Restrict Re·strict" adjective [ Latin
restrictus , past participle of
restringere . See
Restrain .]
Restricted. [ Obsolete]
Restrict Re·strict" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Restricted ;
present participle & verbal noun Restricting .]
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. Syn. -- To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress; curb; coerce.
Restriction Re·stric"tion noun [ French
restriction , Latin
restrictio .]
1. The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds. This is to have the same restriction with all other recreations,that it be made a divertisement.
Giv. of Tonque. 2. That which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.
Restrictionary Re·stric"tion·a·ry adjective Restrictive. [ R.]
Restrictive Re·strict"ive adjective [ Confer French
restrictif .]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. 2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [ Obsolete]
Wiseman. --
Re*strict"ive*ly ,
adverb --
Re*strict"ive*ness ,
noun
Restringe Re·stringe" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Restringed ;
present participle & verbal noun Restringing .] [ Latin
restringere . See
Restrain .]
To confine; to contract; to stringe. [ Obsolete]
Restringency Re·strin"gen·cy noun Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Petty.
Restringent Re·strin"gent adjective [ Latin
restringens , present participle: confer French
restringent .]
Restringing; astringent; styptic. [ Obsolete] --
noun A restringent medicine. [ Obsolete]
Harvey.
Restrive Re·strive" intransitive verb To strive anew.
Resty Rest"y adjective Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive. [ Obsolete]
Burton. Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his own prayers.
Milton.
Resubjection Re`sub·jec"tion noun A second subjection.
Resublime Re`sub·lime" transitive verb To sublime again. Newton. --
Re*sub`li*ma"tion noun
Resudation Re`su·da"tion noun [ Latin
resudare to sweat again. See
Sudation .]
Act of sweating again.
Result Re·sult" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Resulted ;
present participle & verbal noun Resulting .] [ French
résulter , from Latin
resultare ,
resultarum , to spring or leap back, v. intens. from
resilire . See
Resile .]
1. To leap back; to rebound. [ Obsolete]
The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.
Pope. 2. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in ; as, this measure will result in good or in evil. 3. To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law) ,
a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. --
Resulting use (Law) ,
a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier. Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.
Result Re·sult" noun 1. A flying back; resilience. [ Obsolete]
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
Bacon. 2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation. If our proposals once again were heard,
We should compel them to a quick result .
Milton. 3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. Then of their session ended they bid cry
With trumpet's regal sound the great result .
Milton. Syn. -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See
Effect .
Resultance Re·sult"ance noun The act of resulting; that which results; a result. Donne.
Resultant Re·sult"ant adjective [ Latin
resultans , present participle : confer French
résultant .]
Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence. Resultant force or
motion (Mech.) ,
a force which is the result of two or more forces acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined. See Composition of forces , under Composition .
Resultant Re·sult"ant noun That which results. Specifically:
(a) (Mech.) A reultant force or motion. (b) (Math.) An eliminant. The resultant of homogeneous general functions of n variables is that function of their coefficients which, equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the possibility of their existence.
Sylvester.
Resultate Re·sult"ate noun [ Latin
resultatus , past participle ]
A result. [ Obsolete] "The
resultate of their counsil."
BAcon.
Resultful Re·sult"ful adjective HAving results or effects.
Resultive Re·sult"ive adjective Resultant. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Resultless Re·sult"less adjective Being without result; as, resultless investigations.
Resumable Re·sum"a·ble adjective Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed. Sir M. HAle.
Resumé Re`su"mé" noun [ French See
Resume .]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book.
C. Kingsley.
Resume Re·sume" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Resumed ;
present participle & verbal noun Resuming .] [ Latin
resumere ,
resumptum ; prefix
re- re- +
sumere to take: confer French
résumer . See
Assume ,
Redeem .]
1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.
Sir W