English Dictionary: rapist | by the DICT Development Group |
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Locust tree \Lo"cust tree`\ [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A large North American tree of the genus {Robinia} ({R. Pseudacacia}), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called {acacia}. Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different genera, especially to those of the genus {Hymen[91]a}, of which {H. Courbaril} is a lofty, spreading tree of South America; also to the carob tree ({Ceratonia siliqua}), a tree growing in the Mediterranean region. {Honey locust tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Gleditschia} ) {G. triacanthus}), having pinnate leaves and strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply {honey locust}. {Water locust tree} (Bot.), a small swamp tree ({Gleditschia monosperma}), of the Southern United States. | |
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Rapacity \Ra*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacite. See {Rapacious}.] 1. The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves. 2. The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. [bd]The rapacity of some ages.[b8] --Sprat. | |
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Ravage \Rav"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravaging}.] [F. ravager. See {Ravage}, n.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. Already C[91]sar Has ravaged more than half the globe. --Addison. His lands were daily ravaged, his cattle driven away. --Macaulay. Syn: To despoil; pillage; plunger; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin. | |
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Ravish \Rav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravishing}.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Rapid}, and {-ish}.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. [bd]Ravished . . . for the joy.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force. | |
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Rebuke \Re*buke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebuking}.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden. Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See {Reprove}. | |
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Refaction \Re*fac"tion\ (r?*f?k"sh?n), n. [See {Refection}.] Recompense; atonemet; retribution. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Refasten \Re*fas"ten\ (r?*f?s"'n), v. t. To fasten again. | |
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Refect \Re*fect"\ (r?*f?kt), v. t. [L. refectus, p. p. of reficere; pref. re- re- + facere to make.] To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Refection \Re*fec"tion\ (r?*f?k"sh?n), n. [L. refectio: cf. F. r[82]fection. See {Refect}, {Fact}.] Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch. [His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. --Spenser. Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. --Curran. | |
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Refective \Re*fec"tive\ (r?*f?k"t?v), a. Refreshing; restoring. | |
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Refective \Re*fec"tive\, n. That which refreshes. | |
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Refectory \Re*fec"to*ry\ (-t?*r?), n.; pl.; {Refectories} (-r[?]z). [{LL}. refectorium: cf. F. r[82]fectoire. See {Refection}.] A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents. Note: Sometimes pronounced r[?]f"[?]k*t[?]*r[?], especially when signifying the eating room in monasteries. | |
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Refectory \Re*fec"to*ry\ (-t?*r?), n.; pl.; {Refectories} (-r[?]z). [{LL}. refectorium: cf. F. r[82]fectoire. See {Refection}.] A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents. Note: Sometimes pronounced r[?]f"[?]k*t[?]*r[?], especially when signifying the eating room in monasteries. | |
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Destructor \De*struct"or\, n. A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse; specif. (Sewage Disposal), a furnace (called in full {refuse destructor}) in which the more solid constituents of sewage are burnt. Destructors are often so constructed as to utilize refuse as fuel. | |
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Refuse \Re*fuse"\ (r?*f?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refused} (-f?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refusing}.] [F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see {Refund} to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. {Accuse}, {Ruse}), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Cf. {Refute}.] 1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. That never yet refused your hest. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar[?] about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. The cunning workman never doth refuse The meanest tool that he may chance to use. --Herbert. 4. To disown. [Obs.] [bd]Refuse thy name.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Repast \Re*past"\, v. t. & i. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] [bd]Repast them with my blood.[b8] --Shak. He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. --Milton. | |
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Repast \Re*past"\ (r?-p?st"), n. [OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See {Pasture}.] 1. The act of taking food. From dance to sweet repast they turn. --Milton. 2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. [bd]Sleep . . . thy best repast.[b8] --Denham. Go and get me some repast. --Shak. | |
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Repaster \Re*past"er\ (-?r), n. One who takes a repast. [Obs.] | |
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Repasture \Re*pas"ture\ (-p?s"t?r;135), n. [See {Repast}.] Food; entertainment. [Obs.] Food for his rage, repasture for his den. --Shak. | |
