REPACKING
REPACK'ING, participle present tense Packing anew.
Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Search
Find a word or entry
Current letter
R
3.173 entries
REPAND
REPAND', adjective [Latin repandus.] In botany, a repand leaf is one, the rim of which is terminated by angles having sinuses between them, inscribed in the segment of a circle;...
REPANDOUS
REPAND'OUS, adjective [supra.] Bent upwards; convexedly crooked.
REPARABLE
REP'ARABLE, adjective [Latin reparabilis. See Repair.]1. That may be repaired or restored to a sound or good state; as, a house or wall is not reparable2. That may be retrieved ...
REPARABLY
REP'ARABLY, adverb In a manner admitting of restoration to a good state, or of amends, supply or indemnification.
REPARATION
REPARA'TION, noun1. That act of repairing; restoration to soundness or a good state; as the reparation of a bridge or of a highway.2. Supply of what is wasted; as the reparation...
REPARATIVE
REPAR'ATIVE, adjective That repairs; restoring to a sound or good state; that amends defect or makes good.REPAR'ATIVE, noun That which restores to a good state; that which makes...
REPARTEE
REPARTEE', nounA smart, ready and witty reply.Cupid was as bad as he; hear but the youngster's reparteeREPARTEE', verb intransitive To make smart and witty replies.
REPASS
REP'ASS, verb transitiveTo pass again; to pass or travel back; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.REP'ASS, verb intransitive To pass or go back; to move back; ...
REPASSED
REP'ASSED, participle passive Passed or traveled back.
REPASSING
REP'ASSING, participle present tense Passing back.
REPAST
REP'AST, noun [Latin re and pasco, to feed.]1. The act of taking food; or the food taken; a meal.From dance to sweet repast they turn.A repast without luxury.2. Good; victuals.G...
REPASTURE
REP'ASTURE, noun Food; entertainment. [not in use.]
REPEAL
REPE'AL, verb transitive [Latin appello; ad and pello.]1. To recall. [Obsolete as it respects persons.]2. To recall, as a deed, will, law or statute; to revoke; to abrogate by a...
REPEALABILITY
REPEALABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being repealable.
REPEALABLE
REPEA'LABLE, adjective Capable of being repealed; revocable by the same power that enacted. It is held as a sound principle, that charters or grants which vest rights in individ...
REPEALED
REPE'ALED, participle passive Revoked; abrogated.
REPEALER
REPE'ALER, noun One that repeals.
REPEALING
REPE'ALING, participle present tense Revoking; abrogating.
REPEAT
REPE'AT, verb transitive [Latin repeto; re and peto, to make at or drive towards. this verb ought to be written repete, in analogy with compete, and with repetition.]1. To do, m...
REPEATED
REPE'ATED, participle passive done, attempted or spoken again; recited.
REPEATEDLY
REPE'ATEDLY, adverb More than once; again and again, indefinitely. He has been repeatedly warned of his danger.
REPEATER
REPE'ATER, noun1. One that repeats; one that recites or rehearses.2. A watch that strikes the hours at will, by the compression of a spring.
REPEATING
REPE'ATING, participle present tense Doing or uttering again.
REPEDATION
REPEDA'TION, noun [Low Latin repedo; re and pes, the foot.] A stepping or going back. [Not in use.]
REPEL
REPEL', verb transitive [Latin repello; re and pello, to drive.]1. to drive back; to force to return; to check advance; as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.Hippomedon repell'd...
REPELLED
REPEL'LED, participle passive Driven back; resisted.