Retract – Reviver

Retract

RETRACT', verb transitive [Latin retractus, retraho; re and traho, to draw.]

1. To recall, as a declaration, words or saying; to disavow; to recant; as, to retract an accusation, charge or assertion.

I would as freely have retracted the charge of idolatry, as I ever made it.

2. To take back; to rescind. [Little used.]

3. To draw back, as claws.

RETRACT', verb transitive To take back; to unsay; to withdraw concession or declaration.

She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, consents, retracts, advances, and then flies.

RETRACT', noun Among horsemen, the prick of a horse's foot in nailing a shoe.

Retractable

RETRACT'ABLE, adjective That may be retracted or recalled.

Retractation

RETRACTA'TION, noun [Latin retractatio.]

The recalling of what has been said; recantation; change of opinion declared.

Retracted

RETRACT'ED, participle passive Recalled; recanted; disavowed.

RETRACT'ABLE, adjective That may be drawn back; retractile.

Retractile

RETRACT'ILE, adjective Capable of being drawn back.

A walrus with fiery eyes - retractile from external injuries.

Retracting

RETRACT'ING, participle present tense Recalling; disavowing; recanting.

Retraction

RETRAC'TION, noun [from retract.]

1. The act of withdrawing something advanced, or changing something done.

2. Recantation; disavowal of the truth of what has been said; declaration of change of opinion.

3. Act of withdrawing a claim.

Other men's insatiable desire of revenge, hath beguiled church and state of the benefit of my retractions or concessions.

Retractive

RETRACT'IVE, adjective Withdrawing; taking from.

RETRACT'IVE, noun That which withdraws or takes from.

Retraict

RETRA'ICT, noun Retreat. obsolete

Retrait

RETRA'IT, noun A cast of countenance; a picture. obsolete

Retraxit

RETRAX'IT, noun [Latin retraho, retraxi.] In law, the withdrawing or open renunciation of a suit in court, by which the plaintiff loses his action.

Retreat

RETRE'AT, noun [Latin retractus, retraho; re and traho.]

1. The act of retiring; a withdrawing of one's self from any place.

But beauty's triumph is well tim'd retreat

2. Retirement; state of privacy or seclusion from noise, bustle or company.

Here in the calm still mirror of retreat

3. Place of retirement or privacy.

He built his son a house of pleasure - and spared no cost to make it a delicious retreat

4. Place of safety or security.

That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat from sudden April show'rs, a shelter from the heat.

5. In military affairs, the retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight.

6. The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy; or the order and disposition of ships declining an engagement.

7. The beat of the drum at the firing of the evening gun, to warn soldiers to forbear firing and the sentinels to challenge.

RETRE'AT, verb intransitive

1. To retire from any position or place.

2. To withdraw to a private abode or to any secluded situation.

3. To retire to a place of safety or security; as, to retreat into a den or into a fort.

4. To move back to a place before occupied; to retire.

The rapid currents drive, towards the retreating sea, their furious tide.

5. To retire from an enemy or from any advanced position.

Retreated

RETRE'ATED, as a passive participle, though used by Milton, is not good English.

Retrench

RETRENCH', verb transitive

1. To cut off; to pare away.

And thy exuberant parts retrench

2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.

3. To confine; to limit. [Not proper.]

RETRENCH', verb intransitive To live at less expense. It is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.

Retrenched

RETRENCH'ED, participle passive Cut off; curtailed; diminished.

Retrenching

RETRENCH'ING, participle present tense Cutting off; curtailing.

Retrenchment

RETRENCH'MENT, noun

1. The act of lopping off; the act of removing what is superfluous; as the retrenchment of words or lines in a writing.

2. The act of curtailing, lessening or abridging; diminution; as the retrenchment of expenses.

3. In military affairs, any work raised to cover a post and fortify it against an enemy; such as fascines, gabions, sandbags and the like.

Numerous remains of Roman retrenchments, constructed to cover the country -

Retribute

RETRIB'UTE, verb transitive [Latin retribuo; re and tribuo, to give or bestow.]

To pay back; to make payment, compensation or reward in return; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute to a criminal what is proportionate to his offense.

Retributed

RETRIB'UTED, participle passive Paid back; given in return; rewarded.

Retributer

RETRIB'UTER, noun One that makes retribution.

Retributing

RETRIB'UTING, participle present tense Requiting; making repayment; rewarding.

Retribution

RETRIBU'TION, noun

1. Repayment; return accommodated to the action; reward; compensation.

In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly.

2. A gratuity or present given for services in the place of a salary.

3. The distribution of rewards and punishments at the general judgment.

It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.

