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14,436 words match “RES”

RESPONDENTIA n.
A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.
RESPONSAL n. 3 definitions
One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] Barrow.
RESPONSE n. 3 definitions
The act of responding.
RESPONSELESS a.
Giving no response.
RESPONSIBILITY n. 3 definitions
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
RESPONSIBLE a. 3 definitions
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
RESPONSION n. 2 definitions
The act of answering. [Obs.]
RESPONSIVE a. 3 definitions
That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
RESPONSORIAL a.
Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman.
RESPONSORY n. 4 definitions
to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.
RESSALDAR n.
In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.
REST v. 24 definitions
To arrest. [Obs.]
REST CURE n.
Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity.
REST-HARROW n.
A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.
RESTAGNANT a.
Stagnant; motionless. [Obs.] Boyle.
RESTAGNATE v.
To stagnate; to cease to flow. [Obs.] Wiseman.
RESTAGNATION n.
Stagnation. [Obs.]
RESTANT a.
Persistent.
RESTATE v.
To state anew. Palfrey.
RESTAURANT n.
An eating house.
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