Chapter 1334

The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine respondence meet. Spenser.

Respondent <Xpage=1227>

Re*spond"ent (- e nt) , a. [L. respondens , p. pr. of respondere .] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.

Respondent <Xpage=1227>

Re*spond"ent , n. [Cf. F. r\'82pondant .] One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant . Specifically: (a) (Law) 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 . (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent .

I. Watts.

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Respondentia <Xpage=1228>

Re`spon*den"ti*a (r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?) , n. [NL. See Respondence .] (Commercial Law) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry , which is a loan on the ship itself.

Bouvier.

Responsal <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"sal (r?*sp?n"s a l) , a. Answerable. [Obs.]

Responsal <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"sal , n. [Cf.LL. resposalis .] 1. One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.]

Barrow.

2. Response. [Obs.]

Brevint.

Response <Xpage=1228>

Re*sponse" (r?*sp?ns") , n. [OF. response , respons , F. r\'82ponse , from L. responsum , from respondere . See Respond .] 1. The act of responding.

2. An answer or reply. Specifically: (a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation . I. Watts . (b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service . (c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office . (d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below. Busby .

Responseless <Xpage=1228>

Re*sponse"less , a. Giving no response.

Responsibility <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?) , n. ; pl. -ties (-t<?/z) . [Cf. F. responsabilit\'82 .] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power .

3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.

Responsible <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"si*ble (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l) , a. [Cf. F. responsable . See Respond .] 1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office .

2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety .

3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office .

Syn. -- Accountable; answerable; amenable.

-- Re*spon"si*ble*ness , n. -- Re*spon"si*bly , adv.

Responsion <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"sion (-sh?n) , n. [L. responsio . See Respond .] 1. The act of answering. [Obs.]

2. (University of Oxford) The first university examination; -- called also little go . See under Little , a.

Responsive <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"sive (-s?v) , a. [Cf. F. resposif .] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

2. Suited to something else; correspondent.

The vocal lay responsive to the strings. Pope.

3. Responsible. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

-- Re*spon"sive*ly , adv. -- Re*spon"sive*ness , n.

Responsorial <Xpage=1228>

Re`spon*so"ri*al (r?`sp?n*s?"r?- a l) , a. Responsory; antiphonal.

J. H. Newman.

Responsory <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"so*ry (r?*sp?n"s?*r?) , a. Containing or making answer; answering.

Johnson.

Responsory <Xpage=1228>

Re*spon"so*ry , n. ; pl. -ries (-r<?/z) . [LL. responsorium .] 1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain.

Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories , and beget another liturgy. Milton.

2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest (r?st) , v. t. [For arrest .] To arrest. [Obs.]

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest , n. [AS. rest , r<?/st , rest; akin to D. rust , G. rast . OHG. rasta , Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r<?/st the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann , and perhaps to G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r<?/w , Gr. <?/<?/<?/ Cf. Ransack .] 1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind .

Chaucer.

Sleep give thee all his rest ! Shak.

2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.

And the land had rest fourscore years. Judges iii. 30.

3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest , By all their country's wishes blest. Collins.

4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work .

He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 1 Kings vi. 6.

5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.

Their visors closed, their lances in the rest . Dryden.

6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and travelers' rests ."

J. H. Newman.

In dust our final rest , and native home. Milton.

Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deut. xii. 9.

7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c&ae;sura.

8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. "An account is said to be taken with annual or semiannual rests ."

Abbott.

9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]

10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole , half , quarter ,etc.

Rest house , an empty house for the accomodation of travelers; a caravansary. [India] -- To set , &or; To set up , one's rest , to have a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand. [Obs.] Shak. Bacon.

Syn. -- Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose; slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity; peacefulness; pease. -- Rest , Repose . Rest is a ceasing from labor or exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are commonly interchangeable.

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest (r?st) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rested ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resting .] [AS. restan . See Rest , n. ] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.

God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest . Ex. xxiii. 12.

2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.

There rest , if any rest can harbor there. Milton.

3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch .

4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal .

5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.

Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests . Milton.

6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise .

On him I rested , after long debate, And not without considering, fixed <?/<?/ fate. Dryden.

7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

To rest in Heaven's determination. Addison.

To rest with , to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest , v. t. 1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.

Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my wandering shade. Dryden.

2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.

Her weary head upon your bosom rest . Waller.

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest , n. [F. reste , fr. rester to remain, L. restare to stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See Stand , and cf. Arrest , Restive .] (With the definite article.) 1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.

Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest , it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. Tillotson.

2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. "Plato and the rest of the philosophers."

Bp. Stillingfleet.

Armed like the rest , the Trojan prince appears. DRyden.

3. (Com.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]

Syn. -- Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve; others.

Rest <Xpage=1228>

Rest , v. i. [F. rester . See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

The affairs of men rest still uncertain. Shak.

Restagnant <Xpage=1228>

Re*stag"nant (r?*st?g"n a nt) , a. [L. restagnans , p. pr. ] Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Restagnate <Xpage=1228>

Re*stag"nate (-n?t) , v. i. [L. restagnare to overflow.] To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.]

Wiseman.

