"i*ness (rst`*ns), n.
Defn: The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.] The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.
RESTING Rest"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i. Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of algæ, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. C. E. Bessey.
RESTINGUISH Re*stin"guish (r*stn"gwsh), v. t. Etym: [L. restinquere, restinctum; pref. re- re- + stinquere to quench.]
Defn: To quench or extinguish. [Obs.] R. Field.
RESTITUTE Res"ti*tute (rs"t*tt), v. t. Etym: [L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute.]
Defn: To restore to a former state. [R.] Dyer.
RESTITUTE Res"ti*tute, n.
Defn: That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [R.]
RESTITUTION Res`ti*tu"tion (rs`t*t"shn), n. Etym: [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See Restitute, v.]
1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. Spenser. He restitution to the value makes. Sandys.
2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.
3. (Physics)
Defn: The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body.
4. (Med.)
Defn: The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.
Syn. — Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration.
RESTITUTOR Res"ti*tu`tor (rs"t*t`tr), n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. restituteur.]
Defn: One who makes restitution. [R].
RESTIVE Rest"ive (rst"v), a. Etym: [OF. restif, F. rétif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff.] .
Defn: Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips (1658). The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back. Macaulay.
2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; — applied especially to horses. Trench. — Rest"ive, adv. — Rest"ive*ness, n.
RESTLESS Rest"less, a. Etym: [AS. restleás.]
1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. Chaucer. "Restless revolution day by day." Milton.
2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. "Restless at home , and ever prone to range." Dryden.
3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.
4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper. Restless thrush. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3.
Syn. — Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. — Rest"less*ly, adv.- Rest"less*ness, n.
RESTORABLE Re*stor"a*ble (r*str"*b'l), a.
Defn: Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. Swift. — Re*stor"a*ble*ness, n.
RESTORAL Re*stor"al (-al), n.
Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Barrow.
RESTORATION Res`to*ra"tion (rs`t*r"shn), n. Etym: [OE. restauracion, F. restauration, fr. L. restauratio. See Restore.]
1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. Behold the different climes agree, Rejoicing in thy restoration. Dryden.
2. The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.
3. That which is restored or renewed. The restoration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy. — Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.
Syn. — Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation; redintegration; reinstatement; reëstablishment; return; revival; restitution; reparation.
RESTORATIONER Res`to*ra"tion*er (-r), n.
Defn: A Restorationist.
RESTORATIONISM Res`to*ra"tion*ism (-z'm), n.
Defn: The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.
RESTORATIONIST Res`to*ra"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.
RESTORATIVE Re*stor"a*tive (r*str"*tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. restoratif.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore. Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.
RESTORATIVE Re*stor"a*tive, n.
Defn: Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine. Arbuthnot.
RESTORATIVELY Re*stor"a*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a restorative manner.
RESTORATOR Res"to*ra`tor (rs"t*r`tr), n.
Defn: A restaurateur.
RESTORATORY Re*stor"a*to*ry (r*str"*t*r), a.
Defn: Restorative. [R.]
RE-STORE Re-store" (r*str"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + store.]
Defn: To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
RESTORE Re*store" (r*str"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restored (r-strd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring.] Etym: [OE. restoren, OF. restorer, F. restaurer, fr. L. restaurare; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. sth fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant, Store.]
Defn: To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. "To restore and to build Jerusalem." Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. And his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 5.
2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. Now therefore restore the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7. Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton. The father banished virtue shall restore. Dryden.
3. To renew; to reëstablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.
4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Ex. xxii. 1.
5. To make good; to make amends for. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored, and sorrows end. Shak.
6. (Fine Arts) (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like.
Syn. — To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; reëstablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.
RESTORE Re*store", n.
Defn: Restoration. [Obs.] Spenser.
RESTOREMENT Re*store"ment, n.
Defn: Restoration. [Obs.]
RESTORER Re*stor"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, restores.
RESTRAIN Re*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.] Etym: [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]
1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Shak.
