REDEMPTIONER
REDEMP'TIONER, noun One who redeems himself, or purchases his release from debt or obligation to the master of a ship by his services; or one whose services are sold to pay the ...
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REDEMPTORY
REDEMP'TORY, adjective Paid for ransom; as Hector's redemptory price.
REDENTED
REDENT'ED, a. Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
REDESCEND
REDESCEND', verb intransitive [re and descent.] To descend again.
REDESCENDING
REDESCEND'ING, participle present tense Descending again.
REDEYE
RED'EYE, noun [red and eye.] A fish of a red color, particularly the iris.
REDGUM
RED'GUM, noun A disease of new born infants; an eruption of red pimples in early infancy.RED'-HAIRED, adjective Having hair of a red or sandy color.
REDIENT
RED'IENT, adjective [Latin rediens, redeo, to return.] Returning.
REDIGEST
REDIGEST', verb transitive To digest or reduce to form a second time.
REDIGESTED
REDIGEST'ED, participle passive Digested again.
REDIGESTING
REDIGEST'ING, participle present tense Digesting a second time; reducing again to order.
REDINTEGRATE
REDIN'TEGRATE, verb transitive [Latin redintegro; red, re, and integro, from integer, whole.]To make whole again; to renew; to restore to a perfect state.REDIN'TEGRATE, adjectiv...
REDINTEGRATED
REDIN'TEGRATED, participle passive Renewed; restored to entireness.
REDINTEGRATING
REDIN'TEGRATING, participle present tense Restoring to a perfect state.
REDINTEGRATION
REDINTEGRA'TION, noun1. Renovation; restoration to a whole or sound state.2. In chimistry, the restoration of any mixed body or matter to its former nature and constitution.
REDISBURSE
REDISBURSE, verb transitive redisburs'. [re and disburse.] To repay or refund.
REDISPOSE
REDISPOSE, verb transitive s as z. [re and dispose.] To dispose or adjust again.
REDISPOSED
REDISPO'SED, participle passive Disposed anew.
REDISPOSING
REDISPO'SING, participle present tense Disposing or adjusting anew.
REDISSEIZIN
REDISSE'IZIN, noun [re and disseizin.] In law, a writ of redisseizin is a writ to recover seizin of lands or tenements against a redisseizor.
REDISSEIZOR
REDISSE'IZOR, noun [re and disseizor.] A person who disseizes lands or tenements a second time, or after a recovery of the same from him in an action of novel disseizin.
REDISSOLVE
REDISSOLVE, verb transitive redizolv'. [re and dissolve.] To dissolve again.
REDISSOLVED
REDISSOLV'ED, participle passive Dissolved a second time.
REDISSOLVING
REDISSOLV'ING, participle present tense Dissolving again.
REDISTRIBUTE
REDISTRIB'UTE, verb transitive [re and distribute.] To distribute again; to deal back again.
REDISTRIBUTED
REDISTRIB'UTED, participle passive Distributed again or back.
REDISTRIBUTING
REDISTRIB'UTING, participle passive Distributing again or back.