Chapter 1341

Re*vert" , v. i. 1. To return; to come back.

So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak.

2. (Law) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.

3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some pre\'89xistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts .

Revert <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert" , n. One who, or that which, reverts.

An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts , to the faith. Fuller.

Reverted <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert"ed , a. Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S .

Revertent <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert"ent (?) , n. (Med.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [Obs.]

E. Darwin.

Reverter <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, reverts.

2. (Law) Reversion.

Burrill.

Revertible <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate .

Revertive <Xpage=1234>

Re*vert"ive (?) , a. Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. -- Re*vert"ive*ly , adv.

The tide revertive , unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sands behind. Thomson.

Revery <Xpage=1234>

Rev"er*y (?) , n. Same as Reverie .

Revest <Xpage=1234>

Re*vest" (?) , v. t. [OF reverstir , F. rev\'88tir , L. revestire ; pref. re- re- + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis a garment. See Vestry , and cf. Revet .] 1. To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.

Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter< id thus revest and decked with due habiliments. Spenser.

2. To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority .

Revest <Xpage=1234>

Re*vest" , v. i. To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revels in A after alienation .

Revestiary <Xpage=1234>

Re*ves"ti*a*ry (?) , n. [LL. revestiarium : cf. F. revestiaire . See Revest .] The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry .

Revestry <Xpage=1234>

Re*ves"try (?) , n. Same as Revestiary . [Obs.]

Revestture <Xpage=1234>

Re*vest"ture (?) , n. Vesture. [Obs.]

Rich revesture of cloth of gold. E. Hall.

Revet <Xpage=1234>

Re*vet" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Revetted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Revetting .] [See Revetment .] (Mil. & Civil Engineering) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

Revetment <Xpage=1234>

Re*vet"ment (?) , n. [F. rev\'88tment the lining of a dith, fr. rev\'88tir to clothe, L. revestire . See Revest , v. t. ] (Fort. & Engin.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall. [Written also rev\'88tement (<?/).]

Revibrate <Xpage=1234>

Re*vi"brate (?) , v. i. To vibrate back or in return. -- Re`vi*bra"tion (#) , n.

Revict <Xpage=1234>

Re*vict" (?) , v. t. [L. revictus , p. p. of revincere to conquer.] To reconquer. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Reviction <Xpage=1234>

Re*vic"tion (?) , n. [From L. revivere , revictum , to live again; pref. re- re- + vivere to live.] Return to life. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Revictual <Xpage=1234>

Re*vict"ual (?) , v. t. To victual again.

Revie <Xpage=1234>

Re*vie" (?) , v. t. 1. To vie with, or rival, in return.

2. (Card Playing) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Revie <Xpage=1234>

Re*vie" , v. i. 1. To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing. [Obs.]

2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.]

Review <Xpage=1234>

Re*view" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Review<?/d (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing .] [Pref. re- + view . Cf. Riview , n. ] 1. To view or see again; to look back on [R.] "I shall review Sicilia."

Shak.

2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically: (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition . (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel . (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment . (d) (Law) To re\'89xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one .

3. To retrace; to go over again.

Shall I the long, laborious scene review ? Pope.

Review <Xpage=1234>

Re*view" , v. i. To look back; to make a review.

Review <Xpage=1234>

Re*view" , n. [F. revue , fr. revu , p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere ; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View , and cf . Revise .] 1. A second or repeated view; a re\'89xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life .

2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works .

3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Bill of review (Equity) , a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton . -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law) , a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

Syn. -- Re\'89xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.

Reviewable <Xpage=1234>

Re*view"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being reviewed.

Reviewal <Xpage=1234>

Re*view"al (?) , n. A review. [R.]

Southey.

Reviewer <Xpage=1234>

Re*view"er (?) , n. One who reviews or re\'89xamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.

Revigorate <Xpage=1234>

Re*vig"or*ate (?) , a. [LL. revigoratus , p. p. of revigorare ; L. re- + vigor vigor.] Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. [R.]

Southey.

Revigorate <Xpage=1234>

Re*vig"or*ate (?) , v. t. To give new vigor to. [Obs.]

Revile <Xpage=1234>

Re*vile" (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Reviled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviling .] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir ; \'85 (L. ad .) + vil vile. See Vile .] To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there?"

Shak.

Who, when he was reviled , reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.

Syn. -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.

Revile <Xpage=1234>

Re*vile" , n. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]

The gracious Judge, without revile , replied. Milton.

Revilement <Xpage=1234>

Re*vile"ment (?) , n. The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.

Spenser.

Reviler <Xpage=1234>

Re*vil"er (?) , n. One who reviles.

1. Cor. vi. 10.

Reviling <Xpage=1234>

Re*vil"ing , n. Reproach; abuse; vilification.

Neither be ye afraid of their revilings . Isa. li. 7.

Reviling <Xpage=1234>

Re*vil"ing , a. Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. -- Re*vil"ing*ly , adv.

Revince <Xpage=1234>

Re*vince" (?) , v. t. [See Revict .] To overcome; to refute, as error. [Obs.]

