7. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; — chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See Râle. To spring a rattle, to cause it to sound. — Yellow rattle (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb (Rhinanthus Crista- galli), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx.
RATTLEBOXRat"tle*box`, n.
1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
2. (Bot.) (a) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod. (b) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.
RATTLE-BRAINEDRat"tle-brained`, a.
Defn: Giddy; rattle-headed.
RATTLEHEADRat"tle*head`, n.
Defn: An empty, noisy talker.
RATTLE-HEADEDRat"tle-head`ed, a.
Defn: Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
RATTLEMOUSERat"tle*mouse`, n.
Defn: A bat. [Obs.] Puttenham.
RATTLEPATERat"tle*pate`, n.
Defn: A rattlehead. C. Kingsley.
RATTLE-PATEDRat"tle-pat`ed, a.
Defn: Rattle-headed. "A noisy, rattle-pated fellow." W. Irving.
RATTLERRat"tler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, rattles.
RATTLESNAKERat"tle*snake`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the south (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang. Ground rattlesnake (Zoöl.), a small rattlesnake (Caudisona, or Sistrurus, miliaria) of the Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on its head. — Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern (Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the frond. — Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass (Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass. — Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain. — Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American species of the composite genus Prenanthes (P. alba and P. serpentaria), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Calling also lion's foot, gall of the earth, and white lettuce. — Rattlesnake's master (Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the Southern United States. (b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccæfolium) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves. (c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatris squarrosa). — Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus Hieracium (H. venosum); — probably so named from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
RATTLETRAPRat"tle*trap`, n.
Defn: Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. [Colloq.] A.Trollope.
RATTLEWEEDRat"tle*weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
RATTLEWINGSRat"tle*wings`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The golden-eye.
RATTLEWORTRat"tle*wort`, n. Etym: [AS. hrætelwyrt.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Rattlebox.
RATTLINGSRat"tlings, n. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: Ratlines.
RATTOONRat*toon", n. Etym: [Sp. retoño.]
Defn: One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
RATTOONRat*toon", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rattooned; p. pr. & vb. n.Rattooning.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. retoñar.]
Defn: To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting.
RAUCIDRau"cid, a. Etym: [L. raucus hoarse; cf. LL. raucidus.]
Defn: Hoarse; raucous [R.] Lamb.
RAUCITY Rau"ci*ty, n. Etym: [L. rausitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F. raucité.]
Defn: Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
RAUCOUSRau"cous, a. Etym: [L. raucus.]
Defn: Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. "His voice slightly raucous." Aytoun. — Rau"cous*ly, adv.
RAUGHTRaught, obs.
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Reach. Shak.
RAUGHTRaught, obs.
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Reck. Chaucer.
RAUNCHRaunch, v. t.
Defn: See Ranch. Spenser.
RAUNSOUNRaun*soun", n.
Defn: Ransom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RAVAGE Rav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious, Ravish.]
Defn: Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time. Would one think 't were possible for love To make such ravage in a noble soul Addison.
Syn. — Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
RAVAGERav"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravaging.]Etym: [F. ravager. See Ravage, n.]
Defn: To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havocor devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.Already Cæsar Has ravaged more than half the globe. Addison.His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.
Syn. — To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
RAVAGERRav"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
RAVE Rave, n. Etym: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
Defn: One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
RAVE Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] Etym: [F. rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.
2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.
3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; — followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.
RAVERave, v. t.
Defn: To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.
RAVEHOOKRave"hook, n. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
RAVELRav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raveled or Ravelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Raveling or Ravelling.] Etym: [. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG.rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.]
1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; — often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking. Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak.
2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests has he not untied Waller. The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses! Jer. Taylor.
RAVELRav"el, v. i.
1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.] Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel more, still less resolved. Milton.
3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads ofa woven pattern. [Obs.]The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters.Sir W. Temple.
RAVELERRav"el*er, n. Etym: [Also raveller.]
Defn: One who ravels.
RAVELIN Rave"lin, n. Etym: [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.)
Defn: A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle.It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place.Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
RAVELINGRav"el*ing, n. Etym: [Also ravelling.]
1. The act of untwisting, or of disentangling.
2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
RAVENRa"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hræfn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zoöl.), the cormorant.
RAVENRa"ven, a.
