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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-dĕd'i-cā'tion, n.p. 1101A second or renewed dedication.
  2. 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.…
  3. 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…
  4. Re-deem'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1101The state of being redeemable.
  5. Re-deem'er, n.p. 1101One who redeems or ransoms. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, JESUS CHRIST.
  6. Rē'de-līb'er-āte, v. i.p. 1101To deliberate again.
  7. Rē'de-līb'er-āte, v. t.p. 1101To reconsider. [Obs.]
  8. Rē'de-liv'er, v. t.p. 1101To deliver back. Ayliffe. 2. To deliver again; to liberate a second time.
  9. Rē'de-līv'er-ance, n.p. 1101A second deliverance.
  10. Rē'de-līv'er-y, n.p. 1101The act of delivering back. 2. A second delivery or liberation.
  11. Rē'de-mānd', v. t.p. 1101To demand back; to demand again.
  12. Rē'de-mānd', n.p. 1101A demanding back again.
  13. Rē'de-mānd'a-ble, a.p. 1101Capable of being demanded back.
  14. Rē'de-mīse', v. t.p. 1101To convey or transfer back, as an estate.
  15. 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.
  16. Re-dĕmp'ti-ble, a.p. 1101Capable of being redeemed.
  17. 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…
  18. Re-dĕmp'tion-a-ry, n.p. 1101One who is, or may be, redeemed. [Rare.] Hakluyt.
  19. 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.
  20. Re-dĕmp'tive, a.p. 1101Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
  21. 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…
  22. Re-dĕmp'to-ry, a.p. 1101Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. “Hector's redemptory price.” Chapman.
  23. Re-dēnt'ed, a.p. 1101Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
  24. Rē'de-scend', v. i.p. 1101To descend again. Howell.
  25. Rĕd'eye, n.p. 1101(Ichth.) A fish of the carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus), so named from the color of the iris; — called also rudd. Jardine. 2. Fiery new whisky. [Low.] [U. S.] Bartlett.
  26. Rĕd'-fire, n.p. 1102A compound which burns with a red flame, used in pyrotechnic works, and consisting of nitrate of strontia, chlorate of potash, sulphur, and antimony.
  27. Rĕd'-gŭm, n.p. 1102(Med.) A disease of new-born infants; an eruption of red pimples in early infancy; tooth-rash. Good. 2. A disease of grain, a kind of blight.
  28. Rĕd'-hănd, adv.p. 1102In the very act, as it were with red or bloody hands; — said of a person taken in the act of homicide. W. Scott.
  29. Rĕd'-hĕad, n.p. 1102A person having red hair. 2. (Ornith.) An American duck closely allied to the canvas-back (Aythēa Americana). Baird. 3. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Asclepias (A. curassavica), the leaves of which are…
  30. Rĕd′-hŏt, n.p. 1102Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls.
  31. Rē'di-ent, a.p. 1102Returning. [Rare.] E. H. Smith.
  32. Rē'di-gĕst', v. t.p. 1102To digest or reduce to form a second time. Kent.
  33. Rē'di-mĭn'ish, v. t.p. 1102To diminish or lessen again.
  34. Re-dĭn'te-grāte, v. t.p. 1102To make whole again; to renew; to restore to integrity or soundness. The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again? Coleridge.
  35. Re-dĭn'te-grate, a.p. 1102Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. [Obs.] Bacon.
  36. Re-dĭn'te-grā'tion, n.p. 1102Restoration to a whole or sound state; renovation. Decay of Piety. 2. (Chem.) The restoration of any mixed body or matter to its former nature and constitution. Coxe.
  37. Rē'dis-būrse', v. t.p. 1102To repay or refund. Spenser.
  38. Rē'dis-cōv'er, v. t.p. 1102To discover again.
  39. Rē'dis-pōse', v. t.p. 1102To dispose or adjust again. Baxter.
  40. Rē'dis-sēize', v. t.p. 1102(Law.) To disseize anew or a second time. [Written also disseize.]
  41. Rē`dis-sēi'zin, n.p. 1102(Law.) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have disseized the same person of the same lands, &c.; a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone.
  42. Rē'dis-sēi'zor, n.p. 1102(Law.) One who redisseizes.
  43. Rē'dis-sōlve', v. t.p. 1102To dissolve again.
  44. Rē'dis-trāin'er, n.p. 1102One who distrains again or repeatedly.
  45. Rē'dis-trīb'ūte, v. t.p. 1102To distribute again; to deal back again. Colgrave.
  46. Rē-dis'tri-bū'tion, n.p. 1102A dealing back, or a second distribution.
  47. Re-dĭ'tion, n.p. 1102The act of returning; return. [Obs.] Chapman.
  48. Rē'di-vīde', v. t.p. 1102To divide anew.
  49. Rēd'lāe, n.p. 1102(Bot.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Rhus (R. succedanea), a species of sumach. Loudon.
  50. Rēd'-lĕt'ter, a.p. 1102Of, relating to, or marked by, red letters. Red-letter day, one that is a fortunate or auspicious day;— so called because the holy days, or saints' days, were marked in the old calendars with red…
  51. Rēd'-lĭq'uor, n.p. 1102(Chem.) A crude acetate of alumina, employed as a mordant in calico printing. Ure.
  52. Rēd'ly, adv.p. 1102With redness; so as to be, or cause to be, red.
  53. Rēd'ness, n.p. 1102The quality of being red; red color.
  54. Rēd'o-lence or Rēd'o-len-cy, n.p. 1102The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent.
  55. Rēd’o-lent, a.p. 1102Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; — usually followed by of. “Honey redolent of spring.” Dryden. “Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.” Gray.
  56. Re-doub'le (-dŭb'l), v. t.p. 1102To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply. So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. Shak.
  57. Re-dou'ble, v. i.p. 1102To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to suffer great augmentation.
  58. Re-doubt', n.p. 1102(Fort.) (a.) (Field Works.) An inclosed work of any polygonal form without re-entering angles. (b.) (Permanent Fort.) An outwork placed within another outwork. [See f and i in Illust. of Ravelin.]…
  59. Re-doubt', v. t.p. 1102To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to be afraid of; to dread. [Rare.] W. Scott. “Lord regent and redoubted Burgundy.” Shak.
  60. Re-doubt’a-ble, a.p. 1102Formidable; to be dreaded; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]