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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'sur-vey', v. t.p. 1129To survey again, or anew; to review. Shak.
  2. Rē-sūr'vey, n.p. 1129A second survey.
  3. Re-sŭs'çi-ta-ble, a.p. 1129Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.
  4. Re-sŭs'çi-tant, n.p. 1129One who, or that which, resuscitates.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Re-sŭs'çi-tā'tive, a.p. 1129Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying; raising from apparent death; reproducing.
  9. Re-sŭs'çi-tā'tor, n.p. 1129One who resuscitates.
  10. 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.
  11. Re-tā'ble, n.p. 1129(Arch.) An altar-screen.
  12. Re-tail', v. t.p. 1129To cut up and dispose of in small parcels; to sell at second hand; — opposed to selling by wholesale; as, to retail cloth or groceries. He retails his wares at wakes. Shak. 2. Hence, to deal out or…
  13. Rē'tāil, n.p. 1129The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels, or at second hand. Addison.
  14. Rē'tail, a.p. 1129Noting sale by small quantities or parcels, or at retail; as, a retail trade.
  15. Re-tāil'er or Rē'tāil-er, n.p. 1129One who sells goods at retail, or by small quantities or parcels.
  16. Re-tāil'ment, n.p. 1129The act of retailing.
  17. Re-tāin', v. t.p. 1129To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, and the like. “Thy shape invisible retain.” Shak. Be obedient and retain…
  18. Re-tāin', v. i.p. 1129To belong to; to depend on; to pertain; as, coldness mixed with a somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle. 2. To keep; to continue.
  19. Re-tāin'a-ble, a.p. 1129Capable of being retained.
  20. Re-tāin'er, n.p. 1129One who retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.…
  21. Re-tāin'ment, n.p. 1129The act of retaining; retention.
  22. Re-tāin'-wall, n.p. 1129A wall erected to maintain and support a body of earth;—called also retaining-wall.
  23. Re-take', v. t.p. 1129To take or receive again. 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
  24. Re-tāk'er, n.p. 1129One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.
  25. Re-tāl′i-āte, v. t.p. 1129To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind as has been received; especially, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate injuries. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate…
  26. Re-tāl'ĭ-āte, v. i.p. 1129To return like for like; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
  27. Re-tăl/i-ā'tion, n.p. 1129The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; as, (a.) The return of good for good;—in a good sense. (b.) The return of evil for evil;—in an ill sense. God takes what is done to others as…
  28. Re-tăl'i-a-tive, a.p. 1129Tending to retaliate; involving retaliation; retaliatory.
  29. Re-tā'l'i-a-to-ry, a.p. 1129Tending to or involving retaliation; retaliative; as, retaliatory measures; retaliatory edicts.
  30. Re-tārd′, v. t.p. 1129To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; — opposed to accelerate. 2. To…
  31. Re-tärd', v. i.p. 1129To stay back. [Obs.] Browne.
  32. Rĕ'tar-dā'tion, n.p. 1129The act of retarding; hinderance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship. “The needless joltings and retardations of our fluent motion.” De Quincey. 2. That which retards…
  33. Re-tärd'a-tive, a.p. 1129Tending or serving to retard.
  34. Re-tārd’er, n.p. 1129One who retards, hinders, or delays.
  35. Re-tärd'ment, n.p. 1129The act of retarding or delaying. Cowley.
  36. Rĕtch, v. i.p. 1129To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
  37. Rētech, v. t.p. 1129To care for; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  38. Rēck'less, a.p. 1129Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden.
  39. Rēck'less-ly, adv.p. 1129In a reckless manner; recklessly. [Obs.] Drayton.
  40. Rēck'less-ness, n.p. 1129Recklessness. [Obs.]
  41. Re-tē'eiōus, a.p. 1129Resembling net-work.
  42. Re-tēc'tion, n.p. 1129The act of disclosing or producing to view something concealed; as, the retection of the native color of the body. [Obs.] Boyle.
  43. Rē-tĕll', v. t.p. 1129To tell again.
  44. Rē'te mu-cō'sump. 1129(Anat.) The layer of the skin intermediate between the cutis and the cuticle, the principal seat of color in man.
  45. Re-tēnt', n.p. 1129That which is retained.
  46. Re-tĕn′tion, n.p. 1129The act of retaining or keeping; the state of being retained or confined; custody. 2. The power of retaining; the faculty of the mind by which it retains ideas. No woman's heart So big to hold so…
  47. Re-tĕn′tive, a.p. 1129Having the power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
  48. Re-tēn'tive, n.p. 1129That which retains or confines; a restraint. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  49. Re-tēn'tive-ly, adv.p. 1129In a retentive manner.
  50. Re-tēnʹtive-ness, n.p. 1129The quality of being retentive; as, retentiveness of memory.
  51. Rĕ'te-pōre, n.p. 1129(Zoöl.) A compound bryozoan, having usually a reticulated corallum.
  52. Re-tēx', v. t.p. 1129To unweave. [Obs.]
  53. Re-tĕxt'üre, n.p. 1129A second or new texture. Carlisle.
  54. Rē′ti-a-ry, n.p. 1129(Zoöl.) A spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
  55. Rē'ti-a-ry, a.p. 1129Net-like. Besides, this kind of work is in retiary, or hanging textures, and in embroideries. Browne. 2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders. 3. Armed or…
  56. Rĕt′i-cence, n.p. 1130The state of being reticent, or observing continued silence; the refraining to speak of that which is suggested. “Such fine reserve and noble reticence.” Tennyson. 2. (Rhet.) A figure by which a…
  57. Rĕt'i-cen-cy, n.p. 1130Reticence.
  58. Rĕt'i-cent, a.p. 1130Inclined to keep silent; reserved; taciturn.
  59. Rĕt'i-cle, n.p. 1130A small net. 2. A reticule. [Rare.] 3. The system of cross lines or wires in the focus of a transit instrument, or of an equatorial, or other like instrument.
  60. Re-tĭc'u-lar, a.p. 1130Having the form of a net, or of net-work; formed with interstices; as, a reticular body or membrane. Reticular body (Anat.), the rete mucosum. — Reticular substance or tissue, cellular tissue.…