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Real (rē�l), n. A realist. [Obs.] Burton.
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Realgar (r�ălgẽr), n. [F. réalgar, Sp. rejalgar, Ar. rahj al ghār powder of the mine.] (Min.) Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.
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Realism (rē�lĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. réalisme.] 1. (Philos.) (a) As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). (b) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.
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2. (Art & Lit.) Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
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3. the practise of assessing facts and the probabilities of the consequences of actions in an objective manner; avoidance of unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealism, self-deception, overoptimism, overimaginativeness, or visionariness.
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Realist, n. [Cf. F. réaliste.] 1. (Philos.) One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
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2. (Art. & Lit.) An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See , 2.
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3. a person who avoids unrealistic or impractical beliefs or efforts. Contrasted to idealist or visionary.
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Realistic (-ĭstĭk), a. Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.
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Realistically, adv. In a realistic manner.
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Reality (r�ălĭt�), n.; pl. Realities (-tĭz). [Cf. F. réalité, LL. realitas. See 3d , and cf. 2d .] 1. The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
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A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. Addison.
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2. That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
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And to realities yield all her shows. Milton.
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My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a reality to me. Beattie.
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3. [See 1st , 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]
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To express our reality to the emperor. Fuller.
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4. (Law) See 2d , 2.
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Realizable (rē�līzȧb'l), a. Capable of being realized.
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Realization (rē�lĭzāshŭn), n. [Cf. F. réalisation.] The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.
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Realize (rē�līz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Realized (-īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Realizing (-īzĭng).] [Cf. F. réaliser.] 1. To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.
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We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.
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2. To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
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Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them [Greek inscriptions] which realize ancient history to us. Jowett.
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We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton.
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3. To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
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4. To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.
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Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who could by diligent thrift realize a good estate. Macaulay.
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5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
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Realize, v. i. To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
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Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.
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Realizer (-īzẽr), n. One who realizes. Coleridge.
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Realizing (-zĭng), a. Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred. -- Realizingly, adv.
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Reallege (-ăllĕj), v. t. To allege again. Cotgrave.
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Realliance (-lī�ns), n. A renewed alliance.
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Re-ally (-lī), v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.] To bring together again; to compose or form anew. Spenser.
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Really (rāällē), adv. Royally. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Really (rē�ll�), adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
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Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. Swift.
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☞ Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.
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Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. Young.
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Realm (rĕlm), n. [OE. realme, ream, reaume, OF. reialme, roialme, F. royaume, fr. (assumed) LL. regalimen, from L. regalis royal. See .] 1. A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.
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The absolute master of realms on which the sun perpetually shone. Motley.
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2. Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy.
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Realmless, a. Destitute of a realm. Keats.
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Realness (rē�lnĕs), n. The quality or condition of being real; reality.
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Realty (-t�), n. [OF. réalté, LL. regalitas, fr. L. regalis. See .] 1. Royalty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Loyalty; faithfulness. [R.] Milton.
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Realty, n. [Contr. from 1st .] 1. Reality. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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2. (Law) (a) Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; -- so written in legal language for reality. (b) Real estate; a piece of real property. Blackstone.
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Ream (rēm), n. [AS. reám, akin to G. rahm.] Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
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Ream, v. i. To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
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A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.
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Ream, v. t. [Cf. .] To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
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Ream, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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Coloq. Printer's ream , twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. Knight.
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Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed (rēmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] [Cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See .] To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
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Reame (rēm), n. Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Reamer (-ẽr), n. One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.
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Reamputation (rēămp�tāshŭn), n. (Surg.) The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.
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Reanimate (r�ănĭmāt), v. t. To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
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Reanimation (r�ănĭmāshŭn), n. The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.
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Reannex (rēănnĕks), v. t. To annex again or anew; to reunite. “To reannex that duchy.” Bacon.
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Reannexation (-āshŭn), n. Act of reannexing.
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Reanswer (r�ănsẽr), v. t. & i. To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.
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Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under. Shak.
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Reap (rēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaped (rēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.] [OE. repen, AS. rīpan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
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When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. xix. 9.
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2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
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Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing
For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? Milton.
