Recreate, rek′rē-āt,v.t.to revive: to reanimate: to cheer or amuse: to refresh: to delight.—v.i.to take recreation.—n.Recreā′tion, the act of recreating or state of being recreated: refreshment after toil, sorrow, &c.: diversion: amusement: sport.—adjs.Recreā′tional,Rec′reātive, serving to recreate or refresh: giving relief in weariness, &c.: amusing.—adv.Rec′reātively, so as to afford recreation or diversion.—n.Rec′reātiveness, the quality of being refreshing or amusing.
Recrement, rek′rē-ment,n.superfluous matter: dross.—adjs.Recrement′al,Recrementi′tial,Recrementi′tious. [L.recrementum, dross.]
Recriminate, rē-krim′in-āt,v.t.to criminate or accuse in return.—v.i.to charge an accuser with a similar crime.—n.Recriminā′tion, the act of recriminating or returning one accusation by another: a countercharge or accusation.—adjs.Recrim′inātive,Recrim′inātory, recriminating or retorting accusations or charges.—n.Recrim′inātor, one who recriminates.
Recross, rē-kros′,v.t.to cross again.—adj.Recrossed′(her.), having the ends crossed.
Recrucify, rē-krōōs′i-fī,v.t.to crucify anew.
Recrudescent, rē-krōō-des′ent,adj.growing sore or painful again.—v.i.Recrudesce′, to become raw again: to be renewed.—ns.Recrudes′cence,Recru′dency,Recrudes′cency, the state of becoming sore again: a state of relapse: (med.) increased activity after recovery: (bot.) the production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike. [L.recrudescens,-entis, pr.p. ofrecrudescĕre, to become raw again—re-, again,crudescĕre, to become raw—crudis, crude.]
Recruit, rē-krōōt′,v.i.to obtain fresh supplies: to recover in health, &c.: to enlist new soldiers.—v.t.to repair: to supply: to supply with recruits.—n.the supply of any want: a substitute for something wanting: a newly enlisted soldier.—ns.Recruit′al, renewed supply;Recruit′er.—adj.Recruit′ing, obtaining new supplies: enlisting recruits.—n.the business of obtaining new supplies or enlisting new soldiers.—ns.Recruit′ing-ground, a place where recruits may be obtained;Recruit′ing-par′ty, a party of soldiers engaged in enlisting recruits;Recruit′ing-ser′geant, a sergeant who enlists recruits;Recruit′ment, the act, business, or employment of raising new supplies of men for an army. [O. Fr.recruter—re-,croître—L.recrescĕre—re-, again,crescĕre, to grow.]
Recrystallisation, rē-kris-tal-īz-ā′shun,n.the process of crystallising again.—v.t.andv.i.Rēcrys′tallise.
Recta, rek′ta,n.pl.—adj.Rec′tal. SeeRectum.
Rectangle, rek′tang-gl,n.a four-sided figure with all its angles right angles and its opposite sides equal.—adjs.Rec′tangled, having right angles;Rectang′ūlar, right-angled.—n.Rectangūlar′ity, the state or quality of being right-angled.—adv.Rectang′ūlarly, with, or at, right angles.—n.Rectang′ūlarness.—Rectangular hyperbola, a hyperbola whose asymptotes are at right angles to one another;Rectangular solid, a solid whose axis is perpendicular to its base. [Fr.,—L.rectus, right,angulus, an angle.]
Rectify, rek′ti-fī,v.t.to make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redress: to purify by repeated crystallisation or sublimation, or by distillations: (math.) to determine the length of a curve included between two limits: to prepare a sun-dial for an observation:—pa.t.andpa.p.rec′tified.—adj.Rectifī′able, that may be rectified or set right.—ns.Rectificā′tion, the act of rectifying or setting right: the process of refining any substance by repeated distillation: rectification of a globe, its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem;Rec′tifier, one who corrects: one who refines a substance by repeated distillation.—Rectify the course of a vessel, to determine its true course from indications of the ship's compass, and allowing for magnetic variations, &c.;Rectify the globe, to bring the sun's place in the ecliptic on a globe to the brass meridian. [Fr.,—L.rectus, straight,facĕre, to make.]
Rectigrade, rek′ti-grād,adj.walking straight forward. [L.rectus, straight,gradi, to step.]
Rectilineal, rek-ti-lin′ē-al,adj.bounded by straight lines: straight—alsoRectilin′ear.—adv.Rectilin′eally.—n.Rectilinear′ity, the state or quality of being right-lined.—adv.Rectilin′early, in a right line.—n.Rectilin′earness. [L.rectus, straight,linea, a line.]
Rectinerved, rek′ti-nervd,adj.(bot.) straight or parallel nerved.
Rection, rek′shun,n.(gram.) the influence of a word in regard to the number, case, &c. of another word in a sentence.
Rectipetality, rek-ti-pe-tal′i-ti,n.(bot.) the natural tendency of stems to grow in a straight line.
Rectirostral, rek′ti-ros′tral,adj.having a straight bill. [L.rectus, straight,rostrum, a beak.]
Rectiserial, rek-ti-sē′ri-al,adj.placed in a straight line: (bot.) arranged in one or more straight ranks.
Rectitis, rek′tī-tis,n.inflammation of the rectum.—adj.Rectit′ic.
Rectitude, rek′ti-tūd,n.uprightness: correctness of principle or practice: integrity: correctness. [Fr.,—L.rectitudo—rectus, straight.]
Recto, rek′tō,n.(print.) the right-hand page—opp. toReversoorVerso: (law) a writ of right.
Rector, rek′tor,n.a ruler: in the Church of England, a clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate, and who accordingly has the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues therein: a common name for all incumbents in the Episcopal churches of the United States and (since 1890) Scotland: the head-master of a superior public school in Scotland, Germany, &c.: the chief elective officer of certain Scotch and French universities: the head of Lincoln and of Exeter Colleges, Oxford, &c.: (R.C.) an ecclesiastic in charge of a congregation, a college, or religious house, esp. the head of a Jesuit seminary.—adjs.Rec′toral,Rectō′rial, pertaining to a rector or to a rectory—ns.Rec′torate,Rec′torship;Rec′toress, a female rector: a governess;Rec′tory, the province or mansion of a rector.—Rector magnificus, the head of a German university.—Lay rector, a layman who enjoys the great tithes of a parish;Missionary rector(R.C.), a priest appointed to the charge of some important mission in England. [L.,—regĕre,rectum, to rule.]
Rectrix, rek′triks,n.one of the long tail-feathers of a bird, so called because used in steering the bird in its flight:—pl.Rectrices(rek′tri-sēz).
