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3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
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Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall. Prior.
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There is much to be done . . . and much to be retrieved. Burke.
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Syn. -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.
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Retrieve (?), v. i. (Sport.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.
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Retrieve, n. 1. A seeking again; a discovery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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2. The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term. [Obs.] Nares.
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Retrievement (?), n. Retrieval.
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Retriever (?), n. 1. One who retrieves.
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2. (Zoöl.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.
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Retrim (?), v. t. To trim again.
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Retriment (?), n. [L. retrimentum.] Refuse; dregs. [R.]
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Retro-. [L. retro, adv., backward, back. Cf. -.] A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.
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Retroact (?), v. i. [Pref. retro- + act.] To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
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Retroaction (?), n. [Cf. F. rétroaction.] 1. Action returned, or action backward.
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2. Operation on something past or preceding.
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Retroactive (?), a. [Cf. F. rétroactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes.
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Coloq. Retroactive law or Coloq. Retroactive statute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
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Retroactively, adv. In a retroactive manner.
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Retrocede (?), v. t. [Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. rétrocéder.] To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
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Retrocede, v. i. [L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See .] To go back.
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Retrocedent (?), a. [L. retrocedens, p. pr.] Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
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Retrocession (?), n. [Cf. F. rétrocession. See .] 1. The act of retroceding.
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2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
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3. (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.
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Retrochoir (?), n. [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
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Retrocopulant (?), a. [See .] Copulating backward, or from behind.
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Retrocopulation (?), n. [Pref. retro- + copulation.] Copulation from behind. Sir T. Browne.
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Retroduction (?), n. [L. retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead.] A leading or bringing back.
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{ Retroflex (?), Retroflexed (?), } a. [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.] Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
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Retroflexion (?), n. The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. .
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{ Retrofract (?), Retrofracted, } a. [Pref. retro- + L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break.] (Bot.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
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Retrogenerative (?), a. [Pref. retro- + generative.] Begetting young by retrocopulation.
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Retrogradation (?), n. [F. rétrogradation or L. retrogradatio. See .] 1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
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2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
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Retrograde (?), a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See .] 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton.
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And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. Chaucer.
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2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. “Progressive and not retrograde.” Bacon.
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It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak.
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3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.
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Retrograde, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
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2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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Retrogradingly (?), adv. By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
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Retrogress (?), n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.] Retrogression. [R.] H. Spenser.
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Retrogression (?), n. [Cf. F. rétrogression. See , and cf. .] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
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2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
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Retrogressive, a. [Cf. F. rétrogressif.] 1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
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2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
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Retrogressively, adv. In a retrogressive manner.
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Retromingency (?), n. The quality or state of being retromingent. Sir T. Browne.
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Retromingent (?), a. [Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate.] Organized so as to discharge the urine backward. -- n. (Zoöl.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.
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Retropulsive (?), a. [Pref. retro- + L. pellere, pulsum, to impel.] Driving back; repelling.
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Retrorse (?), a. [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. .] Bent backward or downward. -- Retrorsely, adv.
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Retrospect (?), v. i. [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See , and cf. .] To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
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It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. A. Hamilton.
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Retrospect, n. A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. Cowper.
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We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. Landor.
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Retrospection (?), n. The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
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Retrospective (?), a. [Cf. F. rétrospectif.] 1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
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The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope.
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2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.
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Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. Macaulay.
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Retrospectively, adv. By way of retrospect.
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Retrovaccination (?), n. (Med.) The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.
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Retroversion (?), n. [Cf. F. rétroversion. See .] A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
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☞ In retroversion the bending is gradual or curved; in retroflexion it is abrupt or angular.
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Retrovert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retroverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retroverting.] [Pref. retro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. .] To turn back.
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Retroverted, a. In a state of retroversion.
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Retrude (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retruding.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.] To thrust back. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Retruse (?), a. [L. retrusus concealed, p. p. of retrudere.] Abstruse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Retrusion (?), n. The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.
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In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause. Coleridge.
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Retry (?), v. t. To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.
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Rette (?), v. t. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Rettery (?), n. A place or establishment where flax is retted. See . Ure.
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Retting (?), n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See . Ure.
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2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure.
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Retund (?), v. t. [L. retundere, retusum; pref. re- re- + tundere to beat.] To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence. Ray. Cudworth.
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Re-turn (?), v. t. & i. To turn again.
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Return (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See .] 1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. “Return to your father's house.” Chaucer.
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On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton.
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If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke.
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Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.
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2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
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With the year
Seasons return; but not me returns
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. Milton.
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3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. Pope.
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4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 1Kings xii. 26.
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5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. “But to return to my story.” Fielding.
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Return, v. t. 1. To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
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Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye. Spenser.
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2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
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3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
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The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. 1 Kings ii. 44.
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4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
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5. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
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If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am. Dryden.
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6. To report, or bring back and make known.
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And all the people answered together, . . . and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. Ex. xix. 8.
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7. To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.
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8. Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers. [Eng.]
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9. To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
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10. To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
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Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use. Clarendon.
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11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
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12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.
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Coloq. To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led by one's partner.
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Syn. -- To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit; report.
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Return (?), n. 1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.
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At the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 1 Kings xx. 22.
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His personal return was most required and necessary. Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.
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You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? Dryden.
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3. That which is returned. Specifically: (a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond. Shak.
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(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question. (c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information. (d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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The fruit from many days of recreation is very little; but from these few hours we spend in prayer, the return is great. Jer. Taylor.
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4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
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5. (Law) (a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court. (b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document. (c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners. (d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. Blackstone.
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6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
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Coloq. Return ball , a ball held by an elastic string so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a plaything. -- Coloq. Return bend , a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another. -- Coloq. Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings. -- Coloq. Return flue , in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their previous movement in another flue. -- Coloq. Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.
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Returnable (?), a. 1. Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.
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2. (Law) Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.
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Returner (?), n. One who returns.
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Returnless, a. Admitting no return. Chapman.
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Retuse (?), a. [L. retusus, p. p. : cf. F. rétus. See .] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.
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Reule (?), n. & v. Rule. [Obs.]
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Reume (?), n. Realm. [Obs.]
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Reunion (?), n. [Pref. re- + union: cf. F. réunion.] 1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.
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2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.
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Reunite (?), v. t. & i. To unite again; to join after separation or variance. Shak.
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