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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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Re-vĕrt'ive, a. p. 1134Tending to revert; changing; reversing. The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sands behind. Thomson.Re-vért'ive-ly, adv. p. 1134By way of reversion.Rĕv'er-y, n. p. 1134See REVERIE.Rē-vĕst', v. t. p. 1134To clothe again. Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter Did thus revest, and decked with due habiliments. Spenser. 2. To re-invest; to vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate…Rē-vĕst', v. i. p. 1134To take effect again, as a title; to return to a former owner; as, the title or right revests in A, after alienation.Re-vést'i-a-ry, n. p. 1134The place, or apartment, in a church or temple, where the dresses are deposited;—now contracted into vestry.Re-vĕst'ry, n. p. 1134The same as REVESTIARY. [Obs.]Re-vĕst'ūre, n. p. 1134The same as VESTURE. [Obs.] “Rich revesture of cloth of gold.” Edw. Hall.Re-vĕt', v. t. p. 1134(Fort.) To face with masonry, wood, or other material, as an embankment.Re-vĕt'ment, n. p. 1134(Fort.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope. [Written also re-vêtement (rŭh-vĕt'mŏng').] Craighill.Rē-vĭʹbrāte, v. i. p. 1134To vibrate back or in return.Rē/vĭ-brā'tion, n. p. 1134The act of vibrating back.Re-vic'tion, n. p. 1134Return to life. [Obs.] Browne.Rē-vic'tual, v. t. p. 1134To furnish again with provisions.Re-vie', v. t. p. 1134To vie with, or rival, in return. 2. To accede to and overtop, as the proposal of a stake;—a phrase at cards. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Rē-vīe', v. i. p. 1134To return the challenge of a wager at cards. 2. To make a retort.Re-view', v. t. p. 1134To view or see again; to look back on. [Rare.] “I shall review Sicilia.” [Shak.] 2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately; as, (a.) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before…Re-view', v. i. p. 1134To look back; to make a review.Re-view', n. p. 1134A second or repeated view; a re-examination; a retrospective survey; a looking over; as, a review of the works of nature; a review of life. 2. A second examination with a view to amendment or…Bill of review p. 1134a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. Daniell.—Commission of…Re-view'a-ble, a. p. 1134Capable of being reviewed.Re-view'al, n. p. 1134A review, as of a book; a critical examination; a critique. [Rare.] Southey.Re-view'er, n. p. 1134One who reviews or re-examines; an inspector; one who critically examines a new publication, and publishes his opinion upon its merits.Re-vig'or-ate, a. p. 1134Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. [Rare.] Southey.Re-vig'or-āte, v. t. p. 1134To give new vigor to. [Obs.]Re-vile', v. t. p. 1134To treat as vile or common; to treat with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. She herself reviled me. Shak. Syn. — To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.Re-vīle', n. p. 1134Reproach; contumely; contemptuous language. [Obs.] The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. Milton.Re-vīle'ment, n. p. 1134The act of reviling; contemptuous language; reproach. Spenser.Re-vīl'er, n. p. 1134One who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language.Re-vil'ing-ly, adv. p. 1134With reproachful or contemptuous language; with opprobrium.Re-vīn'ce, v. t. p. 1134To overcome; to put down; to refute, as error. [Obs.]Rē-vin'di-cāte, v. t. p. 1134To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back. Milford.Rēv'i-rēs'çence, n. p. 1134A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor. [Obs.]Re-vĭs'al, n. p. 1134The act of revising, or reviewing and re-examining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof-sheet.Re-vīse', v. t. p. 1134To look at again; to re-examine; to review; to look over with care for correction; to re-peruse; as, to revise a writing; to revise a proof-sheet. 2. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise…Re-vīse′, n. p. 1134Review; re-examination; revision. [Obs. or rare.] Boyle. 2. (Print.) A second proof-sheet; a proof-sheet taken after the first correction.Re-vīs'er, n. p. 1134One who revises, or re-examines for correction.Re-vĭs'ion, n. p. 1134The act of revising; re-examination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof-sheet; a revision of statutes. 2. That which is revised. 3. Enumeration of…Re-vĭs'ion-al or Re-vĭs'ion-a-ry, a. p. 1134Pertaining to revision; revisory.Rē-vĭz'it, v. t. p. 1134To visit again. Thee I revisit now with bolder wings. Milton.Rē-vĭs'it-ā'tion, n. p. 1134The act of revisiting.Re-vī'so-ry, a. p. 1134Having the power or purpose to revise; revising. Story.Re-vív'a-ble, a. p. 1134Capable of being revived.Re-vīv'al, n. p. 1134The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; as, (a.) Renewed attention to; — applied to letters or literature. (b.) Renewed performance of, or interest in; — applied to the drama and…Re-viv'al-ism, n. p. 1134The spirit of religious awakenings or revivals. [Recent.]Re-viv'al-ist, n. p. 1134A minister of the gospel who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals.…Re-vīve', v. i. p. 1134To return to life; to recover life; to live anew; to become re-animated or re-invigorated. And saw around me the wide fields revive With fruits and fertile promise. Byron. 2. Hence, to recover from a…Re-vīve', v. t. p. 1134To bring again to life; to re-animate; to raise from languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. Your words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak. Your coming…Re-viv'er, n. p. 1134One who, or that which, revives.Rē-vīv'i-fi-cāte, v. t. p. 1134To revive; to recall or restore to life. [Rare.]Re-vīv'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1134Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling to life. 2. (Chem.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.Re-vīv'i-fy, v. t. p. 1134To cause to revive; to re-animate. Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.Re-vīv'ing-ly, adv. p. 1134In a reviving manner.Rēv'i-vīs'cençe or Rēv'i-vīs'cen-cy, n. p. 1134The state of being revived; renewal of life. In this age we have a sort of reviviscence, not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times. Coleridge.Rēv'-i-vīs'-cent, a. p. 1134Able, or disposed, to revive; reviving. Darwin.Re-vīv'or, n. p. 1134(Law.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties. This is done by a bill of revivor. Blackstone.Rēv'o-ca-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1134The quality of being revocable; susceptibility of being recalled or annulled; as, the revocability of a law or a prophecy.Rēv'o-ca-ble, a. p. 1134Capable of being recalled or revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant.Rēv'o-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 1134The quality of being revocable; revocability.Rēv'o-ca-bly, adv. p. 1134In a revocable manner.