Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Retake

Re‐take″ (?), v. t. 1. To take or receive again.2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

3269

Retaker

Re‐tak″er (?), n. One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.

3270

Retaliate

Re‐tal″i‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Retaliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Retaliating.] [L. retaliatus, p. p. of retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to talio talion, r...

3271

Retaliate (2)

Re‐tal″i‐ate, v. i. To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.

3272

Retaliation

Re‐tal′i‐a″tion (?), n. The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for ...

3273

Retaliative

Re‐tal″i‐a‐tive (?), a. Same as Retaliatory.

3274

Retaliatory

Re‐tal″i‐a‐to‐ry (?), a. Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.

3275

Retard

Re‐tard″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n.Retarding.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder...

3276

Retard (2)

Re‐tard″, v. i. To stay back. Sir. T. Browne.

3277

Retard (3)

Re‐tard″, n. Retardation; delay.Retard, or Age, of the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is...

3278

Retardation

Re′tar‐da″tion (?), n. [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.] 1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; — opposed to ac...

3279

Retardative

Re‐tard″a‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. retardatif.] Tending, or serving, to retard.

3280

Retarder

Re‐tard″er (?), n. One who, or that which, retards.

3281

Retarder (2)

Re‐tard″er (rē̍‐tär″dẽr), n. 1. (Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire.2...

3282

Retardment

Re‐tard″ment (?), n. [Cf. F. retardement.] The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.

3283

Retch

Retch (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Retched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Retching.] [AS. hr�can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To...

3284

Retch (2)

Retch, v. t. & i. [See Reck.] To care for; to heed; to reck. Chaucer.

3285

Retchless

Retch″less, a. Careless; reckless. Dryden.—- Retch″less‐ly, adv. — Retch″less‐ness, n.

3286

Rete

‖Re″te (?), n.(Anat.) A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

3287

Retecious

Re‐te″cious (?), a. [L. rete a net.] Resembling network; retiform.

3288

Retection

Re‐tec″tion (?), n. [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- + tegere to cover.] Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. Boyle.

3289

Retell

Re‐tell (?), v. t. To tell again.

3290

Retene

Ret″ene (?), n.(Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

3291

Retent

Re‐tent″ (?), n. [L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See Retain.] That which is retained. Hickok.

3292

Retention

Re‐ten″tion (?), n. [L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See Retain.] 1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.2. The power of retaining; retentiveness.No woman's heart...

3293

Retentive

Re‐ten″tive (?), a. [Cf. F. rétentif.] Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. S...

3294

Retentive (2)

Re‐ten″tive, n. That which retains or confines; a restraint. Bp. Hall.