2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. Clarendon.
4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. Trench. Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. I. Watts.
5. To withhold; to forbear. Thou restrained prayer before God. Job. xv. 4.
Syn. — To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.
RESTRAINABLE Re*strain"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
RESTRAINEDLY Re*strain"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: With restraint. Hammond.
RESTRAINER Re*strain"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, restrains.
RESTRAINMENT Re*strain"ment, n.
Defn: The act of restraining.
RESTRAINT Re*straint", n. Etym: [OF. restraincte, fr. restrainct, F. restreint, p. p. of restraindre, restrendre. See Restrain.]
1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental. No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. Macaulay.
2. The state of being restrained.
3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction. For one restraint, lords of the world besides. Milton.
Syn. — Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;
RESTRENGTHEN Re*strength"en, v. t.
Defn: To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
RESTRICT Re*strict", a. Etym: [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See Restrain.]
Defn: Restricted. [Obs.]
RESTRICT Re*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restricted; p. pr. & vb. n. Restricting.]
Defn: To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
Syn. — To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.
RESTRICTION Re*stric"tion, n. Etym: [F. restriction, L. restrictio.]
1. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds. This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement. Giv. of Tonque.
2. That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.
RESTRICTIONARY Re*stric"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Restrictive. [R.]
RESTRICTIVE Re*strict"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. restrictif.]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] Wiseman. — Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. — Re*strict"ive*ness, n.
RESTRINGE Re*stringe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Restringing.] Etym: [L. restringere. See Restrain.]
Defn: To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]
RESTRINGENCY Re*strin"gen*cy, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Sir W. Petty.
RESTRINGENT Re*strin"gent, a. Etym: [L. restringens, p. pr.: cf. F. restringent.]
Defn: Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] — n.
Defn: A restringent medicine. [Obs.] Harvey.
RESTRIVE Re*strive", v. i.
Defn: To strive anew.
RESTY Rest"y, a.
Defn: Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [Obs.] Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.
RESUBJECTION Re`sub*jec"tion, n.
Defn: A second subjection.
RESUBLIME Re`sub*lime", v. t.
Defn: To sublime again. Newton. — Re*sub`li*ma"tion, n.
RESUDATION Re`su*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation.]
Defn: Act of sweating again.
RESULT Re*sult", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.] Etym: [F. résulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.]
1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.] The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. Pope.
2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; — followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. — Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier.
Syn. — To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.
RESULT Re*sult", n.
1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.
2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation. If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result. Milton.
3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result. Milton.
Syn. — Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See Effect.
RESULTANCE Re*sult"ance, n.
Defn: The act of resulting; that which results; a result. Donne.
RESULTANT Re*sult"ant, a. Etym: [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.]
Defn: Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion (Mech.), a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces, under Composition.
RESULTANT Re*sult"ant, n.
Defn: That which results. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion. (b) (Math.) An eliminant. The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence. Sylvester.
RESULTATE Re*sult"ate, n. Etym: [L. resultatus, p. p. ]
Defn: A result. [Obs.] "The resultate of their counsil." BAcon.
RESULTFUL Re*sult"ful, a.
Defn: HAving results or effects.
RESULTIVE Re*sult"ive, a.
Defn: Resultant. [Obs.] Fuller.
RESULTLESS Re*sult"less, a.
Defn: Being without result; as, resultless investigations.
RESUMABLE Re*sum"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed. Sir M. HAle.
RESUME Re`su"mé", n. Etym: [F. See Resume.]
Defn: A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C. Kingsley.
RESUME Re*sume", v. t. [imp & p. p. Resumed;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.] Etym: [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. résumer. See Assume, Redeem.]
1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. Sir W. Scott.
2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. Dryden.
3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
RESUMMON Re*sum"mon, v. t.
Defn: To summon again.
RESUMMONS Re*sum"mons, n.
Defn: A second summons.
RESUMPTION Re*sump"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. résumption, L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere. See Resume.]
1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.
