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Reign (r?n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reigning.] [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See , n.] 1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer.
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We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14.
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Shall Banquo's issue ever
Reign in this kingdom? Shak.
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2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. “Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer.” Bacon.
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3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12.
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Syn. -- To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.
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Reigner (r?n?r), n. One who reigns. [R.]
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Reillume (r??ll?m), v. t. To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine. “Thou must reillume its spark.” J. R. Drake.
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Reilluminate (-l?m?n?t), v. t. To enlighten again; to reillumine.
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Reillumination (-n?sh?n), n. The act or process of enlightening again.
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Reillumine (-l?m?n), v. t. To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
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Reim (r?m), n. [D. riem, akin to G riemen; CF. Gr. ���� a towing line.] A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.
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Reimbark (r??mb?rk), v. t. & i. See .
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Reimbody (-b?d?), v. t. & i. [See .] To imbody again. Boyle.
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Reimbursable (r??mb?rs?b'l), a. [CF. F. remboursable.] Capable of being repaid; repayable.
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A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton.
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Reimburse (-b?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-b?rst); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.] [Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.] 1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.
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2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.
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Reimbursement (-b?rsment), n. [Cf. F. rembursement.] The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.
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Reimburser (-b?rs?r), n. One who reimburses.
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Reimplant (-pl?nt), v. t. To implant again.
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Reimport (-p?rt), v. t. [Pref. re- + import: cf. F. remporter.] To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back. Young.
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Reimportation (r??mp?rt?sh?n), n. The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
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Reimportune (-p?rt?n), v. t. To importune again.
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Reimpose (r??mp?z), v. t. To impose anew.
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Reimpregnate (-pr?gn?t), v. t. To impregnate again or anew. Sir T. Browne.
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Reimpress (-pr?s), v. t. To impress anew.
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Reimpression (-pr?sh?n), n. A second or repeated impression; a reprint.
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Reimprint (-pr?nt), v. t. To imprint again.
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Reimprison (-pr?z'n), v. t. To imprison again.
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Reimprisonment (-ment), n. The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.
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Rein (r?n), n. [F. rêne, fr. (assumed) LL. retina, fr. L. retinere to hold back. See .] 1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
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This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer.
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2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. “Let their eyes rove without rein.” Milton.
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Coloq. To give rein , Coloq. To give the rein to , to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. -- Coloq. To take the reins , to take the guidance or government; to assume control.
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Rein, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reined (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reining.] 1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
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He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman.
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2. To restrain; to control; to check.
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Being once chafed, he can not
Be reined again to temperance. Shak.
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Coloq. To rein in or Coloq. To rein up , (a) to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence, (a) to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; -- to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive.
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Rein, v. i. To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak.
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Reinaugurate, v. t. To inaugurate anew.
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Reincit (-s?t), v. t. To incite again.
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Reincorporate, v. t. To incorporate again.
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Reincrease (-kr?s), v. t. To increase again.
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Reincur (-k?r), v. t. To incur again.
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Reindeer (rāndēr), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
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☞ The common European species (Rangifer tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see .) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (Rangifer Grœnlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries.
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Coloq. Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. -- Coloq. Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe.
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Reinduce (r??nd?s), v. t. To induce again.
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Reinette (r?n?t), n. [F. See 1st .] (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
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Reinfect (r??nf?kt), v. t. [Pref. re- + infect: cf. F. réinfecter.] To infect again.
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Reinfectious (-f?ksh?s), a. Capable of reinfecting.
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Reinforce (-f?rs), v. t. See , v. t.
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Reinforce, n. See , n.
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Reinforced concrete. Concrete having within its mass a system of iron or steel supports, such as bars, rods, or a heavy mesh, to provide increased tensile strength and shear resistance. Same as . [Also spelled reenforced concrete.]
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Reinforcement (-ment), n. See .
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Reinfund (-f?nd), v. i. [Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in.] To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.
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Reingratiate (-gr?sh??t), v. t. To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert.
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Reinhabit (-h?b?t), v. t. To inhabit again. Mede.
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Reinless (r?nl?s), a. Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.
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Reins (rānz), n. pl. [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.] 1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
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2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
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My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16.
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I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23.
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Coloq. Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.
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Reinsert (r??ns?rt), v. t. To insert again.
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Reinsertion (-s?rsh?n), n. The act of reinserting.
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Reinspect (-sp?kt), v. t. To inspect again.
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Reinspection (-sp?ksh?n), n. The act of reinspecting.
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Reinspire (-sp?r), v. t. To inspire anew. Milton.
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Reinspirit (-spr?t), v. t. To give fresh spirit to.
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Reinstall (-st?l), v. t. [Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller.] To install again. Milton.
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Reinstallment (-m�nt), n. A renewed installment.
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Reinstate (-st?t), v. t. To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.
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For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill.
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Reinstatement (-ment), n. The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re�stablishment.
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Reinstation (-st?sh?n), n. Reinstatement. [R.]
