RESPONSIBLE
RESPONS'IBLE, adjective [from Latin responsus, respondeo.]1. Liable to account; accountable; answerable; as for a trust reposed, or for a debt. We are all responsible for the ta...
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RESPONSIBLENESS
RESPONS'IBLENESS, noun1. State of being liable to answer, repay or account; responsibility.2. Ability to make payment of an obligation or demand.
RESPONSION
RESPON'SION, noun [Latin responsio.] The act of answering. [Not used.]
RESPONSIVE
RESPONS'IVE, adjective1. Answering; making reply.2. Correspondent; suited to something else.The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
RESPONSORY
RESPONS'ORY, adjective Containing answer.RESPONS'ORY, noun A response; the alternate speaking, in church service.
REST
REST, noun [Latin resto, if the latter is a compound of re and sto; but is an original word. See Verb.]1. Cessation of motion or action of any kind, and applicable to any body o...
REST-HARROW
REST-HARROW, noun A plant of the genus Ononis.
RESTAGNANT
RESTAG'NANT, adjective [Latin restagnans.] Stagnant; remaining without a flow or current. [Not much used.]
RESTAGNATE
RESTAG'NATE, verb intransitive [Latin restagno; re and stagno, to stagnate.]To stand or remain without flowing.[This word is superseded by stagnate.]
RESTAGNATION
RESTAGNA'TION, noun Stagnation, which see.
RESTANT
REST'ANT, adjective [Latin restans, reto.] In botany, remaining, as footstalks after the fructification has fallen off.
RESTAURATION
RESTAURA'TION, noun [Latin restauro.] Restoration to a former good state.[The present orthography is restoration, which see.]
RESTED
REST'ED, participle passive Laid on for support.
RESTEM
RESTEM', verb transitive [re and stem.] To force back against the current.
RESTFUL
REST'FUL, adjective [from rest.] Quiet; being at rest.
RESTFULLY
REST'FULLY, adverb In a state of rest or quiet.
RESTIF
REST'IF, adjective [Latin resto.]1. Unwilling to go, or only running back; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; as a restif steed. It seems originally to have been u...
RESTIFNESS
REST'IFNESS, noun1. Obstinate reluctance or indisposition to move.2. Obstinate unwillingness.
RESTINCTION
RESTINC'TION, noun [Latin restinctio, restinguo; re and extinguo.]The act of quenching or extinguishing.
RESTING
REST'ING, participle present tense Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.
RESTING-PLACE
REST'ING-PLACE, noun A place for rest.
RESTINGUISH
RESTIN'GUISH, verb transitive [Latin restinguo; re and extinguo.] To quench or extinguish.
RESTITUTE
RES'TITUTE, verb transitive [Latin restituo; re and statuo, to set.]To restore to a former state. [Not used.]
RESTITUTION
RESTITU'TION, noun [Latin restitutio.]1. The act of returning or restoring to a person some thing or right of which he has been unjustly deprived; as the restitution of ancient ...
RESTITUTOR
RES'TITUTOR, noun One who makes restitution. [little used.]
RESTIVE
RESTIVE, RESTIVENESS. [See Restif.]
RESTIVENESS
RESTIVE, RESTIVENESS [See Restif.]