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The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.

To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication,3.

stal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. -- Differential refraction (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refra…

on. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe 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. Irvin…

A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.

connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.

parents and children. Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known. Milton.

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.

tion, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.

resort. [R.] There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. Dryden.

To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. First she relents With pity; of that pity then repents. Dryden.

decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last repetend is 283.

ut; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

me already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint. If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all the former; but the republication of a former will revokes one of a later date, and establishes the first. Blackstone.

To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor republished his will. Blackstone.

Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

oubt; as, to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." Shak. To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. Milton.

The first university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a.

ries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.