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2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
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My father has repented him ere now.
Dryden.
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3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. [Archaic] “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth.” Gen. vi. 6.
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Repentance (r�pĕnt�ns), n. [F. repentance.] The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer.
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Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.
2. Cor. vii. 20.
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Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God.
Hammond.
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Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are properly not parts, but adjuncts, of repentance; yet they are too closely connected with it to be easily separated.
Rambler.
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Syn. -- Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness; compunction. See .
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Repentant (-�nt), a. [F. repentant.] 1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer.
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Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood.
Millton.
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2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. “Repentant sighs and voluntary pains.” Pope.
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Repentant, n. One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
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Repentantly, adv. In a repentant manner.
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Repenter (-ẽr), n. One who repents.
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Repentingly, adv. With repentance; penitently.
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Repentless, a. Unrepentant. [R.]
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Repeople (rēpēp'l), v. t. [Pref. re- + people: cf. F. repeupler.] To people anew.
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Reperception (r?p?r-s?psh?n), n. The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.
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No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine.
Keats.
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Repercuss (-kŭs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repercussed (-k?st);p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing.] [L. repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re- + percutere. See .] To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
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Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
Evelyn.
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Repercussion (-k?sh?n), n. [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.] 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
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Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
Hare.
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2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
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3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
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4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
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Repercussive (-k?s?v), a. [Cf. F. répercussif.]
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1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
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Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
W. Pattison.
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2. Repellent. [Obs.] “Blood is stanched by astringent and repercussive medicines.” Bacon.
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3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. “Rages loud the repercussive roar.” Thomson.
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Repercussive, n. A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Repertitious (r?p?r-t?sh?s), a. [L. reperticius. See .] Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]
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Répertoire (F. r�pârtwär; E. rĕpẽrtwär), n. [F. See .] A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.
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Repertory (r?p?r-t?-r?), n. [L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere, to bring forth, procure: cf. F. répertoire. Cf. .]
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1. A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
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2. A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
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3. Same as .
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Reperusal (r?p?-r?zal), n. A second or repeated perusal.
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Reperuse (-r?z), v. t. To peruse again. Ld. Lytton.
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Repetend (r?p?-t?nd), n. [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7�8�), the repetend is 283.
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Repetition (rĕp�-tĭshŭn), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See .] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
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I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.
Shak.
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2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
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3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
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4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
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5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
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Syn. -- Iteration; rehearsal. See .
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{ Repetitional (-al). Repetitionary (-?-r?) }, a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.]
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Repetitioner (-?r), n. One who repeats. [Obs.]
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Repetitious (-t?sh?s), a. Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.] Dr. T. Dwight.
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Repetitive (r?-p?t?-t?v), a. Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]
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Repetitor (r?p?-t?t?r), n. [Cf. L. repetitor a reclaimer.] (Ger.Univ.) A private instructor.
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Repine (r?-p?n), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
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1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] “Reppening courage yields no foot to foe.” Spenser.
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2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.
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But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.
Spenser.
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What if the head, the eye, or ear repined
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?
Pope.
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Repine, n. Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.
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Repiner (r?-p?n?r), n. One who repines.
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Repiningly, adv. With repening or murmuring.
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Repkie (r?pk?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any edible sea urchin. [Alaska]
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Replace (r?-pl?s), v. t. [Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.] 1. To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
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The earl . . . was replaced in his government.
Bacon.
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2. To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
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3. To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
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With Israel, religion replaced morality.
M. Arnold.
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4. To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
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This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
Whewell.
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5. To put in a new or different place.
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☞ The propriety of the use of replace instead of displace, supersede, take the place of, as in the third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the practice of careful writers.
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Coloq. Replaced crystal (Crystallog.), a crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or angles.
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Replaceability (-?-b?l?-t?), n. The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.
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Replaceable (r?-pl?s?-b'l), a. 1. Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.
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2. Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.
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3. (Chem.) Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.
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Replacement (-ment), n. 1. The act of replacing.
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2. (Crystallog.) The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.
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Replait (r?-pl?t), v. t. To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.
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Replant (rE-pl?nt), v. t. To plant again.
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Replantable (-?-b'l), a. That may be planted again.
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Replantation (r?pl?n-t?sh?n), n. The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.] Hallywell.
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Replead (r?-pl?d), v. t. & i. To plead again.
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Repleader (-?r), n. (Law) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.