Restagnation <Xpage=1228>

Re`stag*na"tion (-n?"sh?n) , n. [L. restagnatio aninundation.] Stagnation. [Obs.]

Restant <Xpage=1228>

Res"tant (r?s"t a nt) , a. [L. restans , p. pr. of restare : cf. F. restant . See Rest remainder.] (Bot.) Persistent.

Restate <Xpage=1228>

Re*state" (r?*st?t") , v. t. To state anew.

Palfrey.

Restaurant <Xpage=1228>

Res"tau*rant (r?s"t?*r?nt;277) , n. [F., fr. restaurer . See Restore .] An eating house.

Restaurate <Xpage=1228>

Res"tau*rate (r?s"t?*r?t) , v. t. [L. restauratus , p. p. of restaurare . See Restore .] To restore. [Obs.]

Restaurateur <Xpage=1228>

Re`stau`ra`teur" (r?`st?`r?`t?r") , n. [F.] The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.

Restauration <Xpage=1228>

Res`tau*ra"tion (r?s`t?*r?"sh?n) , n. [LL. restauratio : cf. F. restauration .] Restoration. [Obs.]

Cower.

Restem <Xpage=1228>

Re*stem" (r?*st?m") , v. t. 1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course .

Shak.

2. To stem, or <?/ove against; as, to restem a current .

Restful <Xpage=1228>

Rest"ful (r?st"f?l) , a. 1. Being at rest; quiet.

Shak.

2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry. Shak.

-- Rest"ful*ly , adv. -- Rest"ful*ness , n.

Rest-harrow <Xpage=1228>

Rest"-har`row (-h?r`r?) , n. (Bot.) A European leguminous plant ( Ononis arvensis ) with long, tough roots.

Restiff <Xpage=1228>

Rest"iff , a. Restive. [Obs.]

Restiff <Xpage=1228>

Rest"iff , n. A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs.]

Restiffness <Xpage=1228>

Rest"iff*ness , n. Restiveness. [Obs.]

Restiform <Xpage=1228>

Res"ti*form (r?s"t?*f?rm) , a. [L. restis rope + -form .] (Anat.) Formed like a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

Restily <Xpage=1228>

Rest"i*ly (r?st"?*l?) , adv. In a resty manner. [Obs.]

Restinction <Xpage=1228>

Re*stinc"tion (r?*st?nk"sh?n) , n. [L. restinctio . See Restinguish .] Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]

Restiness <Xpage=1228>

Rest"i*ness (r?st`*n?s) , n. The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.]

The snake by restiness and lying still all winter. Holland.

Resting <Xpage=1228>

Rest"ing , a. & n. from Rest , v. t. & i.

Resting spore (Bot.) , a spore in certain orders of alg\'91, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time.

C. E. Bessey.

Restinguish <Xpage=1228>

Re*stin"guish (r?*st?n"gw?sh) , v. t. [L. restinquere , restinctum ; pref. re- re- + stinquere to quench.] To quench or extinguish. [Obs.]

R. Field.

Restitute <Xpage=1228>

Res"ti*tute (r?s"t?*t?t) , v. t. [L. restitutus , p. p. of restituere ; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See Statute .] To restore to a former state. [R.]

Dyer.

Restitute <Xpage=1228>

Res"ti*tute , n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [R.]

Restitution <Xpage=1228>

Res`ti*tu"tion (r?s`t?*t?"sh?n) , n. [F. restitution , L. restitutio . See Restitute , v. ] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.

A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. Spenser.

He restitution to the value makes. Sandys.

2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.

3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body .

4. (Med.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.

Syn. -- Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration.

Restitutor <Xpage=1228>

Res"ti*tu`tor (r?s"t?*t?`t?r) , n. [L.: cf. F. restituteur .] One who makes restitution. [R] .

Restive <Xpage=1228>

Rest"ive (r?st"?v) , a. [OF. restif , F. r\'82tif , fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See Rest remainder, and cf. Restiff .] . Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips (1658).

The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive , and went back. Macaulay.

2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.

Trench.

-- Rest"ive , adv. -- Rest"ive*ness , n.

Restless <Xpage=1228>

Rest"less , a. [AS. restle\'a0s .] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child . Chaucer . " Restless revolution day by day."

Milton.

2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects . " Restless at home , and ever prone to range."

Dryden.

3. Deprived of rest or sleep.

Restless he passed the remnants of the night. Dryden.

4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night .

5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair .

Cowper.

Restless thrush . (Zo\'94l.) See Grinder , 3.

Syn. -- Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.

-- Rest"less*ly , adv. - Rest"less*ness , n.

Restorable <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"a*ble (r?*st?r"?*b'l) , a. Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land . Swift . -- Re*stor"a*ble*ness , n.

Restoral <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"al (- a l) , n. Restoration. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Restoration <Xpage=1228>

Res`to*ra"tion (r?s`t?*r?"sh?n) , n. [OE. restauracion , F. restauration , fr. L. restauratio . See Restore .] 1. The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; re\'89stablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war .

Behold the different climes agree, Rejoicing in thy restoration . Dryden.

2. The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness .

3. That which is restored or renewed.

The restoration (Eng. Hist.) , the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the re\'89stablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.) , the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.