Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Readable

Read″a‐ble (rēd″ȧ‐b'l), a. Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting. — Read″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Read″a‐bly, adv.

839

Readdress

Re′ad‐dress″ (rē′ăd‐drĕs″), v. t. To address a second time; — often used reflexively.He readdressed himself to her. Boyle.

840

Readept

Re′a‐dept″ (–ȧ‐dĕpt″), v. t. [Pref. re- + L. adeptus, p. p. of adipisci to obtain.] To regain; to recover.

841

Readeption

Re′a‐dep″tion (–dĕp″shŭn), n. A regaining; recovery of something lost. Bacon.

842

Reader

Read″er (rēd″ẽr), n. [AS. rǣdere.] 1. One who reads. Specifically: (a) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. (b) (University of Oxford, Eng.) One who read...

843

Readership

Read″er‐ship, n. The office of reader. Lyell.

844

Readily

Read″i‐ly (rĕd″ĭ‐ly̆), adv. 1. In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. Chaucer.2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.How readily we wish time sp...

845

Readiness

Read″i‐ness, n. The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.Syn. — Facil...

846

Reading

Read″ing (rēd″ĭng), n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.3...

847

Reading (2)

Read″ing, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader. — Re...

848

Readjourn

Re′ad‐journ″ (rē′ăd‐jûrn″), v. t. To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

849

Readjournment

Re′ad‐journ″ment (–ment), n. The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

850

Readjust

Re′ad‐just″ (–jŭst″), v. t. To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

851

Readjuster

Re′ad‐just″er (–ẽr), n. One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the...

852

Readjustment

Re′ad‐just″ment (–ment), n. A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

853

Readmission

Re′ad‐mis″sion (–mĭsh″ŭn), n. The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a stu...

854

Readmit

Re′ad‐mit″ (–mĭt″), v. t. To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.Whose ear is ever open, and his eyeGracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.

855

Readmittance

Re′ad‐mit″tance (–tans), n. Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

856

Readopt

Re′a‐dopt″ (rē′ȧ‐dŏpt″), v. t. To adopt again. Young.

857

Readorn

Re′a‐dorn″ (–dôrn″), v. t. To adorn again or anew.

858

Readvance

Re′ad‐vance″ (rē′ăd‐vȧns″), v. i. To advance again.

859

Readvertency

Re′ad‐vert″en‐cy (–vẽrt″en‐sy̆), n. The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. Norris.

860

Ready

Read″y (rĕd″y̆), a. [Compar.Readier (–ĭ‐ẽr); superl.Readiest.] [AS. rǣde; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. garáids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meanin...

861

Ready (2)

Read″y (rĕd″y̆), adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17.

862

Ready (3)

Read″y, n. Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. Arbuthnot.

863

Ready (4)

Read″y, v. t. To dispose in order. Heywood.

864

Ready-made

Read″y–made′ (–mād′), a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.