REPLY
REPLY', verb intransitive [Latin replico; re and plico, to fold, that is, to turn or send to. See apply, Employ and Ply.]1. To answer; to make a return in words or writing to so...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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REPLYING
REPLY'ING, participle present tense Answering either in words or writing.
REPOLISH
REPOL'ISH, verb transitive To polish again.
REPOLISHED
REPOL'ISHED, participle passive Polished again.
REPOLISHING
REPOL'ISHING, participle present tense Polishing anew.
REPORT
REPORT, verb transitive [Latin reporto, to carry back; re and porto, to bear.]1. To bear or bring back an answer, or to relate what has been discovered by a person sent to exami...
REPORTED
REPORTED, participle passive Told, related or stated in answer to inquiry or direction; circulated in popular rumors; reputed; stated officially.
REPORTER
REPORTER, noun1. One that gives an account, verbal or written, official or unofficial.2. An officer or person who makes statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legisl...
REPORTING
REPORTING, participle present tense Giving account; relating; presenting statements of facts or of adjudged cases in law.
REPORTINGLY
REPORTINGLY, adverb By report or common fame.
REPOSAL
REPO'SAL, noun s as z. [from repose.] The act of reposing or resting.
REPOSE
REPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin repono, reposui.]1. To lay at rest.- After the toil of battle, to repose your wearied virtue.2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confiden...
REPOSED
REPO'SED, participle passive Laid at rest; placed in confidence.
REPOSEDNESS
REPO'SEDNESS, noun State of being at rest.
REPOSING
REPO'SING, participle present tense Laying at rest; placing in confidence; lying at rest; sleeping.
REPOSIT
REPOS'IT, verb transitive [Latin repositus, repono.] To lay up; to lodge, as for safety or preservation.Others reposit their young in holes.
REPOSITED
REPOS'ITED, participle passive Laid up; deposited for safety or preservation.
REPOSITING
REPOS'ITING, participle present tense Laying up or lodging for safety or preservation.
REPOSITION
REPOSI'TION, noun The act of replacing; as the reposition of a bone.
REPOSITORY
REPOS'ITORY, noun [Latin repositorium, from repono.]A place where things are or may be deposited for safety or preservation. A granary is a repository for corn, an arsenal for a...
REPOSSESS
REPOSSESS', verb transitive [re and possess.] To possess again.Nor shall my father repossess the land.To repossess one's self, to obtain possession again.
REPOSSESSED
REPOSSESS'ED, participle passive Possessed again.
REPOSSESSING
REPOSSESS'ING, participle present tense Possessing again; obtaining possession again.
REPOSSESSION
REPOSSES'SION, noun The act of possessing again; the state of possessing again.
REPOUR
REPOUR, verb transitive [re and pour.] To pour again.
REPREHEND
REPREHEND', verb transitive [Latin reprehendo; re and prehendo, to seize.]1. To chide; to reprove.Pardon me for reprehending thee.2. To blame; to censure.I nor advise, nor repre...
REPREHENDED
REPREHEND'ED, participle passive Reproved; blamed.