RETREAT
RETRE'AT, noun [Latin retractus, retraho; re and traho.]1. The act of retiring; a withdrawing of one's self from any place.But beauty's triumph is well tim'd retreat2. Retiremen...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RETREATED
RETRE'ATED, as a passive participle, though used by Milton, is not good English.
RETRENCH
RETRENCH', verb transitive1. To cut off; to pare away.And thy exuberant parts retrench2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.3. To confi...
RETRENCHED
RETRENCH'ED, participle passive Cut off; curtailed; diminished.
RETRENCHING
RETRENCH'ING, participle present tense Cutting off; curtailing.
RETRENCHMENT
RETRENCH'MENT, noun1. The act of lopping off; the act of removing what is superfluous; as the retrenchment of words or lines in a writing.2. The act of curtailing, lessening or ...
RETRIBUTE
RETRIB'UTE, verb transitive [Latin retribuo; re and tribuo, to give or bestow.]To pay back; to make payment, compensation or reward in return; as, to retribute one for his kindn...
RETRIBUTED
RETRIB'UTED, participle passive Paid back; given in return; rewarded.
RETRIBUTER
RETRIB'UTER, noun One that makes retribution.
RETRIBUTING
RETRIB'UTING, participle present tense Requiting; making repayment; rewarding.
RETRIBUTION
RETRIBU'TION, noun1. Repayment; return accommodated to the action; reward; compensation.In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.2. A gratuity ...
RETRIBUTIVE
RETRIB'UTIVE,RETRIB'UTORY, adjective Repaying; rewarding for good deeds, and punishing for offenses; as retributive justice.
RETRIBUTORY
RETRIB'UTORY, a. Repaying; rewarding for good deeds, and punishing for offenses; as retributive justice.
RETRIEVABLE
RETRIE'VABLE, adjective [from retrieve.] That may be retrieved or recovered.
RETRIEVE
RETRIE'VE, verb transitive1. To recover; to restore from loss or injury to a former good state; as to retrieve the credit of a nation; to retrieve one's character; to retrieve a...
RETRIEVED
RETRIE'VED, participle passive Recovered; repaired; regained; recalled.
RETRIEVING
RETRIE'VING, participle present tense Recovering; repairing; recalling.
RETROACTION
RETROAC'TION, noun [Latin retro, backward, and action.]1. Action returned, or action backwards.2. Operation on something past or preceding.
RETROACTIVE
RETROAC'TIVE, adjective [Latin retro, backward, and active.]Operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.A retroactive law or statute, is one which operat...
RETROACTIVELY
RETROAC'TIVELY, adverb By returned action or operation; by operating on something past.
RETROCEDE
RETROCE'DE, verb transitive [Latin retro, back, and cedo, to give.]To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
RETROCEDED
RETROCE'DED, participle passive Granted back.
RETROCEDING
RETROCE'DING, participle present tense Ceding back.
RETROCESSION
RETROCES'SION, noun1. A ceding or granting back to a former proprietor.2. The act of going back.
RETRODUCTION
RETRODUC'TION, noun [Latin retroduco; retro, back, and duco, to lead.] A leading or bringing back.
RETROFLEX
RET'ROFLEX, adjective [Latin retro, back, and flexus, bent.]In botany, bent this way and that, or in different directions, usually in a distorted manner; as a retroflex branch.
RETROFRACT
RET'ROFRACT,RETROFRACT'ED, adjective [Latin retro, back, and fractus, broken.]Reduced to hang down as it were by force so as to appear as if broken; as a retrofract peduncle.Ben...