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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-cūr'v'ous, a. p. 1100Bent or curved backward. Derham.Re-cū'san-cy, n. p. 1100Non-conformity. See RECUSANT. Coke.Re-cū'sant, a. p. 1100Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord. It stated him to…Re-cū'sant, n. p. 1100One obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. “The last rebellious recusants among the family of nations.” De Quincy. 2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses…Réc'ū-sā'tion, n. p. 1100Refusal. [Obs.] 2. (Law.) The act of refusing a judge, or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.Re-cū'sa-tive, a. p. 1101Tending or inclined to recuse; denying; negative. [Rare.]Re-cūse′, v. t. p. 1101(Law.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Digby.Re-cūs'sion, n. p. 1101The act of beating or striking back.Rēd, a. p. 1101Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or solar spectrum, which is furthest from violet. Your color, I warrant you, is red as any rose.…Rēd, n. p. 1101The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum which is furthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. “Celestial rosy red, lovers’ proper hue.” Milton. 2. (pl.) (Med.) The catamenial…Rĕd, v. t. p. 1101To put in order;— generally with up; as, to red or red up a house. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Red-ăct′, v. t. p. 1101To force, or reduce to form, as literary matter; to perform the part of a redacteur with respect to; to edit. [Rare.]Rédacteur, n. p. 1101One who prepares matter for publication; one who redacts; an editor.Red-ăc'tion, n. p. 1101The act of redacting, digesting, or reducing to order, as literary or scientific materials, law, and the like. 2. That which is redacted; a digest.Re-dān', n. p. 1101Redans. 1. (Fort.) A work having two faces, uniting so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy. 2. A projection in a wall on uneven ground to render it level. Craig.Red-ār'güe, v. t. p. 1101To argue against; to put down by argument; to refute. [Rare.] How shall I be able to suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? Bp. Taylor. This…Rĕd'/ar-gū'tion, n. p. 1101The act of redarguing; refutation; conviction. [Obs.] Bacon.Rēd'är-gū'to-ry, a. p. 1101Pertaining to, or containing, redargution or refutation; refutatory.Rĕd'bird, n. p. 1101(Ornith.) A bird of several different species, found in the United States, as the Tanagra æstiva, or summer redbird, the Tanagra rubra, and the Baltimore oriole, or hang-nest.Rĕd'-bōōk, n. p. 1101A book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record, in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam…Rĕd'brĕast, n. p. 1101A bird so called from the color of its breast; the robin. See ROBIN.Rēd′/bŭd, n. p. 1101(Bot.) A small ornamental tree of the genus Cercis; judas-tree.Rēd'căp, n. p. 1101(Ornith.) A species of goldfinch having the top of the head of a red color. 2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. Jamieson.Rēd'coat, n. p. 1101A soldier who wears a red coat; an English soldier; — so called in contempt.Rĕd'-dēal, n. p. 1101The wood of the Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris). It is valuable for timber, and durable.Rĕd'den, v. t. p. 1101To make red; to give a red color to.Rĕd'den, v. i. p. 1101To grow or become red; hence, to blush. Appius reddens at each word you speak. Pope. He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than his obstinacy was at once subdued. W. Scott.Red-dĕn'dum, n. p. 1101(Law.) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. Cruise.Rĕd'dish, a. p. 1101Somewhat red; moderately red.Rĕd'dish-ness, n. p. 1101The state or quality of being reddish; redness in a moderate degree.Red-dĭ'tion, n. p. 1101A returning of any thing; restitution; surrender. Howell. 2. Explanation; representation. [R.] “The reddition or application of the comparison.” Chapman.Rēd'dī-tīve, a. p. 1101(Gram.) Answering to an interrogative; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.Rĕd'dle, n. p. 1101(Min.) Red chalk. Dana.Rĕd'dour, n. p. 1101Firmness or stiffness; strength; vigor; force. [Obs. and rare.] Gower.Rēde, n. p. 1101A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb. [Obs.] “This rede is rife.” Spenser. 2. Counsel; advice. [Obs.] Shak.Rēde, v. t. p. 1101To counsel or advise. [Obs.] Spenser. I rede thee hence remove. Shak.Rē-dĕc'o-rāte, v. t. p. 1101To decorate or adorn again.Rē-dĕd'i-cā'tion, n. p. 1101A second or renewed dedication.Re-deem', v. t. p. 1101To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold.…Re-deem'a-ble, a. p. 1101Capable of being redeemed; admitting redemption. 2. Purchasable or payable in gold and silver, and capable of being thus brought into the possession of government or the original promisor. The…Re-deem'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1101The state of being redeemable.Re-deem'er, n. p. 1101One who redeems or ransoms. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, JESUS CHRIST.Rē'de-līb'er-āte, v. i. p. 1101To deliberate again.Rē'de-līb'er-āte, v. t. p. 1101To reconsider. [Obs.]Rē'de-liv'er, v. t. p. 1101To deliver back. Ayliffe. 2. To deliver again; to liberate a second time.Rē'de-līv'er-ance, n. p. 1101A second deliverance.Rē'de-līv'er-y, n. p. 1101The act of delivering back. 2. A second delivery or liberation.Rē'de-mānd', v. t. p. 1101To demand back; to demand again.Rē'de-mānd', n. p. 1101A demanding back again.Rē'de-mānd'a-ble, a. p. 1101Capable of being demanded back.Rē'de-mīse', v. t. p. 1101To convey or transfer back, as an estate.Rē'de-mīse', n. p. 1101(Law.) The transfer of an estate back to the person who has demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate.Re-dĕmp'ti-ble, a. p. 1101Capable of being redeemed.Re-dĕmp'tion (-dĕmp'shun, 84), n. p. 1101The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo; hence…Re-dĕmp'tion-a-ry, n. p. 1101One who is, or may be, redeemed. [Rare.] Hakluyt.Re-dĕmp'tion-er, n. p. 1101One who redeems himself. 2. Formerly, one wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, whose services were sold, for a stipulated time, to pay the expenses of his passage.Re-dĕmp'tive, a. p. 1101Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.Re-dēmpt'or-ist, n. p. 1101(Rom. Cath. Church.) One of a religious order, founded in Naples in 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori. It was introduced into the United States in 1841. The priests of the order devote themselves to the…Re-dĕmp'to-ry, a. p. 1101Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. “Hector's redemptory price.” Chapman.Re-dēnt'ed, a. p. 1101Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.