English Dictionary: reviving | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebuffing}.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revivement \Re*vive"ment\, n. Revival. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revive \Re*vive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reviving}.] [F. revivere, L. revivere; pref. re- re- + vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. --Shak. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. --1 Kings xvii. 22. 2. Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. 3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reviving \Re*viv"ing\, a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. --Milton. -- {Re*viv"ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reviving \Re*viv"ing\, a. & n. Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating. --Milton. -- {Re*viv"ing*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See {Cordage}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. 3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes. {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ropeband \Rope"band`\, n. (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [Written also {roband}, and {robbin}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rufiopin \Ru`fi*o"pin\, n. [L. rufus reddish + opianic.] (Chem.) A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid. |