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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9,281 words match “EAR”

REAPPEARANCE v.
A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
REAR adv. 12 definitions
Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.] Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! Gay.
REAR-HORSE n.
A mantis.
REARDORSE; REARDOSS n.
A reredos.
REARER n.
One he, or that which, rears.
REARGUE v.
To argue anew or again.
REARGUMENT n.
An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
REARLY adv.
Early. [Obs.] Beau. & Ft.
REARMOST a.
Farthest in the rear; last.
REARMOUSE; REREMOUSE n.
The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]
REARRANGE v.
To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
REARRANGEMENT n.
The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
REARWARD n. 2 definitions
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak.
RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR a.
of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
RECTILINEARITY n.
The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.
REDSEAR v.
To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. Moxon.
REHEAR v.
To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.
REHEARSAL n.
The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a priv…
REHEARSE v. 5 definitions
what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.
REHEARSER n.
One who rehearses.
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