Chapter C: P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.) (3)

Rep`re*sent" (r?p`r?-z?nt"), v. t. [F. repr&?;senter, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present. See Present, v. t.] 1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The
heavenly fires.

Milton.

2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and
only obstacle to his success in that demand.

Robertson.

This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the
managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate.

Addison.

6. To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

Among these. Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things
Which he five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations,
aery shapes.

Milton.

8. (Metaph.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that,
besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of
our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the
faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . .
This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy.

Sir. W. Hamilton.

Rep`re*sent"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being represented.

Rep`re*sent"ance (-ans), n. Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.

Rep`re*sent"ant (-ant), a. [Cf. F. repr&?;sentant.] Appearing or acting for another; representing.

Rep`re*sent"ant, n. [F. representant.] A representative. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Rep`re*sen*ta"tion (-z?n-t?"sh?n), n. [F. repr&?;sentation, L. representatio.] 1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. (b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet. (c) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress. (e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

3. The state of being represented.

Syn. -- Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.

Re-pres`en*ta"tion (r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n), n. [See Re-present.] The act of re- presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry (r?p`r?--z?n-t?"sh?n-?-r?), a. Implying representation; representative. [R.]

Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-z?nt`?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. repr&?;sentatif.] 1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.

3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.

5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.

A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the
representative of Credulity.

Addison.

Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the
perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we
perceive in the creatures.

Locke.

2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

3. (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives. Wharton. Burrill.

4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]

5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.

Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ly, adv. In a representative manner; vicariously.

Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness, n. The quality or state of being representative.

Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with
consciousness and representativeness.

Spectator.

Rep`re*sent"er (-?r), n. 1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne.

2. A representative. [Obs.] Swift.

Rep`re*sent"ment (-ment), n. Representation. [Obs.]

Re*press" (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again.

Re*press" (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.] 1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst
repress.

Milton.

Syn. -- To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.

Re*press", n. The act of repressing. [Obs.]

Re*press"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, represses.

Re*press"i*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being repressed.

Re*pres"sion (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F. répression.]

1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

2. That which represses; check; restraint.

Re*press"ive (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.] Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- Re*press"ive*ly, adv.

Re*prev"a*ble (r?-pr?v"?-b'l), a. Reprovable. [Obs.]

Re*preve" (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [See Reprieve, v. t.] To reprove. [Obs.] "Repreve him of his vice." Chaucer.

Re*preve", n. Reproof. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Re*priefe" (r?-pr?f"), n. Repreve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Re*priev"al (r?-pr?v"al), n. Reprieve. Overbury.

Re*prieve (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprieved (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprieving.] [OE. repreven to reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres. il reprueve), F. réprouver to disapprove, fr. L. reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try, prove. See Prove, and cf. Reprove, Reprobate.]

1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.

He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.

Rogers.

2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.

Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can
not secure him from his conscience.

South.

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Re*prieve" (r?-pr?v"), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to
suspend the execution for three days.

Clarendon.

2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.

All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget to love, and
learn to grieve.

Denham.

Rep"ri*mand (r?p"r?-m?nd), n. [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of
him.

Macaulay.

Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.] 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into
Egypt without his permission.

Arbuthnot.

2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.

Syn. -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.

Rep"ri*mand`er (-m?nd`?r), n. One who reprimands.

Re*prim"er (r?-pr?m"?r), n. (Firearms) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

Re*print" (r?-pr?nt"), v. t. 1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

2. To renew the impression of.

The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's
image upon the soul.

South.

Re"print` (r?"pr?nt`), n. A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

Re*print"er (r?-pr?nt"?r), n. One who reprints.

Re*pris"al (r?-priz"al), n. [F. repr&?;saille, It. ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See Reprehend, Reprise.] 1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to
take place.

Macaulay.

2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans.)

4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland.

Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.

Re*prise" (r?-pr?z"), n. [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See Reprehend.]

1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. pl. (Law) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.

