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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; peace. -- 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 (rst), 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, 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, 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, v. i. [F. rester. See Rest remainder.] To be left; to remain; to continue to be.

The affairs of men rest still uncertain.

Shak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 move against; as, to restem a current.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Resting spore (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of algæ, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time. C. E. Bessey.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Rest"ive (r?st"?v), a. [OF. restif, F. rétif, 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.

Rest"less, a. [AS. restleás.] 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. (Zoöl.) See Grinder, 3.

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

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

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.

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

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; reëstablishment; 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 reëstablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.

Syn. -- Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation; redintegration; reinstatement; reëstablishment; return; revival; restitution; reparation.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 reëstablish; 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; reëstablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal; cure.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Re*sult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.] [F. résulter, 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.

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.

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

Re*sult"ant (?), a. [L. resultans, p. pr. : cf. F. résultant.] 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.

C. Kingsley.

Re*sume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resumed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Resuming.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. résumer. 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.

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

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

Re*sump"tion (?), n. [cf. F. résumption, 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Res`ur*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]

Res`ur*rec"tion (?), n. [F. résurrection, 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate.

J. S. Mill.

Re*sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. resuscitatio.] The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.

The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries.

Sir W. Scott.

Re*sus"ci*ta*tive (?), a. Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.