REGULIZE
REG'ULIZE, verb transitive To reduce to regulus or pure metal; to separate pure metal from extraneous matter.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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REGULUS
REG'ULUS, noun [Latin a petty king.]In chimistry, the finer or pure part of a metallic substance, which, in the melting of ores, falls to the bottom of the crucible.
REGURGITATE
REGURG'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin re and gurges.]To throw or pour back as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.REGURG'ITATE, verb intransitive...
REGURGITATED
REGURG'ITATED, participle passive Thrown or poured back.
REGURGITATING
REGURG'ITATING, participle present tense Throwing or pouring back.
REGURGITATION
REGURGITA'TION, noun1. The act of pouring back.2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
REHABILITATE
REHABIL'ITATE, verb transitiveTo restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent to a former right, rank or privilege lost or forfeited...
REHABILITATED
REHABIL'ITATED, participle passive Restored to a former rank, right privilege or capacity; reinstated.
REHABILITATING
REHABIL'ITATING, participle present tense Restoring to a former right, rank, privilege or capacity; reinstating.
REHABILITATION
REHABILITA'TION, noun The act of reinstating in a former rank or capacity; restoration to former rights.
REHEAR
REHE'AR, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive reheard. [re and hear.]To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in the court of king's bench.
REHEARD
REHE'ARD, participle passive Heard again.
REHEARING
REHE'ARING, participle present tense Hearing a second time.REHE'ARING, noun1. A second hearing.2. In law, a second hearing or trial.
REHEARSAL
REHEARSAL, noun rehers'al. [from rehearse.]1. Recital; repetition of the words of another or of a written work; as the rehearsal of the Lord's prayer.2. Narration; a telling or ...
REHEARSE
REHEARSE, verb transitive rehers.'1. To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another.When the words were heard which David spoke, they...
REHEARSED
REHEARSED, participle passive rehers'ed. Recited; repeated; as words; narrated.
REHEARSER
REHEARSER, noun rehers'er. One who recites or narrates.
REHEARSING
REHEARSING, participle present tense rehers'ing. Reciting; repeating words; recounting; telling; narrating.
REIGLE
RE'IGLE, noun A hollow cut or channel for guiding any thing; as the reigle of a side post for a flood gate.
REIGN
REIGN, verb intransitive rane. [Latin regno, a derivative of rego, regnum.]1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to rule; to exercise government, as a king or ...
REIGNING
REIGNING, participle present tense ra'ning.1. Holding or exercising supreme power; ruling; governing as king, queen or emperor.2.adjective Predominating; prevailing; as a reigni...
REIMBARK
REIMBARK. [See Re-embark.]
REIMBODY
REIMBOD'Y, verb intransitive [re and imbody or embody.]To imbody again; to be formed into a body anew.
REIMBURSABLE
REIMBURS'ABLE, adjective That may be repaid.A loan has been made of two million of dollars, reimbursable in ten years.
REIMBURSE
REIMBURSE, verb transitive reimburs'.To refund; to replace in a treasury or in a private coffer, an equivalent to the sum taken from it, lost or expended; as, to reimburse the e...
REIMBURSED
REIMBURS'ED, participle passive Repaid; refunded; made good, as loss or expense.
REIMBURSEMENT
REIMBURSEMENT, noun reimburs'ment. The act of repaying or refunding; repayment; as the reimbursement of principal and interest.