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826 words match “BEG”

RENEW v. 2 definitions
To begin again; to recommence. The last great age . . . renews its finished course. Dryden.
REPLEADER n.
s; also, the right of pleading again. Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must begin de novo. Blackstone.
REPRODUCE v.
stence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation.
REPROVE v.
censure. What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me" Milton.
RESPONSORY n.
as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.
RESTITUTION n.
ed, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor.
RESUME v.
To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
RETRACTION n.
n of change of opinion; recantation. Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or Eikon Basilike.
RETROGENERATIVE a.
Begetting young by retrocopulation.
RETURN v.
To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again. With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. Milton.
REVERSION n. 2 definitions
Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession. For even reversions are all begged before. Dryden.
RHYME n.
ding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any. For rhyme with reason m…
RIP v.
discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion. Clarendon. For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely. Milton.
RISE v. 2 definitions
To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs. A scepter shall rise out of Israel. Num. xxiv. 17. Honor and shame from no condition rise. Pope.
ROAM n.
The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.
ROGUE n.
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
ROMAN CALENDAR n.
vember, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year, and Februarius at the end, making in all 355 days. He also ordered an intercalary month, Mercedinus, to be inserted every second year. Later the order of the months was changed so that January should come be…
ROMANTICISM n.
of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo- classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism. Lowell.
ROOT v.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. Mortimer.
ROUND n. 4 definitions
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures.
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