RELUCENT
RELU'CENT, adjective [Latin relucens, relucco; re and lucco, to shine.]Shining; transparent; clear; pellucid; as a relucent stream.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RELUCT
RELUCT', verb intransitive [Latin reluctor; re and luctor, to struggle.] To strive or struggle against. [Little used.]
RELUCTANCE
RELUCT'ANCE,RELUCT'ANCY, noun [literally a straining or striving against.]Unwillingness; great opposition of mind; repugnance; with to or against; as, to undertake a war with re...
RELUCTANCY
RELUCT'ANCY, n. [literally a straining or striving against.]Unwillingness; great opposition of mind; repugnance; with to or against; as, to undertake a war with reluctance. He h...
RELUCTANT
RELUCT'ANT, adjective1. Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart.Reluctant now I touch'd the trembling string.2. Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy.3. Proce...
RELUCTANTLY
RELUCT'ANTLY, adverb With opposition of heart; unwillingly. What is undertaken reluctantly is seldom well performed.
RELUCTATE
RELUCT'ATE, verb transitive To resist; to struggle against.
RELUCTATION
RELUCTA'TION, noun Repugnance; resistance.
RELUCTING
RELUCT'ING, participle present tense1. Striving to resist.2.adjective Averse; unwilling.
RELUME
RELU'ME, verb transitive [Latin re and lumen, light.] To rekindle; to light again.
RELUMED
RELU'MED, participle passive Rekindled; lighted again.
RELUMINE
RELU'MINE, verb transitive [re and lumino; re and lumen, light, from lucco, to shine.]1. To light anew; to rekindle.2. To illuminate again.
RELUMINED
RELU'MINED, participle passive Rekindled; illuminated anew.
RELUMING
RELU'MING, participle present tense Kindling or lighting anew.
RELUMINING
RELU'MINING, participle present tense Rekindling; enlightening anew.
RELY
RELY', verb intransitive [re and lie, or from the root of lie, lay.]To rest on something, as the mind when satisfied of the veracity, integrity or ability of persons, or of the ...
RELYING
RELY'ING, participle present tense Reposing on something, as the mind; confiding in; trusting in; depending.
REMADE
REMA'DE, preterit tense and participle passive of remake.
REMAIN
REMA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]1. To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite. They remained a month in Rome. We remain at an in...
REMAINDER
REMA'INDER, noun1. Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part.If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt.The las...
REMAINDER-MAN
REMA'INDER-MAN, noun In law, he who has an estate after a particular estate is determined.
REMAINING
REMA'INING, participle present tense Continuing; resting; abiding for an indefinite time; being left after separation and removal of a part, or after loss or destruction, or aft...
REMAINS
REMA'INS, nounplural1. That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as the remains of a city or house demolished.2. A dead body; a corpse.The singular,...
REMAKE
REMA'KE, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive remade. [re and make.] To make anew.
REMAND
REM'AND, verb transitive [Latin re and mando.]To call or send back him or that which is ordered to a place; as, to remand an officer from a distant place; to remand an envoy fro...
REMANDED
REM'ANDED, participle passive Called or sent back.
REMANDING
REM'ANDING, participle present tense Calling or sending back.