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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′lo-eā′tion, n. p. 1113A second location. Scott. 2. (Law.) Renewal of a lease.Rē-lŏdge', v. t. p. 1113To lodge again.Rē-lōve', v. t. p. 1113To love in return. [Obs.] Boyle.Re-lū'cent, a. p. 1113Shining; transparent; clear; pellucid; as, a relucent stream. Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. Glover.Re-lŭct′, v. i. p. 1113To strive or struggle against any thing; to make resistance; to show reluctance or repugnance. He was by nature passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it. Walton.Re-lūc'tance or Re-lūc'tan-cy, n. p. 1113The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness;—often followed with to or against before the object. Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless…Re-lūc'tant, a. p. 1113Striving against; much opposed in heart; unwilling; repugnant; averse; loth. Reluctant now I touched the trembling string. Tickell. 2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as…Re-lūc'tant-ly, adv. p. 1113In a reluctant manner; with opposition of heart; unwillingly.Re-lūc'tāte, v. i. p. 1113To resist; to struggle against; to oppose. [Obs.] Fuller. Men devise colors to delude their reluctating consciences. Decay of Piety.Rēl'uc-tā'tion, n. p. 1113Repugnance; resistance. [Obs.] Bacon.Re-lūme', v. t. p. 1113To rekindle; to light again. “Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new.” Pope. I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume. Shak.Re-lū'mīne, v. t. p. 1113To light anew; to rekindle. Shak. 2. To illuminate again.Re-lī', v. i. p. 1113To rest with confidence, as the mind when satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; — with on…Rē-māde', imp. & p. p. p. 1114of remake.Re-māin’,, v. i. p. 1114To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after other things have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or…Re-māin', v. t. p. 1114To await; to be left to. “The easier conquest now Remains thee.” Milton. ☞ This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.Re-māin', n. p. 1114That which is left; relic; remainder; — chiefly used in the plural. “When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.” Burke. 2. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in…Re-māin'der, n. p. 1114Any thing that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue. “The last remainders of unhappy Troy.” Dryden. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear…Re-māin'der, a. p. 1114Remaining; refuse; left. [Obs.] Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. Shak.Re-māin'der-man, n. p. 1114One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. Blackstone.Rē-māke', v. t. p. 1114To make anew.Re-mānd', v. t. p. 1114To recommit or send back. Remand it to its former place to unite in a new combination. South.Re-mānd'ment, n. p. 1114The act of remanding or ordering back. Jefferson.Rēm'a-nence or Rēm'a-nen-cy, n. p. 1114The state of being remanent; permanence; continuance. [Rare.] Neither St. Augustine nor Calvin denied the remanence of the will in the fallen spirit. Coleridge.Rēm'a-nent, n. p. 1114That which remains; remnant. [Obs.]Rēm'a-nent, a. p. 1114Remaining. [Obs.] That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. Bp. Taylor.Rēm'a-nēt, n. p. 1114(Legal Practice.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term, or a case postponed.Re-mārk', n. p. 1114The act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation. The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude Conjecture and remark, however shrewd. Cooper. 2. The expression, in speech or…Re-märk′, v. t. p. 1114To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to point out obviously; to note. [Rare.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; here he sits. Milton. 2. To…Re-märk', v. i. p. 1114To say or observe. “I shall only remark.” Waterland.Rē-märk', v. t. p. 1114To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.Re-märk'a-ble, a. p. 1114Worthy of or capable of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; distinguished; uncommon. There is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak. Syn.—Observable; noticeable; extraordinary…Re-märk'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1114The state of being remarkable; observableness; worthiness of remark.Re-märk'a-bly, adv. p. 1114In a remarkable manner or degree.Re-märk'er, n. p. 1114One who remarks; an observer.Rē-mār'riage, n. p. 1114A second or repeated marriage.Rē-măr'ry, v. t. p. 1114To marry again, or a second time.Rē-mār'ry, v. i. p. 1114To be married again or a second time.Rē-mast’, v. t. p. 1114To furnish with a second mast or set of masts.Rē-măs’ti-cāte, v. t. p. 1114To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.Rē-mās'ti-cā'tion, n. p. 1114The act of masticating again or repeatedly.Remblai, n. p. 1114(Fort.) The earth or materials used in making the embankments. The deblai should be equal to the remblai.Rēm'ble, v. t. p. 1114To remove. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Re-mēan', v. t. p. 1114To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Rē'me-ant, a. p. 1114Coming back; returning. [Rare.] “The remeant sun.” C. Kingsley.Rē-mēas'ure, v. t. p. 1114To measure again. They followed him . . . The way they came; their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.Re-mē'di-a-ble, a. p. 1114Capable of being remedied or cured.Re-mē'di-a-bly, adv. p. 1114In a remediable manner or condition.Re-mē'di-al, a. p. 1114Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal of an evil. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial…Re-mē'di-al-ly, adv. p. 1114In a way suited to afford relief.Re-mē′di-ate, a. p. 1114The same as REMEDIAL. [Obs.]Re-mēd'i-less or Rēm'e-di-less, a. p. 1114Not admitting a remedy, or counteraction; incapable of being restored, changed, or prevented; incurable. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton. 2. Not answering as a remedy; hence…Re-mēd'i-less or Rēm'e-di-less, adv. p. 1114Without remedy; necessarily. [Obs.] Udal.Re-mēd'i-less-ly or Rēm'e-di-lēss'ly, adv. p. 1114In a manner or degree that precludes a remedy.Re-mēd’i-less-ness or Rēm’e-di-lēss’ness, n. p. 1114The state of being without remedy.Rēm'e-dy, n. p. 1114That which cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health;—with for; as, a remedy for the gout. 2. That which counteracts an evil of any kind; a…Rē'm'e-dy, v. t. p. 1114To apply a remedy or cure to; to restore to soundness, health, integrity, and the like; to cure; to heal; to repair. I will remedy this year ere long. Shak.Rē-mĕlt’, v. t. p. 1114To melt a second time.Re-mĕm’ber, v. t. p. 1114To bring to mind again; to think of again; to recall. We are said to remember any thing when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before. Watts. 2. To…Re-mēm'ber-a-ble, a. p. 1114Capable or worthy of being remembered. [Rare] “The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable.” Coleridge.