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   rarity
         n 1: noteworthy scarcity [syn: {rarity}, {rareness},
               {infrequency}]
         2: a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
            [syn: {rarity}, {tenuity}, {low density}]
         3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn:
            {curio}, {curiosity}, {oddity}, {oddment}, {peculiarity},
            {rarity}]

English Dictionary: rarity by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reread
v
  1. read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reward
n
  1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
    Synonym(s): wages, reward, payoff
  2. payment made in return for a service rendered
  3. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
    Synonym(s): reward, reinforcement
  4. the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
  5. benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
    Synonym(s): advantage, reward
    Antonym(s): penalty
v
  1. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
    Synonym(s): honor, honour, reward
    Antonym(s): attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame
  2. strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
    Synonym(s): reinforce, reward
  3. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
    Synonym(s): reward, repay, pay back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reword
v
  1. express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rewrite
n
  1. something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better"
    Synonym(s): rewrite, revision, rescript
v
  1. write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"
  2. rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rarity \Rar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Rarities}. [L. raritas: cf. F.
      raret[82]. See {Rare}.]
      1. The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness;
            as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rear \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rearing}.] [AS. r[aemac]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for
      r[aemac]san, causative of r[c6]san to rise. See {Rise}, and
      cf. {Raise}.]
      1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect,
            etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
  
                     In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared
                     me.                                                   --Milton.
  
                     It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow.
  
                     Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.
                                                                              --Ld. Lytton.
  
      2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear
            defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of
            another.
  
                     One reared a font of stone.               --Tennyson.
  
      3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.]
  
                     And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon
                     his set the lovely load.                     --Spenser.
  
      4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to
            instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
  
                     He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him
                     up to virtue.                                    --Southern.
  
      5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
  
      6. To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.]
  
                     And seeks the tusky boar to rear.      --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise, build; establish. See
               the Note under {Raise}, 3
            (c) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reward \Re*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rewarded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Rewarding}.] [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of
      German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard,
      hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See {Ward},
      {Regard}.]
      To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a
      good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to
      compensate.
  
               After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
               Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.   --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.
  
               Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
               thee evil.                                             --1 Sam. xxiv.
                                                                              17.
  
               I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
               reward them that hate me.                        --Deut. xxxii.
                                                                              41.
  
               God rewards those that have made use of the single
               talent.                                                   --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reward \Re*ward"\, n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.]
      1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.]
  
                     Take reward of thine own value.         --Chaucer.
  
      2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or
            received; esp., that which is offered or given in return
            for some service or attainment, as for excellence in
            studies, for the return of something lost, etc.;
            recompense; requital.
  
                     Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to
                     receive Thy merited reward.               --Milton.
  
                     Rewards and punishments do always presuppose
                     something willingly done well or ill. --Hooker.
  
      3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
  
                     The dead know not anything, neither have they any
                     more a reward.                                    --Eccl. ix. 5.
  
      4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of
            money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some
            act. --Burrill.
  
      Syn: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital;
               retribution; punishment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reword \Re*word"\, v. t.
      1. To repeat in the same words; to re[89]cho. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to
            reword an idea or a passage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rewrite \Re*write"\, v. t.
      To write again. --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n.
      {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[be]rian; akin to G.
      r[94]hten, OHG. r[?]r[?]n. [root]112.]
      1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
            (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
                  other beast.
  
                           Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
                                                                              --Spenser.
            (b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
  
                           Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
                           Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                           He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
                           finite anger.                              --South.
  
      2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
            vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
            the like.
  
                     The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
                                                                              --Gay.
  
      3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  
                     It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
                                                                              --Bp. Burnet.
  
      4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
            roared at his jokes.
  
      5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
            certain disease. See {Roaring}, 2.
  
      {Roaring boy}, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
            latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
            who raised disturbances in the street. [bd]Two roaring
            boys of Rome, that made all split.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Roaring forties} (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
            tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rorid \Ro"rid\, a. [L. roridus, fr. ros, roris, dew.]
      Dewy; bedewed. [R.] --T. Granger.
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