Rectum, rek′tum,n.the lowest part of the large intestine:—pl.Rec′ta.—adj.Rec′tal.—ns.Rec′toscope, a speculum for rectal examination;Rectot′omy, the operation for dividing a rectal stricture.—adjs.Rec′to-urē′thral, pertaining to the rectum and to the urethra;Rec′to-ū′terine, to the rectum and the uterus;Rec′to-vag′inal, to the rectum and the vagina;Rec′to-ves′ical, to the rectum and the bladder. [L.rectus, straight.]
Rectus, rek′tus,n.a muscle so called from the straightness of its course:—pl.Rec′ti.
Recubant, rek′ū-bant,adj.reclining, recumbent—n.Recubā′tion. [L.recubāre,-ātum, to lie back.]
Recuil,Recule, rē-kūl′ (Spens.). Same asRecoil.
Recultivate, rē-kul′ti-vāt,v.t.to cultivate again.—n.Recultivā′tion.
Recumbent, rē-kum′bent,adj.lying back: reclining: idle.—ns.Recum′bence,Recum′bency.—adv.Recum′bently. [L.recumbĕre—re-, back,cubāre, to lie down.]
Recuperative, rē-kū′pėr-a-tiv,adj.tending to recovery—alsoRecū′peratory.—adj.Rēcū′perable, recoverable.—v.t.Recū′perāte, to recover, to regain strength.—ns.Recuperā′tion, recovery, as of something lost;Recū′perātor, one who, or that which, recuperates. [L.recuperativus—recuperāre, to recover.]
Recur, rē-kur′,v.i.to return, resort: to happen at a stated interval:—pr.p.recur′ring;pa.t.andpa.p.recurred′.—ns.Recur′rence,Recur′rency, return.—adj.Recur′rent, returning at intervals: (anat.) running back in the opposite to a former direction: (entom.) turned back toward the base.—adv.Recur′rently.—Recurring decimal, a decimal in which after a certain point the digits are continually repeated—repeating, if but one recurring figure; circulating, if more than one. [Fr.,—L.recurrĕre—re-, back,currĕre, to run.]
Recure, rē-kūr′,v.t.to cure again: to recover—alson.—adjs.Recure′ful;Recure′less, incurable.
Recursant, rē-kur′sant,adj.(her.) turned backwards, of an animal with its back toward the spectator. [L.re-, back,cursans,-antis, pr.p. ofcursāre, to run.]
Recurve, rē-kurv′,v.t.to curve or bend back—alsoRecur′vate.—ns.Recurvā′tion,Recur′vity,Recur′vature, the act of recurving: the state of being recurved: a bending backwards.—adjs.Recurved′;Recurviros′tral, having a recurved bill;Rēcur′vous, bent backward.
Recusant, rek′ū-zant, orrē-kū′zant,adj.obstinate in refusal, esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.—n.a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.—ns.Rec′ūsance,Rec′ūsancy, state of being a recusant: nonconformity, or its tenets;Recusā′tion.—adj.Recū′sative. [Fr.,—L.recusans, pr.p. ofrecusāre—re-, against,causa, a cause.]
Recuse, rē-kūz′,v.t.(law) to reject.—adj.Recū′sative.
Recussion, rē-kush′un,n.the act of beating or striking back. [L.recutĕre,recussum, to beat back—re-, back,quatĕre, to shake.]
Red, red,adj.(comp.Red′der;superl.Red′dest) of a colour like blood: ultra-radical, revolutionary.—n.one of the primary colours, of several shades, as scarlet, pink, carmine, vermilion, &c.: a red cent, the smallest coin of the United States.—adjs.Red′-backed, having a red back;Red′-beaked,-billed, having a red beak or bill;Red′-bell′ied, having the under parts red.—n.Red′-bell′y, the United States slider, a terrapin: the Welsh torgoch, a char.—adj.Red′-belt′ed, having a red band or bands.—n.Red′-bird, the common European bullfinch: the United States grosbeak, also the tanager.—adj.Red′-blood′ed, having reddish blood.—ns.Red′-book, a book containing the names of all persons in the service of the state: the peerage;Red′breast, a favourite song-bird, so called from the red colour of its breast, the robin;Red′-bud, the Judas-tree of America;Red′-cabb′age, a variety of cabbage, with purplish heads, used for pickling;Red′-cap, a species of goldfinch, having a conical crest of red feathers on the top of the head: a ghost with long teeth who haunts some Scotch castles;Red′-cent, a copper cent;Red′-chalk,-clay(seeReddle);Red′-coat, a British soldier, so called from his red coat;Red′-cock(slang), an incendiary fire;Red′-cor′al, the most important kind of coral in commerce, found off the coasts of Algiers and Tunis and the Italian islands.—adj.Red′-corpus′cled, having red blood-discs.—n.Red′-Crag, a division of the Pliocene.—adjs.Red′-crest′ed, having a red crest;Red′-cross, wearing or distinguished by a cross of a red colour.—n.the badge and flag adopted by every society, of whatever nation, formed for the aid of the sick and wounded in time of war, recognised by the military authorities of its own nation, and enjoying certain privileges and immunities under the Convention of Geneva (1864).—n.Red′-deer, a species of deer which is reddish-brown in summer: the common stag.—v.t.Red′den, to make red.—v.i.to grow red: to blush.—adj.Red′dish, somewhat red: moderately red.—ns.Red′dishness;Red′-dog, the lowest grade of flour in high milling;Red′-drum, the southern red-fish, or red-bass, of the southern Atlantic coast of the United States;Red′-earth, the reddish loam frequently found in regions composed of limestones;Red′-eye, orRudd, a fresh-water fish of the same genus as the roach, chub, and minnow.—adjs.Red′-faced(Shak.), having a red face;Red′-fig′ured, relating to an ancient Greek ceramic ware, in which a black glaze was painted over the surface so as to leave the design in the red of the body.—n.Red′-gum, strophulus, a skin disease usually occurring in infants about the time of teething, and consisting of minute red pimples with occasional red patches.—adjs.Red′-haired,Red′-head′ed, having red hair.—n.Red′-hand, a bloody hand: (her.) a sinister hand, erect, open, and 'couped,' the distinguishing badge of baronets.—adj.Red′-hand′ed, in the very act, as if with bloody hands.—n.Red′-head, a person with red hair: the pochard, a red-headed duck.—adj.Red′-hot, heated to redness.—ns.Red′-lac, the Japan wax-tree;Red′-latt′ice(Shak.), an alehouse window, then usually painted red;Red′-lead, a preparation of lead of a fine red colour, used in painting, &c.