Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 46
Reprobated (imp. & p. p.) of
Reprobate
Reprobating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprobate
Reprobate (v. t.) 責備；排斥；遺棄 To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. -- Ayliffe.
Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. -- Macaulay.
Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
Reprobate (a.) 邪惡的；無賴的；為神所棄的 Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate].
Reprobate (n.) A person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate, miscreant].
Reprobate (v.) Reject (documents) as invalid [ant: approbate].
Reprobate (v.) Abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner".
Reprobate (v.) Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" syn: [condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate].
Reprobate, () That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer. 6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).
Reprobateness (n.) 排斥 The state of being reprobate.
Reprobater (n.) One who reprobates.
Reprobater (n.) A person who reprobates; a condemner, a rejecter.
Reprobation (n.) 責備；排斥；遺棄 The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
The profligate pretenses upon which he was erpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. -- Jeffrey.
Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. -- Dryden.
Reprobation (n.) (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.
Reprobation (n.) Rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell.
Reprobation (n.) Severe disapproval.
Reprobation, () eccl. law. The propounding exceptions either against facts, persons or things; as, to allege that certain deeds or instruments have not been duly and lawfully executed; or that certain persons are such that they are incompetent as witnesses; or that certain things ought not for legal reasons to be admitted.
Reprobation (n.) In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.
Reprobationer (n.) (Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2. -- South.
Reprobative (a.) 非難的 Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.
Reprobatory (a.) Reprobative.
Reproduce (v. t.) (v. t.) 繁殖，生殖；複製；翻拍；複寫；再上演；再生產；再生長（器官）(v. i.) 繁殖，生殖；被複製 To produce again. Especially:
Reproduce (v. t.) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play.
Reproduce (v. t.) To cause to exist again.
Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before. -- Sir I. Newton.
Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation.
Reproduce (v. t.) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.
Reproduce (v.) Make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting".
Reproduce (v.) Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" [syn: {reproduce}, {procreate}, {multiply}].
Reproduce (v.) Recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait".
Reproduce (v.) Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: {regurgitate}, {reproduce}].
Reproducer (n.) 再生器，複製機；（錄音、錄影的）播放裝置 [C] One who, or that which, reproduces. -- Burke.
Reproducer (n.) In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
Reproducer (n.) In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
Reproducer (n.) An audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound.
Reproduction (n.) 再生；再製造 [U]；生殖；繁育 [U]；複製，複寫 [U] The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced
Reproduction (n.) (Specifically) (Biol.) The process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: {asexual reproduction} (agamogenesis) and {sexual reproduction} (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.
Reproduction (n.) That which is reproduced.
Reproduction (n.) The process of generating offspring.
Reproduction (n.) Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall [syn: {reproduction}, {reproductive memory}].
Reproduction (n.) Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied [syn: {replica}, {replication}, {reproduction}].
Reproduction (n.) The act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient" [syn: {reproduction}, {replication}].
Reproduction (n.) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn: {reproduction}, {procreation}, {breeding}, {facts of life}].
Reproductive (a.) 再生的；再現的；複製的；生殖的 Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. -- Lyell.
Reproductive (a.) Producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" [syn: {generative}, {procreative}, {reproductive}].
Reproductory (a.) Reproductive.
Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]
Reproof (n.) 責備；指責；申斥 [C] [U] An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. -- Pope.
Syn: Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See {Admonition}.
Reproof (n.) An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" [syn: {rebuke}, {reproof}, {reproval}, {reprehension}, {reprimand}].
Reproof (v.) Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to task}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}].
Reprovable (a.) 應受譴責的 Worthy of reproof or censure. -- Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable; rebukable. -- {Re*prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*prov"a*bly, adv.
Re proval (n.) 責備；指責；申斥 [C] [U] Reproof. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Reproved (imp. & p. p.) of Reprove
Reproving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reprove
Reprove (v. t.) (v. t.) 責備，指責，非難[（+for）]；【舊】使知罪 (v. i.) 責備，指責，非難 To convince. [Obs.]
When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. -- John xvi. 9.
Reprove (v. t.) To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
Reprove my allegation, if you can. -- Shak.
Reprove (v. t.) To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me?" -- Milton.