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Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo.
Blackstone.
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Replenish (r?-pl?n?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replenished (-?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Replenishing.] [OE. replenissen, OF. replenir; L. pref. re- re- + plenus full. See , , and cf. .] 1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
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Multiply and replenish the earth.
Gen. i. 28.
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The waters thus
With fish replenished, and the air with fowl.
Milton.
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2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
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We smothered
The most replenished sweet work of nature.
Shak.
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Replenish, v. i. To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
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The humors will not replenish so soon.
Bacon.
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Replenisher (-?r), n. One who replenishes.
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Replenishment (-ment), n. 1. The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.
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2. That which replenishes; supply. Cowper.
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Replete (r?-pl?t), a. [L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See , .] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. “His words replete with guile.” Milton.
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When he of wine was replet at his feast.
Chaucer.
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In heads replete with thoughts of other men.
Cowper.
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Replete, v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
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Repleteness, n. The state of being replete.
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Repletion (r?-pl?sh?n), n. [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. réplétion. See .] 1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.
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The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap.
Bacon.
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Repleccioun [overeating] ne made her never sick.
Chaucer.
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2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora.
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Repletive (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. réplétif.] Tending to make replete; filling. -- Repletively, adv.
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Repletory (-t?-r?), a. Repletive. [R.]
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Repleviable (r?-pl?v?-?-b'l), a. [See .] (Law) Capable of being replevied.
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Replevin (-?n), n. [LL. replevina. See , and cf. .] 1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier.
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2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
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Replevin, v. t. (Law) To replevy.
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Replevisable (-?-s?-b'l), a. [OF. replevisable.] Repleviable. Sir M. Hale.
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Replevy (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire. See , .] 1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.
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2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. Spenser.
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Replevy (r?-pl?v?), n. Replevin. Mozley & W.
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Replica (r?pl?-k?), n. [It. See , v. & n.]
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1. (Fine Arts) A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.
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2. (Mus.) Repetition.
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Replicant (r?pl?-kant), n. One who replies.
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Replicate (-?-k?t), v. t. To reply. [Obs.]
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{ Replicate (l?-k?t), Replicated (-k?t?d), } a. [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See .] Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.
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Replication (-k?sh?n), n. [L. replicatio. See .] 1. An answer; a reply. Shak.
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Withouten any repplicacioun.
Chaucer.
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2. (Law Pleadings) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.
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3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.
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To hear the replication of your sounds.
Shak.
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4. A repetition; a copy.
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5. (Biochem.) The copying, by enzymes, of a cell's genome, i.e. the DNA or RNA comprising its genetic material, so as to form an identical genome. This is an essential step in the division of one cell into two. This differs from transcription, which is the copying of only part of the genetic information of a cell's genome into RNA, as in the processes of biosynthesis of messenger RNA or ribosomal RNA.
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Syn. -- Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.
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Replier (r?-pl??r), n. One who replies. Bacon.
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Replum (r?pl?m), n. [L., doorcase.] (Bot.) The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.
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Reply (r?-pl?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. répliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See , and cf. .] 1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
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O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Rom. ix. 20.
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2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.
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3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
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Syn. -- To answer; respond; rejoin.
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Reply, v. t. To return for an answer. Milton.
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Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply.
Shak.
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Reply, n.; pl. Replies (-pl�z). [See , v. i., and cf. .] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
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Syn. -- Answer; rejoinder; response. -- , , . A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. “This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;” “It answers the purpose.”
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Replyer (-?r), n. See . Bacon.
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Repolish (r?-p?l?sh), v. t. To polish again.
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Repone (r?-p?n), v. t. [L. reponere; pref. re- re- + ponere to place.] To replace. R. Baillie.
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Repopulation (r?p?p?l?sh?n), n. The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.
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Report (r?-p?rt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see ), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See bearing, demeanor.] 1. To refer. [Obs.]
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Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
Fuller.
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2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
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There is no man that may reporten all.
Chaucer.
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3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. Shak.
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It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel.
Neh. vi. 6.
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4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
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5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] “A church with windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times.” Bacon.
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6. (Parliamentary Practice) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
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7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
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8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
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9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
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Coloq. To be reported , or Coloq. To be reported of , to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. -- Coloq. To report one's self , to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.
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Syn. -- To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.
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Report (r?-p?rt), v. i. 1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
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2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
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