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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. Rē'quin, n.p. 1122(Ichth.) The white shark (Carcharias vulgaris). Baird.
  2. Re-quir'a-ble, a.p. 1122Capable of being required; fit or proper to be demanded. Hale.
  3. Re-quire', v. t.p. 1122To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact. Shall I say to Cesar what you require? Shak. 2. To ask as a favor; to request. [Rare.] I was ashamed to require of the…
  4. Re-quire'ment, n.p. 1123The act of requiring; demand; requisition. 2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition. This ruler was one of those who believe that they can fill up…
  5. Re-quir'er, n.p. 1123One who requires.
  6. Rēq'ui-sĭte, a.p. 1123Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary. “All truth requisite for men to know.” Milton. Syn.—Necessary; needful; indispensable…
  7. Rēq'ui-sīte, n.p. 1123That which is required or is necessary; something indispensable. God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.…
  8. Rēq'ui-site-ly, adv.p. 1123In a requisite manner; necessarily. Boyle.
  9. Rēq'ui-sĭte-ness, n.p. 1123The state of being requisite or necessary; necessity. Boyle.
  10. Rĕq'ui-si'tion, n.p. 1123The act of requiring. 2. Application made as of right; demand. 3. A written call or invitation; a formal summons; as, a requisition for a public meeting. [Eng.] 4. Especially, a formal demand made by…
  11. Rēq'ui-si'tion-ist, n.p. 1123One who makes a requisition. London Quart. Rev.
  12. Re-quis'i-tive, a.p. 1123Expressing or implying demand. [Rare.] Harris.
  13. Re-quis'i-tive, n.p. 1123One who makes requisition; a requisitionist; that which makes requisition.
  14. Re-quis′i-tor, n.p. 1123One who makes requisition; especially, one authorized to investigate facts by a requisition.
  15. Re-quis'i-to-ry, a.p. 1123Sought for; demanded. [Rare.]
  16. Re-quīt'al, n.p. 1123That which requites or repays; return for any office, good or bad; — in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; — in a bad sense, retaliation or punishment; as, the…
  17. Re-quite′, v. t.p. 1123To repay; — in a good sense, to recompense; to return an equivalent in good, to reward; — in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return evil for evil; to punish. I’ll requite him with sweet rehearsal.…
  18. Re-quite'ment, n.p. 1123Requital. [Obs.] E. Hall.
  19. Re-quit'er, n.p. 1123One who requites.
  20. Rēre'brāce, n.p. 1123(Anc. Armor.) Armor for the upper part of the arm above the elbow. Fairholt.
  21. Rēre'dos, n.p. 1123(Arch.) (a.) A screen or partition wall behind an altar; an altarpiece. Weale. (b.) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls.…
  22. Rēre'fief, n.p. 1123(Scots Law.) A fief held of a superior feudatory; an under-fief, held by an under tenant. Blackstone.
  23. Rē'-re-fīne', v. t.p. 1123To refine again.
  24. Rē-reign′, v. i.p. 1123To reign again.
  25. Rēre'mouse, n.p. 1123A bat. See REARMOUSE.
  26. Rē'-re-sōlve', v. t. or i.p. 1123To resolve a second time. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.
  27. Rēre'ward, n.p. 1123The part of an army that marches in the rear, as the guard; the rearguard.
  28. Rē-rĭng', v. i.p. 1123To ring back; to re-echo. Southey.
  29. Rē-sāil', v. t. or i.p. 1123To sail back
  30. Rē-sāle', n.p. 1123A sale at second hand; a second sale; a sale of what was before sold to the possessor. Bacon.
  31. Rē/sa-lū'te', v. t.p. 1123To salute or greet anew. Milton. 2. To greet with a return salutation.
  32. Rēs'eat, v. t.p. 1123To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.
  33. Rēs'cat, n.p. 1123A ransom; release; rescue. [Obs.]
  34. Re-scind', v. t.p. 1123To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Bp. Taylor. 2. Specifically, to vacate, as an act…
  35. Re-scĭnd'a-ble, a.p. 1123Capable of being rescinded, as a law. Story.
  36. Re-sçind'ment, n.p. 1123The act of rescinding; rescission.
  37. Re-scis'sion, n.p. 1123The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.
  38. Re-scĭs'so-ry, a.p. 1123Tending to rescind; having power to cut off or to abrogate. “To pass a general act rescissory, annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633.” Burnet.
  39. Rĕs'coös, n.p. 1123(Law.) The same as RESCUE. See RESCUE, 2.
  40. Re-scribe', v. t.p. 1123To write back; to write in reply. Auliffe. 2. To write over again. Howell.
  41. Re-scrib'en-da-ry, n.p. 1123An officer in the court of Rome, who sets a value upon indulgences and supplications. Crabbe.
  42. Rē'script, n.p. 1123(Rom. Antiq.) The answer of an emperor, when consulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke…
  43. Re-scrip'tion, n.p. 1123A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.
  44. Re-scrip'tive, a.p. 1123Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; deciding; settling.
  45. Rēs'cū-a-ble, a.p. 1123Capable of being rescued. Gayton.
  46. Rĕs'cue, v. t.p. 1123To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint, or to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from an…
  47. Rēs'cue, n.p. 1123<br>1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger, by force, or by the interference of an agent.<br>Spur to the rescue of the noble king. Shak.<br>2. (Law.) The forcible…
  48. Rĕs'cue-less, a.p. 1123Without rescue or release.
  49. Rĕs'cū-er, n.p. 1123One who rescues or retakes. Kent.
  50. Rēs'cus-see', n.p. 1123(Law.) The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.
  51. Res-cūs'sor, n.p. 1123(O. Eng. Law.) One who commits a rescue; a rescuer. Burrill.
  52. Re-sēarch’, n.p. 1123Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked…
  53. Re-sēarch′, v. t.p. 1123To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. 2. To search again; to examine anew.
  54. Re-sēarch'er, n.p. 1123One who researches, inquires, or examines.
  55. Re-sēarch'ful, a.p. 1123Making researches; inquisitive. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  56. Rē-sēat', v. t.p. 1123To seat or set again.
  57. Re-sēct', v. t.p. 1123To cut or pare off.
  58. Re-séc'tion, n.p. 1123The act of cutting or paring off. Colgrave. 2. (Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
  59. Rē-seek',, v. t.p. 1123To seek again. J. Barlow.
  60. Rē-sēize', v. t.p. 1123To seize again, or a second time. Spenser. 2. (Law.) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels…