Chapter 1310

Re`\'89n*joy"ment (-m e nt) , n. Renewed enjoiment.

Re\'89nkindle <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*kin"dle (-k?n"d'l) , v. t. To enkindle again.

Re\'89nlist <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*list" (-l?st") , v. t. & i. To enlist again.

Re\'89nlistment <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*list"ment (-m e nt) , n. A renewed enlistment.

Re\'89nslave <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*slave" (-sl?v") v. t. To enslave again.

Re\'89nter <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"ter (r?*?n"t?r) , v. t. 1. To enter again.

2. (Engraving) To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.

Re\'89nter <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"ter , v. i. To enter anew or again.

Re\'89ntering angle , an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a , in the cut. -- Re\'89ntering polygon , a polygon having one or more re\'89ntering angles.

Re\'89ntering <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"ter*ing , n. (Calico Printing.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.

Re\'89nthrone <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*throne" (-thr?n") , v. t. To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.

Re\'89nthronement <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89n*throne"ment (-m e nt) , n. A second enthroning.

Re\'89ntrance <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"trance (r?*?n"tr a ns) , n. The act entereing again; re<?/ntry.

Hooker.

Re\'89ntrant <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"trant (-tr a nt) , a. Re\'89ntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re<?/ntrant angle .

Re\'89ntry <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89n"try (-tr?) , n. 1. A second or new entry; as, a re\'89ntry into public life .

2. (Law) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.

Burrill.

Card of re\'89try , (Whist) , a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.

Re\'89rect <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89*rect" (r?`?*r?kt") , v. t. To erect again.

Reermouse <Xpage=1206>

Reer"mouse` (r?r"mous`) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Rearmouse .

Re\'89stablish <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89s*tab"lish (r?`?s*t?b"l?sh) , v. t. To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to re\'89stablish a covenant; to re\'89stablish health.

Re\'89stablisher <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89s*tab"lish*er (-?r) , n. One who establishes again.

Re\'89stablishment <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89s*tab"lish*ment (-mnt) , n. The act re\'89stablishing; the state of being re\'89stablished.

Addison.

Re\'89state <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89s*tate" (-t?t) , v. t. To re\'89stablish. [Obs.]

Walis.

Reeve <Xpage=1206>

Reeve (r?v) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The female of the ruff.

Reeve <Xpage=1206>

Reeve , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rove (r?v) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving .] [Cf. D. reven . See Reef , n. & v. t. ] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

Reeve <Xpage=1206>

Reeve , n. [OE. reve , AS. ger<?/fa . Cf. Sheriff .] an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shire reeve , now written sheriff ; port reeve , etc.

Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

Re\'89xaminable <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*am"i*na*ble (r?`?gz*?m"?*n?*b'l) , a. Admitting of being re\'89xamined or reconsidered.

Story.

Re\'89xamination <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*am`i*na"tion (-?*n?"sh?n) , n. A repeated examination. See under Examination .

Re\'89xamine <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*am"ine (--?n) , v. t. To examine anew.

Hooker.

Re\'89xchange <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*change" (r?`?ks*ch?nj") , v. t. To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).

Re\'89xchange <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*change" n. 1. A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.

2. (Com.) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up.

Bouvier.

The rate of re\'89xchange is regulated with respect to the drawer, at the course of exchange between the place where the bill of exchange was payable, and the place where it was drawn. Re\'89xchange can not be cumulated. Walsh.

Re\'89xhibit <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*hib"it (r?`?gz*?b"?t &or; -?ks*h?b"?t) v. t. To exhibit again.

Re\'89xpel <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*pel" (r?`?ks*p?l") , v. t. To expel again.

Re\'89xperience <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*pe"ri*ence (-p?`r?- e ns) , n. A renewed or repeated experience.

Re\'89xport <Xpage=1206>

Re`\'89x*port" (-p?rt") , v. t. To export again, as what has been imported.

Re\'89xport <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89x"port (r?*?ks"p?rt) , n/ Any commodity re\'89xported; -- chiefly in the ptural.

Re\'89xportation <Xpage=1206>

Re*\'89x`por*ta"tion (-p?r*t?"sh?n) , n. The act of re\'89xporting, or of exporting an import.