—adj.Red′-legged, having red legs or feet, as a bird.—n.Red′-legs, the European red-legged partridge: the turnstone: the red-shank: (bot.) the bistort.—adj.Red′-lett′er, having red letters: auspicious or fortunate, as a day, the holidays or saints' days being indicated by red letters in the old calendars.—n.Red′-liq′uor, a crude aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in calico-printing.—adjs.Red′-litt′en, showing a red light;Red′-looked(Shak.), having a red look.—adv.Red′ly.—adj.Red′-mad(prov.), quite mad.—n.Red′-met′al, one of several alloys of copper used in silver-ware: a Japanese alloy used in decorative metal-work.—adj.Red′-necked, having a red neck.—n.Red′ness.—adjs.Red′-nose,-nosed, having a red nose, like a habitual drunkard.—ns.Red′-oak, an oak with heavy and durable reddish wood, rising to ninety feet high in eastern North America;Red′-plague, a form of the plague marked by a red spot or bubo;Red′-poll, a small northern finch: the common European linnet: the North American palm-warbler.—adjs.Red′-polled;Red′-ribbed(Tenn.), having red ribs.—ns.Red′-root, a genus of plants of the natural orderRhamnaceæ—New Jersey Tea;Reds, orRed Republicans(seeRepublic);Red′-saun′ders, the sliced or rasped heart-wood ofPterocarpus santalinus, used for giving colour to alcoholic liquors &c.—v.i.Red′sear, to break when too hot.—ns.Red′seed, small crustaceans which float on the sea;Red′-shank, an aquatic bird of the snipe family, with legs of a bright-red colour: a name given in ridicule to the Scottish Highlanders, and to the Irish.—adj.Red′-short, noting iron that is brittle at red-heat.—ns.Red′-short′ness;Red′skin, a Red Indian;Red′-staff, a miller's straight-edge, used in dressing millstones;Red′start, a bird belonging to the family of the warblers, appearing in Britain as a summer bird of passage;Red′streak, an apple, so called from the colour of its skin;Red′-tail, the red-tailed buzzard, one of the commonest hawks of North America.—adj.Red′-tailed(Shak.), having a red tail.—ns.Red′-thrush, the red-wing;Red′-top, a kind of bent grass;Red′-wa′ter, a disease of cattle, named from the urine being reddened with the red globules of the blood.—adj.Red′-wat′-shod(Scot.), walking in blood over the shoes.—ns.Red′-weed, the common poppy;Red′-wing, a species of thrush well known in Britain as a winter bird of passage, having an exquisite, clear, flute-like song;Red′wood, a Californian timber-tree, growing to nearly three hundred feet high.—adj.Red′-wud(Scot.), stark mad.—Red-cross knight, a knight having on his shield a red cross;Red ensign, the British flag for all vessels not belonging to the navy, consisting of a plain red flag, having the canton filled by the Union-jack (before 1864 also the special flag of the Red Squadron);Red-gum tree, a species of Eucalyptus attaining the height of 200 feet;Red pheasant, a tragopan;Red snow, snow coloured by the minute algaProtococcus nivalis, found in large patches in arctic and alpine regions.—Indian red, a permanent red pigment, orig. a natural earth rich in oxide of iron, now prepared artificially.—Royal Red Cross, a decoration for nurses, instituted by Queen Victoria in 1883. [A.S.reád; Ger.roth, L.ruber, Gr.e-rythros, Gael.ruath.]
Red, red,v.t.to put in order, make tidy: to disentangle: (coll.) to separate two men in fighting.—ns.Red′der(Scot.), one who endeavours to settle a quarrel;Red′ding, the process of putting in order;Red′ding-comb, a large-toothed comb for dressing the hair;Red′ding-straik(Scot.), a stroke received in trying to separate fighters.
Red,Redd, red (Spens.),pa.t.ofread, declared.
Redaction, rē-dak′shun,n.the act of arranging in systematic order, esp. literary materials: the digest so made: an editorial staff.—v.t.Redact′, to edit, work up into literary form.—n.Redact′or, an editor.—adj.Redactō′rial. [Fr.,—L.redactus, pa.p. ofredigĕre, to bring back.]
Redan, rē-dan′,n.(fort.) the simplest form of fieldwork, consisting of two faces which form a salient angle towards the enemy, serving to cover a bridge or causeway—quite open at the gorge. [O. Fr.redan,redent—L.re-, back,dens, a tooth.]
Redargue, rē-där′gū,v.t.to disprove.—n.Redargū′tion. [O. Fr.redarguer—L.redarguĕre—re-, back,arguĕre, to argue.]
Reddendum, re-den′dum,n.(law) the clause by which the rent is reserved in a lease:—pl.Redden′da.—n.Redden′do(Scots law), a clause in a charter specifying the services to be rendered by a vassal to his superior. [L., fut. part. pass. ofreddĕre.]
Redding. SeeRed(2).
Reddition, re-dish′un,n.a giving back of anything: surrender: a rendering of the sense: explanation.—adj.Redd′itive, returning an answer. [Fr.,—L.reddition-em—reddĕre,redditum, to restore.]
Reddle, red′l,n.an impure peroxide of iron (ferric oxide) associated with very variable proportions of clay or chalk—alsoRed′-clay,Radd′le,Red′-chalk.—n.Redd′leman, a dealer in red clay.
Rede, rēd,v.t.to counsel or advise.—n.advice: a phrase: a motto.—n.Rede′craft, logic.—adj.Rede′less, without counsel or wisdom. [Read.]
Redecorate, rē-dek′o-rāt,v.t.to decorate again.
Rededication, rē-ded-i-kā′shun,n.a second or renewed dedication.
Redeem, rē-dēm′,v.t.to ransom: to relieve from captivity by a price: to rescue, deliver: to pay the penalty of: to atone for: to perform, as a promise: to improve, put to the best advantage: to recover, as a pledge.—adj.Redeem′able, that may be redeemed.—ns.Redeem′ableness;Redeem′er, one who redeems or ransoms, esp. Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.—adjs.Redeem′ing, saving: good, as exceptional to what is bad;Redeem′less, incurable;Redemp′tive, pertaining to redemption: serving or tending to redeem;Redemp′tory, serving to redeem: paid for ransom. [O. Fr.redimer—L.redimĕre—red-, back,emĕre, to buy.]
Redeliberate, rē-de-lib′ėr-āt,v.i.to deliberate again.
