Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 25
Redemptionist (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
Redemptive (a.) 贖回的；拯救的；買回的；贖身的 Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
Redemptive (a.) Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life" -- E.K.Brown [syn: redemptive, redemptional, redemptory].
Redemptive (a.) Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)].
Redemptorist (n.) (R. C. Ch.) One of
the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in
Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. "Hector's redemptory price." -- Chapman.
Redemptory (a.) Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life" -- E.K.Brown [syn: redemptive, redemptional, redemptory].
Redempture (n.) Redemption. [Obs.]
Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Redeposit (v. t.) To deposit again.
Redeposit (v.) Deposit once again; "redeposit a cheque."
Redeposit (v.) Deposit anew; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks."
Redescend (v. i.) To descend again. -- Howell.
Redeye (n.) (Zool.) The rudd.
Redeye (n.) (Zool.) Same as Redfish.
Redeye (n.) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local, U.S.]
Redeye (n.) A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or airplane, which travels late at night or overnight. [Colloq.]
Compare: Rudd
Rudd (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.
Redeye (n.) A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning" [syn: redeye, redeye flight].
Redfin (n.) (Zool.) A small
North American dace ({Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in
the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner.
Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the
Redfinch (n.) (Zool.) The European linnet.
Redfish (n.) (Zool.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback
Redfish (n.) (Zool.) The rosefish.
Redfish (n.) (Zool.) A large
Redfish (n.) (Zool.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
Nerka (n.) (Zool.) The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
Redfish (n.) North Atlantic rockfish [syn: redfish, rosefish, ocean perch].
Redfish (n.) Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass, redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus].
Redfish (n.) Male salmon that has recently spawned.
Red-gum (n.) (Med.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. -- Good.
Red-gum (n.) A name of rust on grain. See Rust. Red-hand
Red-hand (a. / adv.) Alt. of Red-handed.
Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
Redhead (n.) A person having red hair.
Redhead (n.) (Zool.) An American duck ({Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.
Redhead (n.) (Zool.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Redhead (n.) (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
Redhead (n.) Someone who has red hair [syn: redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop].
Redhead (n.) North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head [syn: redhead, Aythya americana].
Redhead (n.) Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck [syn: redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus].
Compare: Woodpecker
Woodpecker (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.
Note: These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects.
The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus major), the lesser spotted woodpecker ({Dendrocopus minor), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle).
The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the ivory-billed woodpecker ({Campephilus principalis), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head ({Melanerpes erythrocephalus), the red-bellied woodpecker ({Melanerpes Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary woodpecker ({Melanerpes superciliaris), the hairy woodpecker ({Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker ({Dryobates pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker ({Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero.
Woodpecker hornbill (Zool.), A black and white Asiatic hornbill ({Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in color.
Compare: Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (n.) Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck [syn: redheaded woodpecker, redhead, Melanerpes erythrocephalus].
Redhibition (n.) (Civil Law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
Redhibition, () civil law, and in Louisiana. The avoidance of a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold, which renders it absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and imperfect, that it must be supposed that the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice. Civ. Code of Lo. 2496. Redhibition is also the name of an action which the purchaser of a defective movable thing may bring to cause the sale to be annulled, and to recover the price he has paid for it. Vide Dig. 21, 1.
Redhibition, () The rule of caveat emptor, (q.v.) in the common law, places a purchaser in a different position from his situation under the like circumstances under the civil law; unless there is an express warranty, he can seldom annul a sale or recover damages on account of a defect in the thing sold. Chitty, Contr. 133, et seq.; Sugd. Vend. 222 2 Kent, Com. 374; Co. Litt. 102, a; 2 B1. Com. 452; Bac. Ab. Action on the case, E; 2 Com. Cont. 263.
Redhibitory (a.) (Civil Law) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
Redhoop (n.) (Zool.) The male of the European bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Redhorn (n.) (Zool.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies ({Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical. -- Shak.
Red-hot (a.) Having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress" [syn: juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous].
Red-hot (a.) Newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" [syn: hot, red-hot].
Red-hot (a.) Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues" [syn: red-hot, sizzling].
Red-hot (a.) Glowing red with
heat.
Red-hot (a.) Very fast; capable of quick response and great
speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got
off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line
drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot].
Rediae (n. pl. ) of Redia.
Redias (n. pl. ) of Redia.
Redia (n.) (Zool.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Redient (a.) Returning. [R.]
Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time. -- Kent.
Rediminish (v. t.) To diminish again.
Redingote (n.) 開襟女式外衣 A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Redintegrate (a.) Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. -- Bacon.
Redintegrate (v. t.) 使復原；重建 To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.
The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again? -- Coleridge.
Redintegration (n.) 恢復完整；【心】重整作用 Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. -- Dr. H. More.
Redintegration (n.) (Chem.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] -- Coxe.
Redintegration (n.) (Psychology) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
Redirect (a.) (Law) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Examination (n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
Examination (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. -- Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), That examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.
Cross-examination, That made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) That questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.
Redirect (v.) Channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" [syn: redirect, airt].
Redisburse (v. t.) To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. -- Spenser.
Rediscover (v. t.) 重新發現；再發現 To discover again.
Rediscover (v.) Discover again; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child."
Redispose (v. t.) 重新布署 To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. -- A. Baxter.
Redispose (v.) Dispose anew; "The goods were redisposed at a great loss."
Redisseize (v. t.) (Law) To disseize anew, or a second time. [Written also redisseise.]
Compare: Disseize
Disseize (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Disseized; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. -- Holland.
Disseize (v.) [With object] (v. t.) (Historical Law) 【律】強佔 Dispossess (someone) of land or property.
‘His ancestors had held the land but had been disseized in the fifteenth century.’
