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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Rohwursterzeugnis | by the DICT Development Group |
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Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer}; superl. {Rarest}.] [F., fr. L. rarus thin, rare.] 1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event. 2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found. Rare work, all filled with terror and delight. --Cowley. Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. --Dryden. 3. Thinly scattered; dispersed. Those rare and solitary, three in flocks. --Milton. 4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations. Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times rarer, than gold. --Sir I. Newton. Syn: Scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular; extraordinary; incomparable. Usage: {Rare}, {Scarce}. We call a thing rare when but few examples, specimens, or instances of it are ever to be met with; as, a rare plant. We speak of a thing as scarce, which, though usually abundant, is for the time being to be had only in diminished quantities; as, a bad harvest makes corn scarce. A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world. --Burke. When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding emperor. --Addison. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer}; superl. {Rarest}.] [Cf. AS. hr[emac]r, or E. rare early.] Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. --Dryden. Note: This word is in common use in the United States, but in England its synonym underdone is preferred. | |
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Re89rect \Re`[89]*rect"\ (r?`?*r?kt"), v. t. To erect again. | |
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Rehearse \Re*hearse"\ (r?*h?rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rehearsed} (-h?rst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rehearsing}.] [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier, to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a harrow, F. herse. See {Hearse}.] 1. To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. --Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. --1 Sam. xvii. 31. 2. To narrate; to relate; to tell. Rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. --Judg. . v. 11. 3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy. 4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.] He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her. --Dickens. Syn: To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe; tell; relate; narrate. | |
