Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 56
Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
She will, and she will not; she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. -- Granville.
Retract (n.) (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retract (v.) Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: {abjure}, {recant}, {forswear}, {retract}, {resile}].
Retract (v.) Pull away from a source of disgust or fear [syn: {shrink back}, {retract}].
Retract (v.) Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) [syn: {retract}, {pull back}, {draw back}].
Retract (v.) Pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" [syn: {draw in}, {retract}].
Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Retractable (a.) Capable of being retracted; "retractable landing gear".
Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant. [Obs.]
Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retractible (a.) Retractable.
Retractile (a.) (Physiol.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
Retractile (a.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws" [ant: nonretractable, nonretractile].
Retraction (n.) The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
Retraction (n.) The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or concessions. -- Eikon Basilike.
Retraction (n.) (Physiol.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew.
Retraction (n.) (Physiol.) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
Retraction (n.) A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction, abjuration, recantation].
Retraction (n.) The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin".
Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- Re*tract"ive*ly, adv.
Retractive (n.) That which retracts, or withdraws.
Retractor (n.) 取消前言的人，收縮肌，牽引器 One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically:
Retractor (n.) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
Retractor (n.) (Surg.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
Retractor (n.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
Retractor (n.) (Anat. & Zool.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
Retractor (n.) Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical Incision.
Retraict (n.) Retreat. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Retrait (n.) A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.]
Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. -- Spenser.
Retransform (v. t.) To transform anew or back. -- Re`trans*for*ma"tion, n.
Retranslate (v. t.) To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
Retranslate (v.) Translate again.
Retraxit (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action. -- Blackstone.
Retraxit, () practice. The act by which a plaintiff withdraws his. suit; it is so called from the fact that this was the principal word used when the law entries were in Latin.
Retraxit, () A retraxit differs from a nonsuit, the former being the act of the plaintiff himself, for it cannot even be entered by attorney; 8 Co. 58; 3 Salk.245; 8 P. S. R. 157, 163; and it must be after declaration filed; 3 Leon. 47; 8 P. S. R. 163; while the latter occurs in consequence of the neglect merely of the plaintiff. A retraxit also differs from a nolle prosequi. (q.v.) The effect of a retraxit is a bar to all actions of a like or a similar nature; Bac. Ab. Nonsuit, A; a nolle prosequi is not a bar even
in a criminal prosecution. 2 Mass. R. 172. Vide 2 Sell. Pr. 338; Bac. Abr. Nonsuit; Com. Dig. Pleader, X 2. Vide article Judgment of retraxit.
Retread (v. t. & i.) To tread again.
Retread (n.) A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads [syn: retread, recap].
Retread (v.) Use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn: rework, make over, retread].
Retread (v.)
Give new treads to (a tire) [syn: retread, remold, remould].
Retreat (n.) 休息寓所，撤退，隱居，退避，避難所；退省；避靜：在一段時期中，暫時離開日常的俗世生活，靜下心來，祈禱默思，作一心靈上的反省，分辨並檢討自己對天主和對他人的關係，若發現有違天主旨意的地方，則設法加以改善。退省院稱 Retreat center. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self,
especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
In a retreat he o?truns any lackey. -- Shak.
Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. -- L'Estrange.
That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. -- Dryden.
Retreat (n.) (Mil. & Naval.) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
Retreat (n.) (Mil. & Naval.) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
Retreat (n.) (Mil. & Naval.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
Note: A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight.
Retreat (n.) (Eccl.) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
Retreat (n.) (Eccl.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
Syn: Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge.
Retreated (imp. & p. p.) of Retreat
Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retreat
Retreat (v. i.) 撤退，隱退，放棄 To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. -- Milton.
Retreat (n.) (Military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops".
Retreat (n.) A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet.
Retreat (n.) (Military) A signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position.
Retreat (n.) (Military) A bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at Sunset.
Retreat (n.) An area where you can be alone [syn: hideaway, retreat].
Retreat (n.) Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity" [syn: retirement, retreat].
Retreat (n.) The act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) [ant: advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression].
Retreat (v.) Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress].
Retreat (v.) Move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer".
Retreat (v.) Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retrograde, retreat].
Retreat (v.) Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw].
Retreat, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 339
Housing Units (2000): 127
Land area (2000): 4.962652 sq. miles (12.853209 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.018891 sq. miles (0.048928 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.981543 sq. miles (12.902137 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61616
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.051204 N, 96.474394 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Retreatful (a.) Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] "Our retreatful flood." -- Chapman.
Retreatment (n.) The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] -- D'Urfey.
Retrenched (imp. & p. p.) of Retrench.
Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrench.
Retrench (v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.
Thy exuberant parts retrench. -- Denham.
Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched. -- Milton.
Retrench (v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict. -- Addison.
These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation? -- I. Taylor.
Retrench (v. t.) (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
Syn: To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
Retrench (v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
Retrench (v.) Tighten one's belt; use resources carefully.
Retrench (v.) Make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench".
Retrenchment (n.) The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you that ? mean to replace your fortune as far as I can. -- Walpole.
Retrenchment (n.) (Fort.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
Syn: Lessening; curtailment;
diminution; reduction; abridgment.
Retrenchment (n.) Entrenchment consisting of an
additional interior fortification to prolong the defense.
Retrenchment (n.) The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing].
Retrial (n.) A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
Retrial (n.) A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors.