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3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
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4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak.
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Coloq. Reaping hook , an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.
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Reap, v. i. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
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Reap, n. [Cf. AS. rīp harvest. See , v.] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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Reaper (rēpẽr), n. 1. One who reaps.
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The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay.
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2. A reaping machine.
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Reapparel (rēăppărĕl), v. t. To clothe again.
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Reappear (rēăppēr), v. i. To appear again.
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Reappearance (-�ns), n. A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
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Reapplication (rēăpplĭkāshŭn), n. The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
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Reapply (rēăpplī), v. t. & i. To apply again.
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Reappoint (-point), v. t. To appoint again.
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Reappointment (-m�nt), n. The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
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Reapportion (-pōrshŭn), v. t. To apportion again.
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Reapportionment (-m�nt), n. A second or a new apportionment.
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Reapproach (rēăpprōch), v. i. & t. To approach again or anew.
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Rear (rēr), adv. Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.]
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Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear? Gay.
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Rear, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf. .] 1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.
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Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost. Milton.
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2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
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When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. Milton.
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Rear, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
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Coloq. Rear admiral , an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See . -- Coloq. Rear front (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position. -- Coloq. Rear guard (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively. -- Coloq. Rear line (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army. -- Coloq. Rear rank (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order. -- Coloq. Rear sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech. -- Coloq. To bring up the rear , to come last or behind.
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Rear (rēr), v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.]
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Rear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reared (rērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rearing.] [AS. rǣran to raise, rear, elevate, for rǣsan, causative of rīsan to rise. See , and cf. .] 1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.
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In adoration at his feet I fell
Submiss; he reared me. Milton.
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It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. Barrow.
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Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. Ld. Lytton.
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2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another.
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One reared a font of stone. Tennyson.
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3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.]
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And having her from Trompart lightly reared,
Upon his courser set the lovely load. Spenser.
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4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
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He wants a father to protect his youth,
And rear him up to virtue. Southern.
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5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
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6. To rouse; to stir up. [Obs.]
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And seeks the tusky boar to rear. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish. See the Note under , 3 (c).
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Rear, v. i. To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
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Coloq. Rearing bit , a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting his head when rearing. Knight.
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{ Reardorse (-dôrs), Reardoss (-dŏs) }, n. A reredos.
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Rearer (rērẽr), n. One who, or that which, rears.
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Reargue (rēärgū), v. t. To argue anew or again.
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Reargument (-g�m�nt), n. An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
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Rear-horse (rērhôrs), n. [So called because it rears up when disturbed.] (Zoöl.) A mantis.
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Rearly, adv. Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Rearmost (-mōst), a. Farthest in the rear; last.
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{ Rearmouse, Reremouse (-mous) }, n. [AS. hrēremūs; probably fr. hrēran to agitate, stir (akin to G. rühren, Icel. hræra) + mūs mouse.] (Zoöl.) The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]
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Rearrange (rēărrānj), v. t. To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
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Rearrangement (-m�nt), n. The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
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Rearward (rērw�rd-wẽrd), n. [Rear + ward.] The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak.
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Rearward (-wẽrd), a. & adv. At or toward the rear.
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Reascend (rēăssĕnd), v. i. To rise, mount, or climb again.
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Reascend, v. t. To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again.
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He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies. Addison.
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Reascension (-sĕnshŭn), n. The act of reascending; a remounting.
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Reascent (-sĕnt), n. A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper.
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Reason (rēz'n), n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L. ratio (akin to Goth. raþjō number, account, garaþjan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. , , , .] 1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
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I'll give him reasons for it. Shak.
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The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel watch is by the motion of the next wheel. Sir M. Hale.
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This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the church was called “catholic.” Bp. Pearson.
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Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. Tillotson.
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2. The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
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We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing anything divine or human, but by our five senses and our reason. P. Browne.
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In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends. Stewart.
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Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and constitute his rational nature, more especially, perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to express the power of deduction or argumentation. Stewart.
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By the pure reason I mean the power by which we become possessed of principles. Coleridge.
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The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or rationalized understanding, comprehends. Coleridge.
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