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Reprieve (r?-pr?v), n. 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
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The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days. Clarendon.
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2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.
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All that I ask is but a short reprieve,
ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve. Denham.
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Reprimand (r?pr?-m?nd), n. [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See , and cf. .] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
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Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.
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Reprimand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] [Cf. F. réprimander. See , n.] 1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
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Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.
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2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
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Syn. -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See .
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Reprimander (-m?nd?r), n. One who reprimands.
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Reprimer (r?-pr?m?r), n. (Firearms) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.
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Reprint (r?-pr?nt), v. t. 1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.
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2. To renew the impression of.
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The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.
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Reprint (r?pr?nt), n. A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.
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Reprinter (r?-pr?nt?r), n. One who reprints.
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Reprisal (r?-prizal), n. [F. repr�saille, It. ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L. reprehendere, reprehensum. See , .] 1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
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Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. Macaulay.
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2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
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3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans.)
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4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland.
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Coloq. Letters of marque and reprisal . See under .
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Reprise (r?-pr?z), n. [F. reprise, fr. reprendre, repris, to take back, L. reprehendere. See .]
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1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.
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2. pl. (Law) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [Written also reprizes.] Burrill.
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3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
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Reprise, v. t. [Written also reprize.] 1. To take again; to retake. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]
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Repristinate (r?-pr?st?n-?t), v. t. [Pref. re- + pristine.] To restore to an original state. [R.] Shedd.
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Repristination (-t?-n?sh?n), n. Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [R.] R. Browning.
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Reprive (r?-pr?v), v. t. [Pref. re- + L. privare to deprive.] To take back or away. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Reprive, v. t. To reprieve. [Obs.] Howell.
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Reprize (-pr?z), v. t. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Reprizes (-pr?z?z), n. pl. (Law) See , n., 2.
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Reproach (r?-pr?ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproached (-pr?cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproaching.] [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. .] 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [Obs.]
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I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,
For that he knew you, might reproach your life. Shak.
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2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
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If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. 1 Peter iv. 14.
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That this newcomer, Shame,
There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. Milton.
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Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed
His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight.
Repelled the victors. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.
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Reproach, n. [F. reproche. See , v.]
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1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
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No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain. Macaulay.
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Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel ii. 17.
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2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
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3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
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Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. ii. 17.
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Syn. -- Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.
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Reproachablr (-?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. reprochable.]
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1. Deserving reproach; censurable.
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2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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-- Reproachableness, n. -- Reproachably, adv.
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Reproacher (-?r), n. One who reproaches.
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Reproachful (-f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.
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The reproachful speeches . . .
That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak.
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2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.
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Syn. -- Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous.
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-- Reproachfully (r�-pr�chf�l-l�), adv. -- Reproachfulness, n.
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Reproachless, a. Being without reproach.
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Reprobacy (r?pr?-b?-c?), n. Reprobation. [R.]
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Reprobance (-bans), n. Reprobation. [Obs.] Shak.
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Reprobate (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See , .]
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1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30.
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2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
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And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate. Milton.
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3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. “Reprobate desire.” Shak.
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Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See .
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Reprobate, n. One morally abandoned and lost.
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I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Reprobate (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b?t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.] 1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
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Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. Ayliffe.
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Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. Macaulay.
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2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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Reprobateness, n. The state of being reprobate.
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Reprobater (-b?t?r), n. One who reprobates.
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Reprobation (-b?sh?n), n. [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.] 1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
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The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. Jeffrey.
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Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden.
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2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.
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Reprobationer (-?r), n. (Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See , 2. South.
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Reprobative (-b?-t?v), a. Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.
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Reprobatory (-b?t?-r?), a. Reprobative.
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Reproduce (r?pr?-d?s), v. t. To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again.
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Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before. Sir I. Newton.
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(c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.
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Reproducer (-d?s?r), n. 1. One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.
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2. In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.
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3. In a manograph, a device for reproducing the engine stroke on a reduced scale.
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Reproduction (-d?ksh?n), n. [Cf. F. reproduction.] 1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
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☞ There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction (agamogenesis) and sexual reproduction (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion, which is always a single cell, called the female germ cell, is acted upon by another portion of living matter, the male germ cell, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two (impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which arises a new individual.
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2. That which is reproduced.
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Reproductive (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. reproductif.] Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.
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Reproductory (-t?-r?), a. Reproductive.
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Reproof (r?-pr??f), n. [OE. reproef. See , .] 1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]
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2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach.
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Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope.
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Syn. -- Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke; censure; blame. See .
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Reprovable (r?-pr??v?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. réprouvable.] Worthy of reproof or censure. Jer. Taylor.
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Syn. -- Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible; culpable; rebukable.
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--Reprovableness, n. -- Reprovably, adv.
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Re proval (-al), n. Reproof. Sir P. Sidney.
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Reprove (r?-pr??v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved (-pr??vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See , , and cf. .] 1. To convince. [Obs.]
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When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9.
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2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
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Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak.
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3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
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What if thy son
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Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
“Wherefore didst thou beget me?” Milton.
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4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
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He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall.
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Syn. -- To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure. -- , , . These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.
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Reprover (r?-pr??v?r), n. One who, or that which, reproves.
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Reprovingly, adv. In a reproving manner.
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Reprune (rēprṳn), v. t. To prune again or anew.
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Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.
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Rep-silver (r?ps?lv?r), n. [See .] Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.
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Reptant (r?ptant), a. [L. reptans, -antis, p. pr. of reptare, v. intens. from repere to creep. See .]
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1. (Bot.) Same as .
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2. (Zoöl.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.
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Reptantia (r?p-t?nsh?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
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Reptation (r?p-t?sh?n), n. [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zoöl.) The act of creeping.
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Reptatory (r?pt?-t?-r?), a. (Zoöl.) Creeping.
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Reptile (r?pt?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. .] 1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
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2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
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There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke.
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And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.
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Reptile, n. 1. (Zoöl.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
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☞ The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.
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3. A groveling or very mean person.
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Reptilia (r?p-t?l?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
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☞ It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles), Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha, Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.
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Reptilian (-an), a. Belonging to the reptiles.
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Coloq. Reptilian age (Geol.), that part of geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles attained its highest expansion; -- called also the Secondary or Mezozoic age.
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Reptilian, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Reptilia; a reptile.
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Republic (r?-p?bl?k), n. [F. république, L. respublica commonwealth; res a thing, an affair + publicus, publica, public. See , a., and .]
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1. Common weal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. , 2.
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☞ In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few, constituting a government now distinctively called an aristocracy. In some there was a division of authority between an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.
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Coloq. Republic of letters , The collective body of literary or learned men.
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Republican (-l?-kan), a. [F. républicain.] 1. Of or pertaining to a republic.
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The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. Macaulay.
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2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners.
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Coloq. Republican party . (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.
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