3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

Re*prise", v. t. [Written also reprize.] 1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]

Re*pris"tin*ate (r?-pr?s"t?n-?t), v. t. [Pref. re- + pristine.] To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.

Re*pris`ti*na"tion (-t?-n?"sh?n), n. Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R. Browning.

Re*prive" (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [Pref. re- + L. privare to deprive.] To take back or away. [Obs.] Spenser.

Re*prive", v. t. To reprieve. [Obs.] Howell.

Re*prize" (-pr?z"), v. t. See Reprise. [Obs.] Spenser.

Re*priz"es (-pr?z"?z), n. pl. (Law) See Reprise, n., 2.

Re*proach" (r?-pr?ch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.] [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. Approach.] 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.]

I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, For that he knew you,
might reproach your life.

Shak.

2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ.

1 Peter iv. 14.

That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not, and reproach us as
unclean.

Milton.

Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting friends,
reproached their shameful flight. Repelled the victors.

Dryden.

Syn. -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.

Re*proach", n. [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]

1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.

No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest
wit, appeared to give him pain.

Macaulay.

Give not thine heritage to reproach.

Joel ii. 17.

2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.

3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.

Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more
a reproach.

Neh. ii. 17.

Syn. -- Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.

Re*proach"a*blr (-?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. reprochable.]

1. Deserving reproach; censurable.

2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

-- Re*proach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*proach"a*bly, adv.

Re*proach"er (-?r), n. One who reproaches.

Re*proach"ful (-f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor
here.

Shak.

2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.

Syn. -- Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous.

-- Re*proach"ful*ly (r&?;-pr&?;ch"f&?;l-l&?;), adv. -- Re*proach"ful*ness, n.

Re*proach"less, a. Being without reproach.

Rep"ro*ba*cy (r?p"r?-b?-c?), n. Reprobation. [R.]

Rep"ro*bance (-bans), n. Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.

Rep"ro*bate (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath
rejected them.

Jer. vi. 30.

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.

And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate.

Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." Shak.

Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.

Rep"ro*bate, n. One morally abandoned and lost.

I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the
king.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Rep"ro*bate (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.] 1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do
not believe it, unless the deed appears.

Ayliffe.

Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was
reprobated by the other.

Macaulay.

2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

Rep"ro*bate*ness, n. The state of being reprobate.

Rep"ro*ba`ter (-b?`t?r), n. One who reprobates.

Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b?`sh?n), n. [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.] 1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting
an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming
reprobation.

Jeffrey.

Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin.

Dryden.

2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.

Rep`ro*ba"tion*er (-?r), n. (Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2. South.

Rep"ro*ba*tive (-b?-t?v), a. Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

Rep"ro*ba`to*ry (-b?`t?-r?), a. Reprobative.

Re`pro*duce" (r?`pr?-d?s"), v. t. To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again.

Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with
those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white
light as before.

Sir I. Newton.

(c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

Re`pro*du"cer (-d?"s?r), n. One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.

Re`pro*duc"tion (-d?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. reproduction.] 1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.

2. That which is reproduced.

Re`pro*duc"tive (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. reproductif.] Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.

Re`pro*duc"to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Reproductive.

Re*proof" (r?-pr??f"), n. [OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.] 1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]

2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.

Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

Pope.

Syn. -- Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See Admonition.

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.

--Re*prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*prov"a*bly, adv.

Re prov"al (-al), n. Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.

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.] 1. To convince. [Obs.]

When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment.

John xvi. 9.

2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]

Reprove my allegation, if you can.

Shak.

3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.

What if thy son

Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou
beget me?"

Milton.

4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly
condemned the fastings of the other men.

Udall.

Syn. -- To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure. -- Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

Re*prov"er (r?-pr??v"?r), n. One who, or that which, reproves.

Re*prov"ing*ly, adv. In a reproving manner.

Re*prune" (r*prn"), v. t. To prune again or anew.

Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew.

Young.