Redeliver, rē-de-liv′ėr,v.t.to deliver back or again: to liberate a second time.—ns.Redeliv′erance;Redeliv′ery, the act of delivering back: a second delivery or liberation.
Redemand, rē-dē-mand′,v.t.to demand back or again.—n.the repetition of a demand: a demand for the return of a thing.
Redemise, rē-dē-mīz′,v.t.to convey back, as an estate.—n.such a transfer.
Redemption, rē-demp′shun,n.act of redeeming or buying back: ransom: release: the deliverance of mankind from sin and misery by Christ.—ns.Redemp′tionary, one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying a compensation or fulfilling some stipulated conditions;Redemp′tioner, one who redeemed himself from debt, or the like, by service;Redemp′tionist, one of an order of monks devoted to the redemption of Christian captives from slavery;Redemp′torist, one of a congregation of R.C. missionary priests, founded by Alfonso Liguori in 1732, whose object is the religious instruction of the people and the reform of public morality, by periodically visiting, preaching, and hearing confessions. [Fr.,—L.,—redemptus, pa.p. ofredimĕre, to redeem.]
Redented, rē-den′ted,adj.formed like the teeth of a saw. [O. Fr.redent, a double notching—L.re-, again,dens,dentis, a tooth.]
Redescend, rē-dē-send′,v.i.to descend again.—n.Redescent′, a descending again.
Redescribe, rē-dē-skrīb′,v.t.to describe again.
Redetermine, rē-dē-tėr′min,v.t.to determine again.
Redevelop, rē-dē-vel′op,v.t.to intensify in photography by a second process.—n.Redevel′opment.
Redhibition, red-hi-bish′un,n.(law) an action to oblige the seller to annul the sale because of a defect—alsoRehibi′tion.—adjs.Redhib′itory,Rehib′itory.
Redia, rē′di-a,n.a stage in some trematode worms immediately beforecercaria:—pl.Rē′diæ. [FromRedi, an Italian naturalist.]
Redifferentiate, rē-dif-e-ren′shi-āt,v.i.to differentiate a differential coefficient.—n.Redifferentiā′tion.
Redigest, rē-di-jest′,v.t.to reduce to form again.
Redingote, red′ing-gōt,n.a double-breasted outer coat with long full skirts, worn by men, also a similar outer garment for women.
Redintegrate, rē-din′tē-grāt,v.t.to restore to integrity again: to renew:—pr.p.redin′tegrāting;pa.p.redin′tegrāted.—n.Redintegrā′tion, restoration to integrity or to a whole or sound state: renovation. [L.redintegrāre,-ātum—re-, again,integrāre, to make whole—integer.]
Redirect, rē-di-rekt′,v.t.to direct anew.
Redisburse, rē-dis-burs′,v.t.to refund.
Rediscover, rē-dis-kuv′ėr,v.t.to discover again.—n.Rediscov′ery.
Redispose, rē-dis-pōz′,v.t.to dispose or adjust again.—n.Redisposi′tion.
Redisseize, rē-dis-sēz′,v.t.to disseize anew.—ns.Redisseiz′in(law), a writ to recover seizin of lands;Redisseiz′or.
Redissolve, rē-di-zolv′,v.t.to dissolve again.—n.Redissolū′tion.
Redistribute, rē-dis-trib′ūt,v.t.to apportion anew.—n.Redistribū′tion, a second or renewed distribution.
Redistrict, rē-dis′trikt,v.t.to divide again, as a state into districts.—n.Redis′tricting(U.S.).
Redition, rē-dish′un,n.the act of going back.
Redivide, rē-di-vīd′,v.t.to divide again or anew.
Redivivus, red-i-vī′vus,adj.alive again: restored.
Redolent, red′ō-lent,adj.diffusing odour or fragrance: scented.—ns.Red′olence,Red′olency.—adv.Red′olently. [Fr.,—L.redolens,-entis—red-,re-, again,olēre, to emit an odour.]
Redondilla, red-on-dē′lya,n.an early form of versification in which the 1st and 4th and the 2d and 3d lines of the stanza generally rhymed: in later Spanish use, a term applied to verses of 6 and 8 syllables in general, whether making perfect rhymes or assonances only. [Sp.,—L.rotundus, round.]
Redorse, rē-dors′,n.the reverse side of a dorsal or dorse.
Redouble, rē-dub′l,v.t.to double again or repeatedly: to increase greatly: to multiply.—v.i.to become greatly increased: to become twice as much.
Redoubt,Redout, rē-dowt′,n.(fort.) a field-work enclosed on all sides, its ditch not flanked from the parapet: a central or retired work within any other works, intended to afford the garrison a last retreat—alsoReduit′.—adj.(her.) bent in many angles. [Fr.redoute,réduit, a redoubt—It.ridotto—L.reducĕre,reductum—to bring back.]
Redoubt, rē-dowt′,v.t.(arch.) to fear.—adjs.Redoubt′able, valiant;Redoubt′ed(Spens.).—n.Redoubt′ing. [O. Fr.redouter, to fear greatly—L.re-, back,dubitāre, to doubt.]
Redound, rē-downd′,v.i.to be sent back by reaction, to rebound: to result, turn out: (Spens.,Milt.) to overflow, to be in excess.—n.the coming back, as an effect or consequence, return.—n.Redound′ing. [Fr.rédonder—L.redundāre—re-, back,undāre, to surge—unda, a wave.]
Redowa, red′ō-a,n.a Bohemian round dance, one form resembling the waltz, the other the polka: the music for such a dance, usually in quick triple time. [Fr.,—Bohem.rejdowák.]
Redraft, rē-draft′,n.a second draft or copy: a new bill of exchange which the holder of a protested bill draws on the drawer or endorsers, for the amount of the bill, with costs and charges.
Redraw, rē-draw′,v.t.to draw again: to draw a second copy: to draw a new bill: to meet another bill of the same amount.
Redress, rē-dres′,v.t.to set right: to relieve from: to make amends to: to compensate: to dress again.—n.relief: reparation.—n.Redress′er, one who gives redress.—adjs.Redress′ible, that may be redressed;Redress′ive, affording redress;Redress′less, without relief.—n.Redress′ment, the act of redressing.
Redrive, rē-drīv′,v.t.to drive back.
Red-tape, red′-tāp,n.the red tape used in public, and esp. government, offices for tying up documents, &c.: applied satirically to the intricate system of routine in vogue there: official formality.—adj.pertaining to official formality.—ns.Red′-tā′pism, the system of routine in government and other public offices;Red′-tā′pist, a great stickler for routine.
