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Chapter 1335

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Syn. -- Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation; redintegration; reinstatement; re\'89stablishment; return; revival; restitution; reparation.

Restorationer <Xpage=1228>

Res`to*ra"tion*er (-?r) , n. A Restorationist.

Restorationism <Xpage=1228>

Res`to*ra"tion*ism (-?z'm) , n. The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.

Restorationist <Xpage=1228>

Res`to*ra"tion*ist , n. One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.

Restorative <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"a*tive (r?*st?r"?*t?v) , a. [Cf. F. restoratif .] Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.

Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.

Restorative <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"a*tive , n. Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.

Arbuthnot.

Restoratively <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"a*tive*ly , adv. In a restorative manner.

Restorator <Xpage=1228>

Res"to*ra`tor (r?s"t?*r?`t?r) , n. A restaurateur.

Restoratory <Xpage=1228>

Re*stor"a*to*ry (r?*st?r"?*t?*r?) , a. Restorative. [R.]

Re-store <Xpage=1228>

Re-store" (r?*st?r") , v. t. [Pref. re- + store .] To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored .

Restore <Xpage=1228>

Re*store" (r?*st?r") , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restored (r?-st?rd") ; p. pr. & vb. n. Restoring .] [OE. restoren , OF. restorer , F. restaurer , fr. L. restaurare ; pref. re- re- + an unused word; cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ an upright pale or stake, Skr. sth<?/vara fixed, firm. Cf. Restaurant , Store .] To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. "To restore and to build Jerusalem."

Dan. ix. 25.

Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior.

And his hand was restored whole as the other. Mark iii. 5.

2. To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace.

Now therefore restore the man his wife. Gen. xx. 7.

Loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Milton.

The father banished virtue shall restore . Dryden.

3. To renew; to re\'89stablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance .

4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.

He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. Ex. xxii. 1.

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5. To make good; to make amends for.

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored , and sorrows end. Shak.

6. (Fine Arts) (a) To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting , statue, etc. (b) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like .

Syn. -- To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate; rebuild; re\'89stablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.

Restore <Xpage=1229>

Re*store" (?) , n. Restoration. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Restorement <Xpage=1229>

Re*store"ment (?) , n. Restoration. [Obs.]

Restorer <Xpage=1229>

Re*stor"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, restores.

Restrain <Xpage=1229>

Re*strain" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restrained (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining .] [OE. restreinen , F. restreindre , fr. L. restringere , restrictum ; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain , v. t. , and cf. Restrict .] 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! Shak.

2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.]

Shak.

3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. Clarendon.

4. To limit; to confine; to restrict.

Trench.

Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. I. Watts.

5. To withhold; to forbear.

Thou restrained prayer before God. Job. xv. 4.

Syn. -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.

Restrainable <Xpage=1229>

Re*strain"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being restrained; controllable.

Sir T. Browne.

Restrainedly <Xpage=1229>

Re*strain"ed*ly , adv. With restraint.

Hammond.

Restrainer <Xpage=1229>

Re*strain"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, restrains.

Restrainment <Xpage=1229>

Re*strain"ment (?) , n. The act of restraining.

Restraint <Xpage=1229>

Re*straint" (?) , n. [OF. restraincte , fr. restrainct , F. restreint , p. p. of restraindre , restrendre . See Restrain .] 1. The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.

No man was altogether above the restrains of law, and no man altogether below its protection. Macaulay.

2. The state of being restrained.

3. That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.

For one restraint , lords of the world besides. Milton.

Syn. -- Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;<?/oercion; confinement; limitation; restriction.

Restrengthen <Xpage=1229>

Re*strength"en (?) , v. t. To strengthen again; to fortify anew.

Restrict <Xpage=1229>

Re*strict" (?) , a. [L. restrictus , p. p. of restringere . See Restrain .] Restricted. [Obs.]

Restrict <Xpage=1229>

Re*strict" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restricted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Restricting .] To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Syn. -- To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.

Restriction <Xpage=1229>

Re*stric"tion (?) , n. [F. restriction , L. restrictio .] 1. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement. Giv. of Tonque.

2. That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade .

Restrictionary <Xpage=1229>

Re*stric"tion*a*ry (?) , a. Restrictive. [R.]

Restrictive <Xpage=1229>

Re*strict"ive (?) , a. [Cf. F. restrictif .]

1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.]

Wiseman.

-- Re*strict"ive*ly , adv. -- Re*strict"ive*ness , n.

Restringe <Xpage=1229>

Re*stringe" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restringed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Restringing (?) .] [L. restringere . See Restrain .] To confine; to contract; to stringe. [Obs.]

Restringency <Xpage=1229>

Re*strin"gen*cy (?) , n. Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [Obs.]

Sir W. Petty.

Restringent <Xpage=1229>

Re*strin"gent (?) , a. [L. restringens , p. pr.: cf. F. restringent .] Restringing; astringent; styptic. [Obs.] -- n. A restringent medicine. [Obs.]

Harvey.

Restrive <Xpage=1229>

Re*strive" (?) , v. i. To strive anew.

Resty <Xpage=1229>

Rest"y (?) , a. Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [Obs.]

Burton.

Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers. Milton.

Resubjection <Xpage=1229>

Re`sub*jec"tion , n. A second subjection.

