Reply Reˇply" transitive verb To return for an answer. Milton.

Lords, vouchsafe
To give me hearing what I shall reply .

Shak.

Reply Reˇply" noun ; plural Replies (-pl...z"). [ See Reply , intransitive verb , and confer Replica .] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

Syn. -- Answer; rejoinder; response. -- Reply , Rejoinder , Answer . A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose."

Replyer Reˇply"er noun See Replier . Bacon.

Repolish Reˇpol"ish transitive verb To polish again.

Repone Reˇpone" transitive verb [ Latin reponere ; prefix re- re- + ponere to place.] To replace. R. Baillie.

Repopulation Reˇpop`uˇla"tion noun The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.

Report Reˇport" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reported ; present participle & verbal noun Reporting.] [ French reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter ; see Rapport ), Latin reportare to bear or bring back; prefix re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.] 1. To refer. [ Obsolete]

Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.

Fuller.

2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

There is no man that may reporten all.

Chaucer.

3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported . Shak.

It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel.

Neh. vi. 6.

4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [ Obsolete or R.] "A church with windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times." Bacon.

6. (Parliamentary Practice) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

To be reported , or To be reported of , to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. -- To report one's self , to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Syn. -- To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

Report Reˇport" intransitive verb 1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

Report Reˇport" (re*pōrt") noun [ Confer French rapport . See Report . transitive verb ] 1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report ." Waller. (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

1 Kings x. 6.

Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews.

Acts x. 22.

(c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like. (e) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports . (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.

2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [ Obsolete]

The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to.

Evelyn.

Syn. -- Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.

Reportable Reˇport"aˇble (-ȧ*b'l) adjective Capable or admitting of being reported.

Reportage Reˇport"age (-aj) noun SAme as Report . [ Obsolete]

Reporter Reˇport"er (-ẽr) noun One who reports. Specifically: (a) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. (b) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.

Of our tales judge and reportour .

Chaucer.

Reportingly Reˇport"ingˇly adverb By report or common fame.

Reportorial Re`porˇto"riˇal (rē`por*tō"rĭ* a l) adjective Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

Reposal Reˇpos"al (re*pōz" a l) noun [ From Repose .] 1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak.

2. That on which one reposes. [ Obsolete] Burton.

Reposance Reˇpos"ance (- a ns) noun Reliance. [ Obsolete] John Hall.

Repose Reˇpose" (re*pōz") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reposed (-p?zd"); present participle & verbal noun Reposing .] [ French reposer ; Latin prefix re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause , Pose , v. ] 1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [ Obsolete]

But these thy fortunes let us straight repose
In this divine cave's bosom.

Chapman.

Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind.

Woodward.

2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

All being settled and reposed , the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons.

Fuller.

After the toil of battle to repose
Your wearied virtue.

Milton.

3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.

The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.

Shak.

Repose Reˇpose" intransitive verb 1. To lie at rest; to rest.

Within a thicket I reposed .

Chapman.

2. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

It is upon these that the soul may repose .

I. Taylor.

3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

Syn. -- To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge; abide.

Repose Reˇpose" noun [ French repos . See Repose , v. ] 1. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Shake off the golden slumber of repose .

Shak.

2. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

3. (Poetic) A rest; a pause.

4. (Fine Arts) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose .

Angle of repose (Physics) , the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand when abandoned to themselves.

Syn. -- Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet; quietness; tranquillity; peace.

Reposed Reˇposed" (re*pōzd") adjective Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. -- Re*pos"ed*ly (re*pōz"ĕd*lȳ) adverb -- Re*pos"ed*ness , noun

Reposeful Reˇpose"ful (re*pōz"ful) adjective Full of repose; quiet.

Reposer Reˇpos"er (re*pōz"ẽr) noun One who reposes.

Reposit Reˇpos"it (re*pŏz"ĭt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reposited ; present participle & verbal noun Repositing .] [ Latin repositus , past participle of reponere to put back; prefix re- re- + ponere to put. See Position .] To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.

Others reposit their young in holes.

Derham.

Reposition Re`poˇsi"tion (re`po*zĭsh"ŭn) noun [ Latin repositio .] The act of repositing; a laying up.

