Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 42

Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.

Reorder (v. t.) To order a second time.

Reordination (n.) A second ordination.

Reorganization (n.) The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.

Reorganize (v. t. & i.) To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.

Reorient (a.) Rising again.

Reostat (n.) See Rheostat.

Reotrope (n.) See Rheotrope.

Rep (n.) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.

Rep (a.) Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.

Repace (v. t.) To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.

Repacify (v. t.) To pacify again.

Repack (v. t.) To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.

Repacker (n.) One who repacks.

Repaganize (v. t.) To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

Repaid () imp. & p. p. of Repay.

Repaint (v. t.) To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

Repair (v. i.) To return.

Repair (v. i.) To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.

Repair (n.) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

Repair (n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.

Repaired (imp. & p. p.) of Repair

Repairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repair

Repair (v. t.) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.

Repair (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.

Repair (n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

Repair (n.) Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.

Repairable (a.) Reparable.

Repairer (n.) One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

Repairment (n.) Act of repairing.

Repand (a.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Reparability (n.) The quality or state of being reparable.

Reparable (a.) Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

Reparably (adv.) In a reparable manner.

Reparation (n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.

Reparation (n.) The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.

Reparative (a.) Repairing, or tending to repair.

Reparative (n.) That which repairs.

Reparel (n.) A change of apparel; a second or different suit.

Repartee (n.) A smart, ready, and witty reply.

Reparteed (imp. & p. p.) of Repartee

Reparteeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repartee

Repartee (v. i.) To make smart and witty replies.

Repartimiento (n.) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.

Repartotion (n.) Another, or an additional, separation into parts.

Repass (v. t.) To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.

Repass (v. i.) To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.

Repassage (n.) The act of repassing; passage back.

Repassant (a.) Counterpassant.

Repast (n.) The act of taking food.

Repast (n.) That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.

Repast (v. t. & i.) To supply food to; to feast; to take food.

Repaster (n.) One who takes a repast.

Repasture (n.) Food; entertainment.

Repatriate (v. t.) To restore to one's own country.

Repatriation (n.) Restoration to one's country.

Repaid (imp. & p. p.) of Repay

Repaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repay

Repay (v. t.) To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

Repay (v. t.) To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.

Repay (v. t.) To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.

Repayable (a.) Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

Repayment (n.) The act of repaying; reimbursement.

Repayment (n.) The money or other thing repaid.

Repealed (imp. & p. p.) of Repeal

Repealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repeal

Repeal (v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.

Repeal (v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.

Repeal (v. t.) To suppress; to repel.

Repeal (n.) Recall, as from exile.

Repeal (n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

Repealability (n.) The quality or state of being repealable.

Repealable (a.) Capable of being repealed.

Repealer (n.) One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

Repealment (n.) Recall, as from banishment.

Repeated (imp. & p. p.) of Repeat

Repeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repeat

Repeat (v. t.) To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

Repeat (v. t.) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

Repeat (v. t.) To repay or refund (an excess received).

Repeat (n.) The act of repeating; repetition.

Repeat (n.) That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).

Repeat (n.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

Repeatedly (adv.) More than once; again and again; indefinitely.

Repeater (n.) One who, or that which, repeats.

Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.

Repeater (n.) A repeating firearm.

Repeater (n.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.

Repeater (n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.

Repeater (n.) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.

Repeater (n.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

Repeating (a.) Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Repedation (n.) A stepping or going back.

Repelled (imp. & p. p.) of Repel

Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repel

Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.

Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Repellence (n.) Alt. of Repellency

Repellency (n.) The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

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