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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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Rĕst'less-ly, adv. p. 1128In a restless manner; unquietly. When the mind casts and turns itself restlessly from one thing to another. South.Rĕst'less-ness, n. p. 1128The quality or state of being restless; uneasiness; agitation. “His weakness and restlessness continued.” Macaulay.Re-stōr'a-ble, a. p. 1128Admitting of being restored; capable of being brought to a former condition; as, restorable land. Swift.Re-stōr'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1128The quality or state of being restorable.Re-stōr'al, n. p. 1128Restitution. [Obs.] Barrow.Rĕs'/to-rā'/tion, n. p. 1128The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition, or the event of being restored; renewal; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace…Rĕs'-to-rā'-tion-er, n. p. 1128A Restorationist.Rĕs'to-rā'tion-ism, n. p. 1128The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.Rĕs'to-rā'tion-ist, n. p. 1128One who believes in a temporary future punishment, but in a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.Re-stōr'a-tīve, a. p. 1128Having power to renew strength, vigor, and the like. Destroys life's enemy. Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.Re-stōr'a-tive, n. p. 1128A medicine efficacious in restoring strength and vigor, or in recruiting the vital powers. Arbuthnot.Re-stōr'a-tīve-ly, adv. p. 1128In a manner or degree that tends to renew strength or vigor.Rĕs'to-rā'tor, n. p. 1128A restaurateur.Re-stōr'a-to-ry, a. p. 1128Restorative. [Rare.]Re-stōre’, v. t. p. 1128To bring back from a state of ruin, decay, and the like; to repair. “To restore and to build Jerusalem.” Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. 2. To give or bring…Rē-stōre′, v. t. p. 1128To store again; as, the goods taken out were restored.Re-stōre′, n. p. 1128That which restores or makes new; restoration. [Obs.] Spencer.Re-stōre'ment, n. p. 1128The act of restoring; restoration. [Obs.] Browne.Re-stōr'er, n. p. 1128One who, or that which, restores. Next to the Son, Destined restorer of mankind. Milton.Re-strāin', v. t. p. 1128To draw back again; to hold back; to check; to hold from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; — to repress or suppress; to keep down.…Re-strāin'a-ble, a. p. 1128Capable of being restrained.Re-strāin'ed-ly, adv. p. 1128With restraint; with limitation. Hammond.Re-strāin'er, n. p. 1128One who, or that which, restrains.Re-strāin'ment, n. p. 1128The act of restraining.Re-strāint’, n. p. 1128The act or exercise of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner; hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral, or mental. No man was altogether above the…Rē-strēngth'en, v. t. p. 1128To strengthen again; to fortify anew.Re-strict', v. t. p. 1128To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict words to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. Syn. — To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb…Re-stric'tion, n. p. 1128The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within bounds. This is to have the same restriction as all other recreations. Gov. of Tongue. 2. That which restricts; a restraint…Re-stric'tion-a-ry, a. p. 1128Exercising restriction; re- strictive. [Rare.]Re-strict'ive, a. p. 1128Having the power or tendency to restrict; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. 2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.]Re-strict'ive-ly, adv. p. 1128In a restrictive manner; with restriction. Gov. of Tongue.Re-strict'ive-ness, n. p. 1128Quality or state of being restrictive. “Such restrictiveness being unsuitable with the large concernment of Scripture.” Fuller.Re-stringe′, v. t. p. 1128To confine; to contract; to astringe. [Obs.]Re-strin’gen-cy, n. p. 1128The state or quality of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Petty.Re-strĭn'gent, a. p. 1128Able or tending to restringe; a stringent; styptic. [Obs.]Re-strĭn'gent, n. p. 1128A medicine that operates as an astringent or styptic. [Obs.] Harvey.Rē-strive', v. i. p. 1128To strive anew.Rest'y, a. p. 1128Disposed to rest; indisposed to exertion. [Obs.] “Unfit for such as lead a resty life.” Burton. “When the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers.” Milton.Re'sub-jec'tion, n. p. 1128A second subjection. Bp. Hall.Re-sūb'li-mā'tion, n. p. 1128A second sublimation.Re′/sub-lime′, v. t. p. 1128To sublime again; as, to resublime mercurial sublimate. Newton.Re′su-dā′tion, n. p. 1128The act of sweating again.Re-sūlt′, v. i. p. 1128To leap back; to rebound. [Rare.] “The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.” Pope. 2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; — followed by in; as, this measure will result in good, or in…Re-sült’, n. p. 1128The act of flying back; resilience. [Obs.] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon. 2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any…Re-sült'ance, n. p. 1128The act of resulting.Re-sŭlt'ant, n. p. 1128(Mech.) A force which is the joint effect of two or more forces. 2. (Math.) An eliminant. See ELIMINANT.Re-sŭlt'ant, a. p. 1128Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or motion, a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion…Re-sŭlt'ful, a. p. 1128Having results or effect.Re-şült'ive, a. p. 1128Resultant. [Obs.] “A resultive firmness.” Fuller.Re-sŭlt'less, a. p. 1128Without result; as, resultless investigations.Re-sūm'a-ble, a. p. 1128Capable of being resumed or taken back.Résumé p. 1128A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. “The excellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.” C. Kingsley.Re-sūme', v. t. p. 1128To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of…Rē-sŭm'mon, v. t. p. 1129To summon or call again. 2. To recall; to recover. Bacon.Rē-sūm'mons, n. p. 1129A second or repeated summons.Re-sŭmp'tion, n. p. 1129The act of resuming, taking back, or taking again; as, the resumption of a grant. 2. [Eng. Law.] The taking again into the king's hands such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false…Re-sŭmp'tive, a. p. 1129Taking back or again.Re-sŭmp'tive, n. p. 1129(Med.) A restoring medicine; a restorative. [Rare.]Re-sŭ'pi-nate, a. p. 1129Inverted in position; seeming to be upside down. 2. (Bot.) Inverted in position by a twisting of the stock, as the flowers of orchis. Lindley.Re-sŭ'pi-nā'ted, a. p. 1129Resupinate.