Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 34

Reimport (v. t.) To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.

Reimportation (n.) The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.

Reimportune (v. t.) To importune again.

Reimpose (v. t.) To impose anew.

Reimpregnate (v. t.) To impregnate again or anew.

Reimpress (v. t.) To impress anew.

Reimpression (n.) A second or repeated impression; a reprint.

Reimprint (v. t.) To imprint again.

Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.

Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.

Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.

Reined (imp. & p. p.) of Rein

Reining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rein

Rein (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.

Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Rein (v. i.) To be guided by reins.

Reinaugurate (v. t.) To inaugurate anew.

Reincit (v. t.) To incite again.

Reincorporate (v. t.) To incorporate again.

Reincrease (v. t.) To increase again.

Reincur (v. t.) To incur again.

Reindeer (n.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.

Reinduce (v. t.) To induce again.

Reinette (n.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.

Reinfect (v. t.) To infect again.

Reinfectious (a.) Capable of reinfecting.

Reinforce (v. t.) See Reenforce, v. t.

Reinforce (n.) See Reenforce, n.

Reinforcement (n.) See Reenforcement.

Reinfund (v. i.) To flow in anew.

Reingratiate (v. t.) To ingratiate again or anew.

Reinhabit (v. t.) To inhabit again.

Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.

Reinsert (v. t.) To insert again.

Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.

Reinspect (v. t.) To inspect again.

Reinspection (n.) The act of reinspecting.

Reinspire (v. t.) To inspire anew.

Reinspirit (v. t.) To give fresh spirit to.

Reinstall (v. t.) To install again.

Reinstallment (n.) A renewed installment.

Reinstate (v. t.) To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.

Reinstatement (n.) The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.

Reinstation (n.) Reinstatement.

Reinstruct (v. t.) To instruct anew.

Reinsurance (n.) Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.

Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.

Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.

Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.

Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.

Reintegrate (v. t.) To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation.

Reintegration (n.) A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.

Reinter (v. t.) To inter again.

Reinterrogate (v. t.) To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.

Reinthrone (v. t.) See Reenthrone.

Reinthronize (v. t.) To enthrone again.

Reintroduce (v. t.) To introduce again.

Reinvest (v. t.) To invest again or anew.

Reinvestigate (v. t.) To investigate again.

Reinvestment (n.) The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.

Reinvigorate (v. t.) To invigorate anew.

Reinvolve (v. t.) To involve anew.

Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.

Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

Reissner's membrane () The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

Reissuable (a.) Capable of being reissued.

Reissue (v. t. & i.) To issue a second time.

Reissue (n.) A second or repeated issue.

Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.

Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Reiterant (a.) Reiterating.

Reiterated (imp. & p. p.) of Reiterate

Reiterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reiterate

Reiterate (v. t.) To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

Reiterate (a.) Reiterated; repeated.

Reiteratedly (adv.) Repeatedly.

Reiteration (n.) The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.

Reiterative (n.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.

Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.

Reiver (n.) See Reaver.

Rejected (imp. & p. p.) of Reject

Rejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reject

Reject (v. t.) To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

Reject (v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Rejectable (a.) Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.

Rejectamenta (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.

Rejectaneous (a.) Not chosen or received; rejected.

Rejecter (n.) One who rejects.

Rejection (n.) Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

Rejectitious (a.) Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.

Rejective (a.) Rejecting, or tending to reject.

Rejectment (n.) Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away.

Rejoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoice

Rejoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoice

Rejoice (v. i.) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

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