Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 41
Reneved (imp. & p. p.) of Renew.
Renewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renew.
Renew (v. t.) 使更新；使復原；使恢復； 使復活；復興；重建；換新；修補；補充；加強 To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re["e]stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson. -- Shak.
Renew (v. t.) Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.
Renew (v. t.) To begin again; to recommence.
The last great age . . . renews its finished course. -- Dryden.
Renew (v. t.) To repeat; to go over again.
The birds-their notes renew. -- Milton.
Renew (v. t.) (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. -- Rom. xii. 2.
Renew (v. i.) 更新；恢復原狀；重新開始；繼續；（契約等的）展期 To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
Renew (v.) Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn: regenerate, renew].
Renew (v.) Cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn: reincarnate, renew].
Renewability (n.) 可再生性 The quality or state of being renewable. [R.]
Renewable (a.) 可更新的；可恢復的；可繼續的 Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. -- Swift.
Renewable (a.) That can be renewed or extended; "a renewable lease"; "renewable subscriptions" [ant: nonrenewable, unrenewable].
Renewable (a.) Capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible".
Renewal (n.) [C][U] 更新；復原；恢復；復活；復興；重建；換新；修補；補充；加強 The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.
Renewal (n.) The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation [syn: reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation].
Renewal (n.) The act of renewing.
Renewal (n.) Filling again by supplying what has been used up [syn: refilling, replenishment, replacement, renewal].
Renewedly (adv.) 重新地 Again; once more. [U. S.]
Renewedness (n.) The state of being renewed.
Renewer (n.) One who, or that which, renews.
Reneye (v. t.) To deny; to reject; to renounce. [Obs.]
Reng (n.) A rank; a row. [Obs.] "In two renges fair." -- Chaucer.
Reng (n.) A rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Renidification (n.) (Zool.) The act of rebuilding a nest.
Reniform (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.
Reniform (a.) 腎臟形的 (Of a leaf or bean shape) Resembling the shape of kidney [syn: reniform, kidney-shaped].
Renitence (n.) Alt. of Renitency
Renitency (n.) 抗壓；頑強 The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. -- Sterne.
We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. -- E. Darwin.
Renitent (a.) 抵抗壓力的；頑強的 Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." -- Ray.
Renitent (a.) Persistently opposed.
Renne (v. t.) To plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Renne (v. i.) To run. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Renner (n.) A runner. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Rennet (n.) （正餐後用的）一種法國產蘋果 A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette. -- Mortimer.
Rennet (n.)（牛犢等的）胃膜 The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant.
Rennet (n.) An infusion or preparation of the calf stomach lining, used for coagulating milk. The active principle in this coagulating action is the enzyme rennin. [Written also runnet.].
Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese.
Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), 【生化】凝乳酵素 The enzyme rennin, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The enzyme presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form.
Rennet stomach (Anat.), The fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants.
Rennet (n.) A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket.
Renneted (a.) Provided or treated with rennet.
Renneting (n.) Same as 1st Rennet.
Rennin (n.) A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.
Renning (n.) See 2d Rennet.
Renomee (n.) Renown.
Renounced (imp. & p. p.) of Renounce.
Renouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renounce.
Renounce (v. t.) 【書】聲明放棄；拋棄；宣布中止，退出 To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
Renounce (v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. -- Shak.
Renounce (v. t.) (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
{To renounce probate} (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. -- Mozley & W.
Syn: To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up; abdicate.
Usage: {Renounce}, {Abjure}, {Recant}. -- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to renounce the honor of my race. -- Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man. -- Shak.
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. -- Milton.
Renounce (v. i.) 【律】放棄權利（或財產等） To make renunciation. [Obs.]
He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. -- Dryden.
Renounce (v. i.) (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. -- W. D. Christie.
Renounce (n.) (Card Playing) Act of renouncing.
Renounce (v.) Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" [syn: {abdicate}, {renounce}].
Renounce (v.) Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: {vacate}, {resign}, {renounce}, {give up}].
Renounce (v.) Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" [syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {quit}, {relinquish}].
Renounce (v.) Cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: {disown}, {renounce}, {repudiate}].
Renouncement (n.) 放棄；否認；拒絕 The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.
Renouncer (n.) [法] 放棄人，放棄繼承權的人，拒絕承認人 One who renounces.
Renovate (v. t.) 更新；重做；修理；改善 To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
All nature feels the reniovating force Of winter. -- Thomson.
Renovate (v.) Restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" [syn: {renovate}, {restitute}].
Renovate (v.) Make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" [syn: {refurbish}, {renovate}, {freshen up}].
Renovate (v.) Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: {animate}, {recreate}, {reanimate}, {revive}, {renovate}, {repair}, {quicken}, {vivify}, {revivify}].
