Reinsurance
Re′in‐sur″ance (–sh?r″ans), n. 1. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.2. A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incu...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Reinsure
Re′in‐sure″ (–sh?r″), v. t. 1. To insure again after a former insurance has ceased; to renew insurance on.2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an ins...
Reinsurer
Re′in‐sur″er (–sh?r″?r), n. One who gives reinsurance.
Reintegrate
Re‐in″te‐grate (r?‐?n″t?‐gr?t), v. t. [Pref. re- + integrate. Cf. Redintegrate.] To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, ...
Reintegration
Re‐in′te‐gra″tion (–gr?″sh?n), n. A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.
Reinter
Re′in‐ter″ (r?′?n‐t?r″), v. t. To inter again.
Reinterrogate
Re′in‐ter″ro‐gate (–t?r″r?‐g?t), v. t. To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.
Reinthrone
Re′in‐throne″ (–thr?n″), v. t. See Reënthrone.
Reinthronize
Re′in‐thron″ize (–?z), v. t. To enthrone again.
Reintroduce
Re‐in′tro‐duce″ (r?‐?n′tr?‐d?s″), v. t. To introduce again. — Re‐in′tro‐duc″tion (–d�k″sh�n), n.
Reinvest
Re′in‐vest″ (r?′?n‐v?st″), v. t. To invest again or anew.
Reinvestigate
Re′in‐ves″ti‐gate (–v?s″t?‐g?t), v. t. To investigate again. — Re′in‐ves′ti‐ga″tion (–g�″sh�n), n.
Reinvestment
Re′in‐vest″ment (–v?st″ment), n. The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
Reinvigorate
Re′in‐vig″or‐ate (–v?g″?r‐?t), v. t. To invigorate anew.
Reinvolve
Re′in‐volve″ (–v?lv″), v. t. To involve anew.
Reis
‖Re′is (r?″?s or r?z), n. [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.] The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in...
Reis (2)
Reis (rīs), n. [Ar. raïs head, chief, prince.] A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]
Reis Effendi
‖Reis′ Ef‐fen″di (r?s′?f‐f?n″d?). [See 2d Reis, and Effendi.] A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
Reissner's membrane
Reiss″ner's mem″brane (r?s″n?rz m?m″br?n). [Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular s...
Reissuable
Re‐is″su‐a‐ble (r?‐?sh″?‐?‐b'l), a. Capable of being reissued.
Reissue
Re‐is″sue (r?‐?sh″?), v. t. & i. To issue a second time.
Reissue (2)
Re‐is″sue, n. A second or repeated issue.
Reit
Reit (r?t), n. Sedge; seaweed.
Reiter
‖Rei″ter (r?″t?r), n. A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Reiterant
Re‐it″er‐ant (r?–?t″?r–ant), a. [See Reiterate.] Reiterating. Mrs. Browning.
Reiterate
Re‐it″er‐ate (–āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reiterated (–ā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Reiterating.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again...
Reiterate (2)
Re‐it″er‐ate (–?t), a. Reiterated; repeated.