Rebec Re"bec (rē"bĕk)
noun [ French, from Italian
ribeca ,
ribeba , from Arabic
rabāb a musical instrument of a round form.]
1. (Mus.) An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow. [ Written also
rebeck .]
Milton. He turn'd his rebec to a mournful note.
Drayton. 2. A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rebel Reb"el (rĕb"ĕl)
adjective [ French
rebelle , from Latin
rebellis . See
Rebel ,
intransitive verb ]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops. Whoso be rebel to my judgment.
Chaucer. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.
Milton.
Rebel Reb"el noun [ French
rebelle .]
One who rebels. Syn. -- Revolter; insurgent. --
Rebel ,
Insurgent .
Insurgent marks an early, and
rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them.
Rebel Re·bel" (re*bĕl")
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rebelled (-bĕld);
present participle & verbal noun Rebelling .] [ French
rebeller , from Latin
rebellare to make war again; prefix
re- again +
bellare to make war, from
bellum war. See
Bellicose , and confer
Revel to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion . The murmur and the churls' rebelling .
Chaucer. Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
Josh. xxii. 16. 2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt. How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason?
Dryden.
Rebeldom Reb"el·dom (rĕb"ĕl*dŭm)
noun A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels. Thackeray.
Rebeller Re·bel"ler (re*bĕl"lẽr)
noun One who rebels; a rebel.
Rebellion Re·bel"lion (re*bĕl"yŭn)
noun [ French
rébellion , Latin
rebellio . See
Rebel ,
intransitive verb Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it.
Ames. 2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority. Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law) ,
a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished. Wharton. Burrill. Syn. -- Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance; contumacy. See
Insurrection .
Rebellious Re·bel"lious (re*bĕl"yŭs)
adjective Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. "Thy
rebellious crew." "Proud
rebellious arms."
Milton. --
Re*bel"lious*ly ,
adverb --
Re*bel"lious*ness ,
noun
Rebellow Re·bel"low (rē*bĕl"lo)
intransitive verb To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed , and the temple shook.
Dryden.
Rebiting Re·bit"ing (rē*bīt"ĭng)
noun (Etching) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid. Fairholt.
Rebloom Re·bloom" (rē*blōm")
intransitive verb To bloom again. Crabbe.
Reblossom Re·blos"som (rē*blŏs"sŭm)
intransitive verb To blossom again.
Reboant Re·bo"ant (re*bō"
a nt)
adjective [ Latin
reboans , present participle of
reboare ; prefix
re- re- +
boare to cry aloud.]
Rebellowing; resounding loudly. [ R.]
Mrs. Browning.
Reboation Re`bo·a"tion (rē`bo*ā"shŭn)
noun Repetition of a bellow. [ R.]
Bp. Patrick.
Reboil Re·boil" (rē*boil")
transitive verb & i. [ Prefix
re- +
boil : confer French
rebouillir .]
1. To boil, or to cause to boil, again. 2. Fig.: To make or to become hot. [ Obsolete]
Some of his companions thereat reboyleth .
Sir T. Elyot.
Reborn Re·born" (rē*bôrn")
past participle Born again.
Rebound Re·bound" (re*bound")
intransitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
bound : confer French
rebondir .]
1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
Sir I. Newton. 2. To give back an echo. [ R.]
T. Warton. 3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms) ,
one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
Rebound Re·bound" transitive verb To send back; to reverberate. Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound .
Dryden.
Rebound Re·bound" noun The act of rebounding; resilience. Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound .
Dryden.
Rebozo Re·bo"zo noun [ Spanish
rebozo .]
A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face. [ Mexico & Spanish Amer.]
Rebrace Re·brace" (rē*brās")
transitive verb To brace again. Gray.
Rebreathe Re·breathe" (rē*brēth")
transitive verb To breathe again.
Rebucous Re·bu"cous (re*bū"kŭs)
adjective Rebuking. [ Obsolete]
She gave unto him many rebucous words.