Redub, rē-dub′,v.t.(obs.) to make amends for.—n.Redub′ber, one who buys stolen cloth and so alters it as not to be recognised.
Reduce, rē-dūs′,v.t.to bring into a lower state, as to reduce the ores of silver: to lessen: to impoverish: to subdue: to arrange: (arith.andalg.) to change numbers or quantities from one denomination into another: to reduce to its proper form, as to reduce a fracture: to bring into a new form, as to reduce Latin to English: to weaken: to bring into a class: (Scots law) to annul by legal means: (mil.) to strike off the pay-roll.—ns.Reduc′er, one who reduces: a joint-piece for connecting pipes of varying diameter;Reducibil′ity,Reduc′ibleness, the quality of being reducible.—adj.Reduc′ible, that may be reduced.—ns.Reduc′ing-scale, a scale used by surveyors for reducing chains and links to acres and roods;Reduc′tion, act of reducing or state of being reduced: diminution: subjugation: a rule for changing numbers or quantities from one denomination to another.—adj.Reduc′tive, having the power to reduce.—Reduce to the ranks, to degrade, for misconduct, to the condition of a private soldier;Reductio ad absurdum, the proof of a proposition by proving the falsity of its contradictory opposite;Reduction works, smelting works. [L.reducĕre,reductum—re-, back,ducĕre, to lead.]
Reduit. SeeRedoubt(1).
Redundance, rē-dun′dans,n.quality of being superfluous: superabundance—alsoRedun′dancy.—adj.Redun′dant, superfluous, as in words or images: (Milt.) flowing back, as a wave.—adv.Redun′dantly. [Fr.,—L.redund-ans,-antis, pr.p. ofredundāre, to redound.]
Reduplicate, rē-dū′pli-kāt,v.t.to double again: to multiply: to repeat.—adj.doubled.—n.Reduplicā′tion, the act of redoubling: the repetition of a syllable, or of the initial part, in inflection and word-formation, as in L.fefelli, perf. offallo, Gr.tetupha, perf. oftuptō: (anat.) a folding or doubling of a part or organ.—adj.Redū′plicātive.
Reduviidæ, red-ū-vī′i-dē,n.pl.a family of predacious bugs.—adj.Redū′vioid.—n.Redū′vius, a genus embracing about fifty species, mostly African—theFly-bugis European.
Redux, rē′duks,adj.led back, as from captivity, &c., as in Dryden's poem on the Restoration entitledAstræa Redux: (med.) noting the reappearance of certain physical signs after interruption in consequence of disease.
Ree, rē, (prov.)v.t.to riddle.
Ree, rē,adj.(prov.) wild, tipsy.
Reebok, rē′bok,n.a South African antelope.
Re-echo, rē-ek′ō,v.t.to echo back.—v.i.to give back echoes: to resound.—n.an echo repeated.
Reechy, rēch′i,adj.(Shak.) smoky, sooty, tanned.—n.Reech, smoke—the Scotchreek(q.v.).
Reed, rēd,v.t.andv.i.(Spens.) to deem.
Reed.
Reed, rēd,n.the common English name of certain tall grasses, growing in moist or marshy places, and having a very hard or almost woody culm: a musical pipe anciently made of a reed: the sounding part of several musical instruments, as the clarinet, bassoon, oboe, and bagpipe: the speaking part of the organ, though made of metal: the appliance in weaving for separating the threads of the warp, and for beating the weft up to the web: a tube containing the powder-train leading to the blast-hole: a piece of whalebone, &c., for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress: (poet.) a missile weapon: reeds or straw for thatch: a measuring reed.—v.t.to thatch.—ns.Reed′-band, a musical band including clarinets and other reed-instruments;Reed′-bird, the bobolink;Reed′-bunt′ing, the black-headed bunting of Europe.—adjs.Reed′ed, covered with reeds: formed with reed-like ridges or channels;Reed′en, consisting of a reed or reeds.—ns.Reed′er, a thatcher;Reed′-grass, any one of the grasses called reeds;Reed′iness, the state of being reedy;Reed′ing, the milling on the edge of a coin: (archit.) ornamental beaded mouldings, &c.;Reed′-in′strument, a musical instrument, the tone of which is produced by the vibration of a reed;Reed′-knife, a metal implement for adjusting the tuning wires in a pipe-organ;Reed′ling, the European bearded titmouse;Reed′-mace, any plant of the genusTypha, esp. either of two species, also calledCat's tail, the most common of which grows to a height of five or six feet, and is sometimes calledBulrush;Reed′-mō′tion, the mechanism which in power-looms moves the batten;Reed′-or′gan, a key-board musical instrument of which the harmonium and the American organ are the principal types;Reed′-pheas′ant, the bearded titmouse or reedling;Reed′-pipe, in organ-building, a pipe whose tone is produced by the vibration of a reed:Reed′-plane, a concave-soled plane used in making beads;Reed′-stop, a set of reed-pipes in organs, the use of which is controlled by a single stop-knob;Reed′-war′bler, a species of the warblers, frequenting marshy places, and building its nest on the reeds which grow there—alsoReed′-thrush;Reed′-wren, the greater reed-warbler: an American wren.—adj.Reed′y, abounding with reeds: resembling or sounding as a reed—n.masses of rods of iron imperfectly welded together. [A.S.hreód; Dut.riet, Ger.ried.]
Re-edify, rē-ed′i-fī,v.t.to rebuild.—n.Re-edificā′tion, the act of rebuilding: the state of being rebuilt.
Reef, rēf,n.a chain of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water: a shoal or elevated bank: a lode, vein, or ledge, in Australian mining phraseology. [Dut.rif; Ice.rif.]
Reefknot.
Reef, rēf,n.a portion of a sail rolled or folded up.—v.t.to reduce the exposed surface of, as a sail: to gather up any material in a similar way.—ns.Reef′-band, a strong strip of canvas extending across a sail to strengthen it;Reef′er, a reef-oyster: one who reefs: a short jacket worn by sailors: a midshipman;Reef′-goose, the common wild goose of North America;Reef′ing, the gathering up of a curtain in short festoons;Reef′ing-jack′et, a pea-jacket;Reef′-knot, a square knot;Reef′-line, a temporary means of spilling a sail;Reef′-pend′ant, in fore and aft sails, a rope through a sheave-hole in the boom;Reef′-squid, a lashing used aboard the luggers on the south coast of England;Reef′-tack′le, a tackle used to facilitate reefing.—adjs.Reef′y, full of reefs;Close′-reefed, the condition of a sail when all its reefs have been taken in. [Dut.reef, reef; Ice.rif, Dan.reb.]