Retributive

RETRIB'UTIVE,

RETRIB'UTORY, adjective Repaying; rewarding for good deeds, and punishing for offenses; as retributive justice.

Retributory

RETRIB'UTORY, a. Repaying; rewarding for good deeds, and punishing for offenses; as retributive justice.

Retrievable

RETRIE'VABLE, adjective [from retrieve.] That may be retrieved or recovered.

Retrieve

RETRIE'VE, verb transitive

1. To recover; to restore from loss or injury to a former good state; as to retrieve the credit of a nation; to retrieve one's character; to retrieve a decayed fortune.

2. To repair.

Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.

3. To regain.

With late repentance now they would retrieve the bodies they forsook, and wish to live.

4. To recall; to bring back; as, to retrieve men from their cold trivial conceits.

RETRIE'VE, noun A seeking again; a discovery. [Not in use.]

Retrieved

RETRIE'VED, participle passive Recovered; repaired; regained; recalled.

Retrieving

RETRIE'VING, participle present tense Recovering; repairing; recalling.

Retroaction

RETROAC'TION, noun [Latin retro, backward, and action.]

1. Action returned, or action backwards.

2. Operation on something past or preceding.

Retroactive

RETROAC'TIVE, adjective [Latin retro, backward, and active.]

Operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

A retroactive law or statute, is one which operates to affect, make criminal or punishable, acts done prior to the passing of the law.

Retroactively

RETROAC'TIVELY, adverb By returned action or operation; by operating on something past.

Retrocede

RETROCE'DE, verb transitive [Latin retro, back, and cedo, to give.]

To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.

Retroceded

RETROCE'DED, participle passive Granted back.

Retroceding

RETROCE'DING, participle present tense Ceding back.

Retrocession

RETROCES'SION, noun

1. A ceding or granting back to a former proprietor.

2. The act of going back.

Retroduction

RETRODUC'TION, noun [Latin retroduco; retro, back, and duco, to lead.] A leading or bringing back.

Retroflex

RET'ROFLEX, adjective [Latin retro, back, and flexus, bent.]

In botany, bent this way and that, or in different directions, usually in a distorted manner; as a retroflex branch.

Retrofract

RET'ROFRACT,

RETROFRACT'ED, adjective [Latin retro, back, and fractus, broken.]

Reduced to hang down as it were by force so as to appear as if broken; as a retrofract peduncle.

Bent back towards its insertion, as if it were broken.

Retrofracted

RETROFRACT'ED, a. [L. retro, back, and fractus, broken.] Reduced to hang down as it were by force so as to appear as if broken; as a retrofract peduncle.Bent back towards its insertion, as if it were broken.

Retrogradation

RETROGRADA'TION, noun

1. The act of moving backwards; applied to the apparent motion of the planets.

2. A moving backwards; decline in excellence.

Retrograde

RET'ROGRADE, adjective [Latin retrogradior; retro, backwards, and gradior, to go.]

1. Going or moving backwards.

2. In astronomy, apparently moving backward and contrary to the succession of the signs, as a planet.

3. Declining from a better to a worse state.

RET'ROGRADE, verb intransitive [Latin retrogradior; retro and gradior, to go.]

To go or move backward.

Retrogression

RETROGRES'SION, noun The act of going backward.

Retrogressive

RETROGRESS'IVE, adjective Going or moving backward; declining from a more perfect to a less perfect state.

Geography is at times retrogressive

Retromingency

RETROMIN'GENCY, noun [Latin retro, backward, and mingo, to discharge urine.]

The act of quality of discharging the contents of the bladder backwards.

Retromingent

RETROMIN'GENT, adjective Discharging the urine backwards.

RETROMIN'GENT, noun In zoology, an animal that discharges its urine backwards.

The retromingents are a division of animals whose characteristic is that they discharge their urine backwards, both male and female.

Retropulsive

RETROPUL'SIVE, adjective [Latin retro, back, and pulsus, pello, to drive.]

Driving back; repelling.

Retrorsely

RETRORSELY, adverb retros'ly. [Latin retrorsum, backward.] In a backward direction; as a stem retrorsely aculeate.

Retrospect

RET'ROSPECT, noun [Latin retro, back, and specio, to look.]

A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of something past. The retrospect of a life well spent affords peace of mind in old age.

Retrospection

RETROSPEC'TION, noun

1. The act of looking back on things past.

2. The faculty of looking back on past things.

Retrospective

RETROSPECT'IVE, adjective

1. Looking back on past events; as a retrospective view.

2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past. A penal statute can have no retrospective effect or operation.

