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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Rē'-as-sō'ci-āte, v. i.p. 1093To associate again.
  2. Rē'-as-sūme', v. t.p. 1093To resume; to take again.
  3. Rē'-as-sūmp'tion, n.p. 1093A resuming; a second assumption.
  4. Rē'-as-sūr'ance, n.p. 1093Assurance or confirmation repeated. Prynne. 2. (Law.) A contract by which an insurer of property obtains indemnity against loss by his insurance from some other insurer. Arnould. Kent.
  5. Re'-as-sure', v. t.p. 1093To assure anew; to restore courage to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, Till dauntless Pallas re-assured the rest. Dryden. 2. To obtain insurance from another of what one has already…
  6. Rē'-as-sur'er, n.p. 1093One who re-assures, or assures or insures anew.
  7. Rēas'ti-ness, n.p. 1093Rancidness. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  8. Rēas'ty, a.p. 1093Covered with a kind of rust, and having a rancid taste; — applied especially to dried meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
  9. Rēate, n.p. 1093A kind of long, small grass, which grows in water, and complicates itself. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Walton.
  10. Rē'-at-täch', v. t.p. 1093To attach again.
  11. Rē'-at-täch'ment, n.p. 1093A second or renewed attachment of the same person or thing.
  12. Rē'-at-tāin', v. t.p. 1093To attain again.
  13. Rē'-at-tēmpt', v. t.p. 1093To attempt again.
  14. Rēave, v. t.p. 1093To take away by stealth or violence; to rob of; to deprive of; to take away. [Obs.] See BEREAVE. If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. 2. To rob; to deprive; to bereave.…
  15. Rēav'er, n.p. 1093One who reaves, or robs; a riever.
  16. Rē'-a-vow', v. t.p. 1093To avow again.
  17. Re'-a-wāke', v. i.p. 1093To awake again.
  18. Re-bān'ish, v. t.p. 1093To banish again. Fuller.
  19. Rē-bāp'tĭsm, n.p. 1093A second baptism.
  20. Rē-bāp'/ti-zā'/tion, n.p. 1093A second baptism.
  21. Rē-bap-tīze', v. t.p. 1093To baptize a second time.
  22. Rē'bap-tīz'er, n.p. 1093One who rebaptizes.
  23. Re-bār'ba-ri-zā'tion, n.p. 1093The act of rebarbarizing, or the state of being reduced again to barbarism.
  24. Rē-bär'ba-rīze, v. t.p. 1093To reduce again to barbarism; to make barbarous a second time. [Rare.] Sir W. Hamilton.
  25. Re-bāte′, v. t.p. 1093To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt. He doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak. 2. To abate or deduct from; to make a discount from for prompt payment. Blount. 3. To cut a…
  26. Re-bāte', n.p. 1093A kind of hard freestone used in the formation of pavements. [Rare.] Elmes. 2. A piece of wood hafted into the top of a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes. 3. An iron tool sharpened…
  27. Re-bāte', n.p. 1094[O. Fr. rabattement, Pr. raba-
  28. Re-bāte'mentp. 1094tamen, from Fr. rabattre, Pr. rebatre, to diminish, to abate. Cf. supra and ABATE.] 1. Diminution. 2. (Com.) Deduction of interest, or any sum, &c., on account of prompt payment; abatement. Bouvier.…
  29. Re-bā'to, n.p. 1094The same as RABATO.
  30. Rē-bēat'en, a.p. 1094Beaten again or a second time.
  31. Rē'bee, n.p. 1094(Mus.) An instrument formerly used, having catgut strings, and played with a bow. [Written also rebeck.] He tuned his rebec to a mournful note. Drayton. Originally it had only two strings, then…
  32. Rĕb'el, n.p. 1094One who rebels; one who revolts from the government to which he owes allegiance, either by openly renouncing the authority of that government, or by taking arms and openly opposing it; one who defies…
  33. Rēb'el, a.p. 1094Acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.
  34. Re-bĕl', v. i.p. 1094To revolt; to take up arms traitorously against the state or government; to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance. Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might…
  35. Re-bĕl'ler, n.p. 1094One who rebels; a rebel.
  36. Re-bĕl'lion, n.p. 1094The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes allegiance; the taking of arms traitorously to resist the authority of lawful government…
  37. Re-bĕll'ious, a.p. 1094Engaged in, or marked by, rebellion; traitorously renouncing the authority and dominion of the government to which allegiance is due; violently resisting government or lawful authority. “His own…
  38. Re-bĕll'ious-ly, adv.p. 1094In a rebellious manner; with traitorous and violent resistance to rightful authority, or to a government to which allegiance is due. Camden.
  39. Re-bĕl'liŏŭs-ness, n.p. 1094The quality or state of being rebellious.
  40. Rē-bĕl'lōw, v. i.p. 1094To bellow in return; to echo back a loud, roaring noise. The cave rebellowed and the temple shook. Dryden.
  41. Rē-bīt'ing, n.p. 1094(Engraving.) The act or process of restoring worn lines in an engraved plate by the action of acid. Fairholt.
  42. Rē-blōom’, v. i.p. 1094To bloom anew. Health again resumed Its former seat, I must not say rebloomed. Crabbe.
  43. Rē-blōs'som, v. i.p. 1094To blossom again.
  44. Re-bō'ant, a.p. 1094Bellowing back; rebel-lowing; loudly resounding. [Rare.] “Their echoes reboant.” Browning.
  45. Rē/bo-ā'tion, n.p. 1094Return of a loud, bellowing sound. [R.] Patrick.
  46. Rē-boil', v. i.p. 1094To take fire; to be hot. Sir T. Elyot.
  47. Rē-boil', v. t.p. 1094To boil again.
  48. Rē-bound′, v. i.p. 1094To spring back; to start back; to be reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not…
  49. Rē-bound′, v. t.p. 1094To drive back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.
  50. Rē-bound', n.p. 1094The act of flying back upon collision with another body; resilience. “Put back as from a rock with swift rebound.” Dryden.
  51. Rē-brāce’, v. t.p. 1094To brace again. Gray.
  52. Rē-brēathe', v. i.p. 1094To breathe again.
  53. Re-bū'cous, a.p. 1094Containing or expressing rebuke; rebuking; reproving. [Obs. and rare.] She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan.
  54. Re-bŭff′, n.p. 1094Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. “The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.” Milton. 2. Sudden check; defeat; repellence; refusal; rejection of solicitation.
  55. Re-bŭff', v. t.p. 1094To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
  56. Rē-bŭf'fet, v. t.p. 1094To buffet again, or in return; to beat back.
  57. Rē-buĭld', v. t.p. 1094To build again; to renew; to build or construct, as something which has been demolished; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
  58. Rē-buĭld'er, n.p. 1094One who rebuilds. Bp. Hall.
  59. Re-bū'k'a-ble, a.p. 1094Worthy of rebuke or reprehension. Shak.
  60. Re-būke', v. t.p. 1094To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he…