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939 words match “REND”

RATE n.
iful. Calamy. Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough. Clarendon.
RATIONALIZE v.
To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
READING n.
Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant]
REASON n.
atch is by the motion of the next wheel. Sir M. Hale. This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the church was called "catholic." Bp. Pearson. Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. Tillotson.…
RECIPROCAL a.
Mutually interchangeable. These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined. I. Watts.
RECOMPENSE v.
To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.
RECONFIRM v.
To confirm anew. Clarendon.
RED-RIBAND n.
The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
REDDITION n.
Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell.
REGARD n.
erence; 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.
REGION n.
The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.
REGRET n.
e Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving.
REIM n.
A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [South Africa] Simmonds.
REJUVENATE v.
To render young again.
REJUVENATED p.
Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life.
RELIEVE v.
To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or cruches; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to allevate; to- abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
RELISH n.
That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
REMISE v. 2 definitions
To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.
REMISSION n.
The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
REMIT v.
To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.
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