Retrospectively

RETROSPECT'IVELY, adverb By way of retrospect.

Retroversion

RETROVER'SION, noun A turning or falling backwards; as the retroversion of the uterus.

Retrovert

RET'ROVERT, verb transitive To turn back.

Retroverted

RET'ROVERTED, adjective [Latin retro, back, and verto, to turn.] Turned back.

Retrude

RETRU'DE, verb transitive [Latin retrudo; re and trudo, to thrust.] To thrust back.

Retund

RETUND', verb transitive [Latin retundo; re and rundo, to beat.]

To blunt; to turn; as an edge; to dull; as, to retund the edge of a weapon.

Return

RETURN, verb intransitive [Latin torno.]

1. To come or go back to the same place. The gentleman goes from the country to London and returns, or the citizen of London rides into the country and returns. The blood propelled from the heart, passes through the arteries to the extremities of the body, and returns through the veins. Some servants are good to go on errands, but not good to return

2. To come to the same state; as, to return from bondage to a state of freedom.

3. To answer.

He said, and thus the queen of heaven return'd.

4. To come again; to revisit.

Thou to mankind be good and friendly still, and oft return

5. To appear or begin again after a periodical revolution.

With the year seasons return but not to me returns day -

6. To show fresh signs of mercy.

RETURN, O Lord, deliver my soul. Psalms 6:4.

To return to God, to return from wickedness, to repent of sin or wandering from duty.

RETURN', verb transitive

1. To bring, carry or send back; as, to return a borrowed book; to return a hired horse.

2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.

3. To give in recompense or requital.

In any wise, return him a trespass-offering. 1 Samuel 6:3.

The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thy own head. 1 Kings 2:32.

4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer.

5. To tell, relate or communicate.

And Moses returned the words of the people to the Lord.

Exodus 19:8.

6. To retort; to recriminate.

If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.

7. To render an account, usually an official account to a superior. Officers of the army and navy return to the commander the number of men in companies, regiments, etc.; they return the number of men sick or capable of duty; they return the quantity of ammunition, provisions, etc.

8. To render back to a tribunal or to an office; as, to return a writ or an execution.

9. To report officially; as, an officer returns his proceedings on the back of a writ or precept.

10. To send; to transmit; to convey.

Instead of a ship, he should levy money and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use.

RETURN', noun

1. The act of coming or going back to the same place.

Takes little journeys and makes quick returns.

2. The act of sending back; as the return of a borrowed book or of money lent.

3. The act of putting in the former place.

4. Retrogression; the act of moving back.

5. The act or process of coming back to a former state; as the return of health.

6. Revolution; a periodical coming to the same point; as the return of the sun to the tropic of Cancer.

7. Periodical renewal; as the return of the seasons or of the year.

8. Repayment; reimbursement in kind or in something equivalent, for money expended or advanced, or for labor. One occupation gives quick returns; in others, the returns are slow. The returns of the cargo were in gold. The farmer has returns in his crops.

9. Profit; advantage.

From these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great.

10. Remittance; payment from a distant place.

11. Repayment; retribution; requital.

Is no return due from a grateful breast?

12. Act of restoring or giving back; restitution.

13. Either of the adjoining sides of the front of a house or ground-plot, is called a return side.

14. In law, the rendering back or delivery of a writ, precept or execution, to the proper officer or court; or the certificate of the officer executing it, indorsed. We call the transmission of the writ to the proper officer or court, a return; and we give the same name to the certificate or official account of the officer's service or proceedings. The sheriff or his subordinate officers make return of all writs and precepts. We use the same language for the sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.

15. A day in bank. The day on which the defendant is ordered to appear in court, and the sheriff is to bring in the writ and report his proceedings, is called the return of the writ.

16. In military and naval affairs, an official account, report or statement rendered to the commander; as the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, ammunition, etc.

Returnable

RETURN'ABLE, adjective

1. That may be returned or restored.

2. In law, that is legally to be returned, delivered, given or rendered; as a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court; an attachment returnable to the king's bench.

RETURN'-DAY, noun The day when the defendant is to appear in court and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings.

Returned

RETURN'ED, participle passive Restored; given or sent back; repaid; brought or rendered to the proper court or officer.

Returner

RETURN'ER, noun One who returns; one that repays or remits money.

Returning

RETURN'ING, participle present tense Giving, carrying or sending back; coming or going back; making report.

Returning-Officer

RETURN'ING-OFFICER, noun The officer whose duty it is to make returns of writs, precepts, juries, etc.

