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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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Rē'gion, n. p. 1108One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth, is conceived of as divided, as regarded from any point; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of…Rē'g'i-ōus, a. p. 1108Of, pertaining to, or becoming, a king; regal; royal. [Obs.] Harrington.Rēg'is-ter, n. p. 1108A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule. As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn another into the…Rēg'is-ter, v. t. p. 1108To enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, or for future use or service. 2. To enroll; to enter in a list.Rĕg'is-ter, v. i. p. 1108(Print.) To correspond in relative position, as the columns or pages of a printed sheet, so that the sides and heads of one form shall not project beyond those of the other, or so that line shall…Rēg'is-ter-ship, n. p. 1108The office of register.Rēg'is-trar, n. p. 1108One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records.Rēg'is-trar-ship, n. p. 1108The office of a registrar.Rēg'is-tra-ry, n. p. 1108One who registers; a registrar.Rēg'is-trāte, v. t. p. 1108To enter in a register; to register. [Rare.]Rēg'is-trā'tion, n. p. 1109The act of inserting in a register. Walsh.Rēg'is-try, n. p. 1109The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment. 2. The place where a register is kept. 3. A series of facts recorded. Sir W. Temple.Rē'gĭ-āns or Rē'gĭ-ās, a. p. 1109Of, or pertaining to, a king; royal. Regium donum, the royal gift; a sum of money granted yearly by the English crown in aid of the Presbyterian clergy of Ireland. Brande.—Regius professor (Eng.…Rē-gīve', v. t. p. 1109To give again; to give back.Rēg'le-ment, n. p. 1109Regulation. [Obs.] Bacon.Rēg'le-mēn'ta-ry, a. p. 1109Of, pertaining to, or embodying, regulations; regulative; as, a réglementary charter. [Rare.]Rĕg'let, n. p. 1109(Arch.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. Gwilt. 2. (Print.) A strip of…Rēg'mā, n. p. 1109(Bot.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each of which, from its own elasticity, bursts from the axis into two valves.Rēg'nan-cy, n. p. 1109The condition or quality of being regnant; reign; predominance.Rēg'nant, a. p. 1109Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant. 2. Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. “A traitor to the vices regnant.” Swift.Rēg'na-tive, a. p. 1109Ruling; governing. [Obs.]Rē-gōrge', v. t. p. 1109To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back or out again. Hayward. 2. To swallow again. Dryden. 3. To swallow eagerly or voraciously. Drunk with wine, And fat regorged of bulls and goats.…Re-grāde', v. i. p. 1109To retire; to go back. [Obs.] Hales.}Re-grăft’, v. t. p. 1109To graft again. Bacon.Re-grānt', v. t. p. 1109To grant back. Ayliffe.Rē-grānt', n. p. 1109The act of granting back to a former proprietor.Re-grāte', v. t. p. 1109(Masonry.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham. 3. To buy, as provisions, in order to sell again in or…Re-grāt'er, n. p. 1109One who buys provisions and sells them in the same market or fair.Re-grā'ti-a-to-ry, n. p. 1109A returning or giving of thanks. [Obs.] Skelton.Re-grāt'or, n. p. 1109One who buys in order to sell at the same market; one who regrates; a regrater.Re-grēde', v. i. p. 1109To go back; to retire; to regrade; to retrograde, as the apse of a planet's orbit. [Rare.] Todhunter.Rē-greet', v. t. p. 1109To greet again; to resalute.Rē-greet’, n. p. 1109A return or exchange of salutation.Rē'gress, n. p. 1109Passage back; return. 2. The power or liberty of returning or passing back.Re-grĕss’, v. i. p. 1109To go back; to return to a former place or state. Browne.Re-grĕs'sion, n. p. 1109The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Browne. Regression point (Geom.), the cusp point. Math. Dict.Re-grĕss'ive, a. p. 1109Passing back; returning.Re-grĕss'ive-ly, adv. p. 1109In a regressive manner; in a backward way or manner; by return. Johnson.Re-grēt′, v. t. p. 1109To grieve over; to lament; to be sorry for; to repent. Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. Pope. 2. To look back at with sorrowful longing; to lament…Re-grĕt', n. p. 1109Pain of mind at something causing unhappiness; sorrowful longing; sorrow felt in looking back on something lost which had once been a source of enjoyment; grief; concern. Never any prince expressed a…Re-grĕt'ful, a. p. 1109Full of regret. Fanshaw.Re-grĕt'ful-ly, adv. p. 1109With regret. Greenhill.Re-grĕt'ta-ble, a. p. 1109Admitting of, or deserving, regret.Re-guärd'ant, a. p. 1109(Her.) The same as REGARDANT.Re-guēr'don, n. p. 1109A reward; a recompense. [Obs.] Shak.Re-guēr'don, v. t. p. 1109To reward. [Obs.] Shak.Rēg'ū-la-ble, a. p. 1109Capable of being regulated. [R.]Rēg'ū-lar, a. p. 1109Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, or principle, to a prescribed mode, or to established customary forms; normal; as, a regular epic poem; a regular verse in poetry; a…Rēg'ū-lar, n. p. 1109(Rom. Cath. Church.) A member of any religious order who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. Bp. Fitzpatrick. 2. (Mil.) A…Rēg'ū-lār'i-ty, n. p. 1109The condition or quality of being regular; conformity to a rule, to established order, or to settled principles; method; steadiness; uniformity.Rēg'ū-lar-ize, v. t. p. 1109To cause to become regular; to regulate. [Rare.]Rēg'ū-lar-ly, adv. p. 1109In a regular manner; in a way or method accordant to rule or established mode; in uniform order; methodically; in due order.Rēg'ū-lar-ness, n. p. 1109The state or quality of being regular; regularity.Rēg'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1109To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. “The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons.” Macaulay. The…Rēg'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1109The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated or reduced to order. “The temper and regulation of our own minds.” Macaulay. 2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government…Rēg'ū-la-tīve, a. p. 1109Tending to regulate; regulating. 2. (Metaph.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a…Rēg'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 1109One who regulates; specifically, in the United States, one of a band of men who, in the absence or inadequacy of ordinary legal authority, take into their own hands the punishment of crime and the…Rēg'ū-līne, a. p. 1109Of, or pertaining to, regulus, or pure metal. “Bodies which we can reduce to the metallic or reguline state.” Lavoisier, Trans.Rēg'ū-līze, v. t. p. 1109To reduce to regulus, or pure metal; to separate, as pure metal from extraneous matter.Rēg'ū-lūs, n. p. 1109A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. 2. (Chem.) The pure metal, which, in the melting of ores, falls to the bottom of the crucible; as, regulus of antimony. 3. (Astron.) A star of…