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3d pers. ssing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer.

Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.

; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. Macaulay.

Held back; holding back; ritardando.

A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.

A picture. Sterne.

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.

Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.

By rites, or by a particular rite.

An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace. The Abderite, Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.

A medicine that diminishes irritation.

To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.

A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; want of strength; asthenia.

Characterized by abirritation or debility.

Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.

The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

Of or pertaining to the Acrita. -- n. An individual of the Acrita.

Acritan. Owen.