Renovate (v.) To make changes and repairs to (an old house, building, room, etc.) so that it is back in good condition.
Renovate (v. t.) To restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding).
Renovate (v. t.) To restore to life, vigor, or activity : revive <the church was renovated by a new ecumenical spirit>. - Renovative (adj.)
Renovation (n.) 更新；修理；恢復活力 The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. -- Thomson.
There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. -- Rabbler.
Renovation (n.) The act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed" [syn: {renovation}, {redevelopment}, {overhaul}].
Renovation (n.) The state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" [syn: {renovation}, {restoration}, {refurbishment}].
Renovator (n.) One who, or that which, renovates.
Renovel (v. t.) To renew; to renovate.
Renovelance (n.) Renewal.
Renowme (n.) Renown.
Renowmed (a.) Renowned.
Renown (n.) The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense.
Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. -- Dryden.
Renown (n.) Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.
This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. -- Shak.
Renown (v. t.) To make famous; to give renown to. [Obs.]
For joy to hear me so renown his son. -- Chapman.
The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown. -- Pope.
Renown (n.) The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy, opprobrium].
Renown, (n.) A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.
I touched the harp in every key, But found no heeding ear; And then Ithuriel touched me With a revealing spear.
Not all my genius, great as 'tis, Could urge me out of night.
I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light! W.J. Candleton
Renowned (a.) Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." -- Milton.
These were the renowned of the congregation. -- Num. i. 61.
Syn: Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent; celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See Famous.
Renowned (a.) Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned].
Renownedly (adv.) With renown.
Renowner (n.) One who gives renown. [R.]
Renownful (a.) Having great renown; famous. "Renownful Scipio." -- Marston.
Renownless (a.) Without renown; inglorius.
Rensselaerite (n.) (Min.) A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.
Rensselaerite (n.) A kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler
Rent (v. i.) To rant. [R. & Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Rent () imp. & p. p. of Rend.
Rent (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
See what a rent the envious Casca made. -- Shak.
Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
Syn: Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear; dilaceration; break; fracture.
Rent (v. t.) To tear. See Rend. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Rent (n.) Income; revenue. See Catel. [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and rent." -- Chaucer.
[Bacchus] A waster was and all his rent In wine and bordel he dispent. -- Gower.
So bought an annual rent or two, And liv'd, just as you see I do. -- Pope.
Rent (n.) Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.]
Death, that taketh of high and low his rent. -- Chaucer.
Rent (n.) (Law) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc.
Note: The term rent is also popularly applied to compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a sewing machine, etc.
Rent (n.) (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of the earth paid to the landlord for the use of the "original and indestructible powers of the soil;" the excess of the return from a given piece of cultivated land over that from land of equal area at the "margin of cultivation." Called also economic rent, or Ricardian rent. Economic rent is due partly to differences of productivity, but chiefly to advantages of location; it is equivalent to ordinary or commercial rent less interest on improvements, and nearly equivalent to ground rent.
Rent (n.) (Polit. Econ.) Loosely, a return or profit from a differential advantage for production, as in case of income or earnings due to rare natural gifts creating a natural monopoly.
Black rent. See Blackmail, 3.
Forehand rent, Rent which is paid in advance; foregift.
Rent arrear, Rent in arrears; unpaid rent. -- Blackstone.
Rent charge (Law), A rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with a distress for the payment of it. -- Bouvier.
Rent roll, A list or account of rents or income; a rental.
Rent seck (Law), A rent reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c. 28.
Rent service (Eng. Law), Rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal service; -- so called from such service being incident to it.
White rent, A quitrent when paid in silver; -- opposed to black rent.
Rented (imp. & p. p.) of Rent.
Renting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rent.
Rent (n.) To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
Rent (n.) To take and hold under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
Rent (v. i.) To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
Rentable (a.) Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.
Rentage (n.) Rent.
Rental (n.) A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.
Rental (n.) A sum total of rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year.
Rente (n.) In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.
Renter (n.) One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.
Rentered (imp. & p. p.) of Renter.
Rentering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Renter.
Renter (v. t.) To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.
Renterer (n.) One who renters.
Rentier (n.) One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.
Renumerate (v. t.) To recount.
Renunciation (n.) The act of renouncing.
Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.
Renunciatory (a.) Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.
Renverse (v. t.) To reverse.
Renverse (a.) Alt. of Renverse.
Renverse (a.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Renversement (n.) A reversing.
Renvoy (v. t.) To send back.
Renvoy (n.) A sending back.
Reobtain (v. t.) To obtain again.
Reobtainable (a.) That may be reobtained.
Reoccupy (v. t.) To occupy again.
Reometer (n.) Same as Rheometer.
Reopen (v. t. & i.) To open again.
Reoppose (v. t.) To oppose again.