Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 34
Reimport (v. t.) To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. -- Young.
Reimportation (n.) The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
Reimportune (v. t.) To importune again.
Reimpose (v. t.) To impose anew.
Reimpose (v.) Impose anew; "The fine was reimposed".
Reimpregnate (v. t.) To impregnate again or anew. -- Sir T. Browne.
Reimpress (v. t.) To impress anew.
Reimpression (n.) A second or repeated impression; a reprint.
Reimprint (v. t.) To imprint again.
Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.
Reimprisonment (n.) The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.
Rein (n.) The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
This knight laid hold upon his reyne. -- Chaucer.
Rein (n.) Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein." -- Milton.
To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain.
To take the reins, To take the guidance or government; to assume control.
Reined (imp. & p. p.) of Rein
Reining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rein
Rein (v. t.) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
He mounts and reins his horse. -- Chapman.
Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.
Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance. -- Shak.
To rein in or To rein up, To check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence,
To rein in or To rein up, To cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; -- to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive.
Rein (v. i.) To be guided by reins. [R.] -- Shak.
Rein (n.) One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
To rein in or To rein up, Any means of control; "he took up the reins of government".
Rein (v.) Control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" [syn: harness, rein in, draw rein, rein].
Rein (v.) Stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in].
Rein (v.) Stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" [syn: rein, rein in].
Rein (v.) Keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness, rein].
Reinaugurate (v. t.) 重新開始； 為 ... 重新舉行就職儀式 To inaugurate anew.
Reincarnate (v.) [ T always passive ] 使投胎；使再生；使轉世化身 If a dead person or animal is reincarnated as someone or something else, their spirit returns to life in that person or animal.
Reincarnate (v.) [ T ] 再生（如果某物再生，則它以不同的形式出現，尤指它曾消失一段時間後） If something is reincarnated, it appears in a different form, especially after it has disappeared for a period of time.
// Compared to the old model, the reincarnated Mini Cooper has a more powerful engine and looks more streamlined.
Reincarnate (a.) Having a new body
Reincarnate (v.) Be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe that we transmigrate" [syn: reincarnate, transmigrate].
Reincarnate (v.) Cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: reincarnate, renew].
Reincit () To incite again.
Reincorporate (v. t.) To incorporate again.
Reincrease (v. t.) To increase again.
Reincur (v. t.) To incur again.
Reindeer (n.) (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
Note: The common European species ({Rangifer tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou ({Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou ({Rangifer Groenlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries.
Reindeer moss, (Bot.) A gray branching lichen ({Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.
Reindeer period (Geol.), A name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.
Reindeer (n.) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn: caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus].
Reinduce (v. t.) To induce again.
Reinette (n.) (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
Reinfect (v. t.) 使再感染 To infect again.
Reinfect (v. t.) To infect or contaminate again.
Compare: Contaminate
Contaminate (v. t.) 弄髒；汙染；毒害；使受毒氣影響；使受放射性汙染；使不純，使變得低劣 Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
‘The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity.’
Reinfected (v.) Simple past tense and past participle of reinfect.
Reinfection (n.) 再感染 A second infection that follows recovery from a previous infection by the same causative agent.
Reinfection (n.) Infection following recovery from or superimposed on infection of the same type.
Compare: Superimpose
Superimpose (v. t.) 把……放置在上面重疊；加上去；【電影】【電視】疊印 Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident.
‘The number will appear on the screen, superimposed on a flashing button.’
Compare: Causative
Causative (a.) 成為原因的；惹起……的；【文】使役的 Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.
Causative in nature of a number of effects. -- Bacon.
Causative (a.) Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.
Causative (n.) 使役動詞 A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
Causative (a.) Producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime" [ant: {noncausal}, {noncausative}].
Reinfectious (a.) Capable of reinfecting.
Reinforce (v. t.) See Reenforce, v. t.
Reinforce (n.) See Reenforce, n.
Compare: Reenforce
Reenforce, Re-enforce (v. t.) To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]
Reenforce, Re-enforce (v. t.) (Psychology) To increase the likelihood that (a specific behavior) will be repeated by giving a reward or punishment to a person or animal; as, to reenforce the students' willingness to study by giving awards for good grades.
Reenforce (n.) Something which reenforces or strengthens. Specifically:
Reenforce (n.) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon.
Reenforce (n.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc. [Written also reinforce.]
Reinforce (v.) Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" [syn: reinforce, reenforce].
Reinforce (v.) Strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior" [syn: reinforce, reward].
Reinforcement (n.) 增援，加強，加固，強化 [U]；加固物；增強材料 [C]；增援部隊，援軍[P] See Reenforcement.
Reinforcement (n.) A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" [syn: {support}, {reinforcement}, {reenforcement}].
Reinforcement (n.) Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" [syn: {reinforcement}, {reenforcement}].
Reinforcement (n.) (Psychology) A stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it [syn: {reinforcing stimulus}, {reinforcer}, {reinforcement}].
