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operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits. After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. De Quincey.

f a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.

Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.

. n. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled. This bid increases the score for successfully making the contract, and increases the penalties for failing. The score or penalty depends on the number of tricks over or under the contract, acco…

To edify anew; to build again after destruction. [R.] Milton.

To restore after hunger or fatique; to refresh. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Refreshment after hunger or fatique; a repast; a lunch. [His] feeble spirit inly felt refection. Spenser. Those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods. Curran.

To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war. Macaulay.

Thrown back after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.

Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth. Job's reflections on his once flourishing estate did at the same time afflict and encourage him. Atterbury.

A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.

form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.

Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [Eng.]

se men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. Sir T. Browne.

e state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.

d every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III. -- The Regents of the University of the State of New York, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisor…

he icosahedron. -- Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. -- Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; -- opposed to militia.