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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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Rĕp're-sen-tā'tion-a-ry, a. p. 1120Of, pertaining to, or implying representation; representative. [Rare.]Rēp're-sēnt'a-tive, a. p. 1120Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. 2. Bearing the character or power of another; as, a council representative of the people. Swift. 3. (Nat. Hist.) Serving, or fitted, to present the full…Rĕp/re-sĕnt'a-tīve, n. p. 1120One who, or that which, represents, or exhibits the likeness of, another. “A statue of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity.” Addison. This doctrine supposes…Rēp're-sen'ta-tive-ly, adv. p. 1121In a representative manner.Rĕp/re-sĕnt'a-tīve-ness, n. p. 1121The state or quality of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with consciousness and representativeness. Spectator.Rĕp're-sĕnt'er, n. p. 1121One who shows, exhibits, or describes. 2. A representative; one who acts by deputation. [Obs. and rare.] Swift.Rĕp're-sĕnt'ment, n. p. 1121The same as REPRESENTATION. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Re-prĕss’, v. t. p. 1121To press back or down effectually, or a second time; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. 2.…Re-prēss’, n. p. 1121The act of subduing. [Obs.]Re-prĕss'er, n. p. 1121One who represses.Re-prĕs'sion, n. p. 1121The act of repressing; as, the repression of tumults. K. Charles. 2. That which represses; check; restraint.Re-prēss'ive, a. p. 1121Having power or tending to repress.Re-prĕss'ive-ly, adv. p. 1121So as to repress.Re-priev'al, n. p. 1121The same as RE-PRIEVE. [Obs.] Overbury.Re-prīeve', v. t. p. 1121To try over again; to delay the punishment of; to give a respite to; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinner from time to time. Rogers. 2. To relieve for a time, or…Re-prīeve', n. p. 1121Reproof. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. The temporary suspension of the execution of sentence, especially the sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the…Rĕp'ri-mănd, v. t. p. 1121To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot. 2. To reprove publicly and…Rĕp'ri-mănd, n. p. 1121Severe reproof for a fault; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macauley.Rē-prĭnt', v. t. p. 1121To print again; to print a second or any new edition of. 2. To renew the impression of. The business of redemption is . . . to reprint God's image on the soul. South.Rē'print, n. p. 1121A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.Re-pris’al, n. p. 1121The act of reprising or retaking; especially, the act of taking from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity; recaption. “Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take…Re-prise', n. p. 1121A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden. 2. (pl.) (Law.) Deductions and duties which are yearly paid out of a manor and lands, as rent-charge, rent-seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.…Re-prīse', v. t. p. 1121To take again; to retake. Spencer. 2. To recompense; to pay. Grant.Re-prīze′, v. t. p. 1121To prize again.Re-priz'es, n. pl. p. 1121See REPRISE, n., 2.Re-prōach', v. t. p. 1121To come back to in blame; to censure with severity, and sometimes with contempt; to charge with a fault in severe language; to upbraid. That shame There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. Milton.…Re-prōach', n. p. 1121An expression of blame or censure; censure mingled with contempt or derision; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, foul-mouthed reproach. No reproaches…Re-prōach'a-ble, a. p. 1121Deserving reproach. 2. Opprobrious; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot.Re-prōach'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1121The state of being reproachable.Re-prōach'a-bly, adv. p. 1121In a reproachable manner.Re-prōach'er, n. p. 1121One who reproaches.Re-prōach'ful, a. p. 1121Expressing reproach; scurrilous; opprobrious. Thrust these reproachful speeches down. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; infamous; base; vile; as, reproachful conduct; a…Re-prōach'ful-ly, adv. p. 1121In a reproachful manner; opprobriously; disgracefully; contemptuously.Re-prōach'ful-ness, n. p. 1121The quality of being reproachful.Rēp'ro-bāte, v. t. p. 1121To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to disallow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law. Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by…Rēp’ro-bate, a. p. 1121Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.] Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30. 2. Hence…Rĕp'ro-bate, n. p. 1121A person abandoned; one morally lost. I acknowledge myself a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Raleigh.Rēp'ro-bāte-ness, n. p. 1121The state of being reprobate.Rĕp'ro-bā'ter, n. p. 1121One who reprobates.Rēp'ro-bā'tion, n. p. 1121The act of reprobating, disapproving severely, disallowing, or abandoning. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend, are mentioned with…Rēp'ro-bā'tion-er, n. p. 1121(Theol.) One who holds that a part of the human race were created solely with a view to their reprobation. South.Rēp'ro-bā'tive or Rēp'ro-ba-to-ry, a. p. 1121Of, pertaining to, or expressing reprobation; reproving; condemning. [Rare.]Rē'/pro-dūce', v. t. p. 1121To produce again; to bring to the memory or the imagination. 2. To renew the production of; to generate, as offspring; as, trees are reproduced by new shoots from the roots or stump; and certain…Rē'pro-dū'cer, n. p. 1121One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.Rē'pro-dūc'tion, n. p. 1121The act or process of reproducing; as, the reproduction of plants or animals from cuttings or slips.Rē′pro-dūc′tive or Rē′pro-dūc′to-ry, a. p. 1121Pertaining to, or employed in, reproduction. Lyell.Rē'pro-mŭl'gāte, v. t. p. 1121To promulgate again.Re-prō'mul-gā'tion, n. p. 1121A second promulgation.Re-proof', n. p. 1121The expression of blame or censure; blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; reprehension. Your reproof is somewhat too round. Shak. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.…Re-prov'a-ble, a. p. 1121Worthy of reproof; deserving censure; blamable. Bp. Taylor. Syn.—Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable; rebukable.Re-prov'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1121The state of being reprovable.Re-prov'a-bly, adv. p. 1121In a reprovable manner.Re-prov'al, n. p. 1121The act of reproving, or that which is said in reproving; reproof.Re-prove', v. t. p. 1121To convince. [Obs.] When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 8. 2. To put again to trial; to disprove; to refute. [Obs. or rare.] Reprove my…Re-prov'er, n. p. 1121One who, or that which, reproves.Re-prov'ing-ly, adv. p. 1121In a reproving manner.Rē-prūne', v. t. p. 1121To prune a second time. “Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew.” Young.Rēp'-sĭl/ver, n. p. 1121Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, to be quit of the service of reaping his corn or grain. Smart.Rep-tā'tion, n. p. 1121The act of creeping or crawling. Brande.Rĕp'ta-to-ry, a. p. 1122Creeping; as, reptatory animals. Dana.