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Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[esl]*p[omac]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposed} (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reposing}.] [F. reposer; L. pref. re- re- + pausare to pause. See {Pause}, {Pose}, v.] 1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. --Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. --Woodward. 2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons. --Fuller. After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue. --Milton. 3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust. The king reposeth all his confidence in thee. --Shak. | |
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Reposed \Re*posed"\ (r*p[omac]zd"), a. Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. --Bacon. -- {Re*pos"ed*ly} (r[esl]*p[omac]z"[ecr]d*l[ycr]), adv. -- {Re*pos"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reposed \Re*posed"\ (r*p[omac]zd"), a. Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. --Bacon. -- {Re*pos"ed*ly} (r[esl]*p[omac]z"[ecr]d*l[ycr]), adv. -- {Re*pos"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reposed \Re*posed"\ (r*p[omac]zd"), a. Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. --Bacon. -- {Re*pos"ed*ly} (r[esl]*p[omac]z"[ecr]d*l[ycr]), adv. -- {Re*pos"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reposit \Re*pos"it\ (r[esl]*p[ocr]z"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See {Position}.] To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. --Derham. | |
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Reposit \Re*pos"it\ (r[esl]*p[ocr]z"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See {Position}.] To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. --Derham. | |
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Reposit \Re*pos"it\ (r[esl]*p[ocr]z"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repositing}.] [L. repositus, p. p. of reponere to put back; pref. re- re- + ponere to put. See {Position}.] To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. --Derham. | |
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Reposition \Re`po*si"tion\ (r?`p?*z?sh"?n), n. [L. repositio.] The act of repositing; a laying up. | |
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Repositor \Re*pos"i*tor\ (r?*p?z"?*t?r), n. (Surg.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part. | |
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Repository \Re*pos"i*to*ry\ (r?*p?z"?*t$*r?), n. [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke. | |
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Revegetate \Re*veg"e*tate\, v. i. To vegetate anew. | |
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Revest \Re*vest"\ (r[emac]*v[ecr]st"), v. t. [OF reverstir, F. rev[88]tir, 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 Did thus revest and decked with due habiliments. --Spenser. 2. To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority. | |
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Revest \Re*vest"\, v. i. To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation. | |
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Revestiary \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}. | |
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Revestry \Re*ves"try\, n. Same as {Revestiary}. [Obs.] | |
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Revestture \Re*vest"ture\, n. Vesture. [Obs.] Richrevesture of cloth of gold. --E. Hall. | |
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Revict \Re*vict"\, v. t. [L. revictus, p. p. of revincere to conquer.] To reconquer. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Reviction \Re*vic"tion\, n. [From L. revivere, revictum, to live again; pref. re- re- + vivere to live.] Return to life. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Revictual \Re*vict"ual\, v. t. To victual again. | |
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Revise \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, to see. See {Review}, {View}.] 1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to re[89]xamine; 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}. | |
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Revisit \Re*vis"it\, v. t. 1. To visit again. --Milton. 2. To revise. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners. | |
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Revisitation \Re*vis`it*a"tion\, n. The act of revisiting. | |
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Revocate \Rev"o*cate\, v. t. [L. revocatus, p. p. of revocare. See {Revoke}.] To recall; to call back. [Obs.] | |
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Revocation \Rev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. revocatio: cf. F. r[82]vocation.] 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. | |
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Revocatory \Rev"o**ca*to*ry\, a. [L. revocatorius: cf. F. r[82]vocatoire.] Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling. | |
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Revoke \Re*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revoked};p. pr. & vb. n. {Revoking}.] [F. r[82]voquer, L. revocare; pref. re- re- + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Revocate}.] 1. To call or bring back; to recall. [Obs.] The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality. --Spenser. 2. Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as,, to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like. --Shak. 3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.] [She] still strove their sudden rages to revoke. --Spenser. 4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] --Spenser. 5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.] A man, by revoking and recollecting within himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad memoris to his conscience. --South. Syn: To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}. | |