Fabyan.
Rebuff Re·buff" (re*bŭf")
noun [ Italian
ribuffo , akin to
ribuffare to repulse; prefix
ri- (L.
re- ) +
buffo puff. Confer
Buff to strike,
Buffet a blow.]
1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.
Milton. 2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Rebuff Re·buff" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rebuffed (re*bŭft");
present participle & verbal noun Rebuffing .]
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Rebuild Re·build" (rē*bĭld")
transitive verb To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
Rebuilder Re·build"er (-ẽr)
noun One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
Rebukable Re·buk"a·ble (re*būk"ȧ*b'l)
adjective Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak.
Rebuke Re·buke" (re*būk")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rebuked (-būkt");
present participle & verbal noun Rebuking .] [ Old French
rebouquier to dull, blunt, French
reboucher ; perhaps from prefix
re- re- +
bouche mouth, Old French also
bouque , Latin
bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.
Dryden. Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See
Reprove .
Rebuke Re·buke" (re*būk")
noun 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke .
Jer. xv. 15. Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
Shak. 2. Check; rebuff. [ Obsolete]
L'Estrange. To be without rebuke ,
to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.
Rebukeful Re·buke"ful (-ful)
adjective Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [ Obsolete] --
Re*buke"ful*ly ,
adverb [ Obsolete]
Rebuker Re·buk"er (-būk"ẽr)
noun One who rebukes.
Rebukingly Re·buk"ing·ly adverb By way of rebuke.
Rebullition Re`bul·li"tion (rē`bŭl*lĭsh"ŭn)
noun The act of boiling up or effervescing. [ R.]
Sir H. Wotton.
Rebury Re·bur"y (rē*bĕr"rȳ)
transitive verb To bury again. Ashmole.
Rebus Re"bus (rē"bŭs)
noun ;
plural Rebuses (-ĕz). [ Latin
rebus by things, abl. plural of
res a thing: confer French
rébus . Confer 3d
Real .]
1. A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations. » A gallant, in love with a woman named
Rose Hill , had, embroidered on his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well, signifying,
Rose Hill I love well .
2. (Her.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms , under Canting .
Rebus Re"bus transitive verb To mark or indicate by a rebus. He [ John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.
Fuller.
Rebut Re·but" (re*bŭt")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rebutted ;
present participle & verbal noun Rebutting .] [ Old French
rebouter to repulse, drive back; prefix
re- +
bouter to push, thrust. See 1st
Butt ,
Boutade .]
1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back.
Spenser. 2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.
Rebut Re·but" intransitive verb 1. To retire; to recoil. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut .
Blackstone.
Rebuttable Re·but"ta·ble (-tȧ*b'l)
adjective Capable of being rebutted.
Rebuttal Re·but"tal (-bŭt"t
a l)
noun (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Rebutter Re·but"ter (-tẽr)
noun (Law) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Recadency Re·ca"den·cy (rē*kā"d
e n*sȳ)
noun A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. W. Montagu.
Recalcitrant Re·cal"ci·trant (re*kăl"sĭ*tr
a nt)
adjective [ Latin
recalcitrans , present participle of
recalcitrare to kick back; prefix
re- re- +
calcitrare to kick, from
calx heel. Confer
Inculcate .]
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Recalcitrate Re·cal"ci·trate (-trāt)
transitive verb To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks.
De Quincey.
Recalcitrate Re·cal"ci·trate intransitive verb To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.
Recalcitration Re·cal`ci·tra"tion (-trā"shŭn)
noun A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
Recall Re·call" (re*kal")
transitive verb 1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. If Henry were recalled to life again.
Shak. 2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree. Passed sentence may not be recall'd .
Shak. 3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Recall Re·call" noun 1. A calling back; a revocation. 'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall .
Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.
Recall Re·call" noun (Political Science) (a) The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. (b) Short for recall of judicial decisions , the right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
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