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Renunciatory (r?-n?nsh?-?-t?-r?), a. [Cf. LL. renuntiatorius.] Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.
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Renverse (r?n-vErs), v. t. [F. renverser; L. pref. re- re- + in in, into + versare, v. intens. fr. vertere to turn.] To reverse. [Obs.]
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Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser.
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{ Renverse (r?nv?rs), or Renversé (r?nv?rs?) }, a. [F. renversé, p. p. ] (Her.) Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
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Renversement (-ment), n. [F.] A reversing. [Obs.]
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Renvoy (-voi), v. t. [F. renvoyer.] To send back. [Obs.] “Not dismissing or renvoying her.” Bacon.
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Renvoy, n. [F. renvoi.] A sending back. [Obs.]
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Reobtain (r??b-t?n), v. t. To obtain again.
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Reobtainable (-?-b'l), a. That may be reobtained.
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Reoccupy (r?-?kk?-p?), v. t. To occupy again.
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Reometer (r?-?m?-t$r), n. Same as .
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Reopen (r?-?p'n), v. t. & i. To open again.
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Reoppose (r??p-p?z), v. t. To oppose again.
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Reordain (r??r-d?n), v. t. [Pref. re- re- + ordain: cf. F. réordonner.] To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.
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Reorder (r?-?rd?r), v. t. To order a second time.
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Reordination, n. A second ordination.
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Reorganization (-gan-?-z?sh?n), n. The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.
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Reorganize (r?-?rgan-?z), v. t. & i. To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.
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Reorient (r?-?r?-ent), a. Rising again. [R.]
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The life reorient out of dust. Tennyson.
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Reostat (r??-st?t), n. (Physics) See .
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Reotrope (-tr?p), n. (Physics) See .
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Rep (rĕp), n. [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.] A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
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Rep (rĕp), a. Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
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Repace (r?-p?s), v. t. To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.
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Repacify (r?-p?s?-f?), v. t. To pacify again.
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Repack (r?-p?k), v. t. To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.
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Repacker (-?r), n. One who repacks.
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Repaganize (r?-p?gan-?z), v. t. To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
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Repaid (r?-p?d), imp. & p. p. of .
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Repaint (r?-p?nt), v. t. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
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Repair (r?-p?r), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See , and cf. .] 1. To return. [Obs.]
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I thought . . . that he repaire should again. Chaucer.
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2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. Chaucer.
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Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. Pope.
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Repair, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See to go.] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] Chaucer.
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The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. Clarendon.
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2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.]
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There the fierce winds his tender force assail
And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden.
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Repair, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. réparer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See , and cf. .] 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
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Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton.
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Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
My heart with gladness. Wordsworth.
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2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
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I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak.
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Syn. -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit.
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Repair, n. 1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
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Sunk down and sought repair
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. Milton.
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2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
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Repairable (-?b'l), a. Reparable. Gauden.
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Repairer (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.
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Repairment, n. Act of repairing.
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Repand (r?p?nd), a. [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.
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Reparability (r?p?-r?-b?l?-t?), n. The quality or state of being reparable.
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Reparable (r?p?-r?-b'l), a. [L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable.] Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.
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Reparably, adv. In a reparable manner.
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Reparation (-r?sh?n), n. [F. réparation, L. reparatio. See to mend.] 1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot.
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2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity; --used, e.g. in the phrase Coloq. make reparation , Coloq. pay reparations , or Coloq. make reparations .
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I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden.
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Syn. -- Restoration; repair; restitution; compensation; amends; satisfaction.
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Reparative (r?-p?r?-t?v), a. Repairing, or tending to repair. Jer. Taylor.
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Reparative, n. That which repairs. Sir H. Wotton.
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Reparel (-?l), n. [Cf. .] A change of apparel; a second or different suit. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Repartee (r?p3r-t?), n. [F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply, depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See .] A smart, ready, and witty reply.
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Cupid was as bad as he;
Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.
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Syn. -- Retort; reply. See .
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Repartee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reparteed (-t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reparteeing.] To make smart and witty replies. [R.] Prior.
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Repartimiento (r?p?r-t?m?-?nt?), n. [Sp., fr. repartir to divide.] A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. W. Irving.
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Repartotion (r?-p?r-t?sh?n), n. Another, or an additional, separation into parts.
