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238 words match “REIN”

REIN n. 5 definitions
f 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.
REINAUGURATE v.
To inaugurate anew.
REINCIT v.
To incite again.
REINCORPORATE v.
To incorporate again.
REINCREASE v.
To increase again.
REINCUR v.
To incur again.
REINDEER n.
Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
REINDUCE v.
To induce again.
REINETTE n.
A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
REINFECT v.
To infect again.
REINFECTIOUS a.
Capable of reinfecting.
REINFORCE v. 2 definitions
See Reënforce, v. t.
REINFORCEMENT n.
See Reënforcement.
REINFUND v.
To flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.
REINGRATIATE v.
To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert.
REINHABIT v.
To inhabit again. Mede.
REINLESS a.
Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.
REINS n. 2 definitions
se formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown andd the spring or abutment, including, and having…
REINSERT v.
To insert again.
REINSERTION n.
The act of reinserting.
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