2. (Eng.Law)
Defn: The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.
RESUMPTIVE Re*sump"tive, a. Etym: [cf. L. resumptivus restorative.]
Defn: Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.
RESUPINATE Re*su"pi*nate, a. Etym: [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]
Defn: Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
RESUPINATED Re*su"pi*na`ted, a.
Defn: Resupinate.
RESUPINATION Re*su`pi*na"tion, n.
Defn: The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton.
RESUPINE Re`su*pine", a. Etym: [L. resupinus; pref.re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.]
Defn: Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.
RESUPPLY Re`sup*ply", v. t.
Defn: To supply again.
RESURGENCE Re*sur"gence, n.
Defn: The act of rising again; resurrection.
RESURGENT Re*sur"gent, a. Etym: [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection.]
Defn: Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge.
RESURGENT Re*sur"gent, n.
Defn: One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] Sydney Smith.
RESURRECT Res`ur*rect", v. t. Etym: [See Resurrection.]
1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]
2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]
RESURRECTION Res`ur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. — Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.
RESURRECTIONIST Res`ur*rec"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [Slang]
RESURRECTIONIZE Res`ur*rec"tion*ize, v. t.
Defn: To raise from the dead. [R.] Southey.
RESURVEY Re`sur*vey", v. t.
Defn: To survey again or anew; to review. Shak.
RESURVEY Re*sur"vey, n.
Defn: A second or new survey.
RESUSCITABLE Re*sus"ci*ta*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.
RESUSCITANT Re*sus"ci*tant, n.
Defn: One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.
RESUSCITATE Re*sus"ci*tate, a. Etym: [L. resuscitatus, p. p. of resuscitare; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate.]
Defn: Restored to life. [R.] Bp. Gardiner.
RESUSCITATE Re*sus"ci*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resuscitated;p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating.]
Defn: To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
RESUSCITATE Re*sus"ci*tate, v. i.
Defn: To come to life again; to revive. These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate. J. S. Mill.
RESUSCITATION Re*sus`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. resuscitatio.]
Defn: The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. Sir W. Scott.
RESUSCITATIVE Re*sus"ci*ta*tive, a.
Defn: Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.
RESUSCITATOR Re*sus"ci*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, resuscitates.
RET Ret, v. t.
Defn: See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RET Ret, v. t. Etym: [Akin to rot.]
Defn: To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. Ure.
RETABLE Re*ta"ble, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
RETAIL Re"tail, n. Etym: [F. retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. retail, from retailler. See Retail, v.]
Defn: The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; — opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
RETAIL Re"tail, a.
Defn: Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
RETAIL Re*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] Etym: [Cf. F. retailler to cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n., Tailor, and cf. Detail.]
1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.
3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest won." Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares At wakes and wassails. Shak.
RETAILER Re*tail"er, n.
Defn: One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.
RETAILMENT Re*tail"ment, n.
Defn: The act of retailing.
RETAIN Re*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retained; p. pr. & vb. n. Retaining.] Etym: [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See Tenable, and cf. Rein of a bridle, Retention, Retinue.]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisibleretain." Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. Blackstone.
2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense. Addison.
3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple. Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; — called also retain wall.
Syn. — To keep; hold; retrain. See Keep.
RETAIN Re*tain", v. i.
1. To belong; to pertain. [Obs.] A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle.
2. To keep; to continue; to remain. [Obs.] Donne.
RETAINABLE Re*tain"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being retained.
RETAINAL Re*tain"al, n.
Defn: The act of retaining; retention.
RETAINER Re*tain"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, retains.
2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell.
4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; — called also retaining fee. Bouvier. Blackstone.
5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.
RETAINMENT Re*tain"ment, n.
Defn: The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
RETAKE Re*take", v. t.
1. To take or receive again.
2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
RETAKER Re*tak"er, n.
Defn: One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.
RETALIATE Re*tal"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retaliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retaliating.] Etym: [L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, retaliation. Cf. Talion.]
Defn: To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.
