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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Rĕp'tīle, a. p. 1122Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small, short legs. 2. Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices. There is a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution…Rēp'tile, n. p. 1122An animal that crawls or moves on its belly, or by means of small, short legs, as snakes, lizards, and the like. 2. (Zoöl.) An animal of the sub-kingdom of Vertebrates, oviparous, like birds and…Rep-til'i-an, a. p. 1122Belonging to the reptiles. Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles…Rep-til'i-an, n. p. 1122(Zoöl.) An animal belonging to the order of reptiles; a reptile. Lyell.Re-pŭb'lic, n. p. 1122Common interest; the public. [Obs.] B. Jon. 2. A state in which the sovereign power is exercised by representatives elected by the people; a commonwealth. Republic of letters, the collective body of…Re-pŭb'lic-an, a. p. 1122Pertaining to a republic. The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay. 2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions…Re-pŭb'lic-an, n. p. 1122One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.Re-pŭb'lic-an-ism, n. p. 1122A republican form or system of government; the principles of republican government. 2. Attachment to a republican form of government. Burke.Re-pŭb'lic-an-īze, v. t. p. 1122To convert to republican principles; as, to republicanize the rising generation. Ramsay.Rē-pŭb'li-cā'tion, n. p. 1122A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, and the like;—specifically, the publication in one country of a work…Rē-pŭb'lish, v. t. p. 1122To publish anew; often specifically applied to the publication in one country of a work first published in another. Subsequent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republishes his will.…Rē-pŭb'lish-er, n. p. 1122One who republishes.Re-pū'di-a-ble, a. p. 1122Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.Re-pu'di-āte, v. t. p. 1122To cast off and disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to discard; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care by us, that domination is effected by them. Pryme. 2. To put…Re-pū'di-ā'tion, n. p. 1122The act of repudiating or disclaiming; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a debt, a wife, &c. 2. The state of being repudiated.Re-pū'di-ā'tor, n. p. 1122One who repudiates.