Returnless

RETURN'LESS, adjective Admitting no return. [Little used.]

Retuse

RETU'SE, adjective [Latin retusus, retundo.] In botany, a retuse leaf is one ending in a blunt sinus, or whose apex is blunt. This term is applied also to the seed.

Reunion

REUN'ION, noun

1. A second union; union formed anew after separation or discord; as a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.

2. In medicine, union of parts separated by wounds or accidents.

Reunite

REUNI'TE, verb transitive [re and unite.]

1. To unite again; to join after separation.

2. In medicine, union of parts separated by wounds or accidents.

REUNI'TE, verb intransitive To be united again; to join and cohere again.

Reunited

REUNI'TED, participle passive United or joined again; reconciled.

Reuniting

REUNI'TING, participle present tense Uniting again; reconciling.

Reussite

REUS'SITE, noun [from Reuss, the place where it is found.]

A salt found in the form of a mealy efforescence, or crystallized in flat six sided prisms, and in acicular crystals.

Reve

REVE, noun The bailiff of a franchise or manor. It is usually written reve

Reveal

REVE'AL, verb transitive [Latin revelo; re and velo, to veil.]

1. To disclose; to discover; to show; to make known something before unknown or concealed; as, to reveal secrets.

2. To disclose, discover or make known from heaven. God has been pleased to reveal his will to man.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Romans 1:17.

REVE'AL, noun A revealing; disclosure. [Not in use.]

Revealed

REVE'ALED, participle passive Disclosed; discovered; made known; laid open.

Revealer

REVE'ALER, noun

1. One that discloses or makes known.

2. One that brings to view.

Revealing

REVE'ALING, participle present tense Disclosing; discovering; making known.

Revealment

REVE'ALMENT, noun The act of revealing. [Little used.]

Reveille

REVEILLE,

Revel

REV'EL, verb intransitive [Latin rabo, rabio, to rage, whence rabies, rabid.]

1. To feast with loose and clamorous merriment; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian.

Antony, that revels long o'nights.

2. To move playfully or without regularity.

REV'EL, noun A feast with loose and noisy jollity.

Some men ruin the fabric of their bodies by incessant revels.

REVEL', verb transitive [Latin revello; re and vello, to pull.]

To draw back; to retract; to make a revulsion.

Revel-Rout

REV'EL-ROUT, noun [See Rout.]

1. Tumultuous festivity.

2. A mob; a rabble tumultuously assembled; an unlawful assembly.

Revelation

REVELA'TION, noun [Latin revelatus, revelo. See Reveal.]

1. The act of disclosing or discovering to others what was before unknown to them; appropriately, the disclosure or communication of truth to men by God himself, or by his authorized agents, the prophets and apostles.

How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words. Ephesians 3:3. 2 Corinthians 12:1.

2. That which is revealed; appropriately, the sacred truths which God has communicated to man for his instruction and direction. The revelations of God are contained in the Old and New Testament.

3. The Apocalypse; the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John.

Reveler

REV'ELER, noun [See Revel.] One who feasts with noisy merriment.

Reveling

REV'ELING, participle present tense Feasting with noisy merriment; carousing.

REV'ELING, noun A feasting with noisy merriment; revelry. Galatians 5:1. 1 Peter 4:1.

Revelly

REV'ELLY, noun [Latin vigilo. See Watch.]

In military affairs, the beat of drum about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.

[This word might well be anglicised rev'elly.]

Revelry

REV'ELRY, noun Noisy festivity; clamorous jollity.

Revendicate

REVEN'DICATE, verb transitive [Latin vindico. See vindicate.]

To reclaim what has been taken away; to claim to have restored what has been seized.

Should some subsequent fortunate revolution deliver it from the conqueror's yoke, it can revendicate them.

Revendicated

REVEN'DICATED, participle passive Reclaimed; regained; recovered.

Revendicating

REVEN'DICATING, participle present tense Reclaiming; redemanding; recovering.

Revendication

REVENDICA'TION, noun The act of reclaiming or demanding the restoration of any thing taken by an enemy; as by right of postliminium.

The endless disputes which would spring from the revendication of them, have introduced a contrary practice.

Revenge

REVENGE, verb transitive revenj'. [Latin vindex, vindico. See Vindicate.]

1. To inflict pain or injury in return for an injury received.

[Note. this word and avenge were formerly used as synonymous, and it is so used in the common version of the Scripture, and applied to the Supreme Being. 'O Lord - revenge me of my persecutors.' Jeremiah 15:15. In consequence of a distinction between avenge and revenge which modern usage has introduced, the application of this word to the Supreme Being appears extremely harsh, irreverent and offensive. revenge is now used in an ill sense, for the infliction of pain maliciously or illegally; avenge for inflicting just punishment.]

