4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. Phil. ii. 7.
Syn.— Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See theNote under Character.
REPUTATIVELYRe*put"a*tive*ly (r-pt"-tv-l), adv.
Defn: By repute.
REPUTERe*pute" (r-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n.Reputing.] Etym: [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over;pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.]
Defn: To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think;to reckon.Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sightJob xviii. 3.The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. Shak.
REPUTERe*pute", n.
1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.
2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; — opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.
REPUTEDLYRe*put"ed*ly (r-pt"d-l), adv.
Defn: In common opinion or estimation; by repute.
REPUTELESSRe*pute"less, a.
Defn: Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.[R.] Shak.
REQUERERe*quere" (r—kwr"), v. t.
Defn: To require. [Obs.]
REQUESTRe*quest" (r-kw*st"), n. Etym: [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ,LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seekagain, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.]
1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak.
2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.
3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; — now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; — now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.
Syn. — Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.
REQUESTRe*quest" (r-kwst"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n.Requesting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.]
1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.
2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. Shak.
Syn.— To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.
REQUESTERRe*quest"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who requests; a petitioner.
REQUICKENRe*quick"en (r-kwk"'n), v. t.
Defn: To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.
REQUIEM Re"qui*em (r"kw-m;277), n. Etym: [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]
1. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Shak.
2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.
3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.] Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever slept. Sandys.
REQUIETORY Re*qui"e*to*ry (r-kw"-t-r), n. Etym: [L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.]
Defn: A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever.
REQUINRe"quin (r"kwn), n. Etym: [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead.See Requiem.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.
REQUIRABLERe*quir"a*ble (r-kwr"-b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale.
REQUIRE Re*quire" (r-kwr"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kwrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] Etym: [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]
1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him Shak. By nature did what was by law required. Dryden.
2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds.
3. To ask as a favor; to request. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra viii. 22.
Syn.— To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.
REQUIREMENTRe*quire"ment (-ment), n.
1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.
2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne.
REQUIRERRe*quir"er (-kwr"r), n.
Defn: One who requires.
REQUISITEReq"ui*site (rk"w-zt), n.
Defn: That which is required, or is necessary; somethingindispensable.God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we mustdo to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.Wake.
REQUISITE Req"ui*site, a. Etym: [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.]
Defn: Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances;All truth requisite for men to know. Milton.
Syn.— Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.— Req"ui*site*ly, adv.— Req"ui*site*ness, n.
REQUISITION Req`ui*si"tion (rk`w-zsh"n), n.Etym: [Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.]
1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)
Defn: A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]
REQUISITIONReq`ui*si"tion, v. t.
1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]
REQUISITIONISTReq`ui*si"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who makes or signs a requisition.
REQUISITIVERe*quis"i*tive (r-kwz"-tv), a.
Defn: Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris.
REQUISITIVERe*quis"i*tive, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist.[R.]
REQUISITORRe*quis"i*tor (-tr), n.
Defn: One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
REQUISITORYRe*quis"i*to*ry (-t-r), a.
Defn: Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621).
REQUITABLERe*quit"a*ble (-kwt"-b'l), a.
Defn: That may be requited.
REQUITALRe*quit"al (-al), n. Etym: [From Requite.]
Defn: The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller.
Syn. — Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.
REQUITERe"quite" (r-kwt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n.Requiting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + quit.]
Defn: To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. Ps. x. 14.
Syn. — To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.
REQUITEMENTRe*quite"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.
REQUITERRe*quit"er (-kwt"r), n.
Defn: One who requites.
REREBRACERere"brace` (rr"brs"), n. Etym: [F. arri.] (Anc. Armor)
Defn: Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.
REREDEMAINRere`de*main" (-d-mn"), n. Etym: [F. arri back + de of + main hand.]
Defn: A backward stroke. [Obs.]
REREDOS Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.
REREFIEFRere"fief` (rr"ff`), n. Etym: [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, andFief.] (Scots Law)
Defn: A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant. Blackstone.
REREIGNRe*reign" (r-rn"), v. i.
Defn: To reign again.
RE-REITERATERe`-re*it"er*ate (r`r-t"r-t), v. t.
Defn: To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish."Tennyson.
REREMOUSERere"mouse` (rr"mous`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rearmouse.
RE-RESOLVERe`-re*solve" (r`r-zlv"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To resolve again.Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.
REREWARDRere"ward` (rr"wrd`), n. Etym: [See Rearward.]
Defn: The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]
RESRes (rz), n.; pl. Res. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. Res gestæ Etym: [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. — Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.
RESAILRe*sail" (r-sl"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.
RESALERe*sale" (r-sl" or r"sl), n.
