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3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
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I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme. Spenser.
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But law in a free nation hath been ever public reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which ought to be our law; interposing his own private reason, which to us is no law. Milton.
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The most probable way of bringing France to reason would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish West Indies. Addison.
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4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Coloq. By reason of , by means of; on account of; because of. “Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the sterility of the soil.” Bacon. -- Coloq. In reason , Coloq. In all reason , in justice; with rational ground; in a right view.
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When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in reason, to doubt of its existence. Tillotson.
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-- Coloq. It is reason , it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
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Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times. Bacon.
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Syn. -- Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle; sake; account; object; purpose; design. See , .
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Reason (rēz'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reasoned (rēz'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reasoning.] [Cf. F. raisonner. See , n.] 1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
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2. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
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Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. 1 Sam. xii. 7.
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3. To converse; to compare opinions. Shak.
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Reason, v. t. 1. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
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When they are clearly discovered, well digested, and well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such a theory. T. Burnet.
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2. To support with reasons, as a request. [R.] Shak.
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3. To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
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Men that will not be reasoned into their senses. L'Estrange.
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4. To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
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5. To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
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Reasonable (rēz'nȧb'l), a. [OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See , n.] 1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
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2. Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
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By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. Bp. Wilkins.
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Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.
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3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
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Let . . . all things be thought upon
That may, with reasonable swiftness, add
More feathers to our wings. Shak.
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Syn. -- Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See .
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Reasonable, adv. Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.]
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I have a reasonable good ear in music. Shak.
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Reasonableness, n. Quality of being reasonable.
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Reasonably, adv. 1. In a reasonable manner.
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2. Moderately; tolerably. “Reasonably perfect in the language.” Holder.
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Reasoner (rēz'nẽr), n. One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.
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Reasoning, n. 1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
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2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.
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His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay.
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Syn. -- Argumentation; argument. -- , . Few words are more interchanged than these; and yet, technically, there is a difference between them. Reasoning is the broader term, including both deduction and induction. Argumentation denotes simply the former, and descends from the whole to some included part; while reasoning embraces also the latter, and ascends from the parts to a whole. See . Reasoning is occupied with ideas and their relations; argumentation has to do with the forms of logic. A thesis is set down: you attack, I defend it; you insist, I reply; you deny, I prove; you distinguish, I destroy your distinctions; my replies balance or overturn your objections. Such is argumentation. It supposes that there are two sides, and that both agree to the same rules. Reasoning, on the other hand, is often a natural process, by which we form, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience.
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Reasonist, n. A rationalist. [Obs.]
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Such persons are now commonly called “reasonists” and “rationalists,” to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers. Waterland.
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Reasonless, a. 1. Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak.
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2. Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
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This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak.
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Reassemblage (rēăssĕmbl�j), n. Assemblage a second time or again.
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Reassemble (rēăssĕmb'l), v. t. & i. To assemble again.
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Reassert (rēăssẽrt), v. t. To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
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Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature. Walsh.
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Reassertion (rēăssẽrshŭn), n. A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.
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Reassessment (rēăssĕsm�nt, n. A renewed or second assessment.
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Reassign (rēăssīn), v. t. To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.
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Reassignment (rēăssīnm�nt), n. The act of reassigning.
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Reassimilate (rēăssĭmĭlāt), v. t. & i. To assimilate again. -- Reassimilation (rēăssĭmĭlāshŭn), n.
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Reassociate (rēăssōshĭāt), v. t. & i. To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
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Reassume (rēăssūm), v. t. To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Reassumption (rēăssŭmpshŭn), n.
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Reassurance (rēȧshṳr�ns), n. 1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. Prynne.
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2. (Law) Same as .
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Reassure (rēȧshṳr), v. t. 1. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
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They rose with fear, . . .
Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. Dryden.
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2. To reinsure.
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Reassurer (rēȧshṳrẽr), n. One who reassures.
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Reasty (rēst�), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser. -- Reastiness (rēstĭnĕs), n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Reata (r�ätȧ), n. [Sp.] A lariat.
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Reattach (rēăttăch), v. t. To attach again. The object reattached may have been an integral part which had never been attached (trans), e.g., to reattach a severed finger.
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Reattachment (rēăttăchm�nt), n. The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
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Reattain (rēăttān), v. t. To attain again.
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Reattainment (rēăttānm�nt), n. The act of reattaining.
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Reattempt (rēăttĕmt; 215), v. t. To attempt again.
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Reaume (rē�m), n. Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Réaumur (r�ōmụr), a. Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented. -- n. A Réaumur thermometer or scale.
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☞ The Réaumur thermometer is so graduated that 0° marks the freezing point and 80° the boiling point of water. Frequently indicated by R. Cf. , and . See Illust. of .
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Reave (rēv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved (rēvd), Reft (rĕft), or Raft (rȧft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] [AS. reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf. bireófan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjūfa to break, violate, Goth. biráubōn to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. √114. Cf. , , v. t., , , v. i., .] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. “To reave his life.” Spenser.
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He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer.
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If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman.
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To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak.
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The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson.
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Reaver (rēvẽr), n. One who reaves. [Archaic]
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Reawake (rēȧwāk), v. i. To awake again.