Reprove (v. t.) To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. -- Udall.
Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
Usage: Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.
Reprove (v.) Take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" [syn: admonish, reprove].
Reprover (n.) One who, or that which, reproves.
Reprover (n.) Someone who finds fault or imputes blame [syn: upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker].
Reprovingly (adv.) 責備地；挑剔地 In a reproving manner.
Reprovingly (adv.) In a reproving or reproachful manner; "she spoke to him reprovingly" [syn: reprovingly, reproachfully].
Reprune (v. t.) To prune again or anew.
Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. -- Young.
Rep-silver (n.) Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.
Reptant (a.) (Bot.) （生物）匍匐的；爬行的；蔓延的 Same as Repent.
Reptant (a.) (Zool.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.
Reptantia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) 爬行亞目 A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
Reptantia (n.) Lobsters; crabs [syn: Reptantia, suborder Reptantia].
Reptation (n.) (Zool.) The act of creeping.
Reputation [in British English] (n.) [Formal] A creeping motion; the act of crawling.
Reptatory (a.) (Zool.) Creeping.
Reptile (a.) 爬行動物（似）的；爬行的；卑下的，卑躬屈節的 Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Reptile (a.) Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. -- Burke.
And dislodge their reptile souls From the bodies and forms of men. -- Coleridge.
Reptile (n.) (Zool.) [C] 爬行動物；爬蟲類；可鄙的人，卑鄙屈節的小人 An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. -- Cowper.
Reptile (n.) (Zool.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
Note: The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.
Reptile (n.) A groveling or very mean person.
Reptile (n.) Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian].
Reptilia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) 【動】爬蟲類 A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
Note: It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.
Reptilia (n.) Class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals [syn: Reptilia, class Reptilia].
Reptilian (a.) 爬蟲類的；卑鄙的 Belonging to the reptiles.
Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.
Reptilian (n.) (Zool.) 爬蟲類動物 One of the Reptilia; a reptile.
Reptilian (a.) Of or relating to the class Reptilia.
Reptilian (n.) Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian].
Republic (a.) Common weal. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Republic (a.) A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.
Note: In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.
Republic of letters, The collective body of literary or learned men.
Republic (n.) 共和國；共和政體 [C] A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [syn: democracy, republic, commonwealth].
Republic (n.) A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president".
Republic, () A commonwealth; that form of government in which the administration of affairs is open to all the citizens. In another sense, it signifies the state, independently of its form of government. 1 Toull. n. 28, and n. 202, note. In this sense, it is used by Ben Johnson. Those that, by their deeds make it known, whose dignity they do sustain; And life, state, glory, all they gain, Count the Republic's, not their own, Vide Body Politic; Nation; State.
Republic (n.) A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience. In a republic, the foundation of public order is the ever lessening habit of submission inherited from ancestors who, being truly governed, submitted because they had to.
There are as many kinds of republics as there are graduations between the despotism whence they came and the anarchy whither they lead.
Republic -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 5835
Housing Units (2000): 3113
Land area (2000): 716.383120 sq. miles (1855.423684 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.929816 sq. miles (10.178177 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 720.312936 sq. miles (1865.601861 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.823297 N, 97.647948 W
Headwords:
Republic
Republic, KS
Republic County
Republic County, KS
Republic, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 8438
Housing Units (2000): 3298
Land area (2000): 5.595163 sq. miles (14.491405 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.595163 sq. miles (14.491405 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61238
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.121652 N, 93.471440 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65738
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, MO
Republic
Republic, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 614
Housing Units (2000): 237
Land area (2000): 0.863039 sq. miles (2.235260 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.863039 sq. miles (2.235260 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66320
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.121793 N, 83.017478 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44867
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, OH
Republic
Republic, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1396
Housing Units (2000): 714
Land area (2000): 0.739644 sq. miles (1.915668 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.739644 sq. miles (1.915668 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64224
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.965531 N, 79.878064 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15475
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, PA
Republic
Republic, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 161
Housing Units (2000): 108
Land area (2000): 0.261363 sq. miles (0.676927 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.261363 sq. miles (0.676927 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59000
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.923636 N, 97.822412 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66964
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, KS
Republic
Republic, MI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Michigan
Population (2000): 614
Housing Units (2000): 356
Land area (2000): 3.609384 sq. miles (9.348262 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.296779 sq. miles (0.768655 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.906163 sq. miles (10.116917 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67980
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 46.381067 N, 87.982893 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49879
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, MI
Republic
Republic, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 954
Housing Units (2000): 500
Land area (2000): 1.582231 sq. miles (4.097960 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007517 sq. miles (0.019469 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.589748 sq. miles (4.117429 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57850
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 48.648159 N, 118.734947 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99166
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Republic, WA
Republic
Republican (a.) 共和國的；共和政體的；擁護共和政體的；共和主義的 Of or pertaining to a republic.