RETALIATE Re*tal"i*ate, v. i.
Defn: To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
RETALIATION Re*tal`i*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation. Calamy.
Syn. — Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
RETALIATIVE Re*tal"i*a*tive, a.
Defn: Same as Retaliatory.
RETALIATORY Re*tal"i*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
RETARD Re*tard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.] Etym: [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]
1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; — opposed to Ant: accelerate.
2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
Syn. — To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.
RETARD Re*tard", v. i.
Defn: To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
RETARD Re*tard", n.
Defn: Retardation; delay. Retard, or Age, of the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. rHam. Nav. Encyc.
RETARDATION Re`tar*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.]
1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; — opposed to Ant: acceleration. The retardations of our fluent motion. De Quinsey.
2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations. Sir W. Scott.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; — differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. Retardation of the tide. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.
RETARDATIVE Re*tard"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. retardatif.]
Defn: Tending, or serving, to retard.
RETARDER Re*tard"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, retards.
RETARDMENT Re*tard"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. retardement.]
Defn: The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.
RETCH Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym: [AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Defn: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
RETCH Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]
Defn: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETCHLESS Retch"less, a.
Defn: Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden. —- Retch"less*ly, adv. — Retch"less*ness, n. [Obs.]
RETE Re"te, n. Etym: [L., a net.] (Anat.)
Defn: A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
RETECIOUS Re*te"cious, a. Etym: [L. rete a net.]
Defn: Resembling network; retiform.
RETECTION Re*tec"tion, n. Etym: [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.]
Defn: Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.] Boyle.
RETELL Re*tell, v. t.
Defn: To tell again.
RETENE Ret"ene, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
RETENT Re*tent", n. Etym: [L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See Retain.]
Defn: That which is retained. Hickok.
RETENTION Re*ten"tion, n. Etym: [L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See Retain.]
1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
2. The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.
3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a [R.] Shak.
4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. Shak.
5. Place of custody or confinement.
6. (Law)
Defn: The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.
RETENTIVE Re*ten"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétentif.]
Defn: Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
RETENTIVE Re*ten"tive, n.
Defn: That which retains or confines; a restraint. [R.] Bp. Hall.
RETENTIVELY Re*ten"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a retentive manner.
RETENTIVENESS Re*ten"tive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being retentive.
RETENTIVITY Re`ten*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
RETENTOR Re*ten"tor, n. Etym: [L., a retainer.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
RETEPORE Re`te*pore, n. Etym: [L. rete a net + porus pore.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
RETEX Re*tex", v. t. Etym: [L. retexere, lit., to unweave; pref. re- re + texere to weave. ]
Defn: To annual, as orders. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
RETEXTURE Re*tex"ture, n.
Defn: The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.
RETHOR Reth"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor.]
Defn: A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.] If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer.
RETHORYKE Reth"o*ryke, n.
Defn: Rhetoric. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETIARIUS Re`ti*a"ri*us, n. Etym: [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.)
Defn: A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
RETIARY Re"ti*a*ry, n. Etym: [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius.
RETIARY Re`ti*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders.
3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.
RETICENCE Ret"i*cence, n. Etym: [L. reticentia: cf. F. réticence.]
1. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness. Such fine reserve and noble reticence. Tennyson.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.
RETICENCY Ret"i*cen*cy, n.
Defn: Reticence.
RETICENT Ret"i*cent, a. Etym: [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.]
Defn: Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
RETICLE Ret"i*cle, n. Etym: [See Reticule.]
1. A small net.
2. A reticule. See Reticule,2. [R.]
RETICULAR Re*tic"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. réticulaire. See Reticule.]
1. Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
RETICULARIA Re*tic`u*la"ri*a, n.pl. Etym: [NL. See Reticular.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.
RETICULARIAN Re*tic`u*la"ri*an, n. (Zoöl).
Defn: One of the Reticularia.
RETICULARLY Re*tic"u*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In a reticular manner.