Compare: Dispossess
Dispossess (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. -- Goldsmith.
Dispossess (v.) Deprive of the possession of real estate.
Dispossess (v.) [With object] 沒收；奪取 Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
‘They were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation’
[As plural noun the dispossessed ]‘A champion of the poor and the dispossessed.’
Dispossess (v.) [With object] (In sport) deprive (a player) of the ball.
‘He dispossessed Hendrie and set off on a solo run.’
Redisseizin (n.) (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. -- Blackstone.
Redisseizor (n.) (Law) One who redisseizes.
Redissolve (v. t.) To dissolve again.
Redistill (v. t.) To distill again.
Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.
Redistribute (v. t.) To distribute again. -- Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (n.)
Redistribute (v.) Distribute anew; "redistribute the troops more strategically."
Redistrict (v. t.) To divide into new districts.
Redition (n.) Act of returning; return. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Redivide (v. t.) To divide anew.
Redleg (n.) Alt. of Redlegs.
Redlegs (n.) (Zool.) The redshank.
Redlegs (n.) (Zool.) The turnstone.
Compare: Redshank
Redshank (n.) (Zool.) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank ({Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
Redshank (n.) (Zool.) The fieldfare.
Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. -- Spenser.
Red-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
Red-letter day, A day that is fortunate or auspicious; -- so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.
Red-letter (a.) Memorable for being a special occasion; "on red-letter nights a large gathering greeted the celebrity."
Redly (adv.) In a red manner; with redness.
Redly (adv.) Displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky." -- Adria Langley
Redmouth (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
Redness (n.) The quality or state of being red; red color. Redolence
Redness (n.) A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat [syn: inflammation, redness, rubor].
Redness (n.) Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood [syn: red, redness].
Redolence (n.) Alt. of Redolency.
Redolency (n.) The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Redolence (n.) A pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness].
Redolent (a.) 芳香的；有……氣味的；令人想起……的 Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. "Honey redolent of spring." -- Dryden. -- Red"o*lent*ly, adv.
Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. -- Gray.
Redolent (a.) Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant].
Redolent (a.) (Used with `of' or `with') Noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey" [syn: redolent(p), smelling(p)].
Redolent (a.) Having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: aromatic, redolent].
Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. -- Shak.
Redouble (v. i.) To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
Redouble (v.) Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio."
Redouble (v.) Double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled."
Redouble (v.) Make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled."
Redoubt (n.) (Fort.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
Redoubt (n.) (Fort.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [Written also redout.]
Redoubt (v. t.) To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]
Redoubt (n.) (Military) A temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses.
Redoubt (n.) An entrenched stronghold or refuge.
Redoubt (n.) [ C ] (Formal) （尤指即將消失或受到威脅的信仰或生活方式的）安全藏身處，堡壘，據點 Something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearing or threatened.
// He described British public schools as "the last redoubt of upper-class privilege".
Redoubt (n.) [ C ] 防禦工事；掩體 (specialized) (military) A small, often hidden building in which soldiers can hide while they are fighting.
Redoubtable (a.) 可怕的；令人敬畏的 Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]
Redoubtable (a.) Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic" -- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall" [syn: formidable, redoubtable, unnerving].
Redoubtable (a.) Worthy of respect or honor; "born of a redoubtable family."
Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.
Redoubting (n.) Reverence; honor.
Redounded (imp. & p. p.) of Redound.
Redounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redound.
Redound (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.
The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung. -- Milton.
The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. -- Rogers.
Both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. -- Addison.
Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound. -- Spenser.
Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.
We give you welcome; not without redound Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. -- Tennyson.
Redound (n.) Rebound; reverberation. [R.] -- Codrington.
Redound (v.) Return or recoil; "Fame redounds to the heroes."
Redound (v.) Contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory."
Redound (v.) Have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good."
Redowa (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.
Redpole (n.) (Zool.) Same as Redpoll.
Redpoll (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
Redpoll (n.) (Zool.) The common European linnet.
Redpoll (n.) (Zool.) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum).
Redpoll (n.) Small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni].
Redpoll (n.) Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump [syn: redpoll, Carduelis flammea].
Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.
Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.
Redraft (n.) (Com.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.
Redraft (n.) A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
Re-draft, () comm. law. A bill of exchange drawn at the place where another bill was made payable, and where it was protested, upon the place where the first bill was drawn, or when there is no regular commercial intercourse rendering that practicable, then in the next best or most direct practicable course. 1 Bell's Com. 406, 5th ed. Vide Reexchange.
Redrew (imp.) of Redraw.
Redrawn (p. p.) of Redraw.
Redrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redraw.
Redraw (v. t.) To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
Redraw (v. i.) (Com.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.
Redress (v. t.) 糾正，矯正；革除；賠償，補償；補救 To dress again.
Redress (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
The common profit could she redress. -- Chaucer.
In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. -- Milton.
Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. -- A. Hamilton.
Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . I doubt not but with honor to redress. -- Shak.
Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. "'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress." -- Dryden.
Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? -- Byron.
Redress (n.) [U] 糾正，矯正 The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.]
Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. -- Hooker.
Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. -- Shak.
A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. -- Davenant.
Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. -- Dryden.
Redress (n.) A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress].
Redress (n.) Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: redress, remedy, remediation].
Redress (v.) Make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong].
Redress () The act of receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained. For the mode of obtaining redress, vide Remedies 1 Chit. Pr. Annal. Table.
Redress (n.) Reparation without satisfaction.
Among the Anglo-Saxon a subject conceiving himself wronged by the king was permitted, on proving his injury, to beat a brazen image of the royal offender with a switch that was afterward applied to his own naked back. The latter rite was performed by the public hangman, and it assured moderation in the plaintiff's choice of a switch.