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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Rē'-im-pōrt', v. t. p. 1110To import again; to carry back; to reconvey. Young.Rē'im-por-tā'tion, n. p. 1110The act of importing what has been exported.Rē'-im-por-tūne', v. t. p. 1110To importune again.Rē'-im-pōse', v. t. p. 1110To impose anew, as a tax.Rē'-im-prēg'nāte, v. t. p. 1110To impregnate again. Browne.Rē'-im-prĕss', v. t. p. 1110To impress anew.Rē'-im-prē'ssion, n. p. 1110A second or repeated impression.Rē'-im-prĭnt', v. t. p. 1110To imprint again.Rē'-im-prĭs'on, v. t. p. 1110To imprison a second time, either for the same cause, or after release from imprisonment. Kent.Rē'-im-prī'son-ment, n. p. 1110The act of confining in prison a second time for the same cause, or after a release from prison. Kent.Rein, n. p. 1110The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver restrains and governs the horse, &c. 2. Hence, an instrument of curbing, restraining, or governing…Rein, v. t. p. 1110To govern by a bridle. Milton. 2. To restrain; to control. Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance. Shak.Rein, v. i. p. 1110To be guided by reins; to bear the reins. [Rare.] Shak.Rē'-in-au'gu-rāte, v. t. p. 1110To inaugurate anew.Rē'-in-çēnse', v. t. p. 1110To incense again.Rē'-in-cīte', v. t. p. 1110To incite again.Rē'-in-cōr'po-rāte, v. t. p. 1110To incorporate again; to embody anew.Rē'-in-crēase', v. t. p. 1110To increase again; to augment anew.Rē'-in-cūr', v. t. p. 1110To incur a second time.