A. Smith.

\'89xpulsion <Xpage=1206>

`\'89x*pul"sion (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n) , n. Renewed or repeated expulsion.

Fuller.

Reezed <Xpage=1206>

Reezed (r?zd) , a. Grown rank; rancid; rusty. [Obs.] " Reezed bacon."

Marston.

Refaction <Xpage=1206>

Re*fac"tion (r?*f?k"sh?n) , n. [See Refection .] Recompense; atonemet; retribution. [Obs.]

Howell.

Refar <Xpage=1206>

Re*far" (r?*f?r") , v. t. [Cf. F. refaire to do over again.] To go over again; to repeat. [Obs.]

To him therefore this wonder done refar . Fairfax.

Refashion <Xpage=1206>

Re*fash"ion (r?*f?sh"?n) , v. t. To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.

MacKnight.

Refashionment <Xpage=1206>

Re*fash"ion*ment (-m e nt) , n. The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned. [R.]

Leigh Hunt.

Refasten <Xpage=1206>

Re*fas"ten (r?*f?s"'n) , v. t. To fasten again.

Refect <Xpage=1206>

Re*fect" (r?*f?kt) , v. t. [L. refectus , p. p. of reficere ; pref. re- re- + facere to make.] To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic]

Sir T. Browne.

Refection <Xpage=1206>

Re*fec"tion (r?*f?k"sh?n) , n. [L. refectio : cf. F. r\'82fection . See Refect , Fact .] Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch.

[His] feeble spirit inly felt refection . Spenser.

Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran.

Refective <Xpage=1206>

Re*fec"tive (r?*f?k"t?v) , a. Refreshing; restoring.

Refective <Xpage=1206>

Re*fec"tive , n. That which refreshes.

Refectory <Xpage=1206>

Re*fec"to*ry (-t?*r?) , n. ; pl.; Refectories (-r<?/z) . [ LL . refectorium : cf. F. r\'82fectoire . See Refection .] A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

&hand; Sometimes pronounced r<?/f"<?/k*t<?/*r<?/ , especially when signifying the eating room in monasteries.

Refel <Xpage=1206>

Re*fel" (r?*f?l") , v. t. [L. refellere ; pref. re- re- + fallere to deceive.] To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister . [Obs.]

How he refelled me, and how I replied. Shak.

Refer <Xpage=1206>

Re*fer" (r?*f?r") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Referred (-f?rd) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Referring .] [F. r\'82f\'82rer , L. referre ; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See Bear to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

3. To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances .

To refer one's self , to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.]

I'll refer me to all things sense. Shak.

Refer <Xpage=1206>

Re*fer" , v. i. 1. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary .

In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust. Bacon.

2. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote .

Of those places that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job. Bp. Burnet.

3. To carry the mind or throught; to direct attention; as, the preacher referrd to the late election .

4. To direct inquiry for information or a quarantes of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story .

Syn. -- To allude; advert; suggest; appeal. Refer , Allude , Advert . We refer to a thing by specifically and distinctly introducing it into our discourse. We allude to it by introducing it indirectly or indefinitely, as by something collaterally allied to it. We advert to it by turning off somewhat abruptly to consider it more at large. Thus, Macaulay refers to the early condition of England at the opening of his history; he alludes to these statements from time to time; and adverts , in the progress of his work, to various circumstances of pecullar interest, on which for a time he dwells. "But to do good is . . . that that Solomon chiefly refers to in the text." Sharp . "This, I doubt not, was that artificial structure here alluded to." T. Burnet .

Now to the universal whole advert : The earth regard as of that whole a part. Blackmore.

Referable <Xpage=1206>

Ref"er*a*ble (r?f"?r*?*b'l) , a. Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also referrible .]

It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause. W. Nicholson.

Referee <Xpage=1206>

Ref`er*ee" (-<?/) , n. One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

Syn. -- Judge; arbitrator; umpire. See Judge .

Reference <Xpage=1206>

Ref"er*ence (r?f"?r- e ns) , n. [See Refer .] 1. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance .

2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book .

3. Relation; regard; respect.

Something that hath a reference to my state. Shak.

4. One who, or that which, is referred to. Specifically; (a) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another . (b) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred.

