Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
- Entries
- 95,912
- Pages
- 1,538
- Illustrations
- 2,133
Look up a word as the writers of the time used it.
Re-pēal'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1118The quality or state of being repealable.Re-pēal'a-ble, a. p. 1118Capable of being repealed; revocable by the same power that enacted. Syn. — Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.Re-pēal'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1118Capability of being repealed; repealability.Re-pēal'er, n. p. 1118One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.Re-pēat', v. t. p. 1118To go over a second time; to do, try, make, attempt, or utter again; to iterate. I the danger will repeat. Dryden. He repeated some lines of Virgil. Waller. 2. To do or say what one has already done…Re-pēat', n. p. 1118The act of repeating; repetition. 2. That which is repeated. “So of this repeat enough.” Chapman. 3. That which is to be repeated: as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the engraved figure on a…Re-pēat'ed-ly, adv. p. 1118More than once; again and again, indefinitely.Re-pēat'er, n. p. 1118One who, or that which, repeats; specifically, (a.) one who recites or rehearses. (b.) A watch that strikes the hours at will at the touch of a spring. (c.) A fire-arm that may be discharged many…Re-pēat'ing, p. a. p. 1118Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating fire-arm, which discharges several balls successively before reloading; a repeating watch…Rĕp'e-dā'tion, n. p. 1118A stepping or going back. [Obs.] More.Re-pĕl', v. t. p. 1118To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse; as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet…Re-pĕl', v. i. p. 1119To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.Re-pĕl'lence or Re-pĕl'len-cy, n. p. 1119The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.Re-pĕl'lent, a. p. 1119Driving back; able or tending to repel.Re-pĕl'lent, n. p. 1119That which repels. 2. (Med.) A remedy which, applied to a tumefied part, causes the fluids which render it tumid to recede. Dunglison.Re-pĕl'ler, n. p. 1119One who, or that which, repels.Rē'pent, a. p. 1119Creeping; as, a repent root or animal.Re-pĕnt’, v. i. p. 1119To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Prior. 2. To change the mind or course of conduct on account of regret…Re-pĕnt’, v. t. p. 1119To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. Shak. 2. To feel sorrow or pain;— used reflexively. [Obs.] I do repent me that I put it to you. Shak. My father…Re-pĕnt'ance, n. p. 1119The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2 Cor. vii. 10.…Re-pĕnt'ant, a. p. 1119Inclined to repent; sorry for sin. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Milton. 2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. “Repentant sighs and…Re-pĕnt'ant, n. p. 1119One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.Re-pĕnt'ant-ly, adv. p. 1119In a repentant manner.Re-pĕnt'er, n. p. 1119One who repents.Re-pēnt'ing-ly, adv. p. 1119With repentance.Re-pĕnt'less, a. p. 1119Without repentance; unrepentant.Re-pēo'ple, v. t. p. 1119To people anew; to furnish again with a stock of people.Rē'per-cūss', v. t. p. 1119To drive or beat back. [Rare.] Perceiving all the subjacent country, at so small an horizontal distance, to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against. Evelyn.Rē'per-cŭs'sion, n. p. 1119The act of driving back; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. “Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.” Hare. 2. (Mus.) Frequent repetition of the same sound.Rĕ/per-cŭss'ive, a. p. 1119Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate. Repercussive rocks renewed the sound. Pattison. 2. Repellent. [Obs.] “Astringent and repercussive medicines.”…Rē'per-cūss'ive, n. p. 1119A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.Rēp'er-ti'tious, a. p. 1119Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]Rĕp'er-to-ry, n. p. 1119A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a common-place book, or the like. 2. A treasury; a magazine.Rē'pe-rūz'al, n. p. 1119A second or repeated perusal.Rē'pe-rūse', v. t. p. 1119To peruse again. Bulwer.Rĕp'e-tēnd', n. p. 1119(Math.) That part of a repeating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum.Rĕp'e-tĭ'tion, n. p. 1119The act of repeating; the act of doing or uttering a second time; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus, to tire in repetition. Shak. 2. Especially, recital…Rĕp'e-tĭ'tion-al, a. p. 1119Containing repetition.Rĕp'e-tĭ'tion-a-ry p. 1119Rēp'e-ti'tiōus, a. p. 1119Repeating; containing repetition. [U. S.] Dwight.Rēp'e-ti'tiōus-ness, n. p. 1119The state or quality of being repetitious; the habit or practice of making repetitions.Rĕp'e-tĭ-tĭve, a. p. 1119Containing repetition; repetitious. [Rare.]Rēp'e-ti-tor, n. p. 1119(Ger. Universities.) A private instructor.Re-pīne', v. i. p. 1119To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling…Re-pīn'er, n. p. 1119One who repines, or murmurs.Re-pī'ning-ly, adv. p. 1119With repining, murmuring, or complaint.Re-place′, v. t. p. 1119To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, and the like. The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon. 2. To restore in a place that was vacated; to refund; to repay…Re-plāce'ment, n. p. 1119The act of replacing. 2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or angle by one or more planes.Rē-plāit’, v. t. p. 1119To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.Rē-plānt', v. t. p. 1119To plant again.Rē-plānt'a-ble, a. p. 1119Capable of being planted again. [Rare.] Cotgrave.Rē'plan-tā'tion, n. p. 1119The act of planting again.Rē-plēad', v. t. or i. p. 1119To plead again.Rē-plēad'er, n. p. 1119(Law.) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; or the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone.Re-plēn'ish, v. t. p. 1119To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound. Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28. With fish replenished, and the air…Re-plēn'ish, v. i. p. 1119To recover former fullness. [Obs.] Bacon.Re-plēn'ish-er, n. p. 1119One who replenishes.Re-plēn'ish-ment, n. p. 1119The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished. 2. That which replenishes; supply.Re-plēte', a. p. 1119Filled again; completely filled; full. “His words replete with guile.” Milton.Re-plēte'ness, n. p. 1119The state of being replete; repletion.