Defn: A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.Bacon.
RESALGARRe*sal"gar (r-sl"gr), n.
Defn: Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RESALUTERe`sa*lute" (r`s-lt"), v. t.
Defn: To salute again.
RESAWRe*saw" (r, v. t.
Defn: To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.
RESCATRes"cat (rs"kt), v. t. Etym: [Sp. rescattar.]
Defn: To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.
RESCATRes"cat, n. Etym: [Sp. rescate.]
Defn: Ransom; release. [Obs.]
RESCINDRe*scind" (r-snd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n.Rescinding.] Etym: [L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindereto cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.]
1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.
2. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.
Syn. — To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse; vacate; void.
RESCINDABLERe*scind"a*ble (—b'l), a.
Defn: Capable of being rescinded.
RESCINDMENTRe*scind"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: The act of rescinding; rescission.
RESCISSIONRe*scis"sion (r-szh"n), n. Etym: [L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission.See Rescind.]
Defn: The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.
RESCISSORY Re*scis"so*ry (r-sz"-r or r-ss"-), a. Etym: [L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]
Defn: Tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.
RESCOUS Res"cous (rs"ks), n. Etym: [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue.]
1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Law)
Defn: See Rescue,2. [Obs.]
RESCOWERes"cowe (rs"kou), v. t.
Defn: To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RESCRIBE Re*scribe" (r-skrb"), v. t. Etym: [L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
1. To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.
2. To write over again. Howell.
RESCRIPT Re"script (r"skrpt), n. Etym: [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]
1. (Rom.Antiq.)
Defn: The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. Hare.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.
3. A counterpart. Bouvier.
RESCRIPTION Re*scrip"tion (r-skrp"shn), n. Etym: [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.]
Defn: A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.
RESCRIPTIVERe*scrip"tive (-tv), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.
RESCRIPTIVELYRe*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By rescript. Burke.
RESCUABLERes"cu*a*ble (rs"k—b'l), a.
Defn: That may be rescued.
RESCUERes"cue (rs"k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-kd);p. pr. & vb. n.Rescuing.] Etym: [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre;L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatereto shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.]
Defn: To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me. Shak.
Syn.— To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.
RESCUERes"cue (rs"k), n. Etym: [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak.
2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier. The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. Blackstone. Rescue grass. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
RESCUELESSRes"cue*less, a.
Defn: Without rescue or release.
RESCUERRes"cu*er (-k-r), n.
Defn: One who rescues.
RESCUSSEERes`cus*see" (rs`ks-s"), n. (O.Eng. Law)
Defn: The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.
RESCUSSORRes*cus"sor (rs-ks"sr), n. Etym: [LL.] (O.Eng.Law)
Defn: One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.
RESERese (rz), v. i.
Defn: To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to rese." Chaucer.
RE-SEARCHRe-search" (r-srch"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search.]
Defn: To search again; to examine anew.
RESEARCHRe*search" (r-srch"), n. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche,F. recherche.]
Defn: Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. Macaulay.
Syn.— Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.
RESEARCH Re*search", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.]
Defn: To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
RESEARCHERRe*search"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who researches.
RESEARCHFULRe*search"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.
RESEATRe*seat" (r-st"), v. t.
1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.
2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.
RESEAU Ré`seau", n. [F.] A network; specif.: (a) (Astron.)
Defn: A system of lines forming small squares of standard size, which is photographed, by a separate exposure, on the same plate with star images to facilitate measurements, detect changes of the film, etc. (b) In lace, a ground or foundation of regular meshes, like network.
RESECTRe*sect" (r-skt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n.Resecting.] Etym: [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref.re- re- + secare to cut.]
Defn: To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
RESECTIONRe*sec"tion (r-sk"shn), n. Etym: [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]
1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
RESEDARe*se"da (r-s"d), n. Etym: [L. , a kind of plant.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
RESEEKRe*seek" (r-sk"), v. t.
Defn: To seek again. J. Barlow.
RESEIZERe*seize" (r-sz"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]
1. To seize again, or a second time.
2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again. Spenser.
3. (Law)
Defn: To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.
RESEIZERRe*seiz"er (-sz"r), n.
1. One who seizes again.
2. (Eng. Law)
Defn: The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.
RESEIZURERe*sei"zure (r, n.
Defn: A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.
RESELLRe*sell" (r-sl"), v. t.
Defn: To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.
RESEMBLABLERe*sem"bla*ble (r-zm"bl-b'l), a. Etym: [See Resemble.]
Defn: Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.
RESEMBLANCERe*sem"blance (-blans), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.
2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker.
3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. — Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.