Rep"-sil`ver (r?p"s?l`v?r), n. [See Reap.] Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

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 reptiles, worms, etc.

||Rep*tan"ti*a (r?p-t?n"sh?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of ||gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

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

Rep"ta*to*ry (r?p"t?-t?-r?), a. (Zoöl.) Creeping.

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, or by means of small and short legs.

2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.

There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution,
but of fear.

Burke.

And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men.

Coleridge.

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 snail That crawls at evening in
the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread
aside, and let the reptile live.

Cowper.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.

The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.

3. A groveling or very mean person.

||Rep*til"i*a (r?p-t?l"?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A class of ||air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or ||bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. ||The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.

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 as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.

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

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. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.

In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.

Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men.

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 the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.

Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.

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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 cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together. (b) A South African weaver bird (Philetærus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.

Red republican. See under Red.

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 political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke.

3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [U.S.]

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 republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. D. Ramsay.

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

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 like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.

If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former;
but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date,
and establishes the first.

Blackstone.

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 published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re&?;xecution or codicil.

Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished
his will.

Blackstone.

Re*pub"lish*er (-?r), n. One who republishes.

Re*pu"di*a*ble (r?-p?"d?-?-b'l), a. [See Repudilate.] Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

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, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]

1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.

Prynne.

2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.

His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long
afterward.

Bolingbroke.

3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

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.

Re*pu`di*a"tion, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

Re*pu"di*a`tor (r?-p?"d?-?`t?r), n. [L., a rejecter, contemner.] One who repudiates.

Re*pugn" (r?-p?n"), v. t. [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.] To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]

Stubbornly he did repugn the truth.

Shak.

Re*pug"na*ble (r?-p?g"n?-b'l), a. Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] Sir T. North.

{ Re*pug"nance (-nans), Re*pug"nan*cy (- nan-s?), } n. [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.] The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.

That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance
which we naturally have to labor.

Dryden.

Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy.

Shak.

Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.

Re*pug"nant (-nant), a. [F. répugnant, or L. repugnans, -antis, p. pr. of repugnare. See Repugn.] Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.

[His sword] repugnant to command.

Shak.

There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant
unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself.

Perkins.

Syn. -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.

Re*pug"nant*ly, adv. In a repugnant manner.

Re*pug"nate (-n?t), v. t. [From L. repugnare. See Repugn.] To oppose; to fight against. [Obs.]

Re*pugn"er (r?-p?n"?r), n. One who repugns.

Re*pul"lu*late (r?-p?l"l?-l?t), v. i. [L. repullulare, repullulatum. See Pullulate.] To bud again.

Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field.

Howell.

Re*pul`lu*la"tion (r?-p?l`l?-l?"sh?n), n. The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

Re*pulse" (r?-p?ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repulsed (-p?lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repulsing.] [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See Repel.] 1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or
seeming friend.

Milton.

2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.

Re*pulse", n. [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]

1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.

By fate repelled, and with repulses tired.

Denham.

He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body.

Shak.

2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.

Re*pulse"less, a. Not capable of being repulsed.

Re*puls"er (-?r), n. One who repulses, or drives back.

Re*pul"sion (r?-p?l"sh?n), n. [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.] 1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.

3. (Physics) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.

Re*pul"sive (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. répulsif.] 1. Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

Repulsive of his might the weapon stood.

Pope.

2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.

-- Re*pul"sive*ly, adv. -- Re*pul"sive*ness, n.

Re*pul"so*ry (-s?-r?), a. [L. repulsorius.] Repulsive; driving back.

Re*pur"chase (r?*p?r"ch?s; 48), v. t. To buy back or again; to regain by purchase. Sir M. Hale.

Re*pur"chase, n. The act of repurchasing.

Re*pu"ri*fy (r?-p?"r?-f?), v. t. To purify again.

Rep"u*ta*ble (r?p"?-t?-b'l), a. [From Repute.] Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.

In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as
defeat one.

Broome.