2. According to modern usage, to inflict pain deliberately and maliciously, contrary to the laws of justice and humanity, in return for injury, pain or evil received; to wreak vengeance spitefully on one who injures or offends. We say, to revenge an injury or insult, or with the reciprocal pronoun, to revenge ourselves on an enemy or for an injury, that is, to take vengeance or satisfaction.

3. To vindicate by punishment of an enemy.

The gods are just and will revenge our cause.

[According to modern usage, avenge should here be substituted for revenge ]

REVENGE, noun revenj'.

1. Return of an injury; the deliberate infliction of pain or injury or a person in return for an injury received from him.

2. According to modern usage, a malicious or spiteful infliction of pain or injury, contrary to the laws of justice and christianity, in return for an injury or offense. revenge is dictated by passion; vengeance by justice.

3. The passion which is excited by an injury done or an affront given; the desire of inflicting pain on one who has done an injury; as, to glut revenge

REVENGE, as the word is now understood, is always contrary to the precepts of Christ.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

Revenged

REVENG'ED, participle passive Punished in return for an injury; spitefully punished. The injury is revenged

Revengeful

REVENGEFUL, adjective revenj'ful.

1. full of revenge or a desire to inflict pain or evil for injury received; spiteful; malicious; wreaking revenge.

If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive.

2. Vindictive; inflicting punishment.

May my hands never brandish more revengeful steel.

Revengefully

REVENGEFULLY, adverb revenj'fully. By way of revenge; vindictively; with the spirit of revenge.

Revengefulness

REVENGEFULNESS, noun revenj'fulness. Vincidtiveness.

Revengeless

REVENGELESS, adjective revenj'less. Unrevenged.

Revengement

REVENGEMENT, noun revenj'ment. Revenge; return of an injury. [Little used.]

Revenger

REVENG'ER, noun

1. One who revenges; one who inflicts pain on another spitefully in return for an injury.

2. One who inflicts just punishment for injuries. [Less proper.]

Revenging

REVENG'ING, participle present tense

1. Inflicting pain or evil spitefully for injury or affront received.

2. Vindicating; punishing.

Revengingly

REVENG'INGLY, adverb With revenge; with the spirit of revenge; vindictively.

Revenue

REV'ENUE, noun [Latin revenio; re and venio, to come.]

1. In a general sense, the annual rents, profits, interest or issues of any species of property, real or personal, belonging to an individual or to the public. When used of individuals, it is equivalent to income. In modern usage, income is applied more generally to the rents and profits of individuals, and revenue to those of the state. In the latter case, revenue is

2. The annual produce of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc. which a nation or state collects and receives into the treasury for public use.

3. Return; reward; as a rich revenue of praise.

4. A fleshy lump on the head of a deer.

Reverb

REVERB', verb transitive To reverberate. [Not in use.]

Reverberant

REVERB'ERANT, adjective [Latin reverberans. See Reverberate.]

Returning sound; resounding; driving back.

Reverberate

REVERB'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin reverbero; re and verbero, to beat.]

1. To return, as sound; to send back; to echo; as, an arch reverberates the voice.

2. To send or beat back; to repel; to reflect; as, to reverberate rays of light

3. To send or drive back; to repel from side to side; as flame reverberated in a furnace.

REVERB'ERATE, verb intransitive

1. To be driven back; to be repelled, as rays of light, or sound.

2. To resound.

And even at hand, a drum is ready brac'd, that shall reverberate all as well as thine.

REVERB'ERATE, adjective Reverberant.

Reverberated

REVERB'ERATED, participle passive Driven back; sent back; driven from side to side.

Reverberating

REVERB'ERATING, participle present tense Driving or sending back; reflecting, as light; echoing, as sound.

Reverberation

REVERBERA'TION, noun

The act of driving or sending back; particularly, the act of reflecting light and heat or repelling sound. Thus we speak of the reverberation of the rays of light from an object, the reverberation of sound in echoes, or the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.

Reverberatory

REVERB'ERATORY, adjective Returning or driving back; as a reverberatory furnace or kiln.

REVERB'ERATORY, noun A furnace with a kind of dome that reflects the flame upon a vessel placed within it, so as to surround it.

Revere

REVE'RE, verb transitive [Latin revereor; re and vereor, to fear.]

To regard with fear mingled with respect and affection; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father, than treated as his partner in the empire -

Revered

REVE'RED, participle passive Regarded with fear mingled with respect and affection.

