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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-vĕl'lent, a.p. 1132Causing revulsion.
  2. Rēv'el-mās'ter, n.p. 1132The master of the revels at Christmas; lord of misrule. See LORD.
  3. Rēv'el-ment, n.p. 1132The act of reveling.
  4. Rēv'el-rout, n.p. 1132Tumultuous festivity. Rowe. 2. A rabble tumultuously assembled; an unlawful assembly; a mob. Ainsworth.
  5. 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.
  6. Rĕv'e-nant, n.p. 1132One who, or that which, returns or comes again; one who is brought back. [Rare.] W. Scott.
  7. Rē-vĕn'di-cāte, v. t.p. 1132To reclaim; to demand the surrender of. [Rare.]
  8. Re-vĕn'di-cā'tion, n.p. 1132The act of revendicating, or demanding the restoration of any thing taken away. [Rare.]
  9. 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…
  10. 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…
  11. Re-vĕn'ge'a-ble, a.p. 1132Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable injuries.
  12. Re-vēn'ge'ance, n.p. 1132Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]
  13. 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…
  14. Re-vĕnge'ful-ly, adv.p. 1133In a revengeful manner; by way of revenge; vindictively; with the spirit of revenge.
  15. Re-vĕn'ge-ful-ness, n.p. 1133The state of being revengeful.
  16. Re-vĕnge'less, a.p. 1133Unrevenged. [Obs.] Marston.
  17. Re-vĕnge'ment, n.p. 1133Revenge; return of an injury. [Obs.] He took it willingly, without any revengement. Latimer.
  18. Re-vĕn'ger, n.p. 1133One who revenges. Death makes me revenger. Shak.
  19. Re-vĕn'ging-ly, adv.p. 1133With revenge; with the spirit of revenge; vindictively. Shak.
  20. 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…
  21. Rèv'e-nūe-cŭt'ter, n.p. 1133An armed vessel in the custom-house service, employed to prevent smuggling. Totten.
  22. Re-vĕrb', v. t.p. 1133To reverberate. [Obs. and rare.] Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverbs no hollowness. Shak.
  23. Re-vêr'ber-ant, a.p. 1133Tending to reverberate; resounding; driving back. [Rare.] Shak.
  24. 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…
  25. 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.
  26. Re-vêr'ber-ate, a.p. 1133Reverberant. Shak. 2. Driving back, as sound; reverberating. B. Jon.
  27. 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…
  28. 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.
  29. 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…
  30. Re-vêr'ber-a-to-ry, n.p. 1133A reverberatory furnace.
  31. 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…
  32. 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…
  33. 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.…
  34. Rĕv'er-en-cer, n.p. 1133One who regards with reverence. Swift.
  35. 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.…
  36. Rĕv'er-end-ly, adv.p. 1133In a reverend manner; reverently. [Obs.] Foxe.
  37. 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…
  38. 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.
  39. Rēv'er-ēn'tial-ly, adv.p. 1133In a reverential manner; with reverence, or show of reverence.
  40. Rĕv'er-ent-ly, adv.p. 1133In a reverent manner; with reverence; with respectful regard. Chide him for faults, and do it reverently. Shak. So reverently men quit the open air, When thunder speaks the angry gods abroad. Dryden.
  41. Re-vér'er, n.p. 1133One who reveres or venerates.
  42. Rêv'er-ie' or Rêv'er-y (rĕv'er-ÿ), n.p. 1133A loose or irregular train of thoughts, occurring in musing or meditation; wild, extravagant conceit of the fancy or imagination. 2. A chimera; a vision. 3. (Med.) Voluntary inactivity of the whole…
  43. Re-vēr'sal, a.p. 1133Intended to reverse; implying reverse. [Obs.] Burnet.
  44. Re-vēr'sal, n.p. 1133A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered…
  45. Re-vērse', v. t.p. 1133To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to return or depart. And that old dame said many an idle verse. Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse. Spenser. 2.…
  46. Re-vĕrse', v. i.p. 1133To return. [Obs.] Spenser.
  47. Re-vĕrse', n.p. 1133That which appears or is presented when any thing, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, or the like, is reverted or turned back; the opposite. “And then mistook reverse of wrong for right.” Pope.…
  48. Re-vĕrse',, a.p. 1133Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; as, the reverse order or method. Reverse bearing (Surv.), the bearing of a back station as observed from the station next in advance. —…
  49. Re-vĕrsed’, p. a.p. 1133Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary. 2. (Bot.) Having the upper lip larger and more expanded than the lower; resupinate; as, a reversed Bigelow. 3. (Conch.) Sinistral. See…
  50. Re-vĕrs'ed-ly, adv.p. 1133In a reversed manner.
  51. Re-vĕrse'less, a.p. 1133Not to be reversed; irreversible. [Rare.] Seward.
  52. Re-vĕrse'ly, adv.p. 1133On the other hand; on the opposite. Pearson.
  53. Re-vĕrs'er, n.p. 1133One who reverses.
  54. Re-vĕrs'ĭ-ble, a.p. 1133Capable of being reversed; as, a reversible judgment or sentence.
  55. Re-vĕr'sion, n.p. 1133The act of reverting or returning; return. [R.] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe. 2. That which reverts or returns; residue; remainder. [Obs.]…
  56. Reversion of seriesp. 1133the method of expressing the value of an unknown quantity which is involved in an infinite series of terms, by means of another series of terms involving the powers of the quantity to which the…
  57. Re-vĕr'sion-a-ry, a.p. 1133Pertaining to, or involving, a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the determination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
  58. Re-vĕr'sion-er, n.p. 1133One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is determined. Blackstone.
  59. Re-vĕr'sis, n.p. 1133A certain game at cards. Hoyle.
  60. Re-vĕrt′, v. t.p. 1133To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scene. Prior. 2. To drive or turn back; to reverberate. The stream, . . . Reverted, plays in undulated flow. Thomson.…