5. (Law) (a) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision. (b) (Equity) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.

6. Appeal. [R.] "Make your full reference ."

Shak.

Reference Bible , a Bible in which brief explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin of the text.

Referendary <Xpage=1206>

Ref`er*en"da*ry (r?f`?r*?n"d?*r?) , n. [LL. referendarius , fr. L. referendus to be referred, gerundive of referre : cf. F. r\'82f\'82rendaire . See Refer .] 1. One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. [Obs.]

Bacon.

2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. " Referendaries , or masters of request."

Harmar.

3. Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

Referendum <Xpage=1206>

Ref`er*en"dum (r?f`?r*?n"d?m) , n. [Gerundive fr. L. referre . See Refer .] 1. A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

2. The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.

Referential <Xpage=1206>

Ref`er*en"tial (-sh a l) , a. Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use . -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly , adv.

Referment <Xpage=1206>

Re*fer"ment (r?*f?r"m e nt) , n. The act of referring; reference.

Laud.

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Referment <Xpage=1207>

Re`*fer*ment" (r<?/`f<?/r*m<?/nt") , v. t. & i. To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.

Blackmore.

Referrer <Xpage=1207>

Re*fer"rer (r?*f?r"r?r) , n. One who refers.

Referrible <Xpage=1207>

Re*fer"ri*ble (-r?*b'l) , a. Referable.

Hallam.

Refigure <Xpage=1207>

Re*fig"ure (r?*f?g"?r) , v. t. To figure again.

Shak.

Refill <Xpage=1207>

Re*fill" (r?*f?l") , v. t. & i. To fill, or become full, again.

Refind <Xpage=1207>

Re*find" (r?*f?nd) , v. t. To find again; to get or experience again.

Sandys.

Refine <Xpage=1207>

Re*fine" (r?*f?n") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Refined (-find") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Refining .] [Pref. re- + fine to make fine: cf. F. raffiner .] 1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.

I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined . Zech. xiii. 9.

2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings .

Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges. Milton.

Syn. -- To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.

Refine <Xpage=1207>

Re*fine" , v. i. 1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.

So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains, Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines . Addison.

2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories. Dryden.

But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! How the style refines ! Pope.

3. To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language. "He makes another paragraph about our refining in controversy."

Atterbury.

Refined <Xpage=1207>

Re*fined" (-f?nd") , a. Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.

Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. Peacham.

-- Re*fin"ed*ly (r<?/*f<?/n"<?/d*l<?/) , adv. -- Re*fin"ed*ness , n.

Refinement <Xpage=1207>

Re*fine"ment (r?*f?n"m e nt) , n. [Cf. F. raffinement .] 1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement , the more diffusive are they. Norris.

From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements . Swift.

2. That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic . "The refinements of irregular cunning."

Rogers.

Syn. -- Purification; polish; politeness; gentility; elegance; cultivation; civilization.

Refiner <Xpage=1207>

Re*fin"er (-f?n"?r) , n. One who, or that which, refines.

Refinery <Xpage=1207>

Re*fin"er*y (-?) , n. ; pl. Refineries (-<?/z) . [Cf. F. raffinerie .] 1. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

2. A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.

Refit <Xpage=1207>

Re*fit" (r?*f?t") , v. t. 1. To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.

Macaulay.

2. To fit out or supply a second time.

Refit <Xpage=1207>

Re*fit" , v. i. To obtain repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit .

Refitment <Xpage=1207>

Re*fit"ment (-m e nt) , n. The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted.

Refix <Xpage=1207>

Re*fix" (r?*f?ks") , v. t. To fix again or anew; to establish anew.

Fuller.

Reflame <Xpage=1207>

Re*flame" (r?*fl?m") , v. i. To kindle again into flame.

Reflect <Xpage=1207>

Re*flect" (r?*fl?kt") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reflected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting .] [L. reflectere , reflexum ; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See Flexible , and cf. Reflex , v. ] 1. To bend back; to give a backwa<?/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.

Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our quotations. Fuller.

Bodies close together reflect their own color. Dryden.

2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea reflected is the sun. Young.

Reflect <Xpage=1207>

Re*flect" v. i. 1. To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.