RETICULATE; RETICULATED Re*tic"u*late, Re*tic"u*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. reticulatus. See Reticule.]
1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
2. Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect. Reticulated glass, ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane. — Reticulated micrometer, a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. — Reticulated work (Masonry), work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally.
RETICULATION Re*tic`u*la"tion, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net. The particular net you occupy in the great reticulation. Carlyle.
RETICULE Ret"i*cule, n.. Etym: [F. réticule, L. reticulum, dim. of rete a net. Cf.Retina, Reticle.]
1. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. De Quincey.
2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
RETICULOSA Re*tic`u*lo"sa, n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Reticularia.
RETICULOSE Re*tic"u*lose`, a.
Defn: Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure. Reticulose rhizopod (Zoöl.), a rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular meshes.
RETICULUM Re*tic"u*lum, n.;pl. Reticula. Etym: [L. dim. of rete a net.] (Anat.) (a) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; — also called the honeycomb stomach. (b) The neuroglia.
RETIFORM Ret"i*form, a. Etym: [L. rete a net + -form. cf. F. rétiforme.]
Defn: Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
RETINA Ret"i*na, n. Etym: [NL., from L. rete a net. Cf. Reticule.] (Anat.)
Defn: The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
Note: The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory layer (called Jacob's membrane), containing the rods and cones, is on the back side, next the choroid coat.
RETINACULUM Ret`i*nac"u*lum, n.; pl. Retinacula. Etym: [L., a holdfast, a band. See Retain.]
1. (Anat.) (a) A connecting band; a frænum; as, the retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves. (b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
2. (Zoöl)
Defn: One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
RETINAL Ret"i*nal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the retina. Retinal purple (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.
RETINALITE Re*tin"a*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Min.)
Defn: A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.
RETINASPHALT; RETINASPHALTUM Ret`in*as"phalt, Ret`in*as*phal"tum, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Defn: Retinite.
RETINERVED Ret"i*nerved`, a. Etym: [L. rete a net + E. nerve.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having reticulated veins.
RETINEUM Ret`i*ne"um, n.; pl. Retinea. Etym: [NL. See Retina.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
RETINIC Re*tin"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Min. Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.
RETINITE Ret"i*nite, n. Etym: [Gr.rétinite.] (Min.)
Defn: An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.
RETINITIS Ret`i*ni"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + -tis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the retina.
RETINOID Ret"i*noid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Defn: Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.
RETINOL Ret"i*nol, n. Etym: [Gr. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, — used in printer's ink.
RETINOPHORA Ret`i*noph"o*ra, n.; pl. Retiniphoræ. Etym: [NL., fr. NL. & E. retina + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillæ. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
RETINOPHORAL Ret`i*noph"o*ral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to retinophoræ.
RETINOSCOPY Ret`i*nos"co*py, n. Etym: [Retina + -scopy.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
RETINUE Ret"i*nue, n. Etym: [OE. retinue, OF. retinue, fr. retenir to retain, engage, hire. See Retain.]
Defn: The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue. Shak. What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton. To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETINULA Re*tin"u*la, n.; pl. Retinulæ. Etym: [NL., dim. of NL. & E. retina.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophoræ of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
RETINULATE Re*tin"u*late, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having, or characterized by, retinul
RETIPED Ret`i*ped, n. Etym: [L. rete a net + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. rétinopède.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
RETIRACY Re*tir"a*cy, n.
Defn: Retirement; — mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.
RETIRADE Ret`i*rade", n. Etym: [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See Retire.] (Fort.)
Defn: A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reëntering angle.
RETIRE Re*tire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] Etym: [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]
1. To withdraw; to take away; — sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.
2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
RETIRE Re*tire", v. i.
1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. To Una back he cast him to retire. Spenser. The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. Sir J. Davies.
2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle. Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15.
3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired. And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison.
4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
Syn. — To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.
RETIRE Re*tire", n.
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon. [Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. Milton.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
RETIRED Re*tired", a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. — Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. — Re*tired"ly, adv. — Re*tired"ness, n.
