Representer Rep`re·sent"er noun 1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne. 2. A representative. [ Obsolete]
Swift.
Representment Rep`re·sent"ment (-m
e nt)
noun Representation. [ Obsolete]
Repress Re·press" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
press .]
To press again.
Repress Re·press" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- + press : confer Latin
reprimere ,
repressum . Confer
Reprimand .]
1. To press 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. 2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . .
Thou couldst repress .
Milton. Syn. -- To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check.
Repress Re·press" noun The act of repressing. [ Obsolete]
Represser Re·press"er noun One who, or that which, represses.
Repressible Re·press"i·ble adjective Capable of being repressed.
Repression Re·pres"sion noun [ Confer French
répression .]
1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. 2. That which represses; check; restraint.
Repressive Re·press"ive adjective [ Confer French
répressif . Late Latin
repressivus .]
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. --
Re*press"ive*ly ,
adverb
Reprevable Re·prev"a·ble adjective Reprovable. [ Obsolete]
Repreve Re·preve" transitive verb [ See
Reprieve ,
transitive verb ]
To reprove. [ Obsolete] "
Repreve him of his vice."
Chaucer.
Repreve Re·preve" noun Reproof. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Repriefe Re·priefe" noun Repreve. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Reprieval Re·priev"al noun Reprieve. Overbury.
Reprieve Re·prieve transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Reprieved (-pr?vd");
present participle & verbal noun Reprieving .] [ Middle English
repreven to reject, disallow, Old French
reprover to blame, reproach, condemn (pres.
il reprueve ), French
réprouver to disapprove, from Latin
reprobare to reject, condemn; prefix
re- re- +
probare to try, prove. See
Prove ,
and cf .
Reprove ,
Reprobate .]
1. To delay the punishment 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. 2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily. Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience.
South.
Reprieve Re·prieve" noun 1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death. The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
Clarendon. 2. Interval of ease or relief; respite. All that I ask is but a short reprieve ,
ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve.
Denham.
Reprimand Rep"ri·mand noun [ French
réprimande ,
fr . Latin
reprimendus ,
reprimenda , that is to be checked or suppressed, from
reprimere to check, repress; prefix
re- re +
premere to press. See
Press , and confer
Repress .]
Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Macaulay.
Reprimand Rep"ri·mand transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Reprimanded ;
present participle & verbal noun Reprimanding .] [ Confer French
réprimander . See
Reprimand ,
noun ]
1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission.
Arbuthnot. 2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded . Syn. -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See
Reprove .
Reprimander Rep"ri·mand`er noun One who reprimands.
Reprimer Re·prim"er noun (Firearms) A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.
Reprint Re·print" transitive verb 1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of. 2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul.
South.
Reprint Re"print` noun A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.
Reprinter Re·print"er noun One who reprints.
Reprisal Re·pris"al noun [ French
repr...saille , Italian
ripresaglia ,
rappresaglia , Late Latin
reprensaliae , from Latin
reprehendere ,
reprehensum . See
Reprehend ,
Reprise .]
1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place.
Macaulay. 2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation. 3. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity. Vattel (Trans.) 4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal .
See under Marque .
Reprise Re·prise" noun [ French
reprise , from
reprendre ,
repris , to take back, Latin
reprehendere . See
Reprehend .]
1. A taking by way of retaliation. [ Obsolete]
Dryden. 2. plural (Law) Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like. [ Written also
reprizes .]
Burrill. 3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
Reprise Re·prise" transitive verb [ Written also
reprize .]
1. To take again; to retake. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 2. To recompense; to pay. [ Obsolete]
Repristinate Re·pris"tin·ate transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
pristine .]
To restore to an original state. [ R.]
Shedd.
Repristination Re·pris`ti·na"tion noun Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity. [ R.]
R. Browning.
Reprive Re·prive" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- + Latin
privare to deprive.]
To take back or away. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Reprive Re·prive" transitive verb To reprieve. [ Obsolete]
Howell.
Reprize Re·prize" transitive verb See Reprise . [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Reprizes Re·priz"es noun plural (Law) See Reprise , noun , 2.
Reproach Re·proach" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Reproached (-pr?cht");
present participle & verbal noun Reproaching .] [ French
reprocher , Old French
reprochier , (assumed) Late Latin
reproriare ; Latin prefix
re- again, against, back +
prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Confer
Approach .]
1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. [ Obsolete]
I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,
For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
Shak. 2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ.
1 Peter iv. 14. That this newcomer, Shame,
There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
Milton. Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed
His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight.
Repelled the victors.
Dryden. Syn. -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn; revile; vilify.
Reproach Re·proach" noun [ French
reproche . See
Reproach ,
v. ]
1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach . No reproaches even, even when pointed and barbed with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain.
Macaulay. Give not thine heritage to reproach .
Joel ii. 17. 2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace. 3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach .
Neh. ii. 17. Syn. -- Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium; invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility; insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;; disgrace; infamy.
Reproachablr Re·proach"a·blr adjective [ Confer French
reprochable .]
1. Deserving reproach; censurable. 2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Elyot. --
Re*proach"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Re*proach"a*bly ,
adverb
Reproacher Re·proach"er noun One who reproaches.
Reproachful Re·proach"ful adjective 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . .
That he hath breathed in my dishonor here.
Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn. -- Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive; insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable; discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base; vile; infamous. --
Re*proach"ful*ly (r...-pr...ch"f...l-l...)
adverb --
Re*proach"ful*ness ,
noun
Reproachless Re·proach"less adjective Being without reproach.
Reprobacy Rep"ro·ba·cy noun Reprobation. [ R.]
Reprobance Rep"ro·bance (-b
a ns)
noun Reprobation. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Reprobate Rep"ro·bate adjective [ Latin
reprobatus , past participle of
reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See
Reprieve ,
Reprove .]
1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [ Obsolete]
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Jer. vi. 30. 2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved. And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate .
Milton. 3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. "
Reprobate desire."
Shak. Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See
Abandoned .
Reprobate Rep"ro·bate noun One morally abandoned and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate , a villain, a traitor to the king.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Reprobate Rep"ro·bate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Reprobated (-b?`t?d);
present participle & verbal noun Reprobating .]
1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears.
Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other.
Macaulay. 2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
Reprobateness Rep"ro·bate·ness noun The state of being reprobate.
Reprobater Rep"ro·ba`ter noun One who reprobates.
Reprobation Rep`ro·ba"tion noun [ French
réprobation , or Latin
reprobatio .]
1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation .
Jeffrey. Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin.
Dryden. 2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.
Reprobationer Rep`ro·ba"tion·er noun (Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation , 2. South.
Reprobative Rep"ro·ba·tive adjective Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.
Reprobatory Rep"ro·ba`to·ry adjective Reprobative.
Reproduce Re`pro·duce" transitive verb To produce again. Especially:
(a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause to exist again. Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those rays with those their colors are mixed again they reproduce the same white light as before.
Sir I. Newton. (c) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation. (d) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.
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