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Farthest in the rear; last.

The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]

To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.

The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.

The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively. Shak.

To ascend or mount again; to reach by ascending again. He mounts aloft, and reascends the skies. Addison.

The act of reascending; a remounting.

A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity. Cowper.

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinio…

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

Quality of being reasonable.

In a reasonable manner.

One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.

The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.

A rationalist. [Obs.] Such persons are now commonly called "reasonists" and "rationalists," to distinguish them from true reasoners and rational inquirers. Waterland.

Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak.

Assemblage a second time or again.

To assemble again.

tain after an omission to do so. Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature. Walsh.

A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.