Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Reprovable

Re‐prov″a‐ble (r?–pr??v″?–b'l), a. [Cf. F. réprouvable.] Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.Syn. — Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable; rebukable.—...

2810

Reprove

Re‐prove″ (r?–pr??v″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reproved (–pr??vd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Reproving.] [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof...

2811

Reprover

Re‐prov″er (r?–pr??v″?r), n. One who, or that which, reproves.

2812

Reprovingly

Re‐prov″ing‐ly, adv. In a reproving manner.

2813

Reprune

Re‐prune″ (rē‐prṳn″), v. t. To prune again or anew.Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.

2814

Reptant

Rep″tant (r?p″tant), a. [L. reptans, -antis, p. pr. of reptare, v. intens. from repere to creep. See Reptile.]1. (Bot.) Same as Repent.2. (Zoöl.) Creeping; crawling; — said of r...

2815

Reptantia

‖Rep‐tan″ti‐a (r?p–t?n″sh?–?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

2816

Reptation

Rep‐ta″tion (r?p–t?″sh?n), n. [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zoöl.) The act of creeping.

2817

Reptatory

Rep″ta‐to‐ry (r?p″t?–t?–r?), a.(Zoöl.) Creeping.

2818

Reptile

Rep″tile (r?p″t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.] 1. Creeping; moving on the belly, o...

2819

Reptile (2)

Rep″tile, n. 1. (Zoöl.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.An inadvertent step may crush the sn...

2820

Reptilia

‖Rep‐til″i‐a (r?p–t?l″?–?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and on...

2821

Reptilian

Rep‐til″i‐an (–an), a. Belonging to the reptiles.Reptilian age(Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished ...

2822

Reptilian (2)

Rep‐til″i‐an, n.(Zoöl.) One of the Reptilia; a reptile.

2823

Republic

Re‐pub″lic (r?–p?b″l?k), n. [F. république, L. respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See Real, a., and Public.]1. Common weal. B. Jonson.2...

2824

Republican

Re‐pub″lic‐an (–l?–kan), a. [F. républicain.] 1. Of or pertaining to a republic.The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay.2. Consonant with th...

2825

Republican (2)

Re‐pub″lic‐an (r?–p?b″l?–kan), n. 1. One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.3. (Zoöl.) (a) The American cli...

2826

Republicanism

Re‐pub″lic‐an‐ism (–?z'm), n. [Cf. F. républicanisme.] 1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.2. Attachment to, or polit...

2827

Republicanize

Re‐pub″lic‐an‐ize (–?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Republicanized (–?zd); p. pr. & vb. n.Republicanizing (–?′z?ng).] [Cf. F. républicaniser.] To change, as a state, into a republic; to...

2828

Republicate

Re‐pub″li‐cate (r?‐p?b″l?‐k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL. republicare.] To make public again; to republish.

2829

Republication

Re‐pub′li‐ca″tion (r?–p?b′l?–k?″sh?n), n. A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the li...

2830

Republish

Re‐pub″lish (r?–p?b″l?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Republished (–l?sht); p. pr. & vb. n.Republishing.] To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first publishe...

2831

Republisher

Re‐pub″lish‐er (–?r), n. One who republishes.

2832

Repudiable

Re‐pu″di‐a‐ble (r?–p?″d?–?–b'l), a. [See Repudilae.] Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

2833

Repudiate

Re‐pu″di‐ate (–?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Repudiated (–?′t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Repudiating.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorc...

2834

Repudiation

Re‐pu′di‐a″tion (–☞″sh?n), n. [Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

2835

Repudiation (2)

Re‐pu′di‐a″tion, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.