Syn. -- Respectable; creditable; estimable.

-- Rep"u ta*ble*ness, n. -- Rep"u*ta*bly, adv.

Rep`u*ta"tion (-t?"sh?n), n. [F. réputation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See Repute, v. t.]

1. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life.

Ames.

2. (Law) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.

I see my reputation is at stake.

Shak.

The security of his reputation or good name.

Blackstone.

4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer.

[/Christ] made himself of no reputation.

Phil. ii. 7.

Syn. -- Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the Note under Character.

Re*put"a*tive*ly (r?-p?t"?-t?v-l?), adv. By repute.

Re*pute" (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reputing.] [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.] To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

Job xviii. 3.

The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent.

Shak.

Re*pute", n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.

He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his
throne, upheld by old repute.

Milton.

2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. "Dead stocks, which have been of repute." F. Beaumont.

Re*put"ed*ly (r?-p?t"?d-l?), adv. In common opinion or estimation; by repute.

Re*pute"less, a. Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius. [R.] Shak.

Re*quere" (r?--kw?r"), v. t. To require. [Obs.]

Re*quest" (r*kwst"), n. [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requête, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.] 1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

I will marry her, sir, at your request.

Shak.

2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15.

I will both hear and grant you your requests.

Shak.

3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.

Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now.

Sir W. Temple.

Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Syn. -- Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.

Re*quest" (r?-kw?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n. Requesting.] [Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.] 1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

2. To address with a request; to ask.

I request you To give my poor host freedom.

Shak.

Syn. -- To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.

Re*quest"er (-?r), n. One who requests; a petitioner.

Re*quick"en (r?-kw?k"'n), v. t. To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak.

Re"qui*em (r?"kw?-?m;277), n. [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and
such rest to her As to peace-parted souls.

Shak.

2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.]

Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace
forever slept.

Sandys.

Re*qui"e*to*ry (r?-kw?"?-t?-r?), n. [L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.] A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever.

Re"quin (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.] (Zoöl.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

Re*quir"a*ble (r?-kw?r"?-b'l), a. Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale.

Re*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ&?;rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.] 1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him?

Shak.

By nature did what was by law required.

Dryden.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

Just gave what life required, and gave no more.

Goldsmith.

The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.

J. A. Symonds.

3. To ask as a favor; to request.

I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.

Ezra viii. 22.

Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

Re*quire"ment (-ment), n. 1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement
contained in the rule of righteousness.

J. M. Mason.

God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge
of its nature and requirements.

Hawthorne.

Re*quir"er (-kw?r"?r), n. One who requires.

Req"ui*site (r?k"w?-z?t), n. That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must
do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.

Wake.

Req"ui*site, a. [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.] Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.

All truth requisite for men to know.

Milton.

Syn. -- Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.

-- Req"ui*site*ly, adv. -- Req"ui*site*ness, n.

Req`ui*si"tion (r?k`w?-z?sh"?n), n.[Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching.] 1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.

2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.

3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]

Req`ui*si"tion, v. t. 1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.

2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

Req`ui*si"tion*ist, n. One who makes or signs a requisition.

Re*quis"i*tive (r?-kw?z"?-t?v), a. Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris.

Re*quis"i*tive, n. One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist. [R.]

Re*quis"i*tor (-t?r), n. One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.

Re*quis"i*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621).

Re*quit"a*ble (-kw?t"?-b'l), a. That may be requited.

Re*quit"al (-al), n. [From Requite.] The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.

No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface
their love.

Waller.

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Syn. -- Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.

Re"quite" (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting.] [Pref. re- + quit.] To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.

He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such
gentle acts as these.

Milton.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand.

Ps. x. 14.

Syn. -- To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.

Re*quite"ment (-ment), n. Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.

Re*quit"er (-kw?t"?r), n. One who requites.

Rere"brace` (r?r"br?s"), n. [F. arrière-bras.] (Anc. Armor) Armor for the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.