Reef, rēf,adj.(Scot.) scabby.—n.the itch. [A.S.hreóf, scabby.]
Reek, rēk,n.smoke: vapour.—v.i.to emit smoke or vapour: to steam.—adj.Reek′y, full of reek: smoky: soiled with steam or smoke: foul. [A.S.réc; Ice.reykr, Ger.rauch, Dut.rook, smoke.]
Reel, rēl,n.a lively Scottish dance for two couples or more, its music generally written in common time of four crotchets in a measure, but sometimes in jig time of six quavers: music for such a dance.—v.i.to dance a reel. [Gael.righil.]
Reel, rēl,n.a rolling or turning frame for winding yarn, &c.—v.t.to wind on a reel.—adj.Reel′able, capable of being reeled.—ns.Reel′-click, an attachment to an angler's reel, which checks the line from running out too freely;Reel′-cott′on, sewing cotton thread wound on reels or spools;Reel′er, one who reels: the grasshopper-warbler;Reel′-hold′er, a rotatory frame to hold spools or reels of thread used in sewing: one of the watch in a man-of-war who hauls in the line when the log is heaved to ascertain the ship's speed;Reel′ing-machine′, a machine for winding thread on spools or reels: a machine which winds into hanks the cotton yarn received from the bobbins of the spinning-frames;Reel′-line, a fishing-line used on a reel by anglers, esp. the partreeled, as distinguished from thatcast;Reel′-plate, the metal plate of a fishing-reel that fits into the reel-seat;Reel′-seat, the groove on an angler's rod which receives the reel.—Reel off, to give out with rapidity or fluency. [A.S.reól,hreól.]
Reel, rēl,v.i.to stagger: to vacillate.—n.giddiness.—adv.Reel′-rall(Scot.), topsy-turvy. [Conn. with preceding word.]
Re-elect, rē-ē-lekt′,v.t.to elect again.—n.Re-elec′tion.
Re-elevate, rē-el′e-vāt,v.t.to elevate again or anew.
Re-eligible, rē-el′i-ji-bl,adj.capable of re-election.—n.Re-eligibil′ity.
Reem, rēm,n.an animal mentioned in Job, xxxix. 9—unicorn, wild ox, or ox-antelope.
Re-embark, rē-em-bärk′,v.t.to embark or put on board again.—n.Re-embarkā′tion.
Re-embattle, rē-em-bat′l,v.t.(Milt.) to range again in order of battle.
Re-embody, rē-em-bod′i,v.t.to embody again.
Re-embrace, rē-em-brās′,v.t.orv.i.to embrace again.
Re-emerge, rē-ē-mėrj′,v.i.to emerge again.—n.Re-emerg′ence, the act of emerging again.
Reeming, rēm′ing,n.the act of opening the seams between the planks of a vessel with a caulking-iron, in order to admit the oakum.
Re-enact, rē-en-akt′,v.t.to enact again.—n.Re-enact′ment.
Re-encouragement, rē-en-kur′āj-ment,n.renewed or repeated encouragement.
Re-endow, rē-en-dow′,v.t.to endow again or anew.
Re-enforce,Re-enforcement. Same asReinforce,Reinforcement.
Re-engage, rē-en-gāj′,v.t.andv.i.to engage again or a second time.—n.Re-engage′ment, a renewed or repeated engagement.
Re-engender, rē-en-jen′dėr,v.t.to regenerate.
Re-engrave, rē-en-grāv′,v.t.to engrave again or anew.
Re-enjoy, rē-en-joi′,v.t.to enjoy anew or a second time.
Re-enlist, rē-en-list,v.t.orv.i.to enlist again.
Re-enter, rē-en′tėr,v.t.andv.i.to enter again or anew: in engraving, to cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.—p.adj.Re-en′tering, entering again: turning inwards.—n.Re-en′trance, the act of entering again.—adj.Re-en′trant(same asRe-entering).—n.Re-en′try, an entering again: the resuming a possession lately lost.—Re-entering angle, an angle pointing inwards.
Re-enthrone, rē-en-thrōn′,v.t.to restore to the throne.—n.Re-enthrone′ment.
Re-erect, rē-e-rekt′,v.t.to erect again.
Reermouse. Same asReremouse.
Reesk, rēsk,n.(Scot.) rank grass, or waste land growing such.
Reest,Reist, rēst,v.i.(Scot.) of a horse, suddenly to refuse to move, to baulk.—v.t.to arrest, stop.
Re-establish, rē-es-tab′lish,v.t.to establish again: to restore.—ns.Re-estab′lisher, one who re-establishes;Re-estab′lishment.
Re-estate, rē-es-tāt′,v.t.to re-establish.
Reeve, rēv,n.a steward or other officer (now used only in composition, as insheriff)—a title applied to several classes of old English magistrates over various territorial areas, asborough-reeves, over boroughs;port-reeves, in trading towns, in ports;high-reeves, &c. [M. E.reve—A.S.geréfa—róf, excellent. Cf. Ger.graf.]
Reeve, rēv,v.t.to pass the end of a rope through any hole, as the channel of a block:—pa.t.andpa.p.reeved, also rove (naut.). [Reef(2).]
Re-examine, rē-eg-zam′in,v.t.to examine again or anew.—n.Re-examinā′tion, a renewed or repeated examination.
Re-exchange, rē-eks-chānj′,v.t.to exchange again or anew.—n.a renewed exchange.
Re-exhibit, rē-eg-zib′it,v.t.to exhibit again.
Re-expel, rē-eks-pel′,v.t.to expel again.
Re-export, rē-eks-pōrt′,v.t.to export again, as what has been imported.—n.Re-exportā′tion, the act of exporting what has first been imported.
Refaction, rē-fak′shun,n.(obs.)retribution.
Refait, re-fā′,n.a drawn game, esp. inrouge-et-noir.
Refashion, rē-fash′un,v.t.to fashion or mould again.—n.Refash′ionment.
Refasten, rē-fas′n,v.t.to fasten again.
Refection, rē-fek′shun,n.refreshment: a meal or repast.—n.Refec′tioner.—adj.Refec′tive, refreshing.—n.Refec′tory, the place where refections or meals are taken, esp. in convents or monasteries. [Fr.,—L.refectio—reficĕre,refectum—re-, again,facĕre, to make.]
Refel, rē-fel′,v.t.(Shak.) to refute, to disprove. [O. Fr.,—L.refellĕre—re-, again,fallĕre, to deceive.]
Refeoff, rē-fef′,v.t.to reinvest.
