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   ravel out
         v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: {ravel},
               {unravel}, {ravel out}] [ant: {knot}, {ravel}, {tangle}]

English Dictionary: ribald	by the DICT Development Group
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reaffiliation n affiliation anew
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rebuild v build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" Synonym(s): rebuild, reconstruct
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rebuilding n building again
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reevaluate v revise or renew one's assessment [syn: reassess, reevaluate]
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reevaluation n the evaluation of something a second time (or more)
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reflate v economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures" economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy" inflate again; "reflate the balloon" become inflated again
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reflation n inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
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refloat v set afloat again; "refloat a grounded boat"
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rehabilitate v help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated" reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" Antonym(s): purge restore to a state of good condition or operation
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rehabilitation n the restoration of someone to a useful place in society the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation Synonym(s): reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises
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rehabilitation program n a program for restoring someone to good health
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rehabilitative adj designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment" Antonym(s): punitive, punitory helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" Synonym(s): reconstructive, rehabilitative
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replete adj filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" Synonym(s): full, replete(p) (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery" Synonym(s): instinct(p), replete(p) v fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, replete, fill]
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repletion n the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more Synonym(s): repletion, satiety, satiation eating until excessively full Synonym(s): repletion, surfeit
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revaluation n a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment]
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revealed religion n a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
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revelation n the speech act of making something evident [syn: disclosure, revelation, revealing] an enlightening or astonishing disclosure communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency Synonym(s): revelation, divine revelation the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle Synonym(s): Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation
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Revelation of Saint John the Divine n the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle Synonym(s): Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation
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revelatory adj (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" Synonym(s): indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom Synonym(s): apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory
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revolt n organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Synonym(s): rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising v make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" Synonym(s): disgust, gross out, revolt, repel cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" Synonym(s): disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
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revolting adj highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
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revoltingly adv in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the beggar was disgustingly filthy" Synonym(s): disgustingly, distastefully, revoltingly, sickeningly
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revolution n a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution" the overthrow of a government by those who are governed a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" Synonym(s): rotation, revolution, gyration
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revolutionary adj markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" Synonym(s): revolutionary, radical of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn Synonym(s): rotatory, revolutionary relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" Antonym(s): counterrevolutionary n a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia n a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers Synonym(s): Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, FARC
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Revolutionary calendar n the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
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Revolutionary calendar month n a month in the Revolutionary calendar
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revolutionary group n a political unit organized to promote revolution
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Revolutionary Justice Organization n a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon Synonym(s): Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
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Revolutionary Organization 17 November n a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s Synonym(s): Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 17 November
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Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims n a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group" Synonym(s): Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
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Revolutionary People's Liberation Front n an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials Synonym(s): Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
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Revolutionary People's Liberation Party n an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials Synonym(s): Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
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Revolutionary People's Struggle n an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States Synonym(s): Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA
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Revolutionary Proletarian Army n an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Synonym(s): Alex Boncayao Brigade, ABB, Revolutionary Proletarian Army, RPA-ABB
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Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei n a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002 Synonym(s): Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, NIPR
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Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus n a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002 Synonym(s): Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, NIPR
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Revolutionary United Front n a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia Synonym(s): Revolutionary United Front, RUF
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revolutionise v fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire] change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" Synonym(s): revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
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revolutionism n a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles
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revolutionist n a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]
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revolutionize v change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" Synonym(s): revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn overthrow by a revolution, of governments fill with revolutionary ideas Synonym(s): revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire
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revolutions per minute n rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" Synonym(s): revolutions per minute, rpm, rev
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ribald adj humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" Synonym(s): bawdy, off-color, ribald n a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
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ribaldry n ribald humor behavior or language bordering on indelicacy Synonym(s): gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness
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rifled adj of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel Antonym(s): smoothbore, unrifled
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rippled adj uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves [syn: crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike] shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" Synonym(s): rippled, ruffled
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rivulet n a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]
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rope ladder n a ladder with side pieces of rope
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ruffled adj shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" Synonym(s): rippled, ruffled having decorative ruffles or frills Synonym(s): frilled, frilly, ruffled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabble \Rab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rabbling}.] 1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. --Macaulay. The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates them selves rabbled on their way to the house. --J. R. Green. 2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [Obs. or Scot.] --Foxe. 3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
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Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raffling}.] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
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Raphaelite \Raph"aelite\, n. One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.