Reverence

REV'ERENCE, noun [Latin reverentia.]

1. Fear mingled with respect and esteem; veneration.

When quarrels and factions are carried openly, it is a sign that the reverence of government is lost.

The fear acceptable to God, is a filial fear, an awful reverence of the divine nature, proceeding from a just esteem of his perfections, which produces in us an inclination to his service and an unwillingness to offend him.

Reverence is nearly equivalent to veneration, but expresses something less of the same emotion. It differs from awe, which is an emotion compounded of fear, dread or terror, with admiration of something great, but not necessarily implying love or affection. We feel reverence for a parent, and for an upright magistrate, but we stand in awe of a tyrant. This distinction may not always be observed.

2. An act of respect or obeisance; a bow or courtesy. 2 Samuel 9:6.

3. A title of the clergy.

4. A poetical title of a father.

REV'ERENCE, verb transitive To regard with reverence; to regard with fear mingled with respect and affection. We reverence superiors for their age, their authority and their virtues. We ought to reverence parents and upright judges and magistrates. We ought to reverence the Supreme Being, his word and his ordinances.

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise.

They will reverence my son. Matthew 21:37.

Let the wife see that she reverence her husband. Ephesians 5:33.

Reverenced

REV'ERENCED, participle passive Regarded with fear mingled with respect and affection.

Reverencer

REV'ERENCER, noun One that regards with reverence.

Reverencing

REV'ERENCING, participle present tense Regarding with fear mixed with respect and affection.

Reverend

REV'EREND, adjective [Latin reverendus.]

1. Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; as reverend and gracious senators.

A reverend sire among them came.

[This epithet is, I believe, never applied to the Supreme Being, or to his laws or institutions. In lieu of it we use venerable.]

2. A title of respect given to the clergy or ecclesiastics. We style a clergyman reverend; a bishop is styled right reverend; an archbishop most reverend The religious in catholic countries, are styled reverend fathers; abbesses, prioresses, etc. reverend mothers. In Scotland, as in the United States, the clergy are individually styled reverend A synod is styled very reverend and the general assembly venerable.

Reverent

REV'ERENT, adjective

1. Expressing reverence, veneration or submission; as reverent words or terms; a reverent posture in prayer; reverent behavior.

2. Submissive; humble; impressed with reverence.

They prostrate fell before him reverent

Reverential

REVEREN'TIAL, adjective [from reverence.] Proceeding from reverence, or expressing it; as reverential fear or awe; reverential gratitude or esteem.

Religion - consisting in a reverential esteem of things sacred.

Reverentially

REVEREN'TIALLY, adverb With reverence, or show of reverence.

Reverently

REV'ERENTLY, adverb

1. With reverence; with respectful regard.

Chide him for faults, and do it reverently

2. With veneration; with fear of what is great or terrifying.

So reverently men quit the open air, when thunder speaks the angry Gods abroad.

Reverer

REVE'RER, noun One who reveres or venerates.

Reverie

REVERIE. [See Revery.]

Revering

REVE'RING, participle present tense Regarding with fear mixed with respect and affection; venerating.

Reversal

REVERS'AL, adjective [See Reverse.] Intended to reverse; implying reverse.

REVERS'AL, noun [from reverse.] A change or overthrowing; as the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false. So we speak of the reversal of an attainder or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.

Reverse

REVERSE, verb transitive revers'. [Latin reversus, reverto; re and verto, to turn.]

1. To turn upside down; as, to reverse a pyramid or cone.

2. To overturn; to subvert; as, to reverse the state.

3. To turn back; as with swift wheel reverse

4. To turn to the contrary; as, to reverse the scene.

- Or affectations quite reverse the soul.

5. To put each in the place of the other; as, to reverse the distinctions of good and evil.

6. In law, to overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to annul; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence or decree. Judgments are reversed by writs of error; and for certain causes, may be reversed without such writs.

7. To recall. [Not in use.]

REVERSE, verb intransitive revers'. To return. [Not in use.]

REVERSE, noun revers'.

1. Change; vicissitude; a turn of affairs; in a good sense.

By a strange reverse of things, Justinian's law, which for many ages was neglected, now obtains -

2. Change for the worse; misfortune. By an unexpected reverse of circumstances, an affluent man is reduced to poverty.

3. A contrary; an opposite.

The performances to which God has annexed the promises of eternity, are just the reverse of all the pursuits of sense.

Reversed

REVERS'ED, participle passive

1. Turned side for side or end for end; changed to the contrary.

2. In law, overthrown or annulled.

3. adjective In botany, resupinate; having the upper lip larger and more expanded than the lower; as a reversed corol.