RETIREMENT Re*tire"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. retirement.]
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson.
2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic] This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. Evelyn. Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. Addison.
Syn. — Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See Solitude.
RETIRER Re*tir"er, n.
Defn: One who retires.
RETIRING Re*tir"ing, a.
1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement. Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. — Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.
RETISTENE Ret"i*stene, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
RETITELAE Ret`i*te"læ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. rete a net + tela a web.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; — called also Retitelariæ.
RETOLD Re*told",
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Retell.
RETORSION Re*tor"sion, n.
Defn: Same as Retortion.
RETORT Re*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retorting.] Etym: [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See Torsion, and cf. Retort, n., 2.]
1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. Southey.
2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. Shak.
3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. Milton.
RETORT Re*tort", v. i.
Defn: To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. Pope.
RETORT Re*tort", n. Etym: [See Retort, v. t.]
1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response. This is called the retort courteous. Shak.
2. Etym: [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See Retort, v. t.] (Chem. & the Arts)
Defn: A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works. Tubulated retort (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon.
Syn. — Repartee; answer. — Retort, Repartee. A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark.
RETORTER Re*tort"er, n.
Defn: One who retorts.
RETORTION Re*tor"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétorsion. See Retort, v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Law)
Defn: Retaliation. Wharton.
RETORTIVE Re*tort"ive, a.
Defn: Containing retort.
RETOSS Re*toss", v. t.
Defn: To toss back or again.
RETOUCH Re*touch", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.]
1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
2. (Photog.)
Defn: To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
RETOUCH Re*touch", n. (Fine Arts)
Defn: A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
RETOUCHER Re*touch"er, n.
Defn: One who retouches.
RETRACE Re*trace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. Retract.]
1. To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Driden.
2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
RETRACT Re*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] Etym: [F. rétracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See Retreat.]
1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. Bp. Stillingfleet.
3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.
Syn. — To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
RETRACT Re*tract", v. i.
1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.
RETRACT Re*tract", n. (Far.)
Defn: The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
RETRACTABLE Re*tract"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétractable.]
Defn: Capable of being retracted; retractile.
RETRACTATE Re*tract"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. retractatus, p. p. of retractare. See Retract.]
Defn: To retract; to recant. [Obs.]
RETRACTATION Re`trac*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétractation, L. retractatio a revision, reconsideration. ]
Defn: The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
RETRACTIBLE Re*tract"i*ble, a.
Defn: Retractable.
RETRACTILE Re*tract"ile, a. Etym: [Cf. F. -rétractile.] (Physiol.)
Defn: CApable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
RETRACTION Re*trac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]
1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or Eikon Basilike.
3. (Physiol.) (a) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew. (b) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
RETRACTIVE Re*tract"ive, a.
Defn: Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. — Re*tract"ive*ly, adv.
RETRACTIVE Re*tract"ive, n.
Defn: That which retracts, or withdraws.
RETRACTOR Re*tract"or, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: (a) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation. (c) (Surg.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation. (d) (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolæmata.
RETRAICT Re*traict", n.
Defn: Retreat. [Obs.] Bacon.
RETRAIT Re*trait", n. Etym: [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See Retract.]
Defn: A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.] Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. Spenser.
RETRANSFORM Re`trans*form", v. t.
Defn: To transform anew or back. — Re`trans*for*ma"tion, n.
RETRANSLATE Re`trans*late", v. t.
Defn: To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
RETRAXIT Re*trax"it, n. Etym: [L., (he) has withdrawn. See Retract.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action. Blackstone.
RETREAD Re*tread", v. t. & i.
Defn: To tread again.
RETREAT Re*treat", n. Etym: [F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Retract, Retrace.]
1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak.
2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum. He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. L'Estrange. That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. Dryden.
3. (Mil. & Naval.) (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat. (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
Note: A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight.
4. (Eccl.) (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
Syn. — Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge.
RETREAT Re*treat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating.]