RESEMBLANT Re*sem"blant (-blant), a. Etym: [F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.]
Defn: Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower.
RESEMBLE Re*sem"ble (r-zm"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-blng).] Etym: [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]
1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.
3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.
4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.
RESEMBLERRe*sem"bler (r-zm"blr), n.
Defn: One who resembles.
RESEMBLINGLYRe*sem"bling*ly (-blng-l), adv.
Defn: So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
RESEMINATE Re*sem"i*nate (-sm"-nt), v. t. Etym: [L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow.]
Defn: To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
RESENDRe*send" (r-snd"), v. t.
1. To send again; as, to resend a message.
2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.
3. (Telegraphy)
Defn: To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.
RESENTRe*sent" (r-znt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n.Resenting.] Etym: [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel.See Sense.]
1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. [Obs.] Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. Sir T. Browne.
(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. Bolingbroke.
3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.] This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. Fuller. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. Fuller.
RESENTRe*sent", v. i.
1. To feel resentment. Swift.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention. Fuller.
RESENTERRe*sent"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.
RESENTFULRe*sent"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.— Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.
RESENTIMENTRe*sent"i*ment (—ment), n.
Defn: Resentment. [Obs.]
RESENTINGLYRe*sent"ing*ly, adv.
1. With deep sense or strong perception. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
2. With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.
RESENTIVERe*sent"ive (-v), a.
Defn: Resentful. [R.] Thomson.
RESENTMENTRe*sent"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. ressentiment.]
1. The act of resenting.
2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. [Obs.] He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality. Dr. H. More. It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger. Jer. Taylor.
3. In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. [Obs.] The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same. The Council Book (1651).
4. In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender. Cogan.
Syn. — Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. — Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for watever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Reseniment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger. Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self- mettle tires him. Shak. Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe Dryden.
RESERATE Res"er*ate (rs"r-t), v. t. Etym: [L. reseratus, p. p. of reserare to unlock.]
Defn: To unlock; to open. [Obs.] Boyle.
RESERVANCERe*serv"ance (r-zrv"ans), n.
Defn: Reservation. [R.]
RESERVATION Res`er*va"tion (rz`r-v"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réservation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.]
1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. A. Smith. With reservation of an hundred knights. Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. Shak.
2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. Dryden.
3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.
5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A proviso. Kent.
Note: This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.
6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. Mental reservation, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import.
RESERVATIVERe*serv"a*tive (r-zrv"-tv), a.
Defn: Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
RESERVATORY Re*serv"a*to*ry (-t-r), n. Etym: [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See Reserve, v. t., and cf. Reservior.]
Defn: A place in which things are reserved or kept. Woodward.
RESERVERe*serve" (r-zrv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved. (zp. pr. & vb. n.Reserving.] Etym: [F. réserver, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re-re- + servare to keep. See Serve.]
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak.
2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. Swift.
3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]
RESERVERe*serve", n. Etym: [F. réserve.]
1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. Addison.
2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use. The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. Tillotson.
3. That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. Rogers.
4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. Prior. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. Hawthorne.
5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
6. (Mil.)
Defn: A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
7. (Banking)
Defn: Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. — Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental.
Syn. — Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.
RESERVE CITYReserve city. (Banking)
Defn: In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks in certain of the reserve cities (specifically called central reserve cities) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks in other reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits in these banks (U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195).
RESERVEDRe*served" (-zrvd"), a.
1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.
2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. Dryden. — Re*serv"ed*ly (r, adv. — Re*serv"ed*ness, n.
RESERVEERes`er*vee" (rz`r-v"), n.
Defn: One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; — contrasted with reservor.
RESERVERRe*serv"er (r-zrv"r), n.
Defn: One who reserves.
RESERVISTRe*serv"ist, n.
Defn: A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia. [Eng.]
RESERVOIR Res"er*voir` (rz"r-vwr`;277), n. Etym: [F. réservoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory.]
1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A small intercellular space, often containing Receiving reservoir (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.
RESERVORRe*serv"or (r-zrv"r or rz`r-vr), n.
Defn: One who reserves; a reserver.
RESETRe*set" (r-st"), v. t.
Defn: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
RESETRe"set (r"st), n.
1. The act of resetting.
2. (Print.)
Defn: That which is reset; matter set up again.
RESETRe*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf.Receipt.] (Scots Law)
Defn: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.Jamieson.
RESETRe*set", v. t. (Scots Law)
Defn: To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.
RESETTERRe*set"ter (-tr), n. (Scots Law)
Defn: One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.
RESETTERRe*set"ter (r-St"tr), n.
Defn: One who resets, or sets again.
RESETTLERe*set"tle (r-st"t'l), v. t.
