Rear (v. t.) To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
Rear (v. t.) To rouse; to stir up.
Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
Reardorse (n.) Alt. of Reardoss
Reardoss (n.) A reredos.
Rearer (n.) One who, or that which, rears.
Reargue (v. t.) To argue anew or again.
Reargument (n.) An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
Rear-horse (n.) A mantis.
Rearly (adv.) Early.
Rearmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; last.
Rearmouse (n.) Alt. of Reremouse
Reremouse (n.) The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).
Rearrange (v. t.) To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
Rearrangement (n.) The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Rearward (a. & adv.) At or toward the rear.
Reascend (v. i.) To rise, mount, or climb again.
Reascend (v. t.) To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.
Reascension (n.) The act of reascending; a remounting.
Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Reason (n.) A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
Reason (n.) The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
Reason (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
Reason (n.) Ratio; proportion.
Reasoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reason
Reasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reason
Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
Reason (n.) To converse; to compare opinions.
Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
Reason (v. t.) To support with reasons, as a request.
Reason (v. t.) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
Reason (v. t.) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
Reasonable (n.) Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
Reasonable (n.) Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
Reasonable (adv.) Reasonably; tolerably.
Reasonableness (n.) Quality of being reasonable.
Reasonably (adv.) In a reasonable manner.
Reasonably (adv.) Moderately; tolerably.
Reasoner (n.) One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.
Reasoning (n.) The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.
Reasonist (n.) A rationalist.
Reasonless (a.) Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.
Reasonless (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
Reassemblage (n.) Assemblage a second time or again.
Reassemble (v. t. & i.) To assemble again.
Reassert (v. t.) To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
Reassertion (n.) A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.
Reassessment (n.) A renewed or second assessment.
Reassign (v. t.) To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.
Reassignment (n.) The act of reassigning.
Reassimilate (v. t. & i.) To assimilate again.
Reassociate (v. t. & i.) To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
Reassume (v. t.) To assume again or anew; to resume.
Reassurance (n.) Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
Reassurance (n.) Same as Reinsurance.
Reassure (v. t.) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
Reassure (v. t.) To reinsure.
Reassurer (n.) One who reassures.
Reasty (a.) Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat.
Reata (n.) A lariat.
Reattach (v. t.) To attach again.
Reattachment (n.) The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
Reattain (v. t.) To attain again.
Reattainment (n.) The act of reattaining.
Reattempt (v. t.) To attempt again.
Reaume (n.) Realm.
Reaumur (a.) Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.
Reaumur (n.) A Reaumur thermometer or scale.
Reaved (imp. & p. p.) of Reave
Reft () of Reave
Raft () of Reave
Reaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reave
Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]
Reaver (n.) One who reaves.
Reawake (v. i.) To awake again.
Rebanish (v. t.) To banish again.
Rebaptism (n.) A second baptism.
Rebaptization (n.) A second baptism.
Rebaptize (v. t.) To baptize again or a second time.
Rebaptizer (n.) One who rebaptizes.
Rebarbarize (v. t.) To reduce again to barbarism.
Rebate (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
Rebate (v. t.) To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
Rebate (n.) Diminution.
Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
Rebate (n.) A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Rebate (n.) A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
Rebate (v. t.) To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
Rebatement (n.) Same as 3d Rebate.
Rebato (n.) Same as Rabato.
Rebec (n.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.
Rebec (n.) A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.