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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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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…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.…Re-quite'ment, n. p. 1123Requital. [Obs.] E. Hall.Re-quit'er, n. p. 1123One who requites.Rēre'brāce, n. p. 1123(Anc. Armor.) Armor for the upper part of the arm above the elbow. Fairholt.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.…Rēre'fief, n. p. 1123(Scots Law.) A fief held of a superior feudatory; an under-fief, held by an under tenant. Blackstone.Rē'-re-fīne', v. t. p. 1123To refine again.Rē-reign′, v. i. p. 1123To reign again.Rēre'mouse, n. p. 1123A bat. See REARMOUSE.Rē'-re-sōlve', v. t. or i. p. 1123To resolve a second time. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.Rēre'ward, n. p. 1123The part of an army that marches in the rear, as the guard; the rearguard.Rē-rĭng', v. i. p. 1123To ring back; to re-echo. Southey.Rē-sāil', v. t. or i. p. 1123To sail backRē-sāle', n. p. 1123A sale at second hand; a second sale; a sale of what was before sold to the possessor. Bacon.Rē/sa-lū'te', v. t. p. 1123To salute or greet anew. Milton. 2. To greet with a return salutation.Rēs'eat, v. t. p. 1123To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.Rēs'cat, n. p. 1123A ransom; release; rescue. [Obs.]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 Specifically, to vacate, as an act…Re-scĭnd'a-ble, a. p. 1123Capable of being rescinded, as a law. Story.Re-sçind'ment, n. p. 1123The act of rescinding; rescission.Re-scis'sion, n. p. 1123The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.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.Rĕs'coös, n. p. 1123(Law.) The same as RESCUE. See RESCUE, 2.Re-scribe', v. t. p. 1123To write back; to write in reply. Auliffe. 2. To write over again. Howell.Re-scrib'en-da-ry, n. p. 1123An officer in the court of Rome, who sets a value upon indulgences and supplications. Crabbe.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…Re-scrip'tion, n. p. 1123A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.Re-scrip'tive, a. p. 1123Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; deciding; settling.Rēs'cū-a-ble, a. p. 1123Capable of being rescued. Gayton.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…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…Rĕs'cue-less, a. p. 1123Without rescue or release.Rĕs'cū-er, n. p. 1123One who rescues or retakes. Kent.Rēs'cus-see', n. p. 1123(Law.) The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.Res-cūs'sor, n. p. 1123(O. Eng. Law.) One who commits a rescue; a rescuer. Burrill.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…Re-sēarch′, v. t. p. 1123To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. 2. To search again; to examine anew.Re-sēarch'er, n. p. 1123One who researches, inquires, or examines.Re-sēarch'ful, a. p. 1123Making researches; inquisitive. [Rare.] Coleridge.Rē-sēat', v. t. p. 1123To seat or set again.Re-sēct', v. t. p. 1123To cut or pare off.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.Rē-seek',, v. t. p. 1123To seek again. J. Barlow.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…Rē-sēiz'er, n. p. 1123One who seizes again. 2. (Eng. Law.) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly misused, contrary to the form and order of law. Craig.Rē-sēiz'ūre, n. p. 1123A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.Rē-sēll', v. t. p. 1123To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold.Re-sēm'bla-ble, a. p. 1123Admitting of being compared. [Obs.] Gower.Re-sēm'blance, n. p. 1123The state of resembling or being like; similitude. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar…Re-sēm'blant, a. p. 1123Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [Rare.]Re-sēm'ble, v. t. p. 1123To be like to; — said of one thing as compared with another; to be alike or similar to; — said of two or more objects with respect to one another; to bear the similitude of, either in form, figure…Re-sēm'bler, n. p. 1123One who resembles.Re-sĕm'bling-ly, adv. p. 1123So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.Re-sĕm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1123To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Browne.Rē-sĕnd', v. t. p. 1123To send again; to send back. [Obs.] Shak.Re-sēnt', v. t. p. 1123To feel back in return; to think over; as, (a.) To take well; to receive with satisfaction; — in a good sense. [Obs.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by…Re-sĕnt', v. i. p. 1123To feel or harbor resentment; to be angry.Re-sēnt'er, n. p. 1123One who resents. Wotton.Re-sĕnt'ful, a. p. 1123Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; of an irritable temper.