Repositor Reˇpos"iˇtor (re*pŏz"ĭ*tẽr) noun (Surg.) An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

Repository Reˇpos"iˇtoˇry (re*pŏz"ĭ*to*rȳ) noun [ Latin repositorium , repostorium : confer Old French repositoire .] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. Locke.

Repossess Re`posˇsess" transitive verb To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope.

To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).

Repossession Re`posˇses"sion noun The act or the state of possessing again.

Reposure Reˇpo"sure noun Rest; quiet.

In the reposure of most soft content.

Marston.

Repour Reˇpour" transitive verb To pour again.

Repoussage Reˇpous`sage" noun [ French See Repoussé .] (Art) Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

Repoussé Reˇpous`sé" adjective [ French, past participle of repousser to thrust back; pref re- + pousser to push. See Push .] (a) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. (b) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. -- noun Repoussé work.

Repoussé work , ornamentation of metal in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side.

Reprefe Reˇprefe" noun Reproof. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Reprehend Rep`reˇhend" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Reprehended ; present participle & verbal noun Reprehending .] [ Latin reprehendere , reprehensum , to hold back, seize, check, blame; prefix re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile , and confer Reprisal . ] To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure. Chaucer.

Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.

Bacon.

Pardon me for reprehending thee.

Shak.

In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended .

Dryden.

I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.

J. Philips.

Reprehender Rep`reˇhend"er noun One who reprehends.

Reprehensible Rep`reˇhen"siˇble adjective [ Latin reprehensibilis : confer French répréhensible .] Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable. -- Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness , noun -- Rep`re*hen"si*bly , adverb

Reprehension Rep`reˇhen"sion noun [ Latin reprehensio : confer French répréhension .] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed more gratefulness to Dorus.

Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. -- Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition .

Reprehensive Rep`reˇhen"sive adjective [ Confer French répréhensif .] Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South.

-- Rep`re*hen"sive*ly , adverb

Reprehensory Rep`reˇhen"soˇry adjective Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. Johnson.

Represent Rep`reˇsent" transitive verb [ French repr...senter , Latin repraesentare , repraesentatum ; prefix re- re- + preesentare to place before, present. See Present , transitive verb ] 1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Before him burn
Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing
The heavenly fires.

Milton.

2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand.

Robertson.

This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate.

Addison.

6. To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

7. To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

Among these. Fancy next
Her office holds; of all external things
Which he five watchful senses represent ,
She forms imaginations, aery shapes.

Milton.

8. (Metaph.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative , 3.

The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses the faculty of representing in consciousness what is thus evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or Phantasy.

Sir. W. Hamilton.

Representable Rep`reˇsent"aˇble adjective Capable of being represented.

Representance Rep`reˇsent"ance (- a ns) noun Representation; likeness. [ Obsolete] Donne.

Representant Rep`reˇsent"ant (- a nt) adjective [ Confer French repr...sentant .] Appearing or acting for another; representing.

Representant Rep`reˇsent"ant noun [ French representant .] A representative. [ Obsolete] Sir H. Wotton.

Representation Rep`reˇsenˇta"tion noun [ French repr...sentation , Latin representatio .] 1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. (b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation ; a representation of Hamlet. (c) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress. (e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

3. The state of being represented.

Syn. -- Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.

Representationary Rep`reˇsenˇta"tionˇaˇry adjective Implying representation; representative. [ R.]

Representative Rep`reˇsent"aˇtive adjective [ Confer French repr...sentatif .] 1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.

3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.

4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.

5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative , 3 and Represent , 8.

Representative Rep`reˇsent"aˇtive noun [ Confer Late Latin repraesentativus .]

1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.

A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity.

Addison.

Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures.

Locke.

2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

3. (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.

» The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative , or the personal representative . The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives . Wharton. Burrill.

4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [ U.S.]

5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.

Representatively Rep`reˇsent"aˇtiveˇly adverb In a representative manner; vicariously.

Representativeness Rep`reˇsent"aˇtiveˇness noun The quality or state of being representative.

Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with consciousness and representativeness .

Spectator.

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