Reinforcement (n.) A device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" [syn: {strengthener}, {reinforcement}].
Reinforcement (n.) An act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: {reward}, {reinforcement}].
Reinfund (v. i.) To flow in anew. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Reingratiate (v. t.) To ingratiate again or anew. -- Sir. T. Herbert.
Reinhabit (v. t.) To inhabit again. -- Mede.
Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.
Reins (n. pl.) The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
My reins rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. -- Prov. xxiii. 16.
I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. -- Rev. ii. 23.
Reins of a vault (Arch.), The parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.
Reins, () The kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections; used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral constitution of man (Ps. 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer. 17:10, etc.).
Reinsert (v. t.) To insert again.
Reinsertion (n.) The act of reinserting.
Reinspect (v. t.) To inspect again.
Reinspection (n.) The act of reinspecting.
Reinspire (v. t.) To inspire anew. -- Milton.
Reinspirit (v. t.) To give fresh spirit to. re-install
Reinstall (v. t.) 重新裝配；再裝置 To install again ; as, She reinstalled the the washer after it had been repaired. -- Milton.
Reinstallment (n.) A renewed installment.
Reinstate (v. t.) 使復原；使複職；使恢復 To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.
For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. -- Glanvill.
Reinstatement (n.) 復原；復職；恢復 The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; reestablishment.
Reinstatement (n.) The condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly".
Reinstatement (n.) The act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel".
Reinstation (n.) Reinstatement. [R.]
Reinstruct (v. t.) To instruct anew.
Reinsurance (n.) 再保險；再保險金額 Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
Reinsurance (n.) A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.
Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.
The insurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. -- Walsh.
Re-insure (v.) To provide additional insurance for.
Syn: reinsure.
Re-insure (v.) To insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed.
Syn: reinsure.
Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.
Reintegrate (v. t.) To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation. -- Bacon.
Reintegration (n.) A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.
Reinter (v. t.) To inter again.
Reinterrogate (v. t.) To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. -- Cotgrave.
Reinthrone (v. t.) See Reenthrone.
Reinthronize (v. t.) To enthrone again. [Obs.]
Reintroduce (v. t.) 再介紹；再引入；再提出 To introduce again. -- Re*in`tro*duc"tion, n.
Reintroduce (v.) Introduce anew; "We haven't met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" [syn: reintroduce, re-introduce].
Reinvest (v. t.) To invest again or anew.
Reinvestigate (v. t.) To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion, n.
Reinvestment (n.) The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
Reinvigorate (v. t.) To invigorate anew.
Reinvolve (v. t.) To involve anew.
Reis (n.) The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.
Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]
Rei (n.;pl. Reis) A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]
Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
Reissner's membrane () (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
Reissuable (a.) Capable of being reissued.
Reissue (v. t. & i.) To issue a second time.
Reissue (n.) A second or repeated issue.
Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Reiter (n.) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Reiterant (a.) Reiterating. [R.] -- Mrs. Browning.
Reiterated (imp. & p. p.) of Reiterate
Reiterating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reiterate
Reiterate (a.) Reiterated; repeated. [R.]
Reiterate (v. t.) 重做，反覆做；重申，反覆講 To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. -- Milton.
You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. -- Shak.
Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.
Reiterate (v.) To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: {repeat}, {reiterate}, {ingeminate}, {iterate}, {restate}, {retell}].
Reiterate (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 反復地說，反復講；重申 To say something again, once or several times.
// The government has reiterated its refusal to compromise with terrorists.
// [ + that ] She reiterated that she had never seen him before.
Reiteratedly (adv.) Repeatedly.
Reiteration (n.) The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.
Reiterative (n.) (Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
Reiterative (n.) A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.
Reiver (n.) See Reaver. -- Ruskin.
Rejected (imp. & p. p.) of Reject
Rejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reject
Reject (v. t.) 拒絕，抵制；去除，丟棄；駁回；否決；吐出；排斥 To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Reject me not from among thy children. -- Wisdom ix. 4.
Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst reject. -- Milton.
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. -- Hos. iv. 6.
Reject (v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Reject (n.) The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject].
Reject (v.) Refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: accept].
Reject (v.) Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take].
Reject (v.) Deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction].
Reject (v.) Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down].
Reject (v.) Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse].
Reject (v.) Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in].
Reject (v.) Dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn: rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject].
Rejectable (a.) Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
Rejectamenta (n. pl.) Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. -- J. Fleming.
Rejectaneous (a.) Not chosen or received; rejected. [Obs.] "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." -- Barrow.
Rejecter (n.) One who rejects.
Rejection (n.) Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Rejectitious (a.) Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. -- Cudworth.
Rejective (a.) Rejecting, or tending to reject.
Rejectment (n.) Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. -- Eaton.
Rejoiced (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoice
Rejoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoice
Rejoice (v. i.) To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. "O, rejoice beyond a common joy." -- Shak.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. -- Ps. xxxi. 7.
Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph.