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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-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…Re-gûr'ġi-tāte, v. t. p. 1109To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity. Bentley.Re-gûr'ġi-tāte, v. i. p. 1109To be thrown or poured back.Re-gûr'ġi-tā'tion, n. p. 1109The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance. 2. The act of swallowing again; re-absorption. 3. (Med.) The natural and easy vomiting of their food by infants.Rē'ha-bĭl'i-tāte, v. t. p. 1109To restore to a former capacity; to re-instate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited;—a term of civil and canon law.Rē'ha-bil'i-tā'tion, n. p. 1109The act of re-instating in a former rank or capacity; restoration to former rights. Bouvier. Walsh.Rē-hăsh’, v. t. p. 1110To hash over again.Rē-hāsh', n. p. 1110Something hashed over; something made up from materials formerly used; as, a rehash of an old speech.Rē-hēar', v. t. p. 1110To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.Re-hēars’al, n. p. 1110The act of rehearsing, or the state of being rehearsed; repetition of the words of another or of a written work; recital; a telling or recounting; narration. “In rehearsal of our Lord’s Prayer after…Re-hēarse', v. t. p. 1110To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31. 2. To narrate; to recount; to…Re-hēars'er, n. p. 1110One who rehearses, recites, or narrates.Rē-hēat', v. t. p. 1110To heat again. 2. To cheer up exceedingly; to revive; to rejoice. [Obs.] Him would I comfort and reheat, For I hope of his gold to get. Chaucer.Rē-hĕlm', v. t. p. 1110To cover again with a helmet, or as with a helmet.Rē·hi-bĭ'tion, n. p. 1110(Law.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of some defect or fraud; the annulling of a sale. Burrill.Re-hĭb'i-to-ry, a. p. 1110Of, or relating to, rehibition; as, a rehibitory action. Burrill.Rē-hīre’, v. t. p. 1110To hire again.Rē-hū'man-īze, v. t. p. 1110To render human again. C. Brontë.Rēi, n. p. 1110See REE.Rēi'gle, n. p. 1110A hollow cut or channel for guiding any thing; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood-gate. Carew.Rēi'gle-ment, n. p. 1110Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Reign, n. p. 1110Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; kingdom; dominion; chief influence or direction. “He who like a father held his reign.” Pope. Saturn’s sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of…Reign, v. i. p. 1110To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor; to hold supreme power; to rule. Here we may reign secure. Milton. 2. Hence, to be predominant; to…Reign'er, n. p. 1110One who reigns; a ruler. [Rare.]Rē'-il-lūme', v. t. p. 1110To light again; to cause to shine anew. “Thou must re-illume its spark.” J. R. Drake.Rē'-il-lū'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 1110To enlighten again; to re-illume.Rē'-il-lū'mi-nā'tion, n. p. 1110Act of enlightening again.Rē'-il-lū'mine, v. t. p. 1110To illumine again or anew; to re-illume.Rēim, n. p. 1110A strip of ox-hide, deprived of hair, and rendered flexible, used for twisting into ropes, &c. [South Africa.] Simmonds.Rē'-im-bärk', v. t. & i. p. 1110See RE-EMBARK.Rē'-im-bōd'y, v. i. p. 1110To imbody again; to be formed into a body anew. Boyle.Rē'-im-bûrs'a-ble, a. p. 1110Capable of being repaid, or intended to be repaid. A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, re-imbursable in ten years. Hamilton.Rē'-im-būrse', v. t. p. 1110To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to re-imburse the expenses of a war. 2. To make restoration or…Rē'-im-bûrse'ment, n. p. 1110The act of repaying or refunding; repayment; as, the reimbursement of principal and interest. Hamilton.Rē'-im-bŭrs'er, n. p. 1110One who re-imburses or refunds what has been lost or expended.Rē'-im-mēr'ge', v. t. p. 1110To immerge again; to plunge anew.Rē'-im-plānt', v. t. p. 1110To implant again.