Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Reasty

Reas″ty (rēs″ty̆), a. Rusty and rancid; — applied to salt meat. Tusser. — Reas″ti‐ness (–tĭ‐nĕs), n.

974

Reata

‖Re‐a″ta (rā̍‐ä″tȧ), n. A lariat.

975

Reattach

Re′at‐tach″ (rē′ăt‐tăch″), v. t. To attach again.

976

Reattachment

Re′at‐tach″ment (–ment), n. The act of reattaching; a second attachment.

977

Reattain

Re′at‐tain″ (–tān″), v. t. To attain again.

978

Reattainment

Re′at‐tain″ment (–ment), n. The act of reattaining.

979

Reattempt

Re′at‐tempt″ (–tĕmt″; 215), v. t. To attempt again.

980

Reaume

Re″aume (rē″a̤m), n. Realm. Chaucer.

981

Réaumur

Ré′au′mur″ (rā̍′ō′mụr″), a. Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented. — n. A Ré...

982

Reave

Reave (rēv), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reaved (rēvd), Reft (rĕft), or Raft (rȧft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.Reaving.] [AS. reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf...

983

Reaver

Reav″er (rēv″ẽr), n. One who reaves.

984

Reawake

Re′a‐wake″ (rē′ȧ‐wāk″), v. i. To awake again.

985

Rebanish

Re‐ban″ish (rē‐băn″ĭsh), v. t. To banish again.

986

Rebaptism

Re‐bap″tism (rē‐băp″tĭz'm), n. A second baptism.

987

Rebaptization

Re‐bap′ti‐za″tion (–tĭ‐zā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. rebaptisation.] A second baptism. Hooker.

988

Rebaptize

Re′bap‐tize″ (rē′băp‐tīz″), v. t. [Pref. re- + baptize: cf. F. rebaptiser, L. rebaptizare.] To baptize again or a second time.

989

Rebaptizer

Re′bap‐tiz″er (–tīz″ẽr), n. One who rebaptizes.

990

Rebarbarize

Re‐bar″ba‐rize (rē‐bär″bȧ‐rīz), v. t. To reduce again to barbarism. — Re‐bar′ba‐ri‐za″tion (–rĭ‐zā″shŭn), n.Germany... rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir...

991

Rebate

Re‐bate″ (rē̍‐bāt″), v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See Abate.] 1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; ...

992

Rebate (2)

Re‐bate″, v. i. To abate; to withdraw. Foxe.

993

Rebate (3)

Re‐bate″, n. 1. Diminution.2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.

994

Rebate (4)

Re‐bate″, n. [See Rabbet.] 1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.2. A piece of wood hafted into a l...

995

Rebate (5)

Re‐bate″, v. t. To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.

996

Rebatement

Re‐bate″ment (–ment), n. [Cf. OF. rabatement, fr. rabatre to diminish, F. rabattre.] Same as 3d Rebate.

997

Rebato

Re‐ba″to (rē̍‐bā″tō̍), n. Same as Rabato. Burton.

998

Rebec

Re″bec (rē″bĕk), n. [F., fr. It. ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. rabāb a musical instrument of a round form.] 1. (Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, ...

999

Rebel

Reb″el (rĕb″ĕl), a. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See Rebel, v. i.] Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.Whoso be rebel to my judgme...