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Rebanish (rēbănĭsh), v. t. To banish again.
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Rebaptism (rēbăptĭz'm), n. A second baptism.
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Rebaptization (rēbăptĭzāshŭn), n. [Cf. F. rebaptisation.] A second baptism. [Obs.] Hooker.
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Rebaptize (rēbăptīz), v. t. [Pref. re- + baptize: cf. F. rebaptiser, L. rebaptizare.] To baptize again or a second time.
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Rebaptizer (rēbăptīzẽr), n. One who rebaptizes.
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Rebarbarize (rēbärbȧrīz), v. t. To reduce again to barbarism. -- Rebarbarization (rēbärbȧrĭzāshŭn), n.
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Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Rebate (r�bāt), v. t. [F. rebattre to beat again; pref. re- re- + battre to beat, L. batuere to beat, strike. See .] 1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
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But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge. Shak.
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2. To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties. Blount.
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3. To return a portion of a sum paid, as a method of discounting of prices.
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Coloq. Rebated cross , a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
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Rebate, v. i. To abate; to withdraw. [Obs.] Foxe.
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Rebate, n. 1. Diminution.
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2. (Com.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties. Bouvier.
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3. A portion of a sum paid, returned to the purchaser, as a method of discounting. The rebate is sometimes returned by the manufacturer, after the full price is paid to the retailer by the purchaser.
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Rebate, n. [See .] 1. (Arch.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See .
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2. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar. Elmes.
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3. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.
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4. [Perhaps a different word.] A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements. [R.] Elmes.
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Rebate, v. t. To cut a rebate in. See , v.
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Rebatement (r�bātm�nt), n. [Cf. OF. rabatement, fr. rabatre to diminish, F. rabattre.] Same as 3d , v.
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Rebato (r�bāt�), n. Same as . Burton.
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Rebec (rēbĕk), n. [F., fr. It. ribeca, ribeba, fr. Ar. rabāb a musical instrument of a round form.] 1. (Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. [Written also rebeck.] Milton.
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He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note. Drayton.
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2. A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Rebel (rĕbĕl), a. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See , v. i.] Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
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Whoso be rebel to my judgment. Chaucer.
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Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.
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Rebel, n. [F. rebelle.] One who rebels.
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Syn. -- Revolter; insurgent. -- , . Insurgent marks an early, and rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them.
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Rebel (r�bĕl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled (r�bĕld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.] [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See , and cf. to carouse.] 1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See .
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The murmur and the churls' rebelling. Chaucer.
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Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord. Josh. xxii. 16.
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2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
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How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason? Dryden.
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Rebeldom (rĕbĕldŭm), n. A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels. Thackeray.
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Rebeller (r�bĕllẽr), n. One who rebels; a rebel.
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Rebellion (r�bĕlyŭn), n. [F. rébellion, L. rebellio. See , v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.] 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
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No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it. Ames.
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2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
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Coloq. Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished. Wharton. Burrill.
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Syn. -- Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance; contumacy. See .
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Rebellious (r�bĕlyŭs), a. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. “Thy rebellious crew.” “Proud rebellious arms.” Milton. -- Rebelliously, adv. -- Rebelliousness, n.
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Rebellow (rēbĕll�), v. i. To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.
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The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.
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Rebiting (rēbītĭng), n. (Etching) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid. Fairholt.
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Rebloom (rēbl�m), v. i. To bloom again. Crabbe.
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Reblossom (rēblŏssŭm), v. i. To blossom again.
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Reboant (r�bō�nt), a. [L. reboans, p. pr. of reboare; pref. re- re- + boare to cry aloud.] Rebellowing; resounding loudly. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
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Reboation (rēb�āshŭn), n. Repetition of a bellow. [R.] Bp. Patrick.
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Reboil (rēboil), v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + boil: cf. F. rebouillir.] 1. To boil, or to cause to boil, again.
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2. Fig.: To make or to become hot. [Obs.]
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Some of his companions thereat reboyleth. Sir T. Elyot.
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Reborn (rēbôrn), p. p. Born again.
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Rebound (r�bound), v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.] 1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
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Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another. Sir I. Newton.
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2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.
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3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope.
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4. to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.
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Coloq. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
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Rebound, v. t. To send back; to reverberate.
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Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. Dryden.
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Rebound, n. 1. The act of rebounding; resilience.
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Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound. Dryden.
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2. recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.
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Rebozo (?), n. [Sp. rebozo.] A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face. [Mexico & Sp. Amer.]
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Rebrace (rēbrās), v. t. To brace again. Gray.
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Rebreathe (rēbrēth), v. t. To breathe again.
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Rebucous (r�būkŭs), a. Rebuking. [Obs.]
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She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan.
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Rebuff (r�bŭf), n. [It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. to strike, a blow.] 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
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The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton.
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2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
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Rebuff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuffed (r�bŭft); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuffing.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
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Rebuild (rēbĭld), v. t. To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
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Rebuilder (rēbĭldẽr), n. One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
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Rebukable (r�būkȧb'l), a. Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak.
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Rebuke (r�būk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (r�būkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
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The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See .
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