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Reinstruct (-str?kt), v. t. To instruct anew.
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Reinsurance (-sh?rans), n. 1. Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
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2. A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See .
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Reinsure (-sh?r), v. t. 1. To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
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2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.
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The innsurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. Walsh.
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Reinsurer (-sh?r?r), n. One who gives reinsurance.
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Reintegrate (r??nt?gr?t), v. t. [Pref. re- + integrate. Cf. .] To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation. Bacon.
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Reintegration (-gr?sh?n), n. A renewing, or making whole again. See .
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Reinter (r??nt?r), v. t. To inter again.
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Reinterrogate (-t?rr?g?t), v. t. To interrogate again; to question repeatedly. Cotgrave.
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Reinthrone (-thr?n), v. t. See .
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Reinthronize (-?z), v. t. To enthrone again. [Obs.]
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Reintroduce (r??ntr?d?s), v. t. To introduce again. -- Reintroduction (-d�ksh�n), n.
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Reinvest (r??nv?st), v. t. To invest again or anew.
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Reinvestigate (-v?st?g?t), v. t. To investigate again. -- Reinvestigation (-g�sh�n), n.
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Reinvestment (-v?stment), n. The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
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Reinvigorate (-v?g?r?t), v. t. To invigorate anew.
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Reinvolve (-v?lv), v. t. To involve anew.
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Reis (r??s or r?z), n. [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.] The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.
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Reis (rīs), n. [Ar. raïs head, chief, prince.] A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]
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Reis Effendi (r?s ?ff?nd?). [See 2d , and .] A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
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Reissner's membrane (r?sn?rz m?mbr?n). [Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
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Reissuable (r??sh??b'l), a. Capable of being reissued.
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Reissue (r??sh?), v. t. & i. To issue a second time.
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Reissue, n. A second or repeated issue.
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Reit (r?t), n. Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Reiter (r?t?r), n. [G., rider.] A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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Reiterant (r?-?t?r-�nt), a. [See .] Reiterating. [R.] Mrs. Browning.
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Reiterate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reiterated (-ātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reiterating.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. réitérer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
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That with reiterated crimes he might
Heap on himself damnation. Milton.
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You never spoke what did become you less
Than this; which to reiterate were sin. Shak.
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Syn. -- To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.
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Reiterate (-?t), a. Reiterated; repeated. [R.]
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Reiteratedly (-?t?d-l?), adv. Repeatedly.
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Reiteration (-?sh?n), n. [Cf. F. réitération.] The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.
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Reiterative (r?-?t?r-?-t?v), n. 1. (Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
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2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.
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Reiver (rēvẽr), n. See . Ruskin.
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Reject (r?-j?kt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See a shooting forth.]
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1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.
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2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton.
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Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hos. iv. 6.
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3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
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Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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Rejectable (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
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Rejectamenta (r?-j?kt?-m?nta), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See .] Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming.
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Rejectaneous (r?j?k-t?n?-?s), a. [L. rejectaneus.] Not chosen or received; rejected. [Obs.] “Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people.” Barrow.
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Rejecter (r?-j?kt?r), n. One who rejects.
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Rejection (r?-j?ksh?n), n. [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.] Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
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Rejectitious (r?j?k-t?sh?s), a. Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable. Cudworth.
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Rejective (r?-j?kt?v), a. Rejecting, or tending to reject.
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Rejectment (-ment), n. Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. Eaton.
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Rejoice (r�jois), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rejoiced (-joist); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoicing (-jois?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. réjouir; pref. re- re- + OF. esjouir, esjoir, F. éjouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See .] To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. “O, rejoice beyond a common joy.” Shak.
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. Ps. xxxi. 7.
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Syn. To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
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Rejoice, v. t. 1. To enjoy. [Obs.] Bp. Peacock.
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2. To give joi to; to make joyful; to gladden.
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I me rejoysed of my liberty. Chaucer.
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While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. Prior.
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Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. Arbuthnot.
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Syn. -- To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.
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Rejoice, n. The act of rejoicing. Sir T. Browne.
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Rejoicement (-ment), n. Rejoicing. [Obs.]
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Rejoicer (r?-jois?r), n. One who rejoices.
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Rejoicing (-s?ng), n. 1. Joy; gladness; delight.
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We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors. R. Nelson.
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2. The expression of joy or gladness.
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The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Ps. cxviii. 15.
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3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
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Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Ps. cxix. 111.
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Rejoicingly, adv. With joi or exultation.
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Rejoin (r?-join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.] [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See , and cf. .] 1. To join again; to unite after separation.
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2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
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Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. Pope.
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3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
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Rejoin, v. i. 1. To answer to a reply.
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2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
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Rejoinder (-d?r), n. [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See .] 1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
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2. (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
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Syn. -- Reply; answer; replication. See .
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Rejoinder, v. i. To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]
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Rejoindure (-d?r), n. Act of joining again. [Obs.] “Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure” (i.e., kisses). Shak.
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Rejoint (r�-joint), v. t. 1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow.
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2. Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
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