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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-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.Rēv'o-cāte, v. t. p. 1134To recall; to call back. [Obs.] See REVOKE.Rēv'o-cā'tion, n. p. 1134The act of calling back. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker. 2. The state of being recalled. Howell. 3. The act by which one, having…Rēv'o-ca-to-ry, a. p. 1134Tending to revoke; involving or pertaining to a revocation; revoking; recalling.Rē-voice', v. t. p. 1134To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ-pipe, so as to restore its proper quality of tone.Re-vōke', v. t. p. 1134To call back; to recall. [Obs.] Her knees revoked their first strength, and her feet Were borne above the ground with wings. Chapman. The faint sprite he did revoke again. Spencer. 2. Hence, to annul…Re-vōke', v. i. p. 1135(Card-playing.) To fail to follow suit; to renounce. Hoyle.Re-vōke', n. p. 1135(Card-playing.) The act of revoking, or of neglecting to follow suit. Hoyle.Re-vōke'ment, n. p. 1135Revocation; reversal. [Rare.]Re-vōk'ing-ly, adv. p. 1135By way of revocation.Re-vōlt' or Re-vŏlt', v. i. p. 1135To roll off or back; hence, to turn away. But this is got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free. Milton. 2. Hence…Re-vōlt', v. t. p. 1135To put to flight; to turn; to overturn. Burke. 2. To do violence to; to cause to shrink or turn away with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the mind or the feelings. Their honest pride of their…Re-vōlt' or Re-vŏlt', n. p. 1135The act of revolting; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to one's prince or government; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. Who first seduced them to that foul…Re-vōlt'er, n. p. 1135One who revolts.Re-vōlt'ing-ly, adv. p. 1135In a revolting manner; offensively; abhorrently.Rĕv'o-lū-ble, a. p. 1135Capable of revolving; rotatory. [R.] Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Hath filled his revoluble orb since our arrival. Chapman.Rĕv'o-lūte, a. p. 1135(Bot. & Zoöl.) Rolled backward or downward. Revolute leaf, a leaf which, in the bud or afterward, is rolled spirally back, or toward the lower surface.Rĕv'o-lū'tion, n. p. 1135The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, and the like. 2. Return to a point before…Rĕv'o-lū'tion-a-ry, a. p. 1135Tending or pertaining to a revolution in government; as, a revolutionary war; revolutionary measures.Rĕv'o-lū'tion-a-ry, n. p. 1135A revolutionist. [Rare.] Dumfries was a tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary. Prof. Wilson.Rĕv'o-lū'tion-er, n. p. 1135One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One who favored the revolution in 1688. Smollett.Rĕv'/o-lū'tion-ism, n. p. 1135The state of being in revolution. 2. Revolutionary doctrines or principles.Rĕv/o-lū'tion-ist, n. p. 1135One engaged in effecting a change of government; the favorer of a revolution. Burke.Rĕv'/o-lū'/tion-ize, v. t. p. 1135To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel, if received in truth, has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason.Re-vōlve', v. i. p. 1135To turn or roll round on an axis. 2. To move round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. 3. To return. [Rare.] Ayliffe.Re-vŏlve', v. t. p. 1135To cause to turn, as upon an axis; to rotate. Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on heaven's great axle. Milton. 2. Hence, to turn over and over; to reflect repeatedly upon. This having…Re-vōlve'ment, n. p. 1135The act or process of revolving or reflecting on a subject; as, after long revolvement he decided.Re-vŏlv'en-cy, n. p. 1135The state, act, or principle of revolving; revolution. Its own revolvency upholds the world. Cooper.Re-vŏlv'er, n. p. 1135One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a fire-arm with several loading-chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a…Re-vōl′ving, p. a. p. 1135Turning; rolling; moving round. Revolving light, a light or lamp in a light-house so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light…Re-vŏm’it, v. t. p. 1135To vomit or pour forth again; to reject from the stomach. Hakewill.Re-vŭl'sion, n. p. 1135The act of holding or drawing back; marked repugnance or hostility. A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling both in the Parliament and the country followed. Macaulay. 2. (Med.) The act of turning…Re-vŭl'sive, a. p. 1135Tending to revulsion; repugnant; hostile.Re-vŭl'sive, n. p. 1135That which has the power of withdrawing. Fell. 2. (Med.) That which has the power of diverting disease from one part to another.Rew, n. p. 1135A row or rank. [Obs.] “A rew of sundry colored stones.” Chapman.Rē-wāke', v. t. & i. p. 1135To wake again.Re-ward’, v. t. p. 1135To give in return, whether good or evil;—commonly in a good sense; to bestow a premium or token of regard upon. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. 2.…Re-ward', n. p. 1135That which is given in return for good or evil received; especially, that which comes in return for some good; a token of regard; or the requital of effort; recompense; requital. Thou returnest . . .…Re-ward'a-ble, a. p. 1135Capable of being rewarded; worthy of recompense. Hooker.Re-ward'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1135The state of being worthy of reward. Goodman.Re-ward'a-bly, adv. p. 1135In a rewardable manner.Re-ward'er, n. p. 1135One who rewards; one who requites or recompenses.Re-ward'ful, a. p. 1135Yielding reward; rewarding. [Rare.] Thomson.Re-ward'less, a. p. 1135Having no reward.Rew'et, n. p. 1135The lock of a gun. [Rare.]Rē-wīn', v. t. p. 1135To win again. The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning. Fuller.Rē-word', v. t. p. 1135To repeat in the same words. [Obs.] I the matter will reword. Shak.Rē-write', v. t. p. 1135To write a second time.Rēx, n. p. 1135A king.Rey'nard or Rēyn'ard, n. p. 1135A fox; renard. [Poetry and Fable.]Rha-bär'/ba-rate, a. p. 1135Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floger.Rha-bār'bar-īne, n. p. 1135(Chem.) The yellow acid of rhubarb, now called chrysophanic acid. It is fusible and volatile, has great coloring power, and yields a fine violet with alkalies. [Obs.] Gregory.