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A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]

To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.

rs of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism. Theodore . . . is just considered the chief rationalizing doctor of antiquity. J. H. Newman.

A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct o Thackeray.

ual labor with affairs of state. Locke. Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope.

The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

us) of the family Icteridæ. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.

Admitting of being reëxamined or reconsidered. Story.

Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also referrible.] It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause. W. Nicholson.

nce; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural. He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards. A. Smith. Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference. Hawthorne.

To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.

Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.

One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically:

dmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

Capable of being rendered.

The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of…

Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.

To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.