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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-mūʹgi-ent, a. p. 1116Rebellowing. More.Re-mū/ner-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1116The capacity of being remunerated or rewarded.Re-mū'ner-a-ble, a. p. 1116Capable of being remunerated; fit or proper to be recompensed.Re-mū'ner-āte, v. t. p. 1116To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to reward; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor. Syn. — To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy…Re-mū/ner-ā/tion, n. p. 1116The act of remunerating, or paying an equivalent for services, loss, or sacrifices. 2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given for services, loss, or sufferings. Remuneration! O…Re-mū'ner-a-tīve, a. p. 1116Intended or fitted to remunerate; yielding a proper remuneration or return; as, remunerative justice.Re-mū'ner-a-to-ry, a. p. 1116Affording recompense; rewarding. Johnson.Re-mŭr'mur, v. t. p. 1116To utter back in murmurs; to return in murmurs; to repeat in low, hoarse sounds. The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur to the silver flood. Pope.Rē-mûr'mur, v. i. p. 1116To murmur back; to return or echo in low, rumbling sounds. The realms of Mars remurmured all around. Dryden.Rēn, n. p. 1116(Anat.) Kidney. Dunglison.Renaissance, n. p. 1116A renewal; hence, a style of decorative art freer than the antique, but resulting therefrom, revived by Raphael in the pontificate of Leo X., as the result of the exhuming of certain ancient…Rē'nal, a. p. 1116Pertaining to the kidneys or reins; as, the renal arteries.Rēn'ard, n. p. 1116A fox;—so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry. [Written also reynard.]Re-näs'çence or Re-näs'çen-cy, n. p. 1116The state of being renascent. Read the Phœnix, and see how the single image of renascence is varied. Coleridge.Re-nāś'cent, a. p. 1116Springing or rising into being again; reproduced. 2. Able or likely to be re-born, renewed, or reproduced; rejuvenated.Re-näs'çi-ble, a. p. 1116Capable of being reproduced; able to spring again into being.Re-nāte', a. p. 1116Born again; renewed; rejuvenated. [Obs.] Beau. of Fl.Rē-nāv'i-gāte, v. t. p. 1116To navigate again; as, to renavigate the Pacific Ocean.Re-nāy', v. t. p. 1116To deny; to disown; to refuse. [Obs. and rare.]Ren-eŏn’tré or Ren-eoun’ter, n. p. 1116A meeting of two persons or bodies. 2. Hence, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat; action or engagement. The jostling chiefs in rude rencounter join. Glanville. 3. A casual combat or action…Ren-coun'ter, v. t. p. 1116To meet unexpectedly without enmity or hostility; to encounter. [Rare.] 2. To attack hand to hand. [Obs.] Spenser.Ren-coun'ter, v. i. p. 1116To meet an enemy unexpectedly; to come in collision; to skirmish.Rēnd, v. t. p. 1116To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. Thunder doth rend the region. Shak. 2. To part or tear off…Rĕnd, v. i. p. 1116To be rent or torn; to be separated. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.Rēn'der, n. p. 1116One who rends.Rēn'der, v. t. p. 1116To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser. 2. To inflict, as a retribution. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41. 3. To give on…Rēn'der, v. i. p. 1116To give an account; to make explanation or confession; to show. [Obs. and rare.] 2. (Naut.) To pass; to run; — said of the passage of a rope through a block, &c.; as, a rope renders well, that is…Rēn'der, n. p. 1116A surrender; a giving up. Shak. 2. A return; a payment of rent. In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the domains.…Rēn'der-a-ble, a. p. 1117Capable of being rendered.Rĕn'd'er-er, n. p. 1117One who renders.Rēn'der-ing, n. p. 1117The act of rendering, or that which is rendered; as, (a.) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brick or stone work.…Rĕn'dez-vous or RĒN'/DEZ-VŌŌZ-EŞ, n. p. 1117pl. [Rare.] RĒN'/DEZ-VŌŌZ-EŞ (rĕn'de-vōōz-ez). [Fr. rendez vous, render yourselves, repair to a place.] 1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. “An inn, the free…Rĕn'dez-vōus, v. i. p. 1117To assemble or meet at a particular place, as troops, ships, &c.Rēn'dez-vous, v. t. p. 1117To assemble or bring together at a certain place. Eckard.Rēnd'i-ble, a. p. 1117Capable of being rent or torn.Rēn'di-ble, a. p. 1117Capable or admitting of being rendered or translated. [Obs.] 2. Capable of being yielded or surrendered.Ren-di'tion, n. p. 1117The act of rendering, or returning; surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; surrender, in war. “The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after…Rēn'e-gāde or Rēn'e-gā'do, n. p. 1117One faithless to principle or party; especially, (a.) An apostate from a religious faith. James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. Macaulay. (b.) One…Rĕn'ĕ-gā'tion, n. p. 1117A denial. The inexorable leader of the monkish party asserted that it was worse than the worst heresy, being absolute renegation of Christ. Milman.Re-nēge', v. t. p. 1117To deny; to disown. [Obs.] Shak. ☞ The g had formerly its hard sound, as in the following lines:— All Europe nigh (all sorts of rights reneged) Against the truth and thee unholy leagued. Sylvester.Re-nēge', v. i. p. 1117To deny. [Obs.] Such smiling rogues as these soothe every passion, Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and vary of their masters. Shak.Rē-nērve’, v. t. p. 1117To nerve again; to give new vigor to.Re-new', v. t. p. 1117To make over as good as new; to restore to former freshness or perfection; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to restore; to re-establish; to re-create; to rebuild. In such a night Medea gathered…Re-new', v. i. p. 1117To be made new; to grow or commence again.Re-new'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1117Capacity of being renewed. [Rare.]Re-new'a-ble, a. p. 1117Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.Re-new'al, n. p. 1117The act of renewing; the act of forming anew; as, the renewal of a treaty. 2. That which is renewed.Re-new'ed-ly, adv. p. 1117Again; once more. [U. S.]Re-new'ed-ness, n. p. 1117The state of being renewed. Hammond.Re-new'er, n. p. 1117One who renews.Rē-nid/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1117The act of building a nest a second time. Bulwer.Rēn'i-fōrm, a. p. 1117Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral. Dana. 2. (Bot.) Having the form of a section of a kidney; broader than long, and more or less rounded, with the lower margin concave.Re-nī'tence or Re-nī'ten-cy, n. p. 1117The state of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. We find a tendency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. Darwin. It is a singular blessing…Re-nī'tent, a. p. 1117Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. Ray. 2. Persistently opposed.Rĕn'net, n. p. 1117The inner membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.]Rĕn'net or Rĕn'net-ing, n. p. 1117A certain kind of apple. A golden rennet is a very pleasant and fair fruit, of a yellow flush, and the best of bearers. Mortimer.Rĕn'net-ed, a. p. 1117Provided or treated with rennet. [Rare.] “Pressed milk renneted.” Chapman.Rēn'ning, n. p. 1117The same as RENNET. [Obs.] Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning to turn milk. Holland.Re-nounce’, v. t. p. 1117To declare against; to reject, as a title or claim; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or a claim to reward; to renounce all pretensions to…Re-nounce’, v. i. p. 1117To declare a renunciation. [Obs.] He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden. 2. (Card-playing.) To fail or neglect to follow suit, when one has a…