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Repeating circle . See the Note under Circle , n. , 3. -- Repeating decimal (Arith.) , a circulating decimal. See under Decimal . -- Repeating firearm , a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession ; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel . See Revolver , and Magazine gun , under Magazine . <-- also called automatic weapon --> -- Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.) , instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. -- Repeating watch . See Repeater (a)

Repedation <Xpage=1219>

Rep"e*da"tion (r?p`?-da"sh?n) , n. [L. repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes , pedis , foot.] A stepping or going back. [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Repel <Xpage=1219>

Re**pel" (r?-p?l") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling .] [L. repellere , repulsum ; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse , Repeal .] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope.

They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay.

2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument .

[He] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.

Repel <Xpage=1219>

Re*pel" , v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Repellence -l e ns, Repellency <Xpage=1219>

Re*pel"lence (-l e ns) , Re*pel"len*cy (-l e n-s?) , n. The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

Repellent <Xpage=1219>

Re*pel"lent (-l e nt) , a. [L. repellens , -entis , p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel.

Repellent <Xpage=1219>

Re*pel"lent , n. 1. That which repels.

2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.

Dunglison.

3. A kind of waterproof cloth.

Knight.

Repeller <Xpage=1219>

Re*pel"ler (-l?r) , n. One who, or that which, repels.

Repent <Xpage=1219>

Re"pent (r?"p?nt) , a. [L. repens , -entis , creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.] 1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

Gray.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Reptant .

Repent <Xpage=1219>

Re*pent" (r?-p?nt") , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Repented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting .] [F. se repentir ; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See Penitent .] 1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.

First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents . Dryden.

2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.

Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.

3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.

Except ye repent , ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3.

Repent <Xpage=1219>

Re*pent" , v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

I do repent it from my very soul. Shak.

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2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.

My father has repented him ere now. Dryden.

3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [Archaic] "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth."

Gen. vi. 6.

Repentance <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"ance (r?-p?nt" a ns) , n. [F. repentance .] The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.

Chaucer.

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20.

Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Hammond.

Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance ; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated. Rambler.

Syn. -- Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See Contrition .

Repentant <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"ant (- a nt) , a. [F. repentant .] 1. Penitent; sorry for sin.

Chaucer.

Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton.

2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. " Repentant sighs and voluntary pains."

Pope.

Repentant <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"ant , n. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.

Repentantly <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"ant*ly , adv. In a repentant manner.

Repenter <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"er (-?r) , n. One who repents.

Repentingly <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"ing*ly , adv. With repentance; penitently.

Repentless <Xpage=1220>

Re*pent"less , a. Unrepentant. [R.]

Repeople <Xpage=1220>

Re*peo"ple (r?-p?"p'l) , v. t. [Pref. re- + people : cf. F. repeupler .] To people anew.

Reperception <Xpage=1220>

Re`per*cep"tion (r?`p?r-s?p"sh?n) , n. The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.

No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine. Keats.

Repercuss <Xpage=1220>

Re`per*cuss" (-k?s") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repercussed (-k?st") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing .] [L. repercusus , p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere . See Percussion .] To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.

Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against. Evelyn.

Repercussion <Xpage=1220>

Re`per*cus"sion (-k?sh"?n) , n. [L. repercussio : cf. F. r\'82percussion .] 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound .

Ever echoing back in endless repercussion . Hare.

2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

Dunglison.

4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

Repercussive <Xpage=1220>

Re`per*cuss"ive (-k?s"?v) , a. [Cf. F. r\'82percussif .]

1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.

Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. W. Pattison.

2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive medicines."

Bacon.

3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar."

Thomson.

Repercussive <Xpage=1220>

Re`per*cuss"ive , n. A repellent. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Repertitious <Xpage=1220>

Rep`er*ti"tious (r?p`?r-t?sh"?s) , a. [L. reperticius . See Repertory .] Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]

R</pertoire <Xpage=1220>

R<?/`per`toire" (F. r?`p?r`tw?r"; E. r?p"?r-tw?r) , n. [F. See Repertory .] A list of drams, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.

Repertory <Xpage=1220>

Rep"er*to*ry (r?p"?r-t?-r?) , n. [L. repertorium , fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire , parere , to bring forth, procure: cf. F. r\'82pertoire . Cf. Parent .]

1. A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.

2. A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

3. Same as R\'82pertoire .

Reperusal <Xpage=1220>

Re`pe*rus"al (r?`p?-r?z" a l) , n. A second or repeated perusal.

Reperuse <Xpage=1220>

Re`pe*ruse" (-r?z") , v. t. To peruse again.

Ld. Lytton.

Repetend <Xpage=1220>

Rep`e*tend (r?p`?-t?nd") , n. [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum : -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last <?/igures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7283), the repetend is 283.

Repetition <Xpage=1220>

Rep`e*ti"tion (r?p`?-t?sh"?n) , n. [L. repetitio : cf. F. r\'82p\'82tition . See Repeat .] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition . Shak.

2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, <?/ playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.

4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.

5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.

Syn. -- Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology .

Repetitional - a l. Repetitionary <Xpage=1220>

Rep`e*ti"tion*al (- a l) . Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry (-?-r?) , a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.]

Repetitioner <Xpage=1220>

Rep`e*ti"tion*er (-?r) , n. One who repeats. [Obs.]