Rere`de*main" (-d?-m?n"), n. [F. arrière back + de of + main hand.] A backward stroke. [Obs.]

Rere"dos (r?r"d?s), n. [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.

Rere"fief` (r?r"f?f`), n. [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and Fief.] (Scots Law) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant. Blackstone.

Re*reign" (r?-r?n"), v. i. To reign again.

Re`-re*it"er*ate (r?`r?-?t"?r-?t), v. t. To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish." Tennyson.

Rere"mouse` (r?r"mous`), n. (Zoöl.) A rearmouse.

Re`-re*solve" (r?`r?-z?lv"), v. t. & i. To resolve again.

Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

Young.

Rere"ward` (r?r"w?rd`), n. [See Rearward.] The rear guard of an army. [Obs.]

||Res (r?z), n.; pl. Res. [L.] A thing; the particular thing; a matter; ||a point.

||Res gestæ [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the ||environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- ||Res judicata [L.] ||(Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

Re*sail" (r?-s?l"), v. t. & i. To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.

Re*sale" (r?-s?l" or r?"s?l), n. A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale. Bacon.

Re*sal"gar (r?-s?l"g?r), n. Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Re`sa*lute" (r?`s?-l?t"), v. t. To salute again.

Re*saw" (r&?;-s&?;"), v. t. To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

Res"cat (r?s"k?t), v. t. [Sp. rescattar.] To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

Res"cat, n. [Sp. rescate.] Ransom; release. [Obs.]

Re*scind" (r?-s?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rescinding.] [L. rescindere, rescissum; pref re- re- + scindere to cut, split: cf. F. rescinder. See Shism.] 1. To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics
of Adam and the contraction of evil customs.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment.

Syn. -- To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse; vacate; void.

Re*scind"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being rescinded.

Re*scind"ment (-ment), n. The act of rescinding; rescission.

Re*scis"sion (r?-s?zh"?n), n. [L. rescissio: cf. F. rescission. See Rescind.] The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.

Re*scis"so*ry (r?-s?z"?-r? or r?-s?s"-), a. [L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.] Tending to rescind; rescinding.

To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all
the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633.

Bp. Burnet.

Res"cous (r?s"k?s), n. [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See Rescue.] 1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Law) See Rescue, 2. [Obs.]

Res"cowe (r?s"kou), v. t. To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Re*scribe" (r?-skr?b"), v. t. [L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See Scribe.] 1. To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

2. To write over again. Howell.

Re"script (r?"skr?pt), n. [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]

1. (Rom.Antiq.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke
in the plural number.

Hare.

2. (R.C.Ch.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.

3. A counterpart. Bouvier.

Re*scrip"tion (r?-skr?p"sh?n), n. [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See Rescribe.] A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.

Re*scrip"tive (-t?v), a. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.

Re*scrip"tive*ly, adv. By rescript. Burke.

Res"cu*a*ble (r?s"k?-?-b'l), a. That may be rescued.

Res"cue (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rescued (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. Rescuing.] [OE. rescopuen, OF. rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See Qtash to crush, Rercussion.] To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.

Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a breakfast
to the best, Rather than have false Proteus rescue me.

Shak.

Syn. -- To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release; save.

Res"cue (r?s"k?), n. [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]

1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.

Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot.

Shak.

2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. Bouvier.

The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual
imprisonment and forfeiture of goods.

Blackstone.

Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

Res"cue*less, a. Without rescue or release.

Res"cu*er (-k?-?r), n. One who rescues.

Res`cus*see" (r?s`k?s-s?"), n. (O.Eng. Law) The party in whose favor a rescue is made. Crabb.

Res*cus"sor (r?s-k?s"s?r), n. [LL.] (O.Eng.Law) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer. Burril.

Rese (r?z), v. i. To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to rese." Chaucer.

Re-search" (r?-s?rch"), v. t. [Pref. re- + search.] To search again; to examine anew.

Re*search" (r?-s?rch"), n. [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.] Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the
results of the researches of antiquaries.