Resublime <Xpage=1229>

Re`sub*lime" (?) , v. t. To sublime again. Newton . -- Re*sub`li*ma"tion (#) , n.

Resudation <Xpage=1229>

Re`su*da"tion (?) , n. [L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation .] Act of sweating again.

Result <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Resulted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting .] [F. r\'82sulter , fr. L. resultare , resultarum , to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire . See Resile .] 1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]

The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. Pope.

2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in ; as, this measure will result in good or in evil .

3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson.

Resulting trust (Law) , a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier . -- Resulting use (Law) , a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier .

Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.

Result <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult" (?) , n. 1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]

Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon.

2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation .

If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result . Milton.

3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result . Milton.

Syn. -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See Effect .

Resultance <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ance (?) , n. The act of resulting; that which results; a result.

Donne.

Resultant <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ant (?) , a. [L. resultans , p. pr. : cf. F. r\'82sultant .] Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

Resultant force &or; motion (Mech.) , a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces , under Composition .

Resultant <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ant , n. That which results. Specifically: (a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion . (b) (Math.) An eliminant.

The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence. Sylvester.

Resultate <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ate (?) , n. [L. resultatus , p. p. ] A result. [Obs.] "The resultate of their counsil."

BAcon.

Resultful <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ful (?) , a. HAving results or effects.

Resultive <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"ive (?) , a. Resultant. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Resultless <Xpage=1229>

Re*sult"less , a. Being without result; as, resultless investigations .

Resumable <Xpage=1229>

Re*sum"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed.

Sir M. HAle.

Resum\'82 <Xpage=1229>

Re`su"m\'82" (?) , n. [F. See Resume .] A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

The exellent little r\'82sum\'82 thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C. Kingsley.

Resume <Xpage=1229>

Re*sume" (?) , v. t. [ imp & p. p. Resumed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming .] [L. resumere , resumptum ; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. r\'82sumer . See Assume , Redeem .] 1. To take back.

The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham.

Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. Sir W. Scott.

2. To enter upon, or take up again.

Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. Dryden.

3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse .

Resummon <Xpage=1229>

Re*sum"mon (?) , v. t. To summon again.

Resummons <Xpage=1229>

Re*sum"mons (?) , n. A second summons.

Resumption <Xpage=1229>

Re*sump"tion (?) , n. [cf. F. r\'82sumption , L. resumptio restoration, recovery, fr. resumere . See Resume .] 1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.

2. (Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

Resumptive <Xpage=1229>

Re*sump"tive (?) , a. [cf. L. resumptivus restorative.] Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures .

Resupinate <Xpage=1229>

Re*su"pi*nate (?) , a. [L. resupinatus , p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine .] Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.

Resupinated <Xpage=1229>

Re*su"pi*na`ted (?) , a. Resupinate.

Resupination <Xpage=1229>

Re*su`pi*na"tion (?) , n. The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.

Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. Sir H. Wotton.

Resupine <Xpage=1229>

Re`su*pine" (?) , a. [L. resupinus ; pref. re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.] Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.

Sir K. Digby.

He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine , With his huge neck aslant. Cowper.

Resupply <Xpage=1229>

Re`sup*ply" (?) , v. t. To supply again.

Resurgence <Xpage=1229>

Re*sur"gence (?) , n. The act of rising again; resurrection.

Resurgent <Xpage=1229>

Re*sur"gent (?) , a. [L. resurgens , -entis , p. pr. of resurgere . See Resurrection .] Rising again, as from the dead.

Coleridge.

Resurgent <Xpage=1229>

Re*sur"gent , n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.]

Sydney Smith.

Resirrect <Xpage=1229>

Res`ir*rect" (?) , v. t. [See Resurrection .] 1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang]

2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

Resurrection <Xpage=1229>

Res`ur*rec"tion (?) , n. [F. r\'82surrection , L. resurrectio , fr. resurgere , resurrectum , to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source .] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.

2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment.

Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.

3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.

In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.

4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.

I am the resurrection , and the life. John xi. 25.

Cross of the resurrection , a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. -- Resurrection plant (Bot.) , a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla ), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose .

Resurrectionist <Xpage=1229>

Res`ur*rec"tion*ist (?) , n. One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [Slang]

Resurrectionize <Xpage=1229>

Res`ur*rec"tion*ize (?) , v. t. To raise from the dead. [R.]

Southey.

Resurvey <Xpage=1229>

Re`sur*vey" (?) , v. t. To survey again or anew; to review.

Shak.

Resurvey <Xpage=1229>

Re*sur"vey (?) , n. A second or new survey.

Resuscitable <Xpage=1229>

Re*sus"ci*ta*ble (?) , a. Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants .

Boyle.

Resuscitant <Xpage=1229>

Re*sus"ci*tant (?) , n. One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.

Resuscitate <Xpage=1229>

Re*sus"ci*tate (?) , a. [L. resuscitatus , p. p. of resuscitare ; pref. re- re- + suscitare to raise, rouse. See Suscitate .] Restored to life. [R.]

Bp. Gardiner.

Resuscitate <Xpage=1229>

Re*sus"ci*tate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resuscitated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Resuscitating .] To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.

Resuscitate <Xpage=1229>

Re*sus"ci*tate , v. i. To come to life again; to revive.

These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate . J. S. Mill.

Resuscitation <Xpage=1229>