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Ravel \Rav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled}or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking.
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Ravel \Rav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled}or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.] [. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking.
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Rebeldom \Reb"el*dom\, n. A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct o[?] quality characteristic of rebels. --Thackeray.
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Rebel \Re*bel"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rebelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebelling}.] [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See {Bellicose}, and cf. {Revel} to carouse.] 1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See {Rebellion}. The murmur and the churl's rebelling. --Chaucer. Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord. --Josh. xxii. 16. 2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. Hoe could my hand rebel against my heart? How could you heart rebel against your reason? --Dryden.
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Rebuild \Re*build"\, v. t. To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
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Rebuilder \Re*build"er\, n. One who rebuilds. --Bp. Bull.
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Rebullition \Re`bul*li"tion\, n. The act of boiling up or effervescing. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Reef \Reef\ (r?f), n. [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan. rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear. Cf. {Rift}, {Rive}.] 1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}. 2. (Mining.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. {Reef builder} (Zo[94]l.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs. {Reef heron} (Zo[94]l.), any heron of the genus {Demigretta}; as, the blue reef heron ({D. jugularis}) of Australia.
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Refloat \Re"float\ (r?"fl?t), n. Reflux; ebb. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Refold \Refold"\ (r?f?ld"), v. t. To fold again.
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Rehabilitate \Re`habil"itate\ (r?`h?b?l"?t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rehabilitated} (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rehabilitating}.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. r[82]habiliter.] To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.
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Rehabilitate \Re`habil"itate\ (r?`h?b?l"?t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rehabilitated} (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rehabilitating}.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. r[82]habiliter.] To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.
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Rehabilitate \Re`habil"itate\ (r?`h?b?l"?t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rehabilitated} (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rehabilitating}.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. r[82]habiliter.] To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.
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Rehabilitation \Re`habil`ita"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F. R[82]habilitation.] The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated. --Bouvier. Walsh.
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Repeal \Re*peal"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repealed} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repealing}.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}, and. cf. {Repel}.] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. --Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. Syn: To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See {Abolish}.
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Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. --Macaulay. 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne. Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
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Replait \Re*plait"\ (r?-pl?t"), v. t. To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.
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Replead \Re*plead"\ (r?-pl?d"), v. t. & i. To plead again.
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Repleader \Re*plead"er\ (-?r), n. (Law) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. --Blackstone.
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Replete \Re*plete"\ (r?-pl?t"), a. [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See {Plenty}, {Replenish}.] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. [bd]His words replete with guile.[b8] --Milton. When he of wine was replet at his feast. --Chaucer. In heads replete with thoughts of other men. --Cowper.
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Replete \Re*plete"\, v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
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Repleteness \Re*plete"ness\, n. The state of being replete.
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Repletion \Re*ple"tion\ (r?-pl?"sh?n), n. [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. r[82]pl[82]tion. See {Replete}.] 1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap. --Bacon. Repleccioun [overeating] ne made her never sick. --Chaucer. 2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora.
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Repletive \Reple"tive\ (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]pl[82]tif.] Tending to make replete; filling. -- {Reple"tive*ly}, adv.
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Repletive \Reple"tive\ (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]pl[82]tif.] Tending to make replete; filling. -- {Reple"tive*ly}, adv.
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Repletory \Reple"tory\ (-t?-r?), a. Repletive. [R.]
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Reply \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Replied} (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replying}.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r[82]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Replica}.] 1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. O man, who art thou that repliest against God? --Rom. ix. 20. 2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea. 3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery. Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin.
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Revaluation \Reval`ua"tion\, n. A second or new valuation.
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Reveal \Re*veal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revealing}.] [F. r[82]v[82]ler, L. revelare, revelatum, to unveil, reveal; pref. re- re- + velare to veil; fr. velum a veil. See {Veil}.] 1. To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show. Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, She might not, would not, yet reveal her own. --Waller. 2. Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction or agency). Syn: To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover; open; discover; impart; show. Usage: See {Communicate}. -- {Reveal}, {Divulge}. To reveal is literally to lift the veil, and thus make known what was previously concealed; to divulge is to scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be revealed; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is at length divulged. [bd]Time, which reveals all things, is itself not to be discovered.[b8] --Locke. [bd]A tragic history of facts divulged.[b8] --Wordsworth.