Repetitious <Xpage=1220>

Rep`e*ti"tious (-t?sh"?s) , a. Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.]

Dr. T. Dwight.

Repetitive <Xpage=1220>

Re*pet"i*tive (r?-p?t"?-t?v) , a. Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]

Repetitor <Xpage=1220>

Rep"e*ti`tor (r?p"?-t?`t?r) , n. [Cf. L. repetitor a reclaimer.] (Ger.Univ.) A private instructor.

Repine <Xpage=1220>

Re*pine" (r?-p?n") , v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]

1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] " Reppening courage yields no foot to foe."

Spenser.

2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.

But Lachesis thereat gan to repine . Spenser.

What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind? Pope.

Repine <Xpage=1220>

Re*pine" , n. Vexation; mortification. [Obs.]

Shak.

Repiner <Xpage=1220>

Re*pin"er (r?-p?n"?r) , n. One who repines.

Repiningly <Xpage=1220>

Re*pin"ing*ly , adv. With repening or murmuring.

Repkie <Xpage=1220>

Rep"kie (r?p"k?) , n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska]

Replace <Xpage=1220>

Re*place" (r?-pl?s") , v. t. [Pref. re- + place : cf. F. replacer .] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

The earl . . . was replaced in his government. Bacon.

2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed .

3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document .

With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold.

4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.

This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. Whewell.

5. To put in a new or different place.

&hand; The propriety of the use of replace instead of displace , supersede , take the place of , as in the third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the practice of careful writers.

Replaced crystal (Crystallog.) , a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.

Replaceability <Xpage=1220>

Re*place`a*bil"i*ty (-?-b?l"?-t?) , n. The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.

Replaceable <Xpage=1220>

Re*place"a*ble (r?-pl?s"?-b'l) , a. 1. Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

2. Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable .

3. (Chem.) Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals .

Replacement <Xpage=1220>

Re*place"ment (-m e nt) , n. 1. The act of replacing.

2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.

Replait <Xpage=1220>

Re*plait" (r?-pl?t") , v. t. To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.

Replant <Xpage=1220>

Re*plant" (rE-pl?nt") , v. t. To plant again.

Replantable <Xpage=1220>

Re*plant"a*ble (-?-b'l) , a. That may be planted again.

Replantation <Xpage=1220>

Re`plan*ta"tion (r?`pl?n-t?"sh?n) , n. The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.]

Hallywell.

Replead <Xpage=1220>

Re*plead" (r?-pl?d") , v. t. & i. To plead again.

Repleader <Xpage=1220>

Re*plead"er (-?r) , n. (Law) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.

Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo . Blackstone.

Replenish <Xpage=1220>

Re*plen"ish (r?-pl?n"?sh) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Replenished (-?sht) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing .] [OE. replenissen , OF. replenir ; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See Full , -ish , and cf. Replete .] 1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.

Multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28.

The waters thus With fish replenished , and the air with fowl. Milton.

2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]

We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. Shak.

Replenish <Xpage=1220>

Re*plen"ish , v. i. To recover former fullness. [Obs.]

The humors will not replenish so soon. Bacon.

Replenisher <Xpage=1220>

Re*plen"ish*er (-?r) , n. One who replenishes.

Replenishment <Xpage=1220>

Re*plen"ish*ment (-m e nt) , n. 1. The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

2. That which replenishes; supply.

Cowper.

Replete <Xpage=1220>

Re*plete" (r?-pl?t") , a. [L. repletus , p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty , Replenish .] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. "His words replete with guile."

Milton.

When he of wine was replet at his feast. Chaucer.

In heads repiete with thoughts of other men. Cowper.

Replete <Xpage=1220>

Re*plete" , v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]

Repleteness <Xpage=1220>

Re*plete"ness , n. The state of being replete.

Repletion <Xpage=1220>

Re*ple"tion (r?-pl?"sh?n) , n. [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. r\'82pl\'82tion . See Replete .] 1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.

The tree had too much repletion , and was oppressed with its own sap. Bacon.

Replecioun [overeating] ne made her never sick. Chaucer.

2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora.

Repletive <Xpage=1220>

Re*ple"tive (-t?v) , a. [Cf. F. r\'82pl\'82tif .] Tending to make replete; filling. -- Re*ple"tive*ly , adv.

Repletory <Xpage=1220>

Re*ple"to*ry (-t?-r?) , a. Repletive. [R.]

Repleviable <Xpage=1220>

Re*plev"i*a*ble (r?-pl?v"?-?-b'l) , a. [See Replevy .] (Law) Capable of being replevied.

Replevin <Xpage=1220>

Re*plev"in (-?n) , n. [LL. replevina . See Replevy , and cf. Plevin .] 1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.

Bouvier.

2. The writ by which goods and chattles are replevied.

Replevin <Xpage=1220>

Re*plev"in , v. t. (Law) To replevy.

Replevisable <Xpage=1220>

Re*plev"i*sa*ble (-?-s?-b'l) , a. [OF. replevisable .] Repleviable.

Sir M. Hale.

Replevy <Xpage=1220>

Re*plev"y (-?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying .] [OF. replevir , LL. replevire . See Pledge , Replevin .] 1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfuly taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.

2. (Old Eng.LAw) To bail.

Spenser.

Replevy <Xpage=1220>