Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 40

Removed (a.) Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.

Remover (n.) One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks.

Remuable (a.) That may be removed; removable.

Remue (v. t.) To remove.

Remugient (a.) Rebellowing.

Remunerable (a.) Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.

Remunerated (imp. & p. p.) of Remunerate

Remunerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remunerate

Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Remuneration (n.) The act of remunerating.

Remuneration (n.) That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings.

Remunerative (a.) Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.

Remuneratory (a.) Remunerative.

Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.

Ren (v. t. & i.) See Renne.

Ren (n.) A run.

Renable (a.) Reasonable; also, loquacious.

Renaissance (n.) A new birth, or revival.

Renaissance (n.) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries.

Renaissance (n.) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch.

Renaissant (a.) Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.

Renal (a.) Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.

Renal-portal (a.) Both renal and portal. See Portal.

Rename (v. t.) To give a new name to.

Renard (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.

Renardine (a.) Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.

Renascence (n.) The state of being renascent.

Renascence (n.) Same as Renaissance.

Renascency (n.) State of being renascent.

Renascent (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.

Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.

Renascible (a.) Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.

Renate (a.) Born again; regenerate; renewed.

Renavigate (v. t.) To navigate again.

Renay (v. t.) To deny; to disown.

Rencontre (n.) Same as Rencounter, n.

Rencountered (imp. & p. p.) of Rencounter

Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounter

Rencounter (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

Rencounter (v. t.) To attack hand to hand.

Rencounter (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.

Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.

Rent (imp. & p. p.) of Rend

Rending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rend

Rend (v. t.) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.

Rend (v. t.) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.

Rend (v. i.) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Render (n.) One who rends.

Rendered (imp. & p. p.) of Render

Rendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Render

Render (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.

Render (v. t.) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

Render (v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender.

Render (v. t.) Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Render (v. t.) To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

Render (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

Render (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.

Render (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

Render (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

Render (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

Render (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.

Render (n.) A surrender.

Render (n.) A return; a payment of rent.

Render (n.) An account given; a statement.

Renderable (a.) Capable of being rendered.

Renderer (n.) One who renders.

Renderer (n.) A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.

Rendering (n.) The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered.

Rendering (n.) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text.

Rendering (n.) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part.

Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.

Rendering (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on.

Rendering (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

Rendezvouses (pl. ) of Rendezvous

Rendezvous (n.) A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

Rendezvous (n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.

Rendezvous (n.) A meeting by appointment.

Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.

Rendezvoused (imp. &. p. p.) of Rendezvous

Rendezvousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rendezvous

Rendezvous (v. i.) To assemble or meet at a particular place.

Rendezvous (v. t.) To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.

Rendible (a.) Capable of being rent or torn.

Rendible (a.) Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

Rendition (n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

Rendition (n.) Translation; rendering; version.

Rendrock (n.) A kind of dynamite used in blasting.

Renegade (n.) One faithless to principle or party.

Renegade (n.) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.

Renegade (n.) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.

Renegade (n.) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

Renegado (n.) See Renegade.

Renegat (n.) A renegade.

Renegation (n.) A denial.

Renege (v. t.) To deny; to disown.

Renege (v. i.) To deny.

Renege (v. i.) To revoke.

Renerve (v. t.) To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

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