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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. 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.…
  2. 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…
  3. Re-pĕnt'ant, n.p. 1119One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
  4. Re-pĕnt'ant-ly, adv.p. 1119In a repentant manner.
  5. Re-pĕnt'er, n.p. 1119One who repents.
  6. Re-pēnt'ing-ly, adv.p. 1119With repentance.
  7. Re-pĕnt'less, a.p. 1119Without repentance; unrepentant.
  8. Re-pēo'ple, v. t.p. 1119To people anew; to furnish again with a stock of people.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.”…
  12. Rē'per-cūss'ive, n.p. 1119A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.
  13. Rēp'er-ti'tious, a.p. 1119Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]
  14. 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.
  15. Rē'pe-rūz'al, n.p. 1119A second or repeated perusal.
  16. Rē'pe-rūse', v. t.p. 1119To peruse again. Bulwer.
  17. Rĕp'e-tēnd', n.p. 1119(Math.) That part of a repeating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum.
  18. 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…
  19. Rĕp'e-tĭ'tion-al, a.p. 1119Containing repetition.
  20. Rĕp'e-tĭ'tion-a-ryp. 1119
  21. Rēp'e-ti'tiōus, a.p. 1119Repeating; containing repetition. [U. S.] Dwight.
  22. Rēp'e-ti'tiōus-ness, n.p. 1119The state or quality of being repetitious; the habit or practice of making repetitions.
  23. Rĕp'e-tĭ-tĭve, a.p. 1119Containing repetition; repetitious. [Rare.]
  24. Rēp'e-ti-tor, n.p. 1119(Ger. Universities.) A private instructor.
  25. 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…
  26. Re-pīn'er, n.p. 1119One who repines, or murmurs.
  27. Re-pī'ning-ly, adv.p. 1119With repining, murmuring, or complaint.
  28. 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…
  29. Re-plāce'ment, n.p. 1119The act of replacing. 2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or angle by one or more planes.
  30. Rē-plāit’, v. t.p. 1119To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.
  31. Rē-plānt', v. t.p. 1119To plant again.
  32. Rē-plānt'a-ble, a.p. 1119Capable of being planted again. [Rare.] Cotgrave.
  33. Rē'plan-tā'tion, n.p. 1119The act of planting again.
  34. Rē-plēad', v. t. or i.p. 1119To plead again.
  35. 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.
  36. 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…
  37. Re-plēn'ish, v. i.p. 1119To recover former fullness. [Obs.] Bacon.
  38. Re-plēn'ish-er, n.p. 1119One who replenishes.
  39. Re-plēn'ish-ment, n.p. 1119The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished. 2. That which replenishes; supply.
  40. Re-plēte', a.p. 1119Filled again; completely filled; full. “His words replete with guile.” Milton.
  41. Re-plēte'ness, n.p. 1119The state of being replete; repletion.
  42. Re-plē'tion, n.p. 1119The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. Bacon. 2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora. Coxe.
  43. Re-plē'tive, a.p. 1119Tending to replete; replenishing.
  44. Re-plē'tive-ly, adv.p. 1119In a repletive manner.
  45. Re-plēv'i-a-ble, a.p. 1119(Law.) Capable of being replevied.
  46. Re-plēv'in, n.p. 1119(Law.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained. Originally it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally…
  47. Re-plēv'in, v. t.p. 1119(Law.) To replevy.
  48. Re-plēv'i-sa-ble, a.p. 1119Capable of being replevied; repleviable. [Rare.]
  49. Re-plēv'y, v. t.p. 1119To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose, goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained, upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined…
  50. Rēp'li-ca, n.p. 1119(Paint.) A copy of an original picture done by the hand of the same master. Fairholt.
  51. Rēp'li-cant, n.p. 1119One who replies.
  52. Rēp'li-cate, a.p. 1119(Bot.) Folded back. Loudon.
  53. Rĕp'li-cate, n.p. 1119(Mus.) A repetition.
  54. Rēp'li-cā'tion, n.p. 1119An answer; a reply. 2. (Law Pleadings.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant’s plea. 3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo; repetition. [Rare.] Hear the replication…
  55. Re-plī'er, n.p. 1119One who replies, or answers; one who speaks or writes in return to something spoken or written.
  56. Rē'plum, n.p. 1119(Bot.) The framework of some pods, as the cross, &c., which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.
  57. Rē-plūn'ge', v. t.p. 1119To plunge anew; to immerse again. Milton.
  58. Re-ply', v. i.p. 1119To make a return to in words or writing; to respond to; to answer. Give me hearing what I shall reply. Shak. 2. (Law.) To answer a defendant’s plea. Syn.—To answer; respond; rejoin.
  59. Re-plȳ', v. t.p. 1119To return for an answer; as, he knows not what to reply.
  60. Re-plȳ', n.p. 1119That which is said or written in answer to what is said or written by another; an answer. Syn.—Answer; rejoinder; response.—REPLY, REJOINDER, ANSWER. A reply is a distinct response to a formal…