Reversedly

REVERS'EDLY, adverb In a reversed manner.

Reverseless

REVERSELESS, adjective revers'less. Not to be reversed; irreversible.

Reversely

REVERSELY, adverb revers'ly. On the other hand; on the opposite.

Reversible

REVERS'IBLE, adjective That may be reversed; as a reversible judgment or sentence.

Reversing

REVERS'ING, participle present tense Turning upside down; subverting; turning the contrary way; annulling.

Reversion

REVER'SION, noun [Latin reversio.]

1. In general sense, a returning; appropriately, in law, the returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs, after a particular estate is ended. Hence,

2. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of the particular estate granted. Thus when there is a gift in tail, the reversion of the fee is, without any special reservation, vested in the donor by act of law.

3. Succession; right to future possession or enjoyment.

4. In algebra, reversion of series, a kind of reversed operation of an infinite series.

Reversionary

REVER'SIONARY, adjective Pertaining to a reversion, that is, to be enjoyed in succession, or after the determination of a particular estate; as a reversionary interest or right.

Reversioner

REVER'SIONER, noun The person who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is determined.

Revert

REVERT', verb transitive [Latin reverto; re and verto, to turn.]

1. To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse.

Till happy chance revert the cruel scene.

[Instead of revert in this sense, reverse is generally used.]

2. To drive or turn back; to reverberate; as a stream reverted.

REVERT', verb intransitive

1. To return; to fall back.

2. In law, to return to the proprietor, after the determination of a particular estate. A feud granted to a man for life, or to him and his issue male, or his death or failure of issue male, reverted to the lord or proprietor.

REVERT', noun In music, return; recurrence; antistrophy.

Reverted

REVERT'ED, participle passive Reversed; turned back.

Revertent

REVERT'ENT, noun A medicine which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.

Revertible

REVERT'IBLE, adjective That may revert or return.

Reverting

REVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning back; returning.

Revertive

REVERT'IVE, adjective Changing; reversing.

Revery

REV'ERY, noun

1. Properly, a raving or delirium; but its sense, as generally used, is a loose or irregular train of thoughts, occurring in musing or meditation; wild, extravagant conceit of the fancy or imagination. There are reveries and extravagancies which pass through the minds of wise men as well as fools.

2. A chimera; a vision.

Revest

REVEST', verb transitive [Low Latin revestio; re and vestio, to clothe.]

1. to clothe again.

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

3. to lay out in something less fleeting than money; as, to revest money in stocks.

REVEST', verb intransitive to take effect again, as a title; to return to a former owner; as, the title or right revest in A, after alienation.

Revested

REVEST'ED, participle passive clothed again; invested anew.

Revestiary

REVEST'IARY, noun [Latin revestio.]

The place or apartment in a church or temple where the dresses are deposited; now contracted into vestry.

Revetment

REVET'MENT, noun

In fortification, a strong wall on the outside of a rampart, intended to support the earth.

Revibrate

REVI'BRATE, verb intransitive [re and vibrate.] to vibrate back or in return.

Revibration

REVIBRA'TION, noun the act of vibrating back.

Reviction

REVIC'TION, noun [Latin re and vivo, victum, to live.] Return to life. [Not used.]

Revictual

REVICTUAL, verb transitive revit'l. [re and victual.] to furnish again with provisions.

Revictualed

REVICTUALED, participle passive revit'ld. furnished with victuals again.

Revictualing

REVICTUALING, participle present tense revit'ling. supplying again with provisions.

Revie

REVI'E, verb transitive [re and vie.] to accede to the proposal of a stake and to overtop it; an old phrase at cards. obsolete

REVI'E, verb intransitive To return the challenge of a wager at cards; to make a retort.

Review

REVIEW, verb transitive revu'. [re and view.]

1. To look back on.

2. to see again.

i shall review Sicilia.

3. To view and examine again; to reconsider; to revise; as, to review a manuscript. It is said that Virgil was prevented by death from reviewing the AEneis.

4. To retrace.

Shall I the long laborious scene review?

5. To survey; to inspect; to examine the state of any thing, particularly of troops; as, to review a regiment.

REVIEW, noun revu'. [Latin video, to see.]

1. A second or repeated view; a re-examination; resurvey; as a review of the works of nature; a review of life.

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

3. In military affairs, an examination or inspection of troops under arms, by a general or commander, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of their discipline, equipment, etc.