The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. -- Macaulay.
Republican (a.) Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
{Republican party}. (U.S. Politics) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader.
{Republican party}. (U.S. Politics) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.
Republican (n.) [C] 擁護共和政體者；共和主義者；（大寫）（美國）共和黨人士 One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
Republican (n.) (U. S. Politics.) A member of the Republican party.
Republican (n.) (Zool.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together.
Republican (n.) (Zool.) A South African weaver bird ({Philetaerus socius}). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
{Red republican}. See under {Red}.
Republican (a.) Relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics".
Republican (a.) Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity" -- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Republican (n.) A member of the Republican Party.
Republican (n.) An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy).
Republican (n.) A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas [syn: {Republican}, {Republican River}].
Republican (n.) [ C ] 擁護共和政體者；共和主義者 A supporter of government by elected representatives of the people rather than government by a king or queen.
Republican (a.) 共和國的；共和政體的 Relating to a republic.
// A republican system of government.
Republican (n.) [ C ] (Written abbreviation Rep.) 美國共和黨黨員 A member of the Republican Party in the US.
Republican (n.) [ C ] (Written abbreviation Rep.) 北愛爾蘭共和主義者 A person who believes that Northern Ireland belongs to the Irish Republic.
Republicanism (n.) 共和主義；共和政治 A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
Republicanism (n.) Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
Republicanism (n.) The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [U.S.]
Republicanism (n.) The political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government.
Republicanized (imp. & p. p.) of Republicanize
Republicanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Republicanize
Republicanize (v. t.) 實行共和政體；使成共和國 To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation. -- D. Ramsay.
Republicate (v. t.) To make public again; to republish. [Obs.]
Republication (n.) 再版；再版書；重新發行 A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.
If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first. -- Blackstone.
Republication (n.) Something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work).
Republication (n.) The act of publishing again [syn: republication, republishing].
Republished (imp. & p. p.) of Republish
Republishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Republish
Republish (v. t.) 再版；重新發行 To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re-execution or codicil.
Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will. -- Blackstone.
Republish (v.) Publish again; "The scientist republished his results after he made some corrections".
Republish (v.) Revive (a cancelled will or a libel).
Republisher (n.) One who republishes.
Repudiable (a.) Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.
Repudiated (imp. & p. p.) of Repudiate
Repudiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repudiate
Repudiate (v. t.) 與……斷絕關係；聲明休（妻）；否認，否定；駁斥，批駁 To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. -- Prynne.
Repudiate (v. t.) 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.
Repudiate (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Repudiate (v.) Cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce, repudiate].
Repudiate (v.) Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement".
Repudiate (v.) Refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt".
Repudiate (v.) Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations".
Repudiate (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 拒絕，不接受；否認；批駁 To refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable.
// He repudiated the allegation/ charge/ claim that he had tried to deceive them.
// I utterly repudiate those remarks.
Repudiation (n.) 拋棄，否認，拒付 The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Repudiation (n.) One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
Repudiator (n.) 拋棄者，拒絕的人，主張拒付國債論者 One who repudiates.
Repugn (v. t.) 【廢】反對 To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. -- Shak.
Repugn (v.) To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest, contend, repugn].
Repugnable (a.) Capable of being repugned or resisted. [R.] -- Sir T. North.
Repugnance (n.) 厭惡；反感；矛盾；抵觸 Alt. of Repugnancy
Repugnance, Repugnancy (n.) The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.
That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. -- Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. -- Sak.
Syn: Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.
Repugnance (n.) Intense aversion [syn: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror].
