Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



884 words match “YOUNG”

REJUVENATED p.
Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.
REJUVENESCENCE n.
A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
RENNET n.
The inner, or mucous, membrance of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.] Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. -- Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the…
REPARTEE n.
A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.
REPOSIT v.
y away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.
REPRUNE v.
To prune again or anew. Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.
REPTILIA n.
ny plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
RESONANT a.
hrough every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey.
RESORB v.
To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young.
RETROGENERATIVE a.
Begetting young by retrocopulation.
REVENGE v.
rs. Ld. Berners. The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. Dryden. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. Shak.
REVOLT v.
ce; to shock; as, to revolt the feelings. This abominable medley is made rather to revolt young and ingenuous minds. Burke. To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any sentient creatuure revolted his conscience and offended his reason. J. Morley.
REWRITE v.
To write again. Young.
RHETORICIAN n.
A teacher of rhetoric. The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Bacon.
RID v.
will red evil beasts out of the land. Lev. xxvi. 6. Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince! Shak.
RIDICULE v.
h at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. Goldsmith.
RING-TAILED a.
bands of color. Ring- tailed cat (Zoöl.), the cacomixle. -- Ring-tailed eagle (Zoöl.), a young golden eagle.
RIOTOUS a.
Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13.
ROVE n.
The act of wandering; a ramble. In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young. Rove beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family Staphylinidæ, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.
RUDDY a.
ck on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc. -- Ruddy plover (Zoöl.) the sanderling.…
← Previous Page 32 of 45 Next →