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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Re-tāk'er, n. p. 1129One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.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…Re-tāl'ĭ-āte, v. i. p. 1129To return like for like; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.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…Re-tăl'i-a-tive, a. p. 1129Tending to retaliate; involving retaliation; retaliatory.Re-tā'l'i-a-to-ry, a. p. 1129Tending to or involving retaliation; retaliative; as, retaliatory measures; retaliatory edicts.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…Re-tärd', v. i. p. 1129To stay back. [Obs.] Browne.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…Re-tärd'a-tive, a. p. 1129Tending or serving to retard.Re-tārd’er, n. p. 1129One who retards, hinders, or delays.Re-tärd'ment, n. p. 1129The act of retarding or delaying. Cowley.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.Rētech, v. t. p. 1129To care for; to heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.Rēck'less, a. p. 1129Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden.Rēck'less-ly, adv. p. 1129In a reckless manner; recklessly. [Obs.] Drayton.Rēck'less-ness, n. p. 1129Recklessness. [Obs.]Re-tē'eiōus, a. p. 1129Resembling net-work.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.Rē-tĕll', v. t. p. 1129To tell again.Rē'te mu-cō'sum p. 1129(Anat.) The layer of the skin intermediate between the cutis and the cuticle, the principal seat of color in man.Re-tēnt', n. p. 1129That which is retained.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…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.Re-tēn'tive, n. p. 1129That which retains or confines; a restraint. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Re-tēn'tive-ly, adv. p. 1129In a retentive manner.Re-tēnʹtive-ness, n. p. 1129The quality of being retentive; as, retentiveness of memory.Rĕ'te-pōre, n. p. 1129(Zoöl.) A compound bryozoan, having usually a reticulated corallum.Re-tēx', v. t. p. 1129To unweave. [Obs.]Re-tĕxt'üre, n. p. 1129A second or new texture. Carlisle.Rē′ti-a-ry, n. p. 1129(Zoöl.) A spider which spins webs to catch its prey.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…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…Rĕt'i-cen-cy, n. p. 1130Reticence.Rĕt'i-cent, a. p. 1130Inclined to keep silent; reserved; taciturn.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.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.…Re-tĭc'ū-late or Re-tĭc'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 1130Resembling net-work; having the form, appearance, or structure of a net; netted. 2. (Bot.) Having distinct veins or lines crossing like net-work; as, a reticulate petal. 3. (Min.) Having sets of…Re-tic'u-lā'tion, n. p. 1130The state of being reticulated, or net-like; that which is reticulated; net-work; organization of substances resembling a net. Your account of the particular net you occupy in the great reticulation…Rĕt'i-cēle, n. p. 1130A little bag of net-work; a lady's work-bag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand. 2. A system of wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.Rĕt'i-fōrm, a. p. 1130Having the form of a net in texture; composed of crossing lines and interstices; as, the retiform coat of the eye.Rĕt'i-nā, n. p. 1130(Anat.) The semitransparent, internal nervous tissue of the eye which receives the impressions resulting in the sense of vision.Rĕt'i-nal, a. p. 1130Of, or relating to, the retina.Re-tin'a-lite, n. p. 1130(Min.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish-yellow color, having a resinous appearance. Dana.Rĕt'in-as-phālt' or Rĕt'in-as-phālt'um, n. p. 1130(Min.) Retinite. See RETINITE.Rĕt'in-ite, n. p. 1130(Min.) A mineral resin, usually of a yellowish-brown, sometimes of a green, yellow, or red color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal. It is inflammable, and is chiefly composed of…Rēt'i-nī'tis, n. p. 1130(Med.) Inflammation of the retina. Dunglison.Rĕt'i-noid, a. p. 1130Resin-like, or resiniform; resembling a resin without being such.Rĕt'/i-nūe, n. p. 1130The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue Do hourly carp and quarrel. Shak. To horse we got, and so Went…Rēt'i-pĕd, n. p. 1130(Ornith.) A bird the skin of whose tarsi is divided into small polygonal scales.Re-tir'a-cy, n. p. 1130Act of retiring, or state of being retired; retirement. [Rare.] Bartlett. 2. A sufficient fortune to retire upon; a competency. [U. S.] Bartlett.Rĕt'i-rāde', n. p. 1130A place for retiring to; especially (Fort.), a kind of retrenchment in the body of a bastion, or other work, which is to be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually…Re-tire', v. i. p. 1130To draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw; to retreat; to go from company or from a public place into privacy; as, to retire from the world; to retire from notice. 2. To retreat from action or…Re-tīre', v. t. p. 1130To withdraw; to take away. [Obs. or rare.] He retired himself, his wife and children, into a forest. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. Davies. 2.…Re-tire′, n. p. 1130The act of retiring; retreat; recession; a withdrawing. [Obs.] Eve, . . . with audible lament, Discovered soon the place of her retire. Milton. 2. A place of privacy or safety; a retreat. [Obs.]Re-tiréd'ly, adv. p. 1130In a retired manner.Re-tiréd'ness, n. p. 1130A state of retirement; solitude; privacy or secrecy. Atterbury.Re-tire'ment, n. p. 1130The act of retiring or withdrawing from company or from public notice or station. Milton. 2. The state of being retired or withdrawn. The king, sir, is in his retirement, marvelously distempered.…Re-tir'er, n. p. 1130One who retires.