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Repass (r?-p?s), v. t. [Pref. re- + pass: cf. F. repasser. Cf. .] To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.
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Repass, v. i. To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.
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Repassage (r?-p?ss?j;48), n. The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt.
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Repassant (r?-p?ssant), a. [Cf. F. repassant, p. pr.] (Her.) Counterpassant.
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Repast (r?-p?st), n. [OF. repast, F. repas, LL. repastus, fr. L. repascere to feed again; pref. re- re- + pascere, pastum, to pasture, feed. See .] 1. The act of taking food.
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From dance to sweet repast they turn. Milton.
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2. That which is taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment. “Sleep . . . thy best repast.” Denham.
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Go and get me some repast. Shak.
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Repast, v. t. & i. To supply food to; to feast; to take food. [Obs.] “Repast them with my blood.” Shak.
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He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting and repasting of our minds. Milton.
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Repaster (-?r), n. One who takes a repast. [Obs.]
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Repasture (-p?st?r;135), n. [See .] Food; entertainment. [Obs.]
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Food for his rage, repasture for his den. Shak.
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Repatriate (r?-p?tr?-?t), v. t. [L. repatriare. See 1st .] To restore to one's own country.
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Repatriation (-?sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. repatriatio return to one's country.] Restoration to one's country.
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Repay (r?-p?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaid (-p?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Repaying.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.] 1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
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If you repay me not on such a day,
In such a place, such sum or sums. Shak.
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2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.
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Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. Rambler.
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3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
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Syn. -- To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.
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Repayable (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being, or proper to be, repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.
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Repayment (-ment), n. 1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor.
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2. The money or other thing repaid.
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Repeal (r?-p?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repealed (-p?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Repealing.] [OF. repeler to call back, F. rappeler; pref. re- re- + OF. apeler, F. appeler, to call, L. appellare. See , and. cf. .] 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.]
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The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak.
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2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
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3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]
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Whence Adam soon repealed
The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.
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Syn. -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See .
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Repeal, n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.]
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The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people
Will be as rash in the repeal, as hasty
To expel him thence. Shak.
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2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
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Repealability (-?-b?l?-t?), n. The quality or state of being repealable.
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Repealable (r?-p?l?-b'l), a. Capable of being repealed. -- Repealableness, n.
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Syn. -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
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Repealer (-?r), n. One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
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Repealment (-ment), n. Recall, as from banishment. [Obs.]
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Repeat (-p?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See .]
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1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. “I will repeat our former communication.” Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Not well conceived of God; who, though his power
Creation could repeat, yet would be loth
Us to abolish. Milton.
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2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller.
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3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
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Coloq. To repeat one's self , to do or say what one has already done or said. -- Coloq. To repeat signals , to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.
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Syn. -- To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See .
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Repeat (r?-p?t), n. 1. The act of repeating; repetition.
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2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
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3. (Mus.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
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Repeatedly, adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
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Repeater (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [U.S.] (e) See Circulating decimal, under . (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Repeating, a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.
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Coloq. Repeating circle . See the Note under , n., 3. -- Coloq. Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under . -- Coloq. Repeating firearm , a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See , and Magazine gun, under . -- Coloq. Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation. -- Coloq. Repeating watch . See (a)
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Repedation (r?p?-dash?n), n. [L. repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes, pedis, foot.] A stepping or going back. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Repel (r?-p?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See a beating, and cf. , .] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
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Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope.
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They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay.
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2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
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[He] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne.
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Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.
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Repel, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
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{ Repellence (-lens), Repellency (-len-s?), } n. The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
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Repellent (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p. pr. ] Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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Repellent, n. 1. That which repels.
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2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. Dunglison.
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3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
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Repeller (-l?r), n. One who, or that which, repels.
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Repent (r?p?nt), a. [L. repens, -entis, creeping, p. pr. of repere to creep.] 1. (Bot.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Gray.
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2. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Repent (r?-p?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Repented; p. pr. & vb. n. Repenting.] [F. se repentir; L. pref. re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repents me, I repent. See .] 1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
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First she relents
With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.
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2. To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
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Lest, peradventure, the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Ex. xiii. 17.
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3. (Theol.) To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice sin.
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Except ye repent, ye shall likewise perish. Luke xii. 3.
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Repent, v. t. 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
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I do repent it from my very soul. Shak.
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