Defn: To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. Milton.
RETREATFUL Re*treat"ful, a.
Defn: Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
RETREATMENT Re*treat"ment, n.
Defn: The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] D'Urfey.
RETRENCH Re*trench", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrenching.] Etym: [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher; pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See Trench.]
1. To cut off; to pare away. Thy exuberant parts retrench. Denham.
2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses. But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched. Milton.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison. These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.)
Defn: To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
Syn. — To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
RETRENCH Re*trench", v. i.
Defn: To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
RETRENCHMENT Re*trench"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. retrenchment.]
1. The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing. The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you that Walpole.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
Syn. — Lessening; curtailment; diminution; reduction; abridgment.
RETRIAL Re*tri"al, n.
Defn: A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
RETRIBUTE Re*trib"ute, v. t. Etym: [L. retributus, p. p. ofretribuere to retribute; pref re- + tribuere to bestow, assign, pay. See Tribute.]
Defn: To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] Locke.
RETRIBUTER Re*trib"u*ter, n.
Defn: One who makes retribution.
RETRIBUTION Ret`ri*bu"tion, n. Etym: [L. retributio: cf. F. rétribution.]
1. The act of retributing; repayment. In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.
2. That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong. All who have their reward on earth, . . . Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds. Milton.
3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment. It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous. Addison.
Syn. — Repayment; requital; recompense; payment; retaliation.
RETRIBUTIVE; RETRIBUTORY Re*trib"u*tive, Re*trib"u*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. retributorius worthy of retribution.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
RETRIEVABLE Re*triev"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Retrieve.]
Defn: That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. — Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. — Re*triev"a*bly, adv.
RETRIEVAL Re*triev"al, n.
Defn: The act retrieving.
RETRIEVE Re*trieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] Etym: [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See Trover.]
1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back. To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge. Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior. There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke.
Syn. — To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
RETRIEVE Re*trieve", v. i. (Sport.)
Defn: To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.
RETRIEVE Re*trieve", n.
1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. The recovery of game once sprung; — an old sporting term. [Obs.] Nares.
RETRIEVEMENT Re*trieve"ment, n.
Defn: Retrieval.
RETRIEVER Re*triev"er, n.
1. One who retrieves.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.
RETRIM Re*trim", v. t.
Defn: To trim again.
RETRIMENT Ret"ri*ment, n. Etym: [L. retrimentum.]
Defn: Refuse; dregs. [R.]
RETRO- Retro-. Etym: [L. retro, adv., backward, back. Cf. Re-.]
Defn: A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.
RETROACT Re`tro*act", v. i. Etym: [Pref. retro- + act.]
Defn: To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
RETROACTION Re`tro*ac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétroaction.]
1. Action returned, or action backward.
2. Operation on something past or preceding.
RETROACTIVE Re`tro*act"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétroactif.]
Defn: Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law or statute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
RETROACTIVELY Re`tro*act"ive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a retroactive manner.
RETROCEDE Re"tro*cede, v. t. Etym: [Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. rétrocéder.]
Defn: To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
RETROCEDE Re"tro*cede, v. i. Etym: [L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede.]
Defn: To go back.
RETROCEDENT Re`tro*ced"ent, a. Etym: [L. retrocedens, p. pr.]
Defn: Disposed or likely to retrocede; — said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
RETROCESSION Re`tro*ces"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede.]
1. The act of retroceding.
2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
3. (Med.)
Defn: Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.
RETROCHOIR Re"tro*choir, n. Etym: [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.)
Defn: Any extension of a church behind the higggggggh altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
RETROCOPULANT Re`tro*cop"u*lant, a. Etym: [See Retrocopulation.]
Defn: Copulating backward, or from behind.
RETROCOPULATION Re`tro*cop`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. retro- + copulation.]
Defn: Copulation from behind. Sir T. Browne.
RETRODUCTION Re`tro*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead.]
Defn: A leading or bringing back.
RETROFLEX; RETROFLEXED Re"tro*flex, Re"tro*flexed, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.]
