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To thrust back. [R.] Dr. H. More.

RETURN v. 31 definitions

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition. "Return to your father's house." Chaucer. On their embattled ranks the waves return. Milton. If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a state of freedom. Locke. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.

REVEL v. 5 definitions

To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] Harvey.

REVENUE n. 3 definitions

That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income. Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air till you know what you are worth. Gray.

REVERBERATE a. 7 definitions

Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] Drayton.

A part turned or folded back so as to show the inside, or a piece put on in imitation of such a part, as the lapel of a coat.

REVERSE a. 17 definitions

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." Gower.

REVERSIBLE a. 2 definitions

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

REVERSION n. 6 definitions

The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought with him. Foxe.

REVERT v. 8 definitions

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior. The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson.

Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.

To vibrate back or in return. -- Re`vi*bra"tion, n.

REVIEW v. 14 definitions

To view or see again; to look back on [R.] "I shall review Sicilia." Shak.

To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back. Mitford.

To restore vitality to; to bring back to life. L. S. Beale.

To recall; to call back. [Obs.]

REVOCATION n. 2 definitions

The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall. One that saw the people bent for the revocation of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection. Hooker.

REVOKE v. 7 definitions

To call or bring back; to recall. [Obs.] The faint sprite he did revoke again, To her frail mansion of morality. Spenser.

REVOLT v. 7 definitions

To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight. [Obs.] Spenser.