Webster's Dictionary 1828

1891

REQUISITELY

REQ'UISITELY, adverb Necessarily; in a requisite manner.

1892

REQUISITENESS

REQ'UISITENESS, noun The state of being requisite or necessary; necessity.

1893

REQUISITION

REQUISI'TION, noun [See Require.]Demand; application made as of right. Under the old confederation of the American states, congress often made requisitions on the states for mon...

1894

REQUISITIVE

REQUIS'ITIVE, adjective Expressing or implying demand.

1895

REQUISITORY

REQUIS'ITORY, adjective Sought for; demanded. [Little used.]

1896

REQUITAL

REQUI'TAL, noun [from requite.]1. Return for any office, good or bad; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation or puni...

1897

REQUITE

REQUI'TE, verb transitive [from quit, Latin cedo.]1. To repay either good or evil; in a good sense, to recompense; to return an equivalent in good; to reward.I also will requite...

1898

REQUITED

REQUI'TED, participle passive Repaid; recompensed; rewarded.

1899

REQUITER

REQUI'TER, noun One who requites.

1900

REQUITING

REQUI'TING, participle present tense Recompensing; rewarding; giving in return.

1901

RERE-MOUSE

RE'RE-MOUSE, noun A bat. [See Rear-mouse.]

1902

RERE-WARD

RE'RE-WARD, noun [rear and ward.] The part of an army that marches in the rear, as the guard; the rear guard. [The latter othography is to be preferred.] Numbers 10:1. Isaiah 52:1.

1903

RESAIL

RESA'IL, v. or i. [re and sail.] To sail back.

1904

RESALE

RESA'LE, noun [re and sale.]1. A sale at second hand.2. To return a salutation.

1905

RESALUTE

RESALU'TE, verb transitive [Latin resaluto; re and saluto, to salute.]1. To salute or greet anew.2. To return a salutation.

1906

RESALUTED

RESALU'TED, participle passive Saluted again.

1907

RESALUTING

RESALU'TING, participle present tense Saluting anew.

1908

RESCIND

RESCIND', verb transitive [Latin rescindo; re and scindo; to cut.]1. To abrogate; to revoke; to annul; to vacate an act by the enacting authority or by superior authority; as, t...

1909

RESCISSION

RESCISSION, noun resizh'on. [Latin rescissus.]1. The act of abrogating, annulling or vacating; as the rescission of a law, decree or judgment.2. A cutting off.

1910

RESCISSORY

RESCIS'SORY, adjective Having power to cut off or to abrogate.

1911

RESCOUS

RES'COUS, in law. [See Rescue.]

1912

RESCRIBE

RESCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin rescribo; re and scribo, to write.]1. To write back.2. To write over again.

1913

RESCRIPT

RE'SCRIPT, noun [Latin rescriptum, rescribo.] The answer of an emperor, when consulted by particular persons on some difficult question. This answer serves as a decision of the ...

1914

RESCRIPTIVELY

RESCRIP'TIVELY, adverb By rescript. [Unusual.]

1915

RESCUABLE

RES'CUABLE, adjective That may be rescued.

1916

RESCUE

RESCUE, verb transitive res'cu.[Latin re and quatio.]To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger or evil; to liberate from actual restraint, or to remove or withdr...

1917

RESCUED

RES'CUED, participle passive Delivered from confinement or danger; or forcibly taken from the custody of the law.