Macaulay.

Syn. -- Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.

Re*search", v. t. [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.] To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Re*search"er (-?r), n. One who researches.

Re*search"ful (-f?l), a. Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.

Re*seat" (r?-s?t"), v. t. 1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.

2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

Re*sect" (r?-s?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.] [L. resectus, p. p. of resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.] To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.

Re*sec"tion (r?-s?k"sh?n), n. [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.] 1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.

2. (Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.

Re*se"da (r?-s?"d?), n. [L. , a kind of plant.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.

2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.

Re*seek" (r?-s?k"), v. t. To seek again. J. Barlow.

Re*seize" (r?-s?z"), v. t. [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.] 1. To seize again, or a second time.

2. To put in possession again; to reinstate.

And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again.

Spenser.

3. (Law) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.

The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels
thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the
justices of assize.

Blackstone.

Re*seiz"er (-s?z"?r), n. 1. One who seizes again.

2. (Eng. Law) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.

Re*sei"zure (r&?;-s&?;"zh&?;r; 135), n. A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.

Re*sell" (r?-s?l"), v. t. To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.

Re*sem"bla*ble (r?-z?m"bl?-b'l), a. [See Resemble.] Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.

Re*sem"blance (-blans), n. [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.] 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great
resemblance to each other.

Dryden.

2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.

These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are
resemblances formed according to things spiritual.

Hooker.

3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.

Re*sem"blant (-blant), a. [F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.] Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower.

Re*sem"ble (r?-z?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).] [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.] 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

We will resemble you in that.

Shak.

2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.]

The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright.

Spenser.

3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.

4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.

Re*sem"bler (r?-z?m"bl?r), n. One who resembles.

Re*sem"bling*ly (-bl?ng-l?), adv. So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.

Re*sem"i*nate (-s?m"?-n?t), v. t. [L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow.] To produce again by means of seed. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Re*send" (r?-s?nd"), v. t. 1. To send again; as, to resend a message.

2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.

3. (Telegraphy) To send on from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.

Re*sent" (r?-z?nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resented; p. pr. & vb. n. Resenting.] [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.] 1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. [Obs.]

Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably
resented by compassionate readers.

Sir T. Browne.

(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might
have resented safely.

Bolingbroke.

3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i. [Obs.]

This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul
of Saul.

Fuller.

Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.

Fuller.

Re*sent", v. i. 1. To feel resentment. Swift.

2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]

The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the
word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the
wild gourd of human invention.

Fuller.

Re*sent"er (-?r), n. One who resents. Sir H. Wotton.

Re*sent"ful (-f?l), a. Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable. -- Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.

Re*sent"i*ment (-?-ment), n. Resentment. [Obs.]

Re*sent"ing*ly, adv. 1. With deep sense or strong perception. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

2. With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.

Re*sent"ive (-?v), a. Resentful. [R.] Thomson.

Re*sent"ment (-ment), n. [F. ressentiment.] 1. The act of resenting.

2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. [Obs.]

He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality.

Dr. H. More.

It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little
resentment of their danger.

Jer. Taylor.

3. In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. [Obs.]

The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by
Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their resentment
and good acceptance of the same.

The Council Book (1651).

4. In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced.

Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the
conduct of the offender.

Cogan.

Syn. -- Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. -- Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for whatever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Resentment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger.

Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.

Shak.

Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their
spite in human woe?

Dryden.

Res"er*ate (r?s"?r-?t), v. t. [L. reseratus, p. p. of reserare to unlock.] To unlock; to open. [Obs.] Boyle.

Re*serv"ance (r?-z?rv"ans), n. Reservation. [R.]

Res`er*va"tion (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. réservation, LL. reservatio. See Reserve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. A. Smith.

With reservation of an hundred knights.

Shak.

Make some reservation of your wrongs.

Shak.

2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. Dryden.

3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]

4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.

5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A proviso. Kent.

This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded.

6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.