Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 51

Resound (v. i.) To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.

Resound (v. i.) To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound.

Resound (v. i.) To be mentioned much and loudly.

Resound (v. i.) To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.

Resound (v. t.) To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.

Resound (v. t.) To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.

Resound (n.) Return of sound; echo.

Resource (n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

Resource (n.) Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.

Resourceful (a.) Full of resources.

Resourceless (a.) Destitute of resources.

Resow (v. t.) To sow again.

Resown (v.) To resound.

Respeak (v. t.) To speak or utter again.

Respeak (v. t.) To answer; to echo.

Respected (imp. & p. p.) of Respect

Respecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respect

Respect (v. t.) To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

Respect (v. t.) To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor.

Respect (v. t.) To look toward; to front upon or toward.

Respect (v. t.) To regard; to consider; to deem.

Respect (v. t.) To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce.

Respect (v.) The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution.

Respect (v.) Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.

Respect (v.) An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.

Respect (v.) Reputation; repute.

Respect (v.) Relation; reference; regard.

Respect (v.) Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects.

Respect (v.) Consideration; motive; interest.

Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.

Respectable (a.) Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.

Respectable (a.) Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.

Respectant (a.) Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.

Respecter (n.) One who respects.

Respectful (a.) Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.

Respecting (prep.) With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

Respection (n.) The act of respecting; respect; regard.

Respective (a.) Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.

Respective (a.) Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society.

Respective (a.) Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode.

Respective (a.) Fitted to awaken respect.

Respective (a.) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.

Respectively (adv.) As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty.

Respectively (adv.) Relatively; not absolutely.

Respectively (adv.) Partially; with respect to private views.

Respectively (adv.) With respect; regardfully.

Respectless (a.) Having no respect; without regard; regardless.

Respectuous (a.) Respectful; as, a respectuous silence.

Respectuous (a.) Respectable.

Respell (v. t.) To spell again.

Resperse (v. t.) To sprinkle; to scatter.

Respersion (n.) The act of sprinkling or scattering.

Respirability (n.) The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.

Respirable (a.) Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.

Respiration (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

Respiration (n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.

Respiration (n.) Interval; intermission.

Respiration (n.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.

Respirational (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.

Respirative (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.

Respirator (n.) A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.

Respiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.

Respired (imp. & p. p.) of Respire

Respiring (p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Respire

Respire (v. i.) To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

Respire (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.

Respire (v. t.) To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.

Respire (v. t.) To breathe out; to exhale.

Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.

Respite (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.

Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

Respite (n.) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Respited (imp. & p. p.) of Respite

Respiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respite

Respite (n.) To give or grant a respite to.

Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

Respiteless (a.) Without respite.

Resplendence (n.) Alt. of Resplendency

Resplendency (n.) The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.

Resplendent (a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.

Resplendishant (a.) Resplendent; brilliant.

Resplendishing (a.) Resplendent.

Resplit (v. t. & i.) To split again.

Responded (imp. & p. p.) of Respond

Responding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respond

Respond (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

Respond (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

Respond (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

Respond (v. t.) To answer; to reply.

Respond (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

Respond (n.) An answer; a response.

Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

Respond (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Respondence (n.) Alt. of Respondency

Respondency (n.) The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.

Respondent (a.) Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Respondent (n.) One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.

Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.

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