Defn: Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
RAVENRav"en, n. Etym: [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine.See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
RAVENRav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening.] Etym:[Written also ravin, and ravine.]
1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.
2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.
RAVENRav"en, v. i.
Defn: To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.
RAVENALARav`e*na"la, n. Etym: [Malagasy.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants related to the banana.
Note: Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveller's tree.
RAVENERRav"en*er, n.
1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.
2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs.] Holland.
RAVENINGRav"en*ing, n.
Defn: Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39.
RAVENINGRav"en*ing, a.
Defn: Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves.— Rav"en*ing*ly, adv.
RAVENOUSRav"en*ous, a. Etym: [From 2d Raven.]
1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite ordesire.— Rav"en*ous*ly, adv.— Rav"en*ous*ness, n.
RAVEN'S-DUCKRa"ven's-duck`, n. Etym: [Cf. G. ravenstuch.]
Defn: A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
RAVERRav"er, n.
Defn: One who raves.
RAVINRav"in, n.
Defn: Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
RAVIN; RAVINERav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Defn: Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls ofravyne." Chaucer.Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked againsthis creed. Tennyson.
RAVIN; RAVINERav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Raven, v. t. & i.
RAVINERa*vine", n. Etym: [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a ravine, fr.ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L. rapina rapine. SeeRavish, and cf. Rapine, Raven prey.]
1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
RAVINGRav"ing, a.
Defn: Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.— Rav"ing*ly, adv.
RAVISHRav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.]Etym: [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away,to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]
1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, andaccuse thee. Shak.This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden.
2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. Cant. iv. 9.
3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. Shak.
Syn. — To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.
RAVISHERRav"ish*er, n.
Defn: One who ravishes (in any sense).
RAVISHINGRav"ish*ing, a.
Defn: Rapturous; transporting.
RAVISHINGLYRav"ish*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a ravishing manner.
RAVISHMENTRav"ish*ment, n. Etym: [F. ravissement. See Ravish.]
1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. Blackstone.
2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.
3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
RAVISSANTRav"is*sant, a. Etym: [F.] (Her.)
Defn: In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
RAW Raw, a. [Compar Rawer; superl. Rawest.] Etym: [AS. hreáw; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. ro, Icel. hrar, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. sq. root18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.]
1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit. Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. De Quincey.
3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] Bacon. (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.] "With scull all raw." Spencer (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c) Sore, as if by being galled. And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. Spenser.
5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day." Shak. Raw material, material that has not been subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. — Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
RAWRaw, n.
Defn: A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touchone on the raw.Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. DeQuincey.
RAWBONERaw"bone`, a.
Defn: Rawboned. [Obs.] Spencer.
RAWBONEDRaw"boned`, a.
Defn: Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt. Shak.
RAWHEADRaw"head`, n.
Defn: A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.
RAWHIDERaw"hide`, n.
Defn: A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
RAWISHRaw"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat raw. [R.] Marston.
RAWLYRaw"ly, adv.
1. In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
2. Without proper preparation or provision. Shak.
RAWNESSRaw"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being raw.
RAYRay, v. t. Etym: [An aphetic form of array; cf. Beray.]
1. To array. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [Obs.] "The fifth that did it ray." Spenser.
RAYRay, n.
Defn: Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. Spenser.
RAY Ray, n. Etym: [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.]
1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A radiating part of the flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
4. (Physics) (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.
5. Sight; perception; vision; — from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. Pope.
6. (Geom.)
Defn: One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray. Bundle of rays. (Geom.) See Pencil of rays, below. — Extraordinary ray (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. — Ordinary ray (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. — Pencil of rays (Geom.), a definite system of rays. — Ray flower, or Ray floret (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. — Ray point (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. — Röntgen ray ( (Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs. So called from the discoverer, W. C. Röntgen. — X ray, the Röntgen ray; — so called by its discoverer because of its enigmatical character, x being an algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity.
RAYRay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Raying.] Etym: [Cf.OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to irradiate. See Ray, n., andcf. Radiate.]
1. To mark with long lines; to streak. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Etym: [From Ray, n.]
Defn: To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles. [R.] Thompson.
RAYRay, v. t.
Defn: To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning.