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Religion \Reli"gion\ (r[esl]l[icr]j"[ucr]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. 'ale`gein to heed, have a care. Cf. {Neglect}.] 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion. --Paley. Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equivalent for godliness; but . . . it expressed the outer form and embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion assumed. --Trench. Religions, by which are meant the modes of divine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally. . . . There is no living religion without something like a doctrine. On the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion. --C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.). Religion . . . means the conscious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct. --J. K[94]stlin (Schaff-Herzog Encyc.) After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. --Acts xxvi. 5. The image of a brute, adorned With gay religions full of pomp and gold. --Milton. 2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. --Washington. Religion will attend you . . . as a pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of life. --Buckminster. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. --Trench. A good man was there of religion. --Chaucer. 4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. [R.] Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. --Sir M. Hale. Note: Religion, as distinguished from theology, is subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to God; while theology is objective, and denotes those ideas which man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his systematized views of God. As distinguished from morality, religion denotes the influences and motives to human duty which are found in the character and will of God, while morality describes the duties to man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from sanctity, religion is the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence. {Natural religion}, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See {Natural theology}, under {Natural}. {Religion of humanity}, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis. {Revealed religion}, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and New Testaments.
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Theology \Theol"ogy\, n.; pl. {Theologies}. [L. theologia, Gr. [?]; [?] God + [?] discourse: cf. F. th[82]ologie. See {Theism}, and {Logic}.] The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) [bd]the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.[b8] Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of [bd]science of God[b8]] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained. --Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.). Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man. --Gladstone. {Ascetic theology}, {Natural theology}. See {Ascetic}, {Natural}. {Moral theology}, that phase of theology which is concerned with moral character and conduct. {Revealed theology}, theology which is to be learned only from revelation. {Scholastic theology}, theology as taught by the scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods. {Speculative theology}, theology as founded upon, or influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy. {Systematic theology}, that branch of theology of which the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that together shall constitute an organized whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Revelate \Rev"e*late\, v. t. [L. revelatus, p. p. of revelare to reveal.] To reveal. [Obs.] --Frith. Barnes.
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Revelation \Rev`e*la"tion\, n. [F. r[82]v[82]lation, L. revelatio. See {Reveal}.] 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them. 2. That which is revealed. 3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. --Eph. iii. 3. 4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.
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Revelator \Rev"e*la`tor\, n. [L.] One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [R.]
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Revel \Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reveled}or {Revelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reveling} or {Revelling}.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See {Rebel}.] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak. 2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. [bd]Where joy most revels.[b8] --Shak.
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Revel \Rev"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reveled}or {Revelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reveling} or {Revelling}.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See {Rebel}.] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak. 2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. [bd]Where joy most revels.[b8] --Shak.
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Revile \Re*vile"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Reviled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reviling}.] [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; [85] (L. ad.) + vil vile. See {Vile}.] To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. [bd]And did not she herself revile me there?[b8] --Shak. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. --1 Pet. ii. 23. Syn: To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
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Revolt \Re*volt"\, n. [F. r[82]volte, It. rivolta, fr. rivolto, p. p. fr. L. revolvere, revolutum. See {Revolve}.] 1. The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 2. A revolter. [Obs.] [bd]Ingrate revolts.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See {Insurrection}.
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Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r[82]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
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Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. t. 1. To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To do violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. --Burke. To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. --J. Morley.
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Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r[82]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
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Revolter \Re*volt"er\, n. One who revolts.
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Revolt \Re*volt"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolting}.] [Cf. F. r[82]voller, It. rivoltare. See {Revolt}, n.] 1. To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence. But this got by casting pearl to hogs, That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when trith would set them free. --Milton. HIs clear intelligence revolted from the dominant sophisms of that time. --J. Morley. 2. Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel. Our discontented counties do revolt. --Shak. Plant those that have revolted in the van. --Shak. 3. To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
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Revolting \Revolt"ing\, a. Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty. -- {Revolt"ing*ly}, adv.
