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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-ĭn-vĕs'ti-gāte, v. t.p. 1111To investigate again. M. Stuart.
  2. Rē'-in-vĕs'ti-gā'tion, n.p. 1111A second investigation.
  3. Rē-in-vēst'ment, n.p. 1111The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
  4. Rē-in-vīg'or-āte, v. t.p. 1111To revive vigor in; to re-animate.
  5. Rē-in-vōlve’, v. t.p. 1111To involve anew. “To re-involve us in the pitchy cloud of infernal darkness.” Milton.
  6. Reis-effendi, n.p. 1111A Turkish minister for foreign affairs.
  7. Rē-īs'su-a-ble, a.p. 1111Capable of being re-issued.
  8. Rē-ĭs'sue, v. t.p. 1111To issue a second time.
  9. Rē-ïs'sue, n.p. 1111A second or repeated issue.
  10. Rēit, n.p. 1111Sedge; sea-weed. [Obs.] Bailey.
  11. Rē'ĭter, n.p. 1111One of the German cavalry of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Brande.
  12. Rē-ĭt'er-āte, v. t.p. 1111To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly. Syn. — To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse. — REITERATE, REPEAT. To repeat is to utter or express a second time. To reiterate is to repeat again and…
  13. Rē-ĭt'er-ate, a.p. 1111Reiterated; repeated. [Rare.]
  14. Re-ĭt'er-ā'ted-ly, adv.p. 1111Repeatedly.
  15. Re-it'er-ā'tion, n.p. 1111Repetition. Boyle.
  16. Rē-ĭt'er-ā'tive, n.p. 1111(Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action. 2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dilly-dally.
  17. Re-jēct’, v. t.p. 1111To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Have I rejected those that me adored? Browne. 2. To refuse to receive; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. “That golden scepter which thou…
  18. Re-jēct'a-ble, a.p. 1111Capable of being rejected; worthy or suitable to be rejected.
  19. Re-jĕc'ta-mĕn'tĭa, n. pl.p. 1111Things thrown out or away. [Ill formed.] Fleming.
  20. Re/ject-ā'ne-oŭs, a.p. 1111Not chosen or received; rejected. “Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people.” Barrow.
  21. Re-jēct'er, n.p. 1111One who rejects or refuses. Clarke.
  22. Re-jĕc'tion, n.p. 1111The act of rejecting, throwing away, casting off, or forsaking; refusal to accept or grant. Bacon.
  23. Rē-jec-tī'tioŭs, a.p. 1111Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.
  24. Re-jēct'ive, a.p. 1111Rejecting, or tending to reject.
  25. Re-jĕct'ment, n.p. 1111Matter thrown away. Eaton.
  26. Rē-joice', v. i.p. 1111To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to be exhilarated with lively and pleasurable sensations; to exult. O, rejoice beyond a common joy. Shak. Syn. — To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
  27. Re-joice', v. t.p. 1111To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively, pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate. “While she, great saint, rejoices heaven.” Prior. Syn.—To gladden; please; cheer…
  28. Re-joice'ment, n.p. 1111Rejoicing. [Obs.]
  29. Re-joic'er, n.p. 1111One who rejoices.
  30. Re-joï'cing, n.p. 1111The act of expressing joy and gladness. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. cxviii. 15. 2. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy or gladness. Thy…
  31. Re-joic'ing-ly, adv.p. 1111With joy or exultation.
  32. Rē-join', v. t.p. 1111To join again; to unite after separation. 2. To meet or fall in again with; to attach one's self to again. Meet and rejoin me in the pensive grot. Pope.
  33. Re-join', v. i.p. 1111To answer to a reply. Dryden. 2. (Law.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
  34. Re-join'der, n.p. 1111An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer. 2. (Law.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication. Syn. — Reply; answer; replication. See REPLY.
  35. Re-join'der, v. i.p. 1111To make, or utter, a rejoinder; to reply. [Obs.]
  36. Re-join'd'ure, n.p. 1111The act of joining again. [Obs.]
  37. Rē-joint', v. t.p. 1111To re-unite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow. 2. Specifically, to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings, when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
  38. Rĕ-jŏlt', n.p. 1111A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. [Obs.] “The inward rejoits and recoilings of the mind.” South.
  39. Re-jōlt', v. t.p. 1111To jolt or shake again. [Obs.] Locke.
  40. Re-journ', v. t.p. 1111To adjourn to another hearing or inquiry. [Obs.] Shak.
  41. Re-journ'ment, n.p. 1111Adjournment. [Obs.]
  42. Rē-jūdge', v. t.p. 1111To judge again; to re-examine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision. Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope.
  43. Re-jū've-nāte, v. t.p. 1111To render young again.
  44. Re-jū've-nés'çence or Re-jū've-nés'çen-cy, n.p. 1111A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
  45. Re-jū've-nĕs'cent, a.p. 1111Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
  46. Re-jū've-nize, v. t.p. 1111To render young again.
  47. Re-kĭn'dle, v. t.p. 1111To kindle again; to set on fire anew. Cheyne. 2. To excite or inflame again; to rouse anew.
  48. Rē-kĭng′, v. t.p. 1111To cause to become a king again. [Rare.]
  49. Rē-lādē', v. t.p. 1111To lade or load again; to burden anew.
  50. Re-lāid′, imp. & p. p.p. 1111of relay.
  51. Relais, n.p. 1111(Fort.) A narrow walk without the rampart, to receive the earth that may be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch. [Rare.]
  52. Rē-lānd’, v. t.p. 1111To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.
  53. Rē-lānd', v. i.p. 1111To go on shore after having embarked.
  54. Re-lāpse', v. i.p. 1111To slip or slide back; to return. 2. To fall back; to return to a former state or practice; generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended moral condition.
  55. Re-lāpse', n.p. 1111A sliding or falling back, particularly into a former bad state, either of body or morals. Alas! from what high hope to what relapse, Unlooked for, are we fallen! Milton. 2. One who has relapsed or…
  56. Re-lāte', v. t.p. 1111To bring back; to restore. [Obs.] Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. Spenser. 2. To refer; to ascribe to, as a source or origin. [Obs.…
  57. Re-lāte', v. i.p. 1111To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer;—followed by to. All negative words relate to positive ideas. Locke. 2. To make reference; to take account. [Obs. and…
  58. Re-lāt'ed, p. a.p. 1111Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, a person related in the first or second degree. 2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and…
  59. Re-lāt'er, n.p. 1111One who relates, recites, or narrates; an historian.
  60. Re-lā'tion, n.p. 1111The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative of facts; as, an historical relation. 2. The state of being related or of referring; what is…