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Heedful; attentive; observant. -- Re*gard"ful*ly, adv. Let a man be very tender and regardful of every pious motion made by the Spirit of God to his heart. South.

To enroll; to enter in a list. Such follow him as shall be registered. Milton. Registered letter, a letter, the address of which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.

To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12.

ce, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein." Milton. To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. -- To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

To let anew, as a hous.

ecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Washington. Religion will attend you . . . as pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of lif…

ou may marvel why I . . . would not rather Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power Than let him be so lost. Shak.

espotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).

To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie.

To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.

s, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

tion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.

An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Neh. ii. 17.

t evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.

s us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.

A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.