Foxe.

Revindicate <Xpage=1234>

Re*vin"di*cate (?) , v. t. [Pref. re- + vindicate . Cf. Revindicate , Revenge .] To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.

Mitford.

Revirescence <Xpage=1234>

Rev`i*res"cence (?) , n. [L. revirescens , p. pr. of revirescere to grow green again.] A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor. [Obs.]

Revisable <Xpage=1234>

Re*vis"a*ble (?) , a. That may be revised.

Revisal <Xpage=1234>

Re*vis"al (?) , n. [From Revise .] The act of revising, or reviewing and re\'89xamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.

Revise <Xpage=1234>

Re*vise" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Revised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Revising .] [F. reviser , fr. L. revidere , revisum , to see again; pref. re- re- + videre , visum , tosee. See Review , View .] 1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to re\'89xamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

2. (Print.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.

3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

The Revised Version of the Bible , a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version , under Authorized .

Revise <Xpage=1234>

Re*vise" , n. 1. A review; a revision.

Boyle.

2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Reviser <Xpage=1234>

Re*vis"er (?) , n. One who revises.

Revision <Xpage=1234>

Re*vi"sion (?) , n. [F. r\'82vision , L. revisio.] 1. The act of revising; re\'89xamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

2. That which is made by revising.

Syn. -- Re\'89xamination; revisal; revise; review.

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Re*vi"sion*al (?) , Re*vi"sion*a*ry (?) , a. Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.

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Revisit <Xpage=1235>

Re*vis"it (?) , v. t. 1. To visit again.

Milton.

2. To revise. [Obs.]

Ld. Berners.

Revisitation <Xpage=1235>

Re*vis`it*a"tion (?) , n. The act of revisiting.

Revisory <Xpage=1235>

Re*vi"so*ry (?) , a. Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.

Story.

Revitalize <Xpage=1235>

Re*vi"tal*ize (?) , v. t. To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.

L. S. Beale.

Revivable <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"a*ble (?) , a. That may be revived.

Revival <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"al (?) , n. [From Revive .] The act of reviving, or the state of being revived. Specifically: (a) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature . (b) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature . (c) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest . (d) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like . (e) Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture . (f) Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion . (g) (Law) Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc. (h) Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification , 2.

Revivalism <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"al*ism (?) , n. The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.

Revivalist <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"al*ist , n. A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively.

Revivalistic <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv`al*is"tic (?) , a. Pertaining to revivals.

Revive <Xpage=1235>

Re*vive" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Revived (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviving .] [F. revivere , L. revivere ; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See Vivid .] 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

Shak.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived . 1 Kings xvii. 22.

2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century .

3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

Revive <Xpage=1235>

Re*vive" , v. t. [Cf. F. reviver . See Revive , v. i. ] 1. To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died, shall be revived . Bp. Pearson.

2. To raise from coma,, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts. Shak.

Your coming, friends, revives me. Milton.

3. Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning .

4. To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. " Revive the libels born to die."

Swift.

The mind has a power in many cases to revive perceptions which it has once had. Locke.

5. (Old Chem.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination .

Revivement <Xpage=1235>

Re*vive"ment (?) , n. Revival. [R.]

Reviver <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, revives.

Revivificate <Xpage=1235>

Re`vi*vif"i*cate (?) , v. t. [Pref. re- + vivificate : cf. L. revivificare , revivificatum . Cf. Revivify .] To revive; to recall or restore to life. [R.]

Revivification <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv`i*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. r\'82vivification .] 1. Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recaling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

2. (Old Chem.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.

Revivify <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"i*fy (?) , v. t. [Cf. F. r\'82vivifier , L. revivificare . See Vivify .] To cause to revive.

Some association may revivify it enough to make it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

Reviving <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"ing (?) , a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. Milton . -- Re*viv"ing*ly , adv.

Reviviscence, Revviscency <Xpage=1235>

Rev`i*vis"cence (?) , Rev`*vis"cen*cy (?) , n. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.

In this age we have a sort of reviviscence , not, I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early times. Coleridge.

Reviviscent <Xpage=1235>

Rev`i*vis"cent (?) , a. [L. reviviscens , p. pr. of reviviscere to revive; pref. re- re- + viviscere , v. incho. fr. vivere to live.] Able or disposed to revive; reviving.

E. Darwin.

Revivor <Xpage=1235>

Re*viv"or (?) , n. (Eng. Law) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor .

Blackstone.

Revocability <Xpage=1235>

Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law .

Revocable <Xpage=1235>

Rev"o*ca*ble (?) , a. [L. revocabilis : cf. F. r\'82vocable . See Revoke .] Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.

-- Rev"o*ca*ble*ness , n. -- Rev"o*ca*bly , adv.

Revocate <Xpage=1235>

Rev"o*cate (?) , v. t. [L. revocatus , p. p. of revocare . See Revoke .] To recall; to call back . [Obs.]

Revocation <Xpage=1235>

Rev`o*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. revocatio : cf. F. r\'82vocation .] 1. The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.

One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker.

2. The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license .

Revocatory <Xpage=1235>