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2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

How readily we wish time spent revoked! Cowper.

Readiness <Xpage=1194>

Read"i*ness , n. The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

They received the word with all readiness of mind. Acts xvii. 11.

Syn. -- Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude; promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness; dexterity; ease; cheerfulness. See Facility .

Reading <Xpage=1194>

Read"ing (?) , n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading .

3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.

The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. Hooker.

4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]

6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer .

Reading of a bill (Legislation) , its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.

Reading <Xpage=1194>

Read"ing , a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community .

Reading book , a book for teaching reading; a reader. -- Reading desk , a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. -- Reading glass , a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. -- Reading man , one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. -- Reading room , a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.

Readjourn <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*journ" (?) , v. t. To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

Readjournment <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*journ"ment (?) , n. The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

Readjust <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*just" (?) , v. t. To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

Readjuster <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*just"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.

Readjustment <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*just"ment (?) , n. A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

Readmission <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*mis"sion (?) , n. The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

Readmit <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*mit" (?) , v. t. To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to readmit the suppliant. Milton.

Readmittance <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*mit"tance (?) , n. Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

Readopt <Xpage=1194>

Re`a*dopt" (?) , v. t. To adopt again.

Young.

Readorn <Xpage=1194>

Re`a*dorn" (?) , v. t. To adorn again or anew.

Readvance <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*vance" (?) , v. i. To advance again.

Readvertency <Xpage=1194>

Re`ad*vert"en*cy (?) , n. The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.]

Norris.

Ready <Xpage=1194>

Read"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Readier (?) ; superl. Readiest .] [AS. r&aemac;de ; akin to D. ge reed , be reid , G. be reit , Goth. ga r\'a0ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride , as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array , 1st Curry .]

1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was."

Chaucer.

2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready ."

Fielding.

My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. Matt. xxii. 4.

3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.

I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xxi. 13.

If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. Milton.

4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. " Ready in devising expedients."

Macaulay.

Gurth, whose temper was ready , through surly. Sir W. Scott.

5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. "The readiest way."

Milton.

A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. Dryden.

6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

My heart is ready to crack. Shak.

7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim .

All ready , ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." Chaucer . -- Ready money , means of immediate payment; cash. "'Tis all the ready money fate can give." Cowley . -- Ready reckoner , a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. -- To make ready , to make preparation; to get in readiness.

Syn. -- Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt .

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Read"y (?) , adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17.

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Read"y , n. Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the ; as, he was supplied with the ready . [Slang]

Lord Strut was not flush in ready , either to go to law, or to clear old debts. Arbuthnot.

Ready <Xpage=1194>

Read"y , v. t. To dispose in order. [Obs.]

Heywood.

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Read"y-made` (?) , a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

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Read"y-wit`ted (?) , a. Having ready wit.

Reaffirm <Xpage=1194>

Re`af*firm" (?) , v. t. To affirm again.

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Re`af*firm"ance (?) , Re*af`fir*ma"tion (?) n. A second affirmation.

Reafforest <Xpage=1194>

Re`af*for"est (?) , v. t. To convert again into the forest, as a region of country.

Reafforestation <Xpage=1194>

Re`af*for`es*ta"tion (?) , n. The act or process of converting again into a forest.

Reagent <Xpage=1194>

Re*a"gent (?) , n. (Chem.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.

Reaggravation <Xpage=1194>

Re*ag`gra*va"tion (?) , n. (R. C. Ch.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

Reagree <Xpage=1194>

Re`a*gree" (?) , v. t. To agree again.

Reak <Xpage=1194>

Reak (?) , n. [<?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Wrack seaweed.] A rush. [Obs.] "Feeds on reaks and reeds."

Drant.

Reak <Xpage=1194>

Reak , n. [Cf. Icel. hrekkr , or E. wreak vengeance.] A prank. [Obs.] "They play such reaks ."

Beau & Fl.

Real <Xpage=1194>

Re"al (?) , n. [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis . See Regal , and cf. Ree a coin.] A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

&hand; A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 12<frac12/ down to 10 cents, or from 6<frac12/ to 5 pence sterling. The real vellon , or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2<frac12/ pence sterling. In 1871 the coinage of Spain was assimilated to that of the Latin Union, of which the franc is the unit.

