English Dictionary: reputation | by the DICT Development Group |
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Rabbet \Rab"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rabbeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rabbeting}.] [F. raboter to plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter, aboter. See {Abut}, and cf. {Rebut}.] 1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet. 2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint. | |
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Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.] | |
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Sagittal \Sag"it*tal\, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. 2. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. (b) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal. {Sagittal suture} (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also {rabdoidal suture}, and {interparietal suture}. | |
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Rabidity \Ra*bid"i*ty\, n. Rabidness; furiousness. | |
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Raft \Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rafting}.] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber. | |
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Rapidity \Ra*pid"i*ty\, n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit[82].] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement. Syn: -- Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility. | |
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d8Raptores \[d8]Rap*to"res\ (r[acr]p*t[omac]"e[emac]z), n. pl. [NL. See {Raptor}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Accipitres}. Called also {Raptatores}. | |
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{Rebated cross}, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot. | |
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Rebut \Re*but"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebutting}.] [OF. reb[?][?]ter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st {Butt}, {Boutade}.] 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. --Spenser. 2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. --Abbott. | |
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Refutation \Ref`u*ta"tion\ (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio: cf. F. r[82]futation.] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. --Macaulay. | |
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Refutatory \Re*fut"a*to*ry\ (r?*f?t"?*t?*r?), a. [L. refutatorius: cf. F. r[82]futatoire.] Tending tu refute; refuting. | |
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Refute \Re*fute"\ (r?*F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r[82]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. --Addison. Syn: To confute; disprove. See {Confute}. | |
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Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repeating}.] [F. r[82]p[82]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See {Petition}.] 1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. [bd]I will repeat our former communication.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). {To repeat one's self}, to do or say what one has already done or said. {To repeat signals}, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See {Reiterate}. | |
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Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n. | |
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Repeatedly \Re*peat"ed*ly\, adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely. | |
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Repedation \Rep"e*da"tion\ (r?p`?-da"sh?n), n. [L. repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes, pedis, foot.] A stepping or going back. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Repetition \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[ecr]p`[esl]-t[icr]sh"[ucr]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r[82]p[82]tition. See {Repeat}.] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak. 2. Recital from memory; rehearsal. 3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note. 4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience. 5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See {Tautology}. | |
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Repetitional \Rep`e*ti"tion*al\ (-al). Repetitionary \Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry\ (-?-r?), a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.] | |
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Repetitional \Rep`e*ti"tion*al\ (-al). Repetitionary \Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry\ (-?-r?), a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.] | |
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Repetitioner \Rep`e*ti"tion*er\ (-?r), n. One who repeats. [Obs.] | |
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Repetitious \Rep`e*ti"tious\ (-t?sh"?s), a. Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.] --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Repetitive \Re*pet"i*tive\ (r?-p?t"?-t?v), a. Containing repetition; repeating. [R.] | |
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Reptation \Rep*ta"tion\ (r?p-t?"sh?n), n. [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zo[94]l.) The act of creeping. | |
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Reptatory \Rep"ta*to*ry\ (r?p"t?-t?-r?), a. (Zo[94]l.) Creeping. | |
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Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. | |
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Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. | |
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Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. | |
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Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (-[b5]"sh?n), n. [Cf.F. r[82]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc. | |
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Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt. | |
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Repudiator \Re*pu"di*a`tor\ (r?-p?"d?-?`t?r), n. [L., a rejecter, contemner.] One who repudiates. | |
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Reputation \Rep`u*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]putation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See {Repute}, v. t.] 1. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. --Ames. 2. (Law) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. I see my reputation is at stake. --Shak. The security of his reputation or good name. --Blackstone. 4. Account; value. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. --Phil. ii. 7. Syn: Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the Note under {Character}. | |
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Reputatively \Re*put"a*tive*ly\ (r?-p?t"?-t?v-l?), adv. By repute. | |
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Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r[82]puter, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See {Putative}.] To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3. The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak. | |
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Reputedly \Re*put"ed*ly\ (r?-p?t"?d-l?), adv. In common opinion or estimation; by repute. | |
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Revet \Re*vet"\ (r[esl]*v[ecr]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revetted};p. pr. & vb. n. {Revetting}.] [See {Revetment}.] (Mil. & Civil Engineering) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material. | |
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Rhabdite \Rhab"dite\, n. [Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects. | |
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Rhabdoidal \Rhab*doid"al\, a. See {Sagittal}. | |
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Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.] | |
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Rhabdoidal \Rhab*doid"al\, a. See {Sagittal}. | |
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Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.] | |
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Rift \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifting}.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. --Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. --Wordsworth. | |
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Rivet \Riv"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riveted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riveting}.] 1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron. 2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head. 3. Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection. Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers! --Congreve. Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Rivet \Riv"et\, n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa to fasten together. Cf. {Reef} part of a sail.] A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends. With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. {Rivet joint}, [or] {Riveted joint}, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets. | |
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repetitive strain disorder {overuse strain injury} | |
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repetitive strain injury {overuse strain injury} |