Defn: Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
RETROFLEXION Re`tro*flex"ion, n.
Defn: The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.
RETROFRACT; RETROFRACTED Re"tro*fract, Re"tro*fract`ed, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break.] (Bot.)
Defn: Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
RETROGENERATIVE Re`tro*gen"er*a*tive, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + generative.]
Defn: Begetting young by retrocopulation.
RETROGRADATION Re`tro*gra*da"tion, n. Etym: [F. rétrogradation or L. retrogradatio. See Retrograde.]
1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
RETROGRADE Re"tro*grade, a. Etym: [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See Grade.]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton. And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. Chaucer.
2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; — opposed to Ant: progressive. "Progressive and not retrograde." Bacon. It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak.
3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.
RETROGRADE Re"tro*grade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] Etym: [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.]
1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
RETROGRADINGLY Re"tro*gra`ding*ly, adv.
Defn: By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
RETROGRESS Re"tro*gress, n. Etym: [Cf. L. retrogressus.]
Defn: Retrogression. [R.] H. Spenser.
RETROGRESSION Re`tro*gres"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
RETROGRESSIVE Re`tro*gres"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrogressif.]
1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
RETROGRESSIVELY Re`tro*gres"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a retrogressive manner.
RETROMINGENCY Re`tro*min"gen*cy, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being retromingent. Sir T. Browne.
RETROMINGENT Re`tro*min"gent, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate.]
Defn: Organized so as to discharge the urine backward. — n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal that discharges its urine backward.
RETROPULSIVE Re`tro*pul"sive, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. pellere, pulsum, to impel.]
Defn: Driving back; repelling.
RETRORSE Re*trorse", a. Etym: [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrovert.]
Defn: Bent backward or downward. — Re*trorse"ly, adv.
RETROSPECT Re"tro*spect, v. i. Etym: [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See Spy, and cf. Expect.]
Defn: To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past. It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton.
RETROSPECT Re"tro*spect, n.
Defn: A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. Cowper. We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. Landor.
RETROSPECTION Re`tro*spec"tion, n.
Defn: The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
RETROSPECTIVE Re`tro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrospectif.]
1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; — opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope.
2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. Macaulay.
RETROSPECTIVELY Re`tro*spec"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of retrospect.
RETROUSSE Re*trous`sé", a. [F., p.p. of retrousser to turn up.]
Defn: Turned up; — said of a pug nose.
RETROVACCINATION Re`tro*vac`ci*na"tion, n. (Med.)
Defn: The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.
RETROVERSION Re`tro*ver"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétroversion. See Retrovert.]
Defn: A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
Note: In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.
RETROVERT Re"tro*vert, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retroverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retroverting.] Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrorse.]
Defn: To turn back.
RETROVERTED Re"tro*vert*ed, a.
Defn: In a state of retroversion.
RETRUDE Re*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retruding.] Etym: [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.]
Defn: To thrust back. [R.] Dr. H. More.
RETRUSE Re*truse", a. Etym: [L. retrusus concealed, p. p. of retrudere.]
Defn: Abstruse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
RETRUSION Re*tru"sion, n.
Defn: The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded. In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause. Coleridge.
RETRY Re*try", v. t.
Defn: To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.
RETTE Rette, v. t.
Defn: See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETTERY Ret"ter*y, n.
Defn: A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret. Ure.
RETTING Ret"ting, n.
1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, meceration, and kindred processes; — also called rotting. See Ret. Ure.
2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure.
RETUND Re*tund", v. t. Etym: [L. retundere, retusum; pref. re- re- + tundere to beat.]
Defn: To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. Ray. Cudworth.
RE-TURN Re-turn", v. t. & i.
Defn: To turn again.
RETURN Re*turn", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned; p. pr. & vb. n. Returning.] Etym: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.
2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again. With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. Milton.
3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. Pope.
4. To revert; to pass back into possession. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 1Kings xii. 26.