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Rhapsode \Rhap"sode\ (r[acr]p"s[omac]d), n. [Gr. "rapsw,do`s. See {Rhapsody}.] (Gr. Antiq.) A rhapsodist. [R.] --Grote. | |
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Rhapsoder \Rhap"so*der\, n. A rhapsodist. [Obs.] | |
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Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, a. [Gr. "rapsw,diko`s: cf. F. rhapsodique.] Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected. -- {Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, Rhapsodic \Rhap*sod"ic\, a. [Gr. "rapsw,diko`s: cf. F. rhapsodique.] Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected. -- {Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Rhapsody \Rhap"so*dy\, n.; pl. {Rhapsodies}. [F. rhapsodie, L. rhapsodia, Gr. "rapsw,di`a, fr. "rapsw,do`s a rhapsodist; "ra`ptein to sew, stitch together, unite + 'w,dh` a song. See {Ode}.] 1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a {book}. 2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition. [bd]A rhapsody of words.[b8] --Shak. [bd]A rhapsody of tales.[b8] --Locke. 3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's [bd]Hungarian Rhapsodies.[b8] | |
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Rhapsodist \Rhap"so*dist\, n. [From {Rhapsody}.] 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets. 2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. --Carlyle. 3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. --I. Watts. | |
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Rhapsodize \Rhap"so*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rhapsodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhapsodizing}.] To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody --Sterne. | |
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Rhapsodize \Rhap"so*dize\, v. i. To utter rhapsodies. --Jefferson. | |
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Rhapsodize \Rhap"so*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rhapsodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhapsodizing}.] To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody --Sterne. | |
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Rhapsodize \Rhap"so*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rhapsodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhapsodizing}.] To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody --Sterne. | |
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Rhapsodomancy \Rhap"so*do*man`cy\, n. [Rhapsody + -mancy.] Divination by means of verses. | |
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Rhapsody \Rhap"so*dy\, n.; pl. {Rhapsodies}. [F. rhapsodie, L. rhapsodia, Gr. "rapsw,di`a, fr. "rapsw,do`s a rhapsodist; "ra`ptein to sew, stitch together, unite + 'w,dh` a song. See {Ode}.] 1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a {book}. 2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition. [bd]A rhapsody of words.[b8] --Shak. [bd]A rhapsody of tales.[b8] --Locke. 3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's [bd]Hungarian Rhapsodies.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[etil]r); superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[c6]pe; akin to OS. r[c6]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[c6]ft; cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest, r[c6]pan to reap. Cf. {Reap}.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. --Milton. 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. [bd]Ripe courage.[b8] --Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] [bd]Reeling ripe.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ripost \Ri*post"\, n. [F. riposte.] 1. In fencing, a return thrust after a parry. 2. A quick and sharp refort; a repartee. --J. Morley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robust \Ro*bust"\, a. [L. robustus oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength, a very hard kind of oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.] 1. Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.] Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving. In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner. --Milton. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.] Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving. In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner. --Milton. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.] Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving. In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner. --Milton. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ro*bus"tious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robustly \Ro*bust"ly\, adv. In a robust manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robustness \Ro*bust"ness\, n. The quality or state of being robust. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, n. [Cf. W. rhwb. See Rub, v,t,] 1. The act of rubbing; friction. 2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch. Every rub is smoothed on our way. --Shak. To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub. --Shak. Upon this rub, the English ambassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. One knows not, certainly, what other rubs might have been ordained for us by a wise Providence. --W. Besant. 3. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. --Shak. 4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. 5. Imperfection; failing; fault. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 6. A chance. [Obs.] Flight shall leave no Greek a rub. --Chapman. 7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also {rubstone}. {Rub iron}, an iron guard on a wagon body, against which a wheel rubs when cramped too much. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rubstone \Rub"stone`\, n. A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, n. [Cf. W. rhwb. See Rub, v,t,] 1. The act of rubbing; friction. 2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch. Every rub is smoothed on our way. --Shak. To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub. --Shak. Upon this rub, the English ambassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. One knows not, certainly, what other rubs might have been ordained for us by a wise Providence. --W. Besant. 3. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. --Shak. 4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. 5. Imperfection; failing; fault. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 6. A chance. [Obs.] Flight shall leave no Greek a rub. --Chapman. 7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also {rubstone}. {Rub iron}, an iron guard on a wagon body, against which a wheel rubs when cramped too much. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rubstone \Rub"stone`\, n. A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raspberry \Rasp"ber*ry\ (?; 277), n. [From E. rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit.] (Bot.) (a) The thimble-shaped fruit of the {Rubus Id[91]us} and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red and the white raspberry. (b) The shrub bearing this fruit. Note: Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the receptacle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ynambu \Y*nam"bu\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A South American tinamou ({Rhynchotus rufescens}); -- called also {perdiz grande}, and {rufous tinamou}. See Illust. of {Tinamou}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rio Vista, CA (city, FIPS 60984) Location: 38.16507 N, 121.69468 W Population (1990): 3316 (1406 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94571 Rio Vista, TX (city, FIPS 62240) Location: 32.23569 N, 97.37546 W Population (1990): 541 (201 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76093 | |
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Robstown, TX (city, FIPS 62600) Location: 27.79918 N, 97.66072 W Population (1990): 12849 (4135 housing units) Area: 23.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78380 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ruffs Dale, PA Zip code(s): 15679 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rib site n. [by analogy with {backbone site}] A machine that has an on-demand high-speed link to a {backbone site} and serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in email and Usenet news. Compare {leaf site}, {backbone site}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
robust adj. Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. One step below {bulletproof}. Carries the additional connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare {smart}, oppose {brittle}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
refactoring by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour. When software developers add new features to a program, the code degrades because the original program was not designed with the extra features in mind. This problem could be solved by either rewriting the existing code or working around the problems which arise when adding the new features. Redesigning a program is extra work, but not doing so would create a program which is more complicated than it needs to be. Refactoring is a collection of techniques which have been designed to provide an alternative to the two situations mentioned above. The techniques enable programmers to restructure code so that the design of a program is clearer. It also allows programmers to extract {reusable components}, streamline a program, and make additions to the program easier to implement. Refactoring is usually done by renaming {methods}, moving {fields} from one {class} to another, and moving code into a separate method. Although it is done using small and simple steps, refactoring a program will vastly improve its design and structure, making it easier to maintain and leading to more robust code. {"Refactoring, Reuse & Reality" by Bill Opdyke (http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/opdyke/wfo.990201.refac.html)}. {"Refactoring, a first example" by Martin Fowler (http://www.aw.com/cseng/titles/0-201-89542-0/vidrefact/vidrefact.html)}. (2001-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
repository 1. 2. where all development documents are stored. (1999-04-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Revised ALGOL 60 {ALGOL 60 Revised} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Rhapsody {operating system} for {PowerPC} processor-based systems capable of running {Mac OS}. Rhapsody includes four components: the Core OS, the {Blue Box} (the implementation of the Mac OS within Rhapsody), the {Yellow Box}, and the Advanced Mac Look and Feel. "Rhapsody for Intel" runs on {Intel} processors [which ones?]. It includes the Core OS, the {Yellow Box}, and the Advanced Mac Look and Feel, but lacks the {Blue Box} and therefore is unable to run Mac OS software. "Rhapsody Developer Release" is a developer-only release of {Rhapsody}, scheduled for release in late 1997. It will go to all members of the Macintosh Developer Program and the Apple Media Program worldwide who have signed nondisclosure agreements. "Rhapsody Premier Release" will be the second release of {Rhapsody}, scheduled for early 1998. It is meant for early adopters and will include a partially finished human interface and a partial implementation of the {Blue Box}. "Rhapsody Unified Release" will be the third release, scheduled for mid-1998. It will be the first public release, and it will include the first full implementation of the {Rhapsody} human interface and the {Blue Box}. {FAQ (http://devworld.euro.apple.com/rhapsody/faqsec1.html)}. (1997-10-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rib site an on-demand high-speed link to a {backbone site} that serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in {electronic mail} and {Usenet} news. Compare {leaf site}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
robust Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given environment. One step below {bulletproof}. Carries the additional connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare {smart}, opposite: {brittle}. [{Jargon File}] |