Real <Xpage=1194>

Re*al" (?) , a. Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes."

Chaucer.

Real <Xpage=1194>

Re"al (?) , a. [LL. realis , fr. L. res , rei , a thing: cf. F. r\'82el . Cf. Rebus .] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life .

Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real , as the dream Had lively shadowed. Milton.

2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible ; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. <-- split reason from objects. -->

Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. Milton.

5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.]

Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. Bacon.

4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property .

Chattels real (Law) , such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel . -- Real action (Law) , an action for the recovery of real property. -- Real assets (Law) , lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. -- Real composition (Eccl. Law) , an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone . -- Real estate &or; property , lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent . Burrill . -- Real presence (R. C. Ch.) , the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation . -- Real servitude , called also Predial servitude (Civil Law) , a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Erskine . Bouvier .

Syn. -- Actual; true; genuine; authentic. -- Real , Actual . Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real , not imaginary, occurrence . Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real , we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually . Actual , from this reference to being acted , has recently received a new signification, namely, present ; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action , or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment.

For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. Dryden.

Our simple ideas are all real ; all agree to the reality of things. Locke.

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Real <Xpage=1195>

Re"al (?) , n. A realist. [Obs.]

Burton.

Realgar <Xpage=1195>

Re*al"gar (?) , n. [F. r\'82algar , Sp. rejalgar , Ar. rahj al gh\'ber powder of the mine.] (Min.) Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.

Realism <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. r\'82alisme .] 1. (Philos.) (a) An opposed to nominalism , the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem ( Plato ), or in re ( Aristotle ). (b) As opposed to idealism , the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

2. (Art & Lit.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.

<-- 3. the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overimaginativeness, or visionariness. -->

Realist <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ist , n. [Cf. F. r\'82aliste .] 1. (Philos.) One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals , or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists .

2. (Art. & Lit.) An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism , 2.

<-- 3. a person who avoids unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealist or visionary. -->

Realistic <Xpage=1195>

Re`al*is"tic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Realistically <Xpage=1195>

Re`al*is"tic*al*ly , adv. In the realistic manner.

Reality <Xpage=1195>

Re*al"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Realities (#) . [Cf. F. r\'82alit\'82 , LL. realitas . See 3d Real . and cf. 2d Realty .] 1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. Addison.

2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.

And to realities yield all her shows. Milton.

My neck may be an idea to you, but it is reality to me. Beattie.

3. [See 1st Realty , 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]

To express our reality to the emperor. Fuller.

4. (Law) See 2d Realty , 2 .

Realizable <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*i`za*ble (?) , a. Capable of being realized.

Realization <Xpage=1195>

Re`al*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. r\'82alisation .] The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

Realize <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Realized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing (?) .] [Cf. F. r\'82aliser .] 1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project .

We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.

2. To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.

Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett.

We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune .

4. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation .

Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay.

5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets .

Realize <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ize , v. t. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize , a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.

Realizer <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*i`zer (?) , n. One who realizes.

Coleridge.

Realizing <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*i`zing (?) , a. Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred . -- Re"al*i`zing*ly , adv.

Reallege <Xpage=1195>

Re`al*lege" (?) , v. t. To allege again.

Cotgrave.

Realliance <Xpage=1195>

Re`al*li"ance (?) , n. A renewed alliance.

Re-ally <Xpage=1195>

Re"-al*ly" (?) , v. t. [Pref. re- + ally , v. t.] To bring together again; to compose or form anew.

Spenser.

Really <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ly` (?) , adv. Royally. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Really <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ly (?) , adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.

&hand; Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.

Why, really , sixty-five is somewhat old. Young.

Realm <Xpage=1195>

Realm (?) , n. [OE. realme , ream , reaume , OF. reialme , roialme , F. royaume , fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen , from L. regalis royal. See Regal .] 1. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually alone. Motley.

2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy .

Realmless <Xpage=1195>

Realm"less , a. Destitute of a realm.

Keats.

Realness <Xpage=1195>

Re"al*ness (?) , n. The quality or condition of being real; reality.

Realty <Xpage=1195>