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2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
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3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
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Retire (?), v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
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To Una back he cast him to retire. Spenser.
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The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,
And to herself she gladly doth retire. Sir J. Davies.
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2. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
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Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 2 Sam. xi. 15.
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3. To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
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And from Britannia's public posts retire. Addison.
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4. To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
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5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
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Syn. -- To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat; retrocede.
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Retire, n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.]
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The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon.
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[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her retire. Milton.
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2. (Mil.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
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Retired (?), a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
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A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne.
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2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
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Coloq. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. -- Coloq. Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government.
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-- Retiredly, adv. -- Retiredness, n.
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Retirement (?), n. [Cf. F. retirement.] 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
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O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith.
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Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson.
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2. A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. [Archaic]
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This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations. Evelyn.
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Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus. Addison.
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Syn. -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat; seclusion; privacy. See .
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Retirer (?), n. One who retires.
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Retiring, a. 1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
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2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.
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Coloq. Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service. -- Coloq. Retiring pension , a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service.
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Retistene (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
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Retitelæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. rete a net + tela a web.] (Zoöl.) A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariæ.
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Retold (?), imp. & p. p. of .
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Retorsion (?), n. Same as .
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Retort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retorting.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See , and cf. , n., 2.] 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
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With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. Southey.
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2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
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As when his virtues, shining upon others,
Heat them and they retort that heat again
To the first giver. Shak.
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3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
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And with retorted scorn his back he turned. Milton.
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Retort, v. i. To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. Pope.
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Retort, n. [See , v. t.] 1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
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This is called the retort courteous. Shak.
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2. [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See , v. t.] (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
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Coloq. Tubulated retort (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon.
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Syn. -- Repartee; answer. -- , . A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark.
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Retorter (?), n. One who retorts.
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Retortion (?), n. [Cf. F. rétorsion. See , v. t.] 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.]
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It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. (Law) Retaliation. Wharton.
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Retortive (?), a. Containing retort.
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Retoss (?), v. t. To toss back or again.
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Retouch (?), v. t. [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.] 1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
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2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
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Retouch, n. (Fine Arts) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
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Retoucher (?), n. One who retouches.
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Retrace (?), v. t. [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. .] 1. To trace back, as a line.
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Then if the line of Turnus you retrace,
He springs from Inachus of Argive race. Driden.
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2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
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3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
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Retract (r�trākt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retracting.] [F. rétracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See .] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
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2. To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
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I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] Woodward.
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Syn. -- To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
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Retract, v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
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2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
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She will, and she will not; she grants, denies,
Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. Granville.
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Retract, n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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Retractable (r�trāktȧb'l), a. [Cf. F. rétractable.] Capable of being retracted; retractile.
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Retractate (r�trāktāt), v. t. [L. retractatus, p. p. of retractare. See .] To retract; to recant. [Obs.]
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Retractation (?), n. [Cf. F. rétractation, L. retractatio a revision, reconsideration. ] The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
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Retractible (r�trāktĭb'l), a. Retractable.
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Retractile (r�trāktĭl), a. [Cf. F. -rétractile.] (Physiol.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
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Retraction (r�trākshŭn), n. [Cf. F. rétraction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.] 1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
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2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation.
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Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or concessions. Eikon Basilike.
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3. (Physiol.) (a) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew. (b) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
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Retractive (r�trāktĭv), a. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- Retractively, adv.
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Retractive, n. That which retracts, or withdraws.
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Retractor (r�trāktẽr), n. One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: (a) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation. (c) (Surg.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation. (d) (Anat. & Zoöl.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under .
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Retraict (r�trāt), n. Retreat. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Retrait (r�trāt), n. [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See .] A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.]
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Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. Spenser.
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Retransform (?), v. t. To transform anew or back. -- Retransformation (#), n.
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Retranslate (?), v. t. To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
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Retraxit (?), n. [L., (he) has withdrawn. See .] (O. Eng. Law) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action. Blackstone.
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Retread (?), v. t. & i. To tread again.
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Retreat (?), n. [F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See , and cf. , .] 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
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In a retreat he o�truns any lackey. Shak.
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2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
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He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. L'Estrange.
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That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat
From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. Dryden.
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3. (Mil. & Naval.) (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat. (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
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☞ A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight.
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4. (Eccl.) (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
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Syn. -- Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge.
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Retreat (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
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The rapid currents drive
Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. Milton.
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Retreatful (?), a. Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] “Our retreatful flood.” Chapman.
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Retreatment (?), n. The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] D'Urfey.
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Retrench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrenching.] [OF. retrenchier, F. retrancher; pref. re- re- + OF. trenchier, F. trancher, to cut. See .] 1. To cut off; to pare away.
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Thy exuberant parts retrench. Denham.
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2. To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
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But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched. Milton.
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3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison.
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These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation? I. Taylor.
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4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
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Syn. -- To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.
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Retrench, v. i. To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
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Retrenchment (?), n. [Cf. F. retrenchment.] 1. The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
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The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you that � mean to replace your fortune as far as I can. Walpole.
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2. (Fort.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
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Syn. -- Lessening; curtailment; diminution; reduction; abridgment.
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Retrial (?), n. A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
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Retribute (?), v. t. [L. retributus, p. p. ofretribuere to retribute; pref re- + tribuere to bestow, assign, pay. See .] To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal. [Obs. or R.] Locke.
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Retributer (?), n. One who makes retribution.
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Retribution (?), n. [L. retributio: cf. F. rétribution.] 1. The act of retributing; repayment.
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In good offices and due retributions, we may not be pinching and niggardly. Bp. Hall.
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2. That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
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All who have their reward on earth, . . .
Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find
Fit retribution, empty as their deeds. Milton.
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3. Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
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It is a strong argument for a state of retribution hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous. Addison.
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Syn. -- Repayment; requital; recompense; payment; retaliation.
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{ Retributive (?), Retributory }, a. [Cf. LL. retributorius worthy of retribution.] Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
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Retrievable (?), a. [From .] That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Retrievableness, n. -- Retrievably, adv.
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Retrieval (?), n. The act retrieving.
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Retrieve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retrieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrieving.] [OE. retreven, OF. retrover to find again, recover (il retroevee finds again), F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover to find, F. trouver. See .] 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
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With late repentance now they would retrieve
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden
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2. To recall; to bring back.
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To retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits. Berkeley.
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