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Revolting \Revolt"ing\, a. Causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as, revolting cruelty. -- {Revolt"ing*ly}, adv.
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Revolute \Rev"o*lute\, a. [L. revolutus, p. p. of revolvere. See {Revolve}.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Rolled backward or downward. Note: A revolute leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower surface inside the coil. A leaf with revolute margins has the edges rolled under, as in the Andromeda polifilia.
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Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r[82]volution, L. revolutio. See {Revolve}.] 1. The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc. 2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral. That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution, On my defenseless head. --Milton. 3. The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events. [bd]The short revolution of a day.[b8] --Dryden. 4. (Astron.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth. Note: The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own axis, but this motion is usually called rotation. 5. (Geom.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere. 6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living. The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily produced a complete revolution throughout the department. --Macaulay. 7. (Politics) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed. The violence of revolutions is generally proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced them. --Macaulay. Note: When used without qualifying terms, the word is often applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by which the English colonies, since known as the United States, secured their independence. (c) The revolution in France in 1789, commonly called the French Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of 1830, of 1848, etc.
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Revolutionary \Rev`olu"tiona*ry\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]volutionnaire.] Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
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Revolutionary \Rev`olu"tiona*ry\, n. A revolutionist. [R.] Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a revolutionary. --Prof. Wilson.
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Revolutioner \Rev`olu"tioner\, n. One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist. --Smollett.
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Revolutionize \Rev`olu"tionize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revolutioniezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolutionizing}.] To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. --Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M. Mason.
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Revolutionism \Rev`olu"tionism\, n. The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
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Revolutionist \Rev`olu"tionist\, n. One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution. --Burke.
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Revolutionize \Rev`olu"tionize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revolutioniezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolutionizing}.] To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. --Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M. Mason.
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Revolutionize \Rev`olu"tionize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revolutioniezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revolutionizing}.] To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. --Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M. Mason.
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Revolutive \Revol"utive\, a. Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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Ribald \Rib"ald\, a. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene. The busy day, Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. --Shak.
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Ribald \Rib"ald\, n./ [OE. ribald, ribaud, F. ribaud, OF. ribald, ribault, LL. ribaldus, of German origin; cf. OHG hr[c6]pa prostitute. For the ending -ald cf. E. {Herald}.] A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. --Spenser. Pope. Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal. --Earle.
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Ribaldish \Rib"ald*ish\, a. Like a ribald. --Bp. Hall.
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Ribaldrous \Rib"aldrous\, a. Of a ribald* quality. [R.]
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Ribaldry \Rib"ald*ry\, n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.] The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. The ribaldry of his conversation moved [?]stonishment even in that age. --Macaulay.
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Ribauld \Rib"auld\, n. A ribald. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifling}.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. {Raff}.] 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope. 2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman. Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak. 3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
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Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}. Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance}, {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. --Selden. 2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon. 3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind. Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore}, {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field}, {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}. {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a person superior in any way. {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun. {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}. {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. --Totten. {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns. {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n., 3.
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Rifle \Ri"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifling}.] [F. rifler to rifle, sweep away; of uncertain origin. CF. {Raff}.] 1. To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off. Till time shall rifle every youthful grace. --Pope. 2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. --Piers Plowman. Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you. --Shak. 3. To raffle. [Obs.] --J. Webster.