Refer, rē-fėr,v.t.to submit to another person or authority: to assign: to reduce: to carry back: to trace back: to hand over for consideration: to deliver over, as to refer a matter: to appeal: to direct for information.—v.i.to direct the attention: to give a reference: to have reference or recourse: to relate: to allude:—pr.p.refer′ring;pa.t.andpa.p.referred′.—adjs.Ref′erable,Refer′rible, that may be referred or assigned to.—ns.Referēē′, one to whom anything is referred: an arbitrator, umpire, or judge;Ref′erence, the act of referring: a submitting for information or decision: relation: allusion: one who, or that which, is referred to: (law) the act of submitting a dispute for investigation or decision: a testimonial: a direction in a book, a quotation;Ref′erence-Bī′ble, a Bible having references to parallel passages;Ref′erence-book, a book to be referred to or consulted, as an encyclopædia;Ref′erence-Lī′brary, a library containing books to be consulted only in the premises.—n.pl.Ref′erence-marks(print.), the characters *, †, &c., used to refer to notes, &c.—ns.Referendar′, in Germany, a legal probationer who has passed the first of the two examinations for the judicial service;Referen′dary, one to whose decision a cause is referred, a referee: formerly a public official whose duty was to procure, execute, and despatch diplomas and charters, or who served as the medium of communication with a sovereign: the official through whom the patriarch of Constantinople communicates with the civil authorities;Referen′dum, in Switzerland, the right of the people to have all legislative acts passed in the Federal or Cantonal Assemblies referred to themen masse.—adj.Referen′tial, containing a reference: pointing or referring to something else.—adv.Referen′tially, in the way of reference.—ns.Refer′ment;Refer′rer. [O. Fr.referer(référer)—L.referre, to carry back—re-, back,ferre, to carry.]
Referrible. Same asReferable.
Refigure, rē-fig′ūr,v.t.to represent anew: (astrol.) to restore the parabolic figure of, as of a parabolic mirror.
Refill, rē-fil′,v.t.to fill again.
Refind, rē-fīnd′,v.t.to find or experience again.
Refine, rē-fīn′,v.t.to separate from extraneous matter: to reduce to a fine or pure state: to purify: to clarify: to polish: to make elegant: to purify the manners, morals, language, &c.—v.i.to become fine or pure: to affect nicety: to improve in any kind of excellence.—p.adj.Refined′, made fine: polished: highly cultivated.—adv.Refin′edly, in a refined manner: with affected elegance.—ns.Refin′edness,Refine′ment, act of refining or state of being refined: purification: separation from what is impure, &c.: cultivation: elegance: polish: purity: an excessive nicety;Refin′er, one who refuses anything: a piece of mechanism for refining, as a gas purifier;Refin′ery, a place for refining;Refin′ing, the act or process of refining or purifying, particularly metals. [L.re-, denoting change of state, andfine; cf. Fr.raffiner.]
Refit, rē-fit′,v.t.to fit or prepare again.—v.i.to repair damages.—ns.Refit′,Refit′ment.
Reflame, rē-flām′,v.i.to burst again into flame.
Reflect, rē-flekt′,v.t.to bend back: to throw back after striking upon any surface, as light, &c.—v.i.to be thrown back, as light, heat, &c.: to revolve in the mind: to consider attentively or deeply: to ponder: to cast reproach or censure (withon,upon).—p.adj.Reflect′ed, cast or thrown back: turned upward: reflexed.—adjs.Reflect′ible, capable of being reflected;Reflect′ing, throwing back light, heat, &c.: given to reflection: thoughtful.—adv.Reflect′ingly, with reflection: with censure.—Reflecting telescope, a form of telescope in which the image of the object to be viewed is produced by a concave reflector instead of a lens, as in the refracting telescope. [Fr.,—L.reflectĕre,reflexum—re-, again,flectĕre, to bend.]
Reflection,Reflexion, rē-flek′shun,n.the act of reflecting: the change of direction when a ray of light, &c., strikes upon a surface and is thrown back: the state of being reflected: that which is reflected: the action of the mind by which it is conscious of its own operations: attentive consideration: contemplation: censure or reproach: (anat.) the folding of a part, a fold.—adj.Reflect′ive, reflecting: considering the operations of the mind: exercising thought or reflection: (gram.) reciprocal.—adv.Reflect′ively.—ns.Reflect′iveness;Reflect′or, one who, or that which, reflects: a mirror or polished reflecting surface: a censurer.—adj.Reflect′ory.
Reflet, re-flā′,n.iridescent glaze, as on pottery: ware possessing this property.
Reflex, rē′fleks,adj.bent or turned back: reflected: reciprocal: acting and reacting, as reflex influence: (physiol.) said of certain movements which take place independent of the will, being sent back from a nerve-centre in answer to a stimulus from the surface: (paint.) illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.—n.reflection: light reflected from an illuminated surface: a copy.—v.t.Reflex′, to bend back.—p.adj.Reflexed′(bot.), bent backward or downward.—n.Reflexibil′ity.—adjs.Reflex′ible,Reflect′ible, that may be reflected or thrown back.—n.Reflex′ity.—adj.Reflex′ive, turning backward: reflective: respecting the past: relating to a verb in which the action turns back upon the subject, asI bethought myself.—adv.Reflex′ively.—n.Reflex′iveness, the state or quality of being reflexive.—adv.Rē′flexly(alsoReflex′ly).—adj.Reflexogen′ic, tending to increase reflex motions.
Refloat, rē-flōt′,n.ebb.
Reflorescence, rē-flor-es′ens,n.a blossoming anew.—v.i.Reflour′ish.
Reflow, rē-flō′,v.i.to flow back.—ns.Reflow′,Reflow′ing.
Reflower, rē-flow′ėr,v.i.to bloom again.
Refluent, ref′lōō-ent,adj.flowing back: ebbing.—ns.Ref′luence,Ref′luency.—adj.Rē′flux, flowing or returning back: reflex.—n.a flowing back: ebb.—n.Reflux′ing. [L.refluens,-entis, pr.p. ofrefluĕre—re-, back,fluĕre,fluxum, to flow.]
Refocillate, rē-fos′il-āt,v.t.(obs.) to revive.—n.Refocillā′tion. [L.re-, again,focillāre, to cherish—focus, a hearth.]
Refold, rē-fōld′,v.t.to fold again.—adj.Refold′ed.
Refoot, rē-fōōt′,v.t.to supply with a new foot.
Reforest, rē-for′est,v.t.to plant again with trees.—n.Reforestā′tion.
Reforge, rē-fōrj′,v.t.to forge again or anew: to make over again.—n.Reforg′er.
