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A second enthroning.

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas. The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they. Norris. From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not equaled its refinements.…

The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.

Regulation. [Obs.] The reformation and reglement of usuary. Bacon.

Regulative. [R.]

Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.

The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

See Reënforcement.

The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re

Rejoicing. [Obs.]

The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release. [Archaic.]

Realm. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Coming back; returning. [R.] "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.

To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.

Remedy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capable of being remedied or cured. -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness, n. -Re*me"di*a*bly, adv.

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment. Statutes are declaratory or remedial. Blackstone. It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result; it is not remedial, not conservative. I. Taylor.

In a remedial manner.