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Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}. Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance}, {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary. As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer. The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out. --Selden. 2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon. 3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind. Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore}, {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field}, {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}. {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a person superior in any way. {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun. {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric acid. {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}. {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. --Totten. {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim. The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns. {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rippled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rippling}.] [Cf. {Rimple}, {Rumple}.] 1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain. 2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripplet \Rip"plet\, n. A small ripple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rival \Ri"val\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rivaled}or {Rivalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rivaling} or {Rivalling}.] 1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love. 2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate. To rival thunder in its rapid course. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivality \Rival"ity\, n. [L. rivalitas: cf. F. rivalit[82].] 1. Rivalry; competition. [Obs.] 2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] --hak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rival \Ri"val\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rivaled}or {Rivalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rivaling} or {Rivalling}.] 1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love. 2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate. To rival thunder in its rapid course. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivel \Riv"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riveled};p. pr. & vb. n. {Riveling}.] [AS. gerifled, geriflod, gerifod, wrinkled, geriflian, gerifian, to wrinkle. See {Rifle} a gun, {Rive}.] To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers. [Obs.] --Pope. [bd]Riveled parchments.[b8] --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivulet \Riv"u*let\, n. [Earlier rivolet, It. rivoletto, a dim. fr. rivolo, L. rivulus, dim. of rivus a brook. CF. {Rival}, {Rite}.] A small stream or brook; a streamlet. By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Robalito \Rob`a*li"to\ d8Roble \[d8]Ro"ble\, n. [Sp., oak.] (Bot.) The California white oak ({Quercus lobata}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roof \Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr[?]f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr[?]f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr[?]st roof, Goth. hr[?]t. Cf. {Roost}.] 1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see {Roofing}) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. 2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn repaired. --Milton. 3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. {Bell roof}, {French roof}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Bell}, {French}, etc. {Flat roof}. (Arch.) (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings. (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination. {Roof plate}. (Arch.) See {Plate}, n., 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rooflet \Roof"let\, n. A small roof, covering, or shelter.
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]:
Rubelet \Ru"belet\ (r[udd]"b[esl]l[ecr]t), n. A little ruby. --Herrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rubellite \Ru"bel*lite\, n. [L. rubellus reddish, dim. of ruber red.] (Min.) A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. 2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt. 3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile. --I. Taylor. She smoothed the ruffled seas. --Dryden. 4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers. [the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson. 5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. 6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W. Hamilton. But, ever after, the small violence done Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart. --Tennyson. 7. To throw into disorder or confusion. Where best He might the ruffled foe infest. --Hudibras. 8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.] I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. --Chapman {To ruffle the feathers of}, to exite the resentment of; to irritate.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Replete, WV Zip code(s): 26222
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Revolutionary Surrealist Vandal Party (RSVP) {(http://www.impropaganda.com/kultcha.html#bullet21)}. (1996-12-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Revelation an uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and at different times (Heb. 1:1) to make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committed to writing. (See WORD OF {GOD}.) The Scriptures are not merely the "record" of revelation; they are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the accurate presevation and propagation of the truth. Revelation and inspiration differ. Revelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration (q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in communicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the spokesman or prophet of God in such a sense that everything he asserts to be true, whether fact or doctrine or moral principle, is true, infallibly true.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Revelation, Book of =The Apocalypse, the closing book and the only prophetical book of the New Testament canon. The author of this book was undoubtedly John the apostle. His name occurs four times in the book itself (1:1, 4, 9; 22:8), and there is every reason to conclude that the "John" here mentioned was the apostle. In a manuscript of about the twelfth century he is called "John the divine," but no reason can be assigned for this appellation. The date of the writing of this book has generally been fixed at A.D. 96, in the reign of Domitian. There are some, however, who contend for an earlier date, A.D. 68 or 69, in the reign of Nero. Those who are in favour of the later date appeal to the testimony of the Christian father Irenaeus, who received information relative to this book from those who had seen John face to face. He says that the Apocalypse "was seen no long time ago." As to the relation between this book and the Gospel of John, it has been well observed that "the leading ideas of both are the same. The one gives us in a magnificent vision, the other in a great historic drama, the supreme conflict between good and evil and its issue. In both Jesus Christ is the central figure, whose victory through defeat is the issue of the conflict. In both the Jewish dispensation is the preparation for the gospel, and the warfare and triumph of the Christ is described in language saturated with the Old Testament. The difference of date will go a long way toward explaining the difference of style." Plummer's Gospel of St. John, Introd.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Revelation of Christ the second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are used by the apostles to express this, (1) apokalupsis (1 Cor. 1;7; 2 Thess. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:7, 13); (2) parousia (Matt. 24:3, 27; 1 Thess. 2:19; James 5:7, 8); (3) epiphaneia (1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:1-8; Titus 2:13). There existed among Christians a wide expectation, founded on Matt. 24:29, 30, 34, of the speedy return of Christ. (See {MILLENNIUM}.)