Defn: To settle again. Swift.
RESETTLERe*set"tle, v. i.
Defn: To settle again, or a second time.
RESETTLEMENTRe*set"tle*ment (-ment), n.
Defn: Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, theresettlement of lees.The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.
RESHAPERe*shape" (r-shp"), v. t.
Defn: To shape again.
RESHIPRe*ship" (r-shp"), v. t.
Defn: To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.
RESHIPRe*ship", v. i.
Defn: To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.
RESHIPMENTRe*ship"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.
RESHIPPERRe*ship"per (-pr), n.
Defn: One who reships.
RESIANCERes`i*ance (rz"-ans), n. Etym: [LL. reseantia, reseance.]
Defn: Residence; abode. [Obs.] Bacon.
RESIANTRes"i*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF. reseant, resseant, L. residens. SeeResident.]
Defn: Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser.
RESIANTRes"i*ant, n.
Defn: A resident. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
RESIDERe*side" (r-zd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resided; p. pr. & vb. n.Residing.] Etym: [F. résider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere tosit. See Sit. ]
1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. Dryden.
2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. Barrow.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.
Syn. — To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile.
RESIDENCERes"i*dence (rz"-dens), n. Etym: [F. résidence. See Resident.]
1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.
2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile. "Near the residence of Posthumus." Shak. Johnson took up his residence in London. Macaulay.
3. (Eng.Eccl.Law)
Defn: The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; — opposed to nonresidence.
4. The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.
5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.
6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Syn. — Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling; habitation; domicile; mansion.
RESIDENCIARe`si*den"cia, n. [Sp.]
Defn: In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
RESIDENCYRes"i*den*cy (-den-s), n.
1. Residence. [Obsoles.]
2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
RESIDENT Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]
1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; — opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.
RESIDENTRes"i*dent, n.
1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; — a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister,4.
RESIDENTERRes"i*dent*er (-$r), n.
Defn: A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]
RESIDENTIALRes`i*den""tial (-dn"shal), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.
2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]
RESIDENTIARYRes`i*den"tia*ry (-dn"sh-r; 277), a. Etym: [LL. residentiaris.]
Defn: Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More.
RESIDENTIARYRes`i*den"tia*ry, n.
1. One who is resident. The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there. Coleridge.
2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Syn.— Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.
RESIDENTIARYSHIPRes`i*den"tia*ry*ship, n.
Defn: The office or condition of a residentiary.
RESIDENTSHIPRes"i*dent*ship (rz"-dent-shp), n.
Defn: The office or condition of a resident.
RESIDERRe*sid"er (r-zd"r), n.
Defn: One who resides in a place.
RESIDUALRe*sid"u*al (r-zd"-al), a. Etym: [See Residue.]
Defn: Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. — Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). — Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. — Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. — Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. — Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. — Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as sq. root(a-b).
RESIDUAL Re*sid"u*al, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.
RESIDUARYRe*sid"u*a*ry (—r), a. Etym: [See Residue.]
Defn: Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. — Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. — Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.
RESIDUERes"i*due (rz"-d), n. Etym: [F. résidu, L. residuum, fr. residuusthat is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to remain behind. SeeReside, and cf. Residuum.]
1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. Jer. xv. 9. If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. I. Taylor.
2. (Law)
Defn: That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; — used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue being applied to the others.
4. (Theory of Numbers)
Defn: Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
Syn. — Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.
RESIDUOUSRe*sid"u*ous (r-zd"-s), a. Etym: [L. residuus.]
Defn: Remaining; residual. Landor.
RESIDUUMRe*sid"u*um (-m), n. Etym: [L. See Residue.]
Defn: That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.
RESIEGERe*siege" (r-sj"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + siege a seat.]
Defn: To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] Spenser.
RE-SIGNRe-sign" (r-sn"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + sign.]
Defn: To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
RESIGN Re*sign" (r-zn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resigned (-znd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resigning.] Etym: [F. résigner, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re- re- + signare to seal, stamp. See Sign, and cf. Resignation.]
1. To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; — said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; — said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; — also often used reflexively. I here resign my government to thee. Shak. Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign What justly thou hast lost. Milton. What more reasonable, than that we should in all things resign up ourselves to the will of God Tiilotson.
2. To relinquish; to abandon. He soon resigned his former suit. Spenser.
3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.] Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas, resigned and concredited to the conduct of such as they call governors. Evelyn.
Syn. — To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish; forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce. — Resign, Relinquish. To resign is to give up, as if breaking a seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and deliberate surrender. To relinquish is less formal, but always implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired. We resign what we once held or considered as our own, as an office, employment, etc. We speak of relinquishing a claim, of relinquishing some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of relinquishing seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to relinquish it." Steele. See Abdicate.