4. In literature, a critical examination of a new publication, with remarks.

5. A periodical pamphlet containing examinations or analyses of new publications; as the Critical review

Commission of review a commission granted by the British king to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

Reviewed

REVIEW'ED, participle passive Resurveyed; re-examined; inspected; critically analyzed.

Reviewer

REVIEW'ER, noun One that reviews or re-examines; an inspector; one that critically examines a new publication, and communicates his opinion upon its merits.

Reviewing

REVIEW'ING, participle present tense Looking back on; seeing again; revising; re-examining; inspecting, as an army; critically examining and remarking on.

Revigorate

REVIG'ORATE, verb transitive [re and vigor.] To give new vigor to. [Not in use.]

Revile

REVI'LE, verb transitive [re and vile.]

To reproach; to treat with opprobrious and contemptuous language.

She revileth him to his face.

Thou shalt not revile the gods. Exodus 22:28.

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you. Matthew 5:11.

REVI'LE, noun Reproach; contumely; contemptuous language. [Not in use.]

Reviled

REVI'LED, participle passive Reproached; treated with opprobrious or contemptuous language.

Revilement

REVI'LEMENT, noun Reproach; contemptuous language.

Reviler

REVI'LER, noun One who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language.

Reviling

REVI'LING, participle present tense Reproaching; treating with language of contempt.

REVI'LING, noun The act of reviling or treating with reproachful words. Isaiah 51:7.

Revilingly

REVI'LINGLY, adverb With reproachful or contemptuous language; with opprobrium.

Revindicate

REVIN'DICATE, verb transitive To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back what has been lost.

Revisal

REVI'SAL, noun [from revise.] Revision; the act of reviewing and re-examining for correction and improvement; as the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet.

Revise

REVI'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin revisus, reviso, to revisit; re and viso, to see, to visit.]

1. To review; to re-examine; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a proof sheet.

2. To review, alter and amend; as, to revise statutes.

REVI'SE, noun

1. Review; re-examination.

2. Among printers, a second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first correction.

Revised

REVI'SED, participle passive Reviewed; re-examined for correction.

Reviser

REVI'SER, noun One that revises or re-examines for correction.

Revising

REVI'SING, participle present tense Reviewing; re-examining for correction.

Revision

REVI'SION, noun

1. The act of reviewing; review; re-examination for correction; as the revision of a book or writing or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

2. Enumeration of inhabitants.

Revisional

REVI'SIONAL,

REVI'SIONARY, adjective Pertaining to revision.

Revisit

REVIS'IT, verb transitive s as z. [Latin revisito; re and visito, from viso, to see or visit.] To visit again

Let the pale sire revisit Thebes.

Revisitation

REVISITA'TION, noun The act of revisiting.

Revisited

REVIS'ITED, participle passive Visited again.

Revisiting

REVIS'ITING, participle present tense Visiting again.

Revisor

REVI'SOR, noun In Russia, one who has taken the number of inhabitants.

Revival

REVI'VAL, noun [from revive.]

1. Return, recall or recovery to life from death or apparent death; as the revival of a drowned person.

2. Return or recall to activity from a state of languor; as the revival of spirits.

3. Recall, return or recovery from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression; as the revival of letters or learning.

4. Renewed and more active attention to religion; an awakening of men to their spiritual concerns.

Revive

REVI'VE, verb intransitive [Latin revivisco; re and vivo, to live.]

1. To return to life; to recover life.

The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 1 Kings 17:22. Romans 14:9.

2. To recover new life or vigor; to be reanimated after depression.

When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Genesis 45:27.

3. To recover from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression. Learning revived in Europe after the middle ages.

4. In chimistry, to recover its natural state, as a metal.

Sin revives, when the conscience is awakened by a conviction of guilt. Romans 7:9.

REVI'VE, verb transitive

1. To bring again to life; to reanimate.

2. To raise from languor, depression or discouragement; to rouse; as, to revive the spirits or courage.

3. To renew; to bring into action after a suspension; as, to revive a project or scheme that had been laid aside.

4. To renew in the mind or memory; to recall.

The mind has the power in many cases to revive ideas or perceptions, which it has once had.

5. To recover from a state of neglect or depression; as, to revive letters or learning.

6. To recomfort; to quicken; to refresh with joy or hope.

Wilt thou not revive us again? Psalms 85:6.

7. To bring again into notice.

Revive the libels born to die.

8. In chimistry, to restore or reduce to its natural state or to its metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

Revived

REVI'VED, participle passive Brought to life; reanimated; renewed; recovered; quickened; cheered; reduced to a metallic state.

Reviver

REVI'VER, noun That which revives; that which invigorates or refreshes; one that redeems from neglect or depression.