Repugnance (n.) The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time [syn: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance].
Repugnance (n.) The quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent.
Repugnance (n.) An instance of such contradiction or inconsistency.
Repugnance (n.) Strong dislike, distaste, or antagonism.
// They expressed their repugnance at the idea.
// They felt nothing but repugnance for the group's violent history.
Repugnancy (n.) 反對；嫌棄；矛盾 The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.
That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. -- Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. -- Shak.
Syn: Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.
Repugnancy, () contracts. That which in a contract, is inconsistent with something already contracted for; as, for example, where a man by deed grants twenty acres of land, excepting one, this latter clause is repugnant, and is to be rejected. But if a farm or tract of land is conveyed by general terms, in exception of any number of acres, or any particular lot, it is not repugnant, but valid. 4 Pick. 54; Vide 3 Pick. 272; 6 Cowen, 677.
Repugnancy, () pleading. Where the material facts stated in a declaration or other pleading, are inconsistent one with another for example, where in an action of trespass, the plaintiff declared for taking and carrying away certain timber, lying in a certain place, for the completion of a house then lately built; this declaration was considered bad, for repugnancy; for the timber could not be for the building of a house already built. 1 Salk. 213.
Repugnancy, () Repugnancy of immaterial facts, and what is merely redundant, and which need not have been put into the sentence, and contradicting what was before alleged, will not, in general, vitiate the pleading. Gilb. C. P. 131; Co. Litt. 303 b; 10 East, R. 142; 1 Chit. Pl. 233. See Lawes, Pl. 64; Steph. Pl. 378; Com. Dig. Abatement H 6; 1 Vin. Ab. 36; 19 Id. 45; Bac. Ab. Amendment, &c. E 2 Bac. Ab. Pleas, Ac. I 4 Vin. Ab. h.t.
Repugnant (a.) 討厭的，不愉快的，厭惡的，不一致的，矛盾的，敵對的 Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.
[His sword] repugnant to command. -- Shak.
There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. -- Perkins.
Syn: Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent; irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.
Repugnant (a.) Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive].
Repugnant, () That which is contrary to something else; a repugnant condition is one contrary to the contract itself; as, if I grant you a house and lot in fee, upon condition that you shall not aliens, the condition is repugnant and void. Bac. Ab. Conditions, L.
Repugnant (a.) (Formal) 令人厭惡的；令人反感的 If behaviour or beliefs, etc. are repugnant, they are very unpleasant, causing a feeling of disgust.
// A repugnant smell.
// I find your attitude towards these women quite repugnant.
// The idea of cheating in an exam is morally repugnant to me.
Repugnantly (adv.) In a repugnant manner.
Repugnate (v. t.) To oppose; to fight against. [Obs.]
Repugner (n.) One who repugns.
Repullulate (v. i.) To bud again.
Though tares repullulate, there is wheat still left in the field. -- Howell.
Repullulation (n.) 再發芽 The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.
Repulsed (imp. & p. p.) of Repulse
Repulsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repulse
Repulse (v. t.) 厭惡，擊退，拒絕 To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend. -- Milton.
Repulse (v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
Repulse (n.) 擊退，拒絕 The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. -- Denham.
He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. -- Shak.
Repulse (n.) Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Repulse (n.) An instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff, snub, repulse].
Repulse (v.) Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse fight off, rebuff, drive back].
Repulse (v.) Be repellent to; cause aversion in [syn: repel, repulse] [ant: appeal, attract].
Repulse (v.) Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" [syn: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back] [ant: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in].
Repulseless (a.) Not capable of being repulsed.
Repulser (n.) One who repulses, or drives back.
Repulsion (n.) 擊退；反駁；拒絕；嫌惡 The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.
Repulsion (n.) A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
Repulsion (n.) (Physics) The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
Repulsion (n.) The force by which bodies repel one another [syn: repulsion, repulsive force] [ant: attraction, attractive force].
Repulsion (n.) Intense aversion [syn: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror].
Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand [syn: repulsion, standoff].
Repulsive (a.) 使人反感的；令人厭惡的；可憎的；擊退的；驅逐的 [Z]；排斥的；相斥的 [Z] Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive of his might the weapon stood. -- Pope.