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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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Rē-văc'ci-nā'tion, n. p. 1132A second vaccination.Rĕv'a-lĕs'cence, n. p. 1132The state of being revalescent. Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him? Coleridge.Rĕv/a-lĕs'/cent, a. p. 1132Beginning to grow well.Rē-văl/u-ā'tion, n. p. 1132A second valuation.Rēve, n. p. 1132An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written reeve.]Re-vēal', v. t. p. 1132To make known after having been concealed; to unveil; to disclose; to show. Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown; She might not, would not yet, reveal her own. Waller. 2. Specifically, to…Re-vēal', n. p. 1132A revealing; disclosure. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the framework and the outer surface of the wall. [Written also revel.]Re-vēal/a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1132The possibility or capacity of being revealed; revealableness. Coleridge.Re-vēal'a-ble, a. p. 1132Capable of being revealed.Re-vēal'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1132The state of being revealable; revealability.Re-vēal'er, n. p. 1132One who, or that which, reveals.Re-vēal'ment, n. p. 1132The act of revealing. [Obs.]Re-vĕg'e-tāte, v. i. p. 1132To vegetate again after the growth has apparently ceased. Booth.Re-veil'le, n. p. 1132(Mil.) The beat of drum about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. In the United States service, commonly pronounced…Rĕv'el, v. i. p. 1132To feast in a riotous and lawless manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian. 2. To move playfully or without regularity.Rĕv'el, n. p. 1132A riotous feast; a carousal. Some men ruin the fabric of their bodies by incessant revels. Rambler. 2. (Arch.) See REVEAL.Re-vĕl', v. t. p. 1132To draw back; to retract; to make a revulsion of. [Obs.] Harvey.Rēv'e-lāte, v. t. p. 1132To reveal. [Obs.]Rĕv'e-lā'tion, n. p. 1132The act of revealing, or disclosing or discovering, to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. 3. (Theol.) (a.) The act of revealing divine truth. (b.) That which is…Rēv'e-lā'tor, n. p. 1132One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [Recent and rare.]Rēv'el-er, n. p. 1132One who revels. “Moonshine revelers.” Shak.Re-vĕl'lent, a. p. 1132Causing revulsion.Rēv'el-mās'ter, n. p. 1132The master of the revels at Christmas; lord of misrule. See LORD.Rēv'el-ment, n. p. 1132The act of reveling.Rēv'el-rout, n. p. 1132Tumultuous festivity. Rowe. 2. A rabble tumultuously assembled; an unlawful assembly; a mob. Ainsworth.Rĕv'el-ry, n. p. 1132The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry. Milton.Rĕv'e-nant, n. p. 1132One who, or that which, returns or comes again; one who is brought back. [Rare.] W. Scott.Rē-vĕn'di-cāte, v. t. p. 1132To reclaim; to demand the surrender of. [Rare.]Re-vĕn'di-cā'tion, n. p. 1132The act of revendicating, or demanding the restoration of any thing taken away. [Rare.]Re-vēn'ge', v. t. p. 1132To inflict punishment in vindication of; to vindicate; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; — followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as…Re-vēn'ge', n. p. 1132The act of revenging, or vindicating from a wrong received. “The beginning of revenges upon the enemy.” Deut. xxxii. 42. 2. The act of revenging or inflicting spiteful injury in return for injury…Re-vĕn'ge'a-ble, a. p. 1132Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable injuries.Re-vēn'ge'ance, n. p. 1132Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]Re-vĕn'ge'ful, a. p. 1132Full of revenge; vindictive; malicious; wreaking revenge. “If thy revengeful heart can not forgive.” Shak. May my hands Never brandish more revengeful steel. Shak. Syn. — Vindictive; vengeful…Re-vĕnge'ful-ly, adv. p. 1133In a revengeful manner; by way of revenge; vindictively; with the spirit of revenge.Re-vĕn'ge-ful-ness, n. p. 1133The state of being revengeful.Re-vĕnge'less, a. p. 1133Unrevenged. [Obs.] Marston.Re-vĕnge'ment, n. p. 1133Revenge; return of an injury. [Obs.] He took it willingly, without any revengement. Latimer.Re-vĕn'ger, n. p. 1133One who revenges. Death makes me revenger. Shak.Re-vĕn'ging-ly, adv. p. 1133With revenge; with the spirit of revenge; vindictively. Shak.Rév'e-nūe, n. p. 1133That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues, of any species of property, real or personal; income. Do not anticipate your revenue, and live…Rèv'e-nūe-cŭt'ter, n. p. 1133An armed vessel in the custom-house service, employed to prevent smuggling. Totten.Re-vĕrb', v. t. p. 1133To reverberate. [Obs. and rare.] Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverbs no hollowness. Shak.Re-vêr'ber-ant, a. p. 1133Tending to reverberate; resounding; driving back. [Rare.] Shak.Re-vĕr'ber-āte, v. t. p. 1133To return or send back, as sound; to echo. 2. To reflect; to repel, as light or heat. 3. To send or drive back; to repel from side to side; as, flame reverberated in a furnace. 4. Hence, to fuse, as…Re-vĕr'ber-āte, v. i. p. 1133To resound. Even at hand a drum is ready braced, That shall reverberate all as loud as thine. Shak. 2. To be driven back; to be repelled, as rays of light; to echo, as sound.Re-vêr'ber-ate, a. p. 1133Reverberant. Shak. 2. Driving back, as sound; reverberating. B. Jon.Re-vĕr'/ber-ā'tion, n. p. 1133The act of reverberating or sending back; especially, the act of reflecting light and heat, or re-echoing sound; as, the reverberation of the rays of light from an object; the reverberation of sound…Re-vĕr'ber-a-tive, a. p. 1133Tending to reverberate; reflective. This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor.Re-vĕr'ber-a-to-ry, a. p. 1133Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; returning, or driving back. Reverberatory furnace, a furnace so constructed that by means of a dome, or low, arched roof, the flame, in passing from…Re-vêr'ber-a-to-ry, n. p. 1133A reverberatory furnace.Re-vēre', v. t. p. 1133To regard with fear mingled with respect and affection; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. “Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father, than treated as his partner in the…Rév'er-ence, n. p. 1133The continued manifestation of fear mingled with respect and esteem; veneration. “Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear.” Coleridge. When quarrels and factions are carried openly, it is…Rēv'er-ence, v. t. p. 1133To regard with reverence; to regard with fear mingled with respect and affection. Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband. Eph. v. 33. Those that I reverence, those I fear—the wise.…Rĕv'er-en-cer, n. p. 1133One who regards with reverence. Swift.Rĕv'er-end, a. p. 1133Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection. A reverend sire among them came. Milton. They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children.…Rĕv'er-end-ly, adv. p. 1133In a reverend manner; reverently. [Obs.] Foxe.Rēv'er-ent, a. p. 1133Expressing reverence, veneration, or submission; as, reverent words or terms; reverent behavior. 2. Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble. They prostrate fell before him…Rĕv'er-ēn'tial, a. p. 1133Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; as, reverential fear or awe; reverential gratitude or esteem. “A reverential esteem of things sacred.” South.Rēv'er-ēn'tial-ly, adv. p. 1133In a reverential manner; with reverence, or show of reverence.