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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. Re-strāin'a-ble, a.p. 1128Capable of being restrained.
  2. Re-strāin'ed-ly, adv.p. 1128With restraint; with limitation. Hammond.
  3. Re-strāin'er, n.p. 1128One who, or that which, restrains.
  4. Re-strāin'ment, n.p. 1128The act of restraining.
  5. 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…
  6. Rē-strēngth'en, v. t.p. 1128To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
  7. 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…
  8. 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…
  9. Re-stric'tion-a-ry, a.p. 1128Exercising restriction; re- strictive. [Rare.]
  10. 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.]
  11. Re-strict'ive-ly, adv.p. 1128In a restrictive manner; with restriction. Gov. of Tongue.
  12. Re-strict'ive-ness, n.p. 1128Quality or state of being restrictive. “Such restrictiveness being unsuitable with the large concernment of Scripture.” Fuller.
  13. Re-stringe′, v. t.p. 1128To confine; to contract; to astringe. [Obs.]
  14. Re-strin’gen-cy, n.p. 1128The state or quality of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.] Petty.
  15. Re-strĭn'gent, a.p. 1128Able or tending to restringe; a stringent; styptic. [Obs.]
  16. Re-strĭn'gent, n.p. 1128A medicine that operates as an astringent or styptic. [Obs.] Harvey.
  17. Rē-strive', v. i.p. 1128To strive anew.
  18. 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.
  19. Re'sub-jec'tion, n.p. 1128A second subjection. Bp. Hall.
  20. Re-sūb'li-mā'tion, n.p. 1128A second sublimation.
  21. Re′/sub-lime′, v. t.p. 1128To sublime again; as, to resublime mercurial sublimate. Newton.
  22. Re′su-dā′tion, n.p. 1128The act of sweating again.
  23. 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…
  24. 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…
  25. Re-sült'ance, n.p. 1128The act of resulting.
  26. 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.
  27. 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…
  28. Re-sŭlt'ful, a.p. 1128Having results or effect.
  29. Re-şült'ive, a.p. 1128Resultant. [Obs.] “A resultive firmness.” Fuller.
  30. Re-sŭlt'less, a.p. 1128Without result; as, resultless investigations.
  31. Re-sūm'a-ble, a.p. 1128Capable of being resumed or taken back.
  32. Résumép. 1128A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. “The excellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.” C. Kingsley.
  33. 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…
  34. Rē-sŭm'mon, v. t.p. 1129To summon or call again. 2. To recall; to recover. Bacon.
  35. Rē-sūm'mons, n.p. 1129A second or repeated summons.
  36. 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…
  37. Re-sŭmp'tive, a.p. 1129Taking back or again.
  38. Re-sŭmp'tive, n.p. 1129(Med.) A restoring medicine; a restorative. [Rare.]
  39. 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.
  40. Re-sŭ'pi-nā'ted, a.p. 1129Resupinate.
  41. Re-sū'pi-nā'tion, n.p. 1129The state of lying on the back; the state of being resupinate or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Walton.
  42. Rē/su-pīne′, a.p. 1129Lying on the back. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.
  43. Rē/sup-ply', v. t.p. 1129To supply again.
  44. Re-sŭr'ĝençe, n.p. 1129The act of rising again; resurrection.
  45. Re-súr'gent, a.p. 1129Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge.
  46. Re-sŭr'ĝent, n.p. 1129One who rises again, as from the dead. [Rare.]
  47. Rē-sur-prīze', v. t.p. 1129To surprise again.
  48. Rĕs'ur-rĕc'tion, n.p. 1129A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton. 3. The period of time…
  49. Rēş'ur-rēe'tion-ĭst, n.p. 1129One whose business it is to steal bodies from the grave, especially for dissection. [Law.]
  50. Rĕs'ur-rĕc'tion-măn, n.p. 1129A resurrectionist. Dickens.
  51. Rē'sur-vey', v. t.p. 1129To survey again, or anew; to review. Shak.
  52. Rē-sūr'vey, n.p. 1129A second survey.
  53. Re-sŭs'çi-ta-ble, a.p. 1129Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.
  54. Re-sŭs'çi-tant, n.p. 1129One who, or that which, resuscitates.
  55. Re-sŭs'çi-tāte, v. t.p. 1129To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
  56. Re-sŭs'çi-tāte, v. i.p. 1129To come to life again. As these projects, however often slain, always resuscitate, it is not superfluous to examine one or two of the fallacies by which the schemers impose on themselves. J. S. Mill.
  57. Re-sŭs'çi-tā'tion, n.p. 1129The act of resuscitating, or reviving from a state of apparent death; the state of being revivified. “To select for the subject of resuscitation by his sorceries.” W. Scott.
  58. Re-sŭs'çi-tā'tive, a.p. 1129Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying; raising from apparent death; reproducing.
  59. Re-sŭs'çi-tā'tor, n.p. 1129One who resuscitates.
  60. Rēt, v. t.p. 1129To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by a process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. Ure.