Retribute (v. t.) To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] -- Locke.
Retributer (n.) One who makes retribution.
Retribution (n.) 報應；懲罰；報答 The act of retributing; repayment.
In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. -- Bp. Hall.
Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
All who have their reward on earth, . . . Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds. -- Milton.
Retribution (n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous. -- Addison.
Syn: Repayment; requital; recompense; payment; retaliation. Retributive
Retribution (n.) A justly deserved penalty [syn: {retribution}, {requital}].
Retribution (n.) The act of correcting for your wrongdoing.
Retribution (n.) The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"-- Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" [syn: {vengeance}, {retribution}, {payback}].
Retribution (n.) A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.
In the lines following, addressed to an Emperor in exile by Father Gassalasca Jape, the reverend poet appears to hint his sense of the improduence of turning about to face Retribution when it is talking exercise:
What, what! Dom Pedro, you desire to go Back to Brazil to end your days in quiet?
Why, what assurance have you 'twould be so?
'Tis not so long since you were in a riot, And your dear subjects showed a will to fly at Your throat and shake you like a rat. You know That empires are ungrateful; are you certain Republics are less handy to get hurt in?
Retribution (n.) That which is given to another to recompense him for what has been received from him; as a rent for the hire of a house.
Retribution (n.) A salary paid to a person for his services.
Retribution (n.) The distribution of rewards and punishments.
Retributive (a.) Alt. of Retributory
Retributory (a.) Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
Retributive (a.) Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory].
Retributive (a.) Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory].
Retrievable (a.) That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.
Retrievable (a.) Capable of being regained especially with effort; "he believed the information was retrievable".
Retrieval (n.) The act retrieving.
Retrieval (n.) (Computer science) The operation of accessing information from the computer's memory.
Retrieval (n.) The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor".
Retrieval (n.) The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) [syn: recovery, retrieval].
Retrieved (imp. & p. p.) of Retrieve
Retrieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrieve
Retrieve (v. t.) To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. -- Dryden
Retrieve (v. t.) To recall; to bring back.
To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. -- Berkeley.
Retrieve (v. t.) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. -- Prior.
There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. -- Burke.
Syn: To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
Retrieve (v. i.) (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve.
Retrieve (n.) A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Retrieve (n.) The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Retrieve (v.) Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain].
Retrieve (v.) Go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage".
Retrieve (v.) Run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve".
Retrieve (v.) Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget].
Retrieve, () A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s. (1998-04-29)
Retrievement (n.) Retrieval.
Retriever (n.) One who retrieves.
Retriever (n.) (Zool.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.
Retriever (n.) A dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game.
Retrim (v. t.) To trim again.
Retriment (n.) Refuse; dregs. [R.]
Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.
Retroact (v. i.) 逆動；反作用；有追溯效力 To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward.
Retroaction (n.) Operation on something past or preceding.
Retroactive (a.) 逆動的；有追溯效力的；涉及以往的 Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. -- Beddoes.
Retroactive law or Retroactive statute (Law), One which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
Retroactive (a.) Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously [ant: {proactive}].
Retroactive (a.) Affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex- post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: {ex post facto}, {retroactive}, {retro}].
Retroactively (adv.) In a retroactive manner.
Retroactively (adv.) After the fact; "he will get paid retroactively".
Retrocede (v. t.) To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
Retrocede (v. i.) To go back.
Retrocedent (a.) Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
Retrocession (n.) The act of retroceding.
Retrocession (n.) The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
Retrocession (n.) (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.
Retrocession, () civil law. When the assignee of heritable rights conveys his rights back to the cedent, it is called a retrocession. Erskine, Prin. B. 3, t. 5, n. 1; Dict. do Jur. h.t.
Retrochoir (n.) (Eccl. Arch.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Retrocopulant (a.) Copulating backward, or from behind.
Retrocopulation (n.) Copulation from behind. -- Sir T. Browne.
Retroduction (n.) A leading or bringing back.
Retroflex (a.) Alt. of Retroflexed
Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Retroflex (a.) Bent or curved backward [syn: retroflex, retroflexed].
Retroflex (a.) Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: cacuminal, retroflex].
Retroflex (v.) Bend or turn backward [syn: retroflex, replicate].
Retroflex (v.) Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants".
Retroflexion (n.) The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion. Retrofract
Retroflexion (n.) A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" [syn: retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion].
Retroflexion (n.) An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth [syn: retroflection, retroflexion].
Retroflexion (n.) The act of bending backward [syn: retroflection, retroflexion].
Retrofract (a.) Alt. of Retrofracted
Retrofracted (a.) (Bot.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
Retrogenerative (a.) Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Retrograde (a.) (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. -- Hutton.
And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. -- Chaucer.
Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. "Progressive and not retrograde." -- Bacon.
It is most retrograde to our desire. -- Shak.
Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. -- Bacon.
Retrograded (imp. & p. p.) of Retrograde.
Retrograding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retrograde.
Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
Retrograde (a.) Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or -- for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth [ant: direct].
Retrograde (a.) Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma [ant: anterograde].
Retrograde (a.) Going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive].
Retrograde (a.) Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral, retrograde].
Retrograde (v.) Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies.
Retrograde (v.) Move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets".
Retrograde (v.) Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retrograde, retreat].
Retrograde (v.) Go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: retrograde, rehash, hash over].
Retrograde (v.) Get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up].
Retrogradingly (adv.) By retrograding; so as to retrograde.