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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Re-bār'ba-ri-zā'tion, n. p. 1093The act of rebarbarizing, or the state of being reduced again to barbarism.Rē-bär'ba-rīze, v. t. p. 1093To reduce again to barbarism; to make barbarous a second time. [Rare.] Sir W. Hamilton.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…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…Re-bāte', n. p. 1094[O. Fr. rabattement, Pr. raba-Re-bāte'ment p. 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.…Re-bā'to, n. p. 1094The same as RABATO.Rē-bēat'en, a. p. 1094Beaten again or a second time.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…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…Rēb'el, a. p. 1094Acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.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…Re-bĕl'ler, n. p. 1094One who rebels; a rebel.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…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…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.Re-bĕl'liŏŭs-ness, n. p. 1094The quality or state of being rebellious.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.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.Rē-blōom’, v. i. p. 1094To bloom anew. Health again resumed Its former seat, I must not say rebloomed. Crabbe.Rē-blōs'som, v. i. p. 1094To blossom again.Re-bō'ant, a. p. 1094Bellowing back; rebel-lowing; loudly resounding. [Rare.] “Their echoes reboant.” Browning.Rē/bo-ā'tion, n. p. 1094Return of a loud, bellowing sound. [R.] Patrick.Rē-boil', v. i. p. 1094To take fire; to be hot. Sir T. Elyot.Rē-boil', v. t. p. 1094To boil again.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…Rē-bound′, v. t. p. 1094To drive back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.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.Rē-brāce’, v. t. p. 1094To brace again. Gray.Rē-brēathe', v. i. p. 1094To breathe again.Re-bū'cous, a. p. 1094Containing or expressing rebuke; rebuking; reproving. [Obs. and rare.] She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan.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.Re-bŭff', v. t. p. 1094To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel violently, harshly, or uncourteously.Rē-bŭf'fet, v. t. p. 1094To buffet again, or in return; to beat back.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.Rē-buĭld'er, n. p. 1094One who rebuilds. Bp. Hall.Re-bū'k'a-ble, a. p. 1094Worthy of rebuke or reprehension. Shak.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…Re-būke’, n. p. 1094A direct and pointed reproof; reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment; affliction. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15. Why bear you these rebukes, and answer not? Shak. 2. Check…Re-būke'ful, a. p. 1094Containing, or abounding with, rebukes. [Obs.]Re-būke'ful-ly, adv. p. 1094With reproof or reprehension. [Obs.]Re-būk'er, n. p. 1094One who rebukes; one who reproves, chastises, or restrains; a chider.Re-būk'ing-ly, adv. p. 1094By way of rebuke.Rē-bul-li'tion, n. p. 1094The act of boiling or effervescing. [Rare.] Wotton.Ré-buoy', v. t. p. 1094To buoy again; to raise or support again.Rē-bur'y, v. t. p. 1094To bury or inter again. Ashmole.Rē′bus, n. p. 1094A mode of expressing words or phrases by pictures of objects whose names bear a resemblance to those words, or to the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by…Re'bus, v. t. p. 1094To try the skill of with a rebus; hence, to give a riddle to; to play a puzzle or trick upon. Is there any man has rebused your worship? Shak. 2. To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [John Morton] had…Re-būt', v. t. p. 1094To drive back; to rebuff; to repel by force. Who, rencontering fierce as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser. 2. (Law.) To oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.Re-būt', v. i. p. 1094To retire. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. (Law.) To make an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut. Blackstone.Re-bŭt'ter, n. p. 1094(Law.) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. Blackstone.Rē-cā'den-cy, n. p. 1094A falling or descending a second time.Rē-cāl'ci-trant, a. p. 1094Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition.Rē-cāl'ci-trāte, v. t. p. 1094To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey.Rē-cāl'ci-trāte, v. i. p. 1094To kick back; to kick against any thing; hence, to express repugnance.Rē-cāl'ci-trā'tion, n. p. 1094A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance. W. Scott.Re-cāll', v. t. p. 1094To call back; to take back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops. “If Henry were recalled to life again.” Shak. 2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to recant; as, to recall words, or a…Re-cāll', n. p. 1094A calling back; revocation. 'Tis done; and since 'tis done, 'tis past recall. Dryden.Re-cāl'la-ble, a. p. 1094Capable of being recalled. “Delegates recallable at pleasure.” Madison.Re-cāll'ment, n. p. 1094The act of recalling; recall; also, the state of being recalled. [Obs.]