Reform, rē-form′,v.t.to form again or anew: to transform: to make better: to remove that which is objectionable from: to repair or improve: to reclaim.—v.i.to become better: to abandon evil: to be corrected or improved.—n.a forming anew: change, amendment, improvement: an extension or better distribution of parliamentary representation, as in the Reform Bill.—adj.Refor′mable.—n.Reformā′tion, the act of forming again: the act of reforming: amendment: improvement: the great religious revolution of the 16th century, which gave rise to the various evangelical or Protestant organisations of Christendom.—adjs.Refor′mātive, forming again or anew: tending to produce reform;Refor′mātory, reforming: tending to produce reform.—n.an institution for reclaiming youths and children who have been convicted of crime.—adj.Reformed′, formed again or anew: changed: amended: improved: denoting the churches formed after the Reformation, esp. those in which the Calvinistic doctrines, and still more the Calvinistic polity, prevail, in contradistinction to theLutheran.—ns.Refor′mer, one who reforms: one who advocates political reform: one of those who took part in the Reformation of the 16th century;Refor′mist, a reformer.—Reformed Presbyterians, a Presbyterian denomination originating in Scotland (seeCameronian);Reform school, a reformatory. [L.re-, again,formāre, to shape—forma, form.]
Reformade, ref-or-mād′,n.(Bunyan) a reduced or dismissed soldier.—n.Reformā′do, an officer without a command.—adj.degraded: penitent.
Refortify, rē-for′ti-fī,v.t.to fortify again or anew.
Refound, rē-fownd′,v.t.to establish on a new basis: to cast anew.—n.Refound′er.
Refract, rē-frakt′,v.t.to break back or open: to break the natural course, or bend from a direct line, as rays of light, &c.—adj.Rēfrac′table.—p.adjs.Rēfrac′ted, turned out of its straight course, as a ray of light: (bot., &c.) bent back at an acute angle;Rēfrac′ting, serving or tending to refract: refractive.—n.Rēfrac′tion, the act of refracting: the change in the direction of a ray of light, heat, &c., when it enters a different medium.—adj.Rēfrac′tive, refracting: pertaining to refraction.—ns.Rēfrac′tiveness;Rēfractiv′ity;Rēfractom′eter, an instrument for measuring the refractive power of different substances;Rēfrac′tor, a refracting telescope.—Angle of refraction, the angle between a perpendicular and a ray of light after its change of direction, bearing a constant ratio to the sine of theangle of incidence—the index of refraction;Astronomical, orAtmospheric,refraction, the apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the earth's atmosphere;Double refraction, the separation of an incident ray of light into two refracted rays, polarised in perpendicular planes. [L.refringĕre,refractum—re-, back,frangĕre, to break.]
Refractory, rē-frak′to-ri,adj.breaking through rules: unruly: unmanageable: obstinate: perverse: difficult of fusion, as metals, &c.: not susceptible, as to disease.—adv.Refrac′torily.—n.Refrac′toriness.
Refracture, rē-frak′tūr,n.a breaking again.
Refragable, ref′ra-ga-bl,adj.that may be resisted: capable of refutation.—ns.Refragabil′ity,Ref′ragableness.—v.i.Ref′ragāte(obs.), to be contrary in effect. [L.refragāri, to resist—re-, again,frangĕre, to break.]
Refrain, rē-frān′,n.a burden or chorus recurring at the end of each division of a poem: the musical form to which the burden of a song is set: an after-taste or other sense impression. [O. Fr.refrain—refraindre—L.refringĕre(refrangĕre).]
Refrain, rē-frān′,v.t.to curb: to restrain.—v.i.to keep from action: to forbear.—ns.Refrain′er;Refrain′ment. [O. Fr.refraindre(Fr.refréner)—Low L.refrenāre—re-, back,frenum, a bridle.]
Reframe, rē-frām′,v.t.to frame again.
Refranation, rēf-ra-nā′shun,n.(astrol.) the failure of a planetary aspect to occur.
Refrangible, rē-fran′ji-bl,adj.that may be refracted, or turned out of a direct course, as rays of light, heat, &c.—ns.Refrangibil′ity,Refran′gibleness.
Refreeze, rē-frēz′,v.t.to freeze a second time.
Refrenation, ref-rē-nā′shun,n.(obs.) the act of restraining.
Refresh, rē-fresh′,v.t.to give new strength, spirit, &c. to: to revive after exhaustion: to enliven: to restore a fresh appearance to.—v.i.to become fresh again: (coll.) to take refreshment, as food and drink.—v.t.Rēfresh′en, to make fresh again.—n.Rēfresh′er, one who, or that which, refreshes: a fee paid to counsel for continuing his attention to a case, esp. when adjourned.—adj.Rēfresh′ful, full of power to refresh: refreshing.—adv.Rēfresh′fully.—p.adj.Rēfresh′ing, reviving, invigorating.—adv.Rēfresh′ingly, in a refreshing manner: so as to revive.—ns.Rēfresh′ingness;Refresh′ment, the act of refreshing: new strength or spirit after exhaustion: that which refreshes, as food or rest—(pl.) usually food and drink.—Refreshment, orRefection,Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent.
Refrigerant, rē-frij′ė-rant,adj.making cold: cooling: refreshing.—n.that which cools.—v.t.Rēfrig′erāte, to make cold: to cool: to refresh.—n.Rēfrigerā′tion.—adjs.Rēfrig′erātive,Rēfrig′erātory, cooling: refreshing.—ns.Rēfrig′erātor, an apparatus for preserving food by keeping it at a low temperature: an ice-safe;Rēfrig′erātor-car, a freight-car fitted for preserving meat, &c., during transmission, by means of cold;Rēfrig′erātory, a cooler: a vessel or apparatus for cooling, used in brewing, &c.;Rēfrigē′rium(obs.), cooling refreshment. [Fr.,—L.re-, denoting change of state,frigerāre,-ātum, to cool,frigus, cold.]
Refringe, rē-frinj′,v.t.to infringe.—n.Rēfring′ency, refractive power.—adj.Rēfrin′gent.
Reft, reft,pa.t.andpa.p.ofreave.
Refuge, ref′ūj,n.that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum or retreat: a resource or expedient.—v.t.to find shelter for.—v.i.to take shelter.—ns.Refugēē′, one who flees for refuge to another country, esp. from religious persecution or political commotion;Refugēē′ism.—City of refuge(see City);House of refuge, an institution for the shelter of the destitute. [Fr.,—L.refugium—re-, back,frugĕre, to flee.]