RAY Ray, n. Etym: [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray (Stoasodon nàrinari) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. — Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray (Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins. — Devil ray. See Sea Devil. — Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidæ, or Ætobatidæ. The common European species (Myliobatis aquila) is called also whip ray, and miller. — Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo. — Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata). — Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the family Trygonidæ having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also stingaree.
RAYAH Ra"yah, n. Etym: [Ar. ra'iyah a herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.]
Defn: A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.[Turkey.]
RAY GRASSRay" grass` Etym: [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); — called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass. Italian ray, or rye, grass. See Darnel, and Grass.
RAYLESSRay"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
RAYONRay"on, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Ray; beam. [Obs.] Spenser.
RAYONNANTRay"on*nant, a. Etym: [F.] (Her.)
Defn: Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.
RAZERaze, n. Etym: [See Rack.]
Defn: A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
RAZE Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] Etym: [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
Syn.— To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin.See Demolish.
RAZEDRazed, a.
Defn: Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] "Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." Shak.
RAZEE Ra*zee", n. Etym: [F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.)
Defn: An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten.
RAZEERa*zee", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.]
Defn: To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.
RAZORRa"zor, n. Etym: [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir,LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." Ezek. v. 1.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphæna novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. — Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. — Razor grinder (Zoöl.), the European goat-sucker. — Razor shell (Zoöl.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, and Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle. — Razor stone. Same as Novaculite. — Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
RAZORABLERa"zor*a*ble, a.
Defn: Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [R.] Shak.
RAZORBACKRa"zor*back", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The rorqual.
RAZOR-BACKEDRa"zor-backed", a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.
RAZORBILL Ra"zor*bill, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See Cutwater, 3.
RAZURERa"zure, n. Etym: [See Rasure.]
1. The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.
2. An erasure; a change made by erasing.
RAZZIARaz"zi*a, n. Etym: [F., fr. Ar. ghazia (pron. razia in Algeria).]
Defn: A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a rai
RE- Re-. Etym: [L. re-, older form (retained before vowels) red-: cf. F. re-, ré-.]
Defn: A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate, reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
RERe (ra). Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.
REABSORBRe`ab*sorb", v. t.
Defn: To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; — used esp. of fluids.
REABSORPTIONRe`ab*sorp"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of rearbsorbing.
REACCESSRe`ac*cess", n.
Defn: A second access or approach; a return. Hakewill.
REACCUSERe"ac*cuse", v. t.
Defn: To accuse again. Cheyne.
REACHReach, n.
Defn: An effort to vomit. [R.]
REACH Reach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaching.] Etym: [OE. rechen, AS. ræcan, ræcean, to extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS. rice powerful, rich, E. rich. sq. root115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like. Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R. Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27. Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. Milton.
2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book. He reached me a full cap. 2 Esd. xiv. 39.
3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear. O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I may reach the beast. Dryden.
4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as. If these examples of grown men reach not the case of children, let them examine. Locke.
6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his hand reaches the river. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. Milton.
7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. Cheyne.
9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.] Do what, sir I reach you not. Beau. & Fl.
10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] South.
REACHReach, v. t.
1. To stretch out the hand. Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste! Milton.
2. To strain after something; to make efforts. Reaching above our nature does no good. Dryden.
3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something. And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Gen. xxviii. 12. The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone. Boyle.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another,or with the ind nearly abeam. To reach after or at, to make effortsto attain to or obtain.He would be in the mind reaching after a positive idea of infinity.Locke.
REACHReach, n.
1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
2. The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity. Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than themselves to matters which they least intended. Hayward. Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. Pope.
3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope. And on the left hand, hell, With long reach, interposed. Milton. I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion. Shak.
4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land. "The river's wooded reach." Tennyson. The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches. Holland.
5. An article to obtain an advantage. The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of his own underhand to cross the design. Bacon.
6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
REACHABLEReach"a*ble, a.
Defn: Being within reach.
REACHERReach"er, n.
1. One who reaches.
2. An exaggeration. [Obs.] Fuller.
REACHLESSReach"less, a.
Defn: Being beyond reach; lofty.Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall.
REACTRe*act", v. t.
Defn: To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
REACTRe*act", v. i.
1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
2. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
REACTANCERe*act"ance, n. [React + -ance.] (Elec.)
Defn: The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to the component of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit.
REACTANCE COILReactance coil (Elec.)
Defn: A choking coil.
REACTIONRe*ac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réaction.]
1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
3. (Med.)
Defn: An action included by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
4. (Mech.)
Defn: The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction. Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. Sir I. Newton (3d Law of Motion).
5. (Politics)
Defn: Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction. The new king had, at the very moment at which his fame and fortune reached the highest point, predicted the coming reaction. Macaulay. Reaction time (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of sense and the reaction or resulting movement; — called also physiological time. — Reaction wheel (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the reaction of water, usually one in which the water, entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
REACTIONARYRe*ac"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
REACTIONARYRe*ac"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Reactionaries (.
Defn: One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
REACTIONISTRe*ac"tion*ist, n.
Defn: A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
REACTIVERe*act`ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. réactif.]
Defn: Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature ofreaction.— Re*act"ive*ly, adv.— Re*act"ive*ness, n.
REACTORRe*act"or, n. (Elec.)
Defn: A choking coil.
READRead, n.
Defn: Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]
READ Read, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read; p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] Etym: [OE. reden, ræden, AS. rædan to read, advice, counsel, fr. ræd advise, counsel, rædan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. raedha, Goth. redan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. radh to succeed. sq. root116. Cf. Riddle.]
1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale.
2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named, and of what kin. Spenser.
4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. Chaucer.
5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman Shak.
6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. Shak.
7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. To read one's self in, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, — required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.
READRead, v. t.
1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.]
2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. viii. 8.
4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
5. To learn by reading. I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence. Swift.
6. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. To read between the lines, to infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.
READ Read, n. Etym: [AS. ræd counsel, fr. rædan to counsel. See Read, v. t.]
1. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Read, v.]
Defn: Reading. [Colloq.] Hume.One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read. Furnivall.
READRead,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
READRead, a.
Defn: Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.A poet . . . well read in Longinus. Addison.
READABILITYRead`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state of being readable; readableness.
READABLERead"a*ble, a.
Defn: Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worthreading; interesting.— Read"a*ble*ness, n.— Read"a*bly, adv,.
READDRESSRe`ad*dress", v. t.
Defn: To address a second time; — often used reflexively.He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.
READEPT Re`a*dept, v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + L. adeptus. p. p. of adipisci to obtain.]
Defn: To regain; to recover. [Obs.]
READEPTIONRe`a*dep"tion, n.
Defn: A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] Bacon.
READERRead"er, n. Etym: [AS. rædere.]
1. One who reads. Specifically: (a) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. (b) (University of Oxford, Eng.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. Lyell. (c) A proof reader. (d) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
2. One who reads much; one who is studious.
3. A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
READERSHIPRead"er*ship, n.
Defn: The office of reader. Lyell.
READILYRead"i*ly, adv.
1. In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. Chaucer.
2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. How readily we wish time spent revoked! Cowper.
READINESSRead"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness;aptitude; willingness.They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.
Syn. — Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude; promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness; dexterity; ease; cheerfulness. See Facility.
READINGRead"ing, n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.
4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]
6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. Reading of a bill (Legislation), its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
READINGRead"ing, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader. — Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. — Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. — Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. — Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.
READJOURNRe`ad*journ", v. t.
Defn: To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
READJOURNMENTRe`ad*journ"ment, n.
Defn: The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
READJUSTRe`ad*just", v. t.
Defn: To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
READJUSTERRe`ad*just"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.
READJUSTMENTRe`ad*just"ment, n.
Defn: A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
READMISSIONRe`ad*mis"sion, n.
Defn: The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.
READMITRe`ad*mit", v. t.
Defn: To admit again; to give entrance or access to again. Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.
READMITTANCERe`ad*mit"tance, n.
Defn: Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
READOPTRe`a*dopt", v. t.
Defn: To adopt again. Young.
READORNRe`a*dorn", v. t.
Defn: To adorn again or anew.
READVANCERe`ad*vance", v. i.
Defn: To advance again.
READVERTENCYRe`ad*vert"en*cy, n.
Defn: The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.] Norris.
READY Read"y, a. [Compar. Readier; superl. Readiest.] Etym: [AS. ræde; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. garáids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was." Chaucer.
2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready." Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4.
3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. Milton.
4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready in devising expedients." Macaulay. Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. Sir W. Scott.
5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. "The readiest way." Milton. A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. Dryden.
6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; — with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. Shak.
7. (Mil.)
Defn: A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." Chaucer. — Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'Tis all the ready money fate can give." Cowley. — Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. — To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
Syn. — Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt.
READYRead"y, adv.
Defn: In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to needno delay.We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17.
READYRead"y, n.
Defn: Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was suppliedwith the ready. [Slang]Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clearold debts. Arbuthnot.
READYRead"y, v. t.
Defn: To dispose in order. [Obs.] Heywood.
READY-MADERead"y-made`, a.
Defn: Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
READY-WITTEDRead"y-wit`ted, a.
Defn: Having ready wit.
REAFFIRMRe`af*firm", v. t.
Defn: To affirm again.
REAFFIRMANCE; REAFFIRMATIONRe`af*firm"ance, Re*af`fir*ma"tion n.
Defn: A second affirmation.
REAFFORESTRe`af*for"est, v. t.
Defn: To convert again into the forest, as a region of country.
REAFFORESTATIONRe`af*for`es*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of converting again into a forest.
REAGENTRe*a"gent, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.
REAGGRAVATIONRe*ag`gra*va"tion, n. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.
REAGREERe`a*gree", v. t.
Defn: To agree again.
REAKReak, n. [Wrack seaweed.]
Defn: A rush. [Obs.] "Feeds on reaks and reeds." Drant.
REAKReak, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. hrekkr, or E. wreak vengeance.]
Defn: A prank. [Obs.] "They play such reaks." Beau & Fl.
REALRe"al, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See Regal, and cf.Ree a coin.]
Defn: A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Note: A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 12real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2
REALRe*al", a.
Defn: Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes."Chaucer.
REALRe"al, a. Etym: [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. réel.Cf. Rebus.]
1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, adescription of real life.Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dreamHad lively shadowed. Milton.
2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. Milton.
5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. Bacon.
4. (Alg.)
Defn: Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
5. (Law)
Defn: Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel. — Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. — Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. — Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone. — Real estate or property, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent. Burrill. — Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. — Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Erskine. Bouvier.
Syn. — Actual; true; genuine; authentic. — Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. Dryden. Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. Locke.
REALRe"al, n.
Defn: A realist. [Obs.] Burton.
REALGAR Re*al"gar, n. Etym: [F. réalgar, Sp. rejalgar, Ar. rahj al ghar powder of the mine.] (Min.)
Defn: Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.
REALISMRe"al*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réalisme.]
1. (Philos.) (a) An opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). (b) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.
2. (Art & Lit.)
Defn: Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
REALISTRe"al*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réaliste.]
1. (Philos.)
Defn: One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
2. (Art. & Lit.)
Defn: An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. SeeRealism, 2.
REALISTICRe`al*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.
REALISTICALLYRe`al*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the realistic manner.
REALITYRe*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Realities. Etym: [Cf. F. réalité, LL. realitas.See 3d Real. and cf. 2d Realty.]
1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. Addison.
2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea. And to realities yield all her shows. Milton. My neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me. Beattie.
3. Etym: [See 1st Realty, 2.]
Defn: Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]To express our reality to the emperor. Fuller.
4. (Law)
Defn: See 2d Realty, 2.
REALIZABLERe"al*i`za*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being realized.
REALIZATIONRe`al*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réalisation.]
Defn: The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.
REALIZERe"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized; p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing.]Etym: [Cf. F. réaliser.]
1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project. We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.
2. To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience. Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
4. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation. Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay.
5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
REALIZERe"al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc. Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.
REALIZERRe"al*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who realizes. Coleridge.
REALIZINGRe"al*i`zing, a.
Defn: Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred. — Re"al*i`zing*ly, adv.
REALLEGERe`al*lege", v. t.
Defn: To allege again. Cotgrave.
REALLIANCERe`al*li"ance, n.
Defn: A renewed alliance.
RE-ALLYRe"-al*ly", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.]
Defn: To bring together again; to compose or form anew. Spenser.
REALLYRe"al*ly`, adv.
Defn: Royally. [Obs.] Chaucer.
REALLYRe"al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.
Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration. Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. Young.
REALMRealm, n. Etym: [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F.royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. SeeRegal.]