RE SIGNRe sign", n.
Defn: Resignation. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.
RESIGNATIONRes`ig*na"tion (rz`g-n"shn), n. Etym: [F. résignation. See Resign.]
1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.
2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.
Syn.— Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking; abandonment;abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. SeePatience.
RESIGNEDRe*signed" (r-znd"), a.
Defn: Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.
RESIGNEDLYRe*sign"ed*ly (r-zn"d-l), adv.
Defn: With submission.
RESIGNEERes`ign*ee" (rz`-n"), n.
Defn: One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.
RESIGNERRe*sign"er (r-zn"r), n.
Defn: One who resigns.
RESIGNMENTRe*sign"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: The act of resigning.
RESILE Re*sile" (r-zl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-zld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling.] Etym: [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.]
Defn: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.
RESILIENCE; RESILIENCYRe*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy, n.
1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
2. (Mech. & Engyn.)
Defn: The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.
RESILIENTRe*sil"i*ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. resiliens, p. pr.]
Defn: Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.
RESILITIONRes`i*li"tion (rz`-lsh"n), n.
Defn: Resilience. [R.]
RESINRes"in (rz"n), n. Etym: [F. résine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf.Rosin.]
Defn: Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).
Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins. Highgate resin (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. — Resin bush (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.
RESINACEOUSRes`in*a"ceous (-"shs), a.
Defn: Having the quality of resin; resinous.
RESINATERes"in*ate (rz"n-t), n. (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of the salts the resinic acids.
RESINICRe*sin"ic (r-zn"k), a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.
RESINIFEROUS Res`in*if"er*ous (rz`n-f"r-s), a. Etym: [Resin + -ferous: cf. F. résinifère.]
Defn: Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.
RESINIFORM Res"in*i*form (rz"n—frm), a. Etym: [Resin + -form: cf. F. résiniforme.]
Defn: Having the form of resin.
RESINO-ELECTRICRes`in*o-e*lec"tric (—-lk"trk), a. (Elec.)
Defn: Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.
RESINOIDRes"in*oid (rz"n-oid), a.
Defn: Somewhat like resin.
RESINOUSRes"in*ous (-s), a. Etym: [L. resinous: cf. F. résineux. See Resin.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin. Resinous electricity (Elec.), electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. See Negative electricity, under Negative.
RESINOUSLYRes"in*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: By means, or in the manner, of resin.
RESINOUSNESSRes"in*ous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being resinous.
RESINYRes"in*y (-), a.
Defn: Like resin; resinous.
RESIPISCENCE Res`i*pis"cence (rs`-ps"sens), n. Etym: [L. resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf. F. résipiscence.]
Defn: Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance. [R.]Bp. Montagu.
RESISTRe*sist" (r-zstt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resisted; p. pr. & vb. n.Resisting.] Etym: [F. résister, L. resistere, pref. re- re- + sistereto stand, cause to stand, v. causative of stare to stand. See Stand.]
1. To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.
2. To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. — To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
RESISTRe*sist", v. i.
Defn: To make opposition. Shak.
RESISTRe*sist", n. (Calico Printing)
Defn: A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. F. C. Calvert.
RESISTANCE Re*sist"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [F. résistance, LL. resistentia, fr. resistens, - entis, p. pr. See Resist.]
1. The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38.
2. (Physics)
Defn: The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.
3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists. Unfold to us some warlike resistance. Shak.
4. (Elec.)
Defn: A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, — good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. Resistance box (Elec.), a rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance. — Resistance coil (Elec.), a coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance. — Solid of least resistance (Mech.), a solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.
RESISTANCE FRAMERe*sist"ance frame`. (Elec.)
Defn: A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.
RESISTANTRe*sist"ant (-ant), a. Etym: [F. résistant: cf. L. resistens. SeeResist.]
Defn: Making resistance; resisting.— n.
Defn: One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson.
RESISTERRe*sist"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who resists.
RESISTFULRe*sist"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Making much resistance.
RESISTIBILITYRe*sist`i*bil"i*ty (—bl"-t), n..
1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke.
RESISTIBLERe*sist"i*ble (r-zst"-b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. résistible.]
Defn: Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale.— Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n.— Re*sist"i*bly, adv.
RESISTINGRe*sist"ing, a.
Defn: Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.— Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
RESISTIVERe*sist"ive (-v), a.
Defn: Serving to resist. B. Jonsosn.
RESISTLESSRe*sist"less, a.
1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.] Spenser.
2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. — Re*sist"less*ly, adv. — Re*sist"less*ness, n.