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3,832 words match “REP”

REPRESENTABLE a.
Capable of being represented.
REPRESENTANCE n.
Representation; likeness. [Obs.] Donne.
REPRESENTANT a. 2 definitions
Appearing or acting for another; representing.
REPRESENTATION n. 7 definitions
The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
REPRESENTATIONARY a.
Implying representation; representative. [R.]
REPRESENTATIVE a. 12 definitions
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
REPRESENTATIVELY adv.
In a representative manner; vicariously.
REPRESENTATIVENESS n.
The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.
REPRESENTER n. 2 definitions
A representative. [Obs.] Swift.
REPRESENTMENT n.
Representation. [Obs.]
REPRESS v. 4 definitions
s back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
REPRESSER n.
One who, or that which, represses.
REPRESSIBLE a.
Capable of being repressed.
REPRESSION n. 2 definitions
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
REPRESSIVE a.
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- Re*press"ive*ly, adv.
REPREVABLE a.
Reprovable. [Obs.]
REPREVE v. 2 definitions
To reprove. [Obs.] "Repreve him of his vice." Chaucer.
REPRIEFE n.
Repreve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
REPRIEVAL n.
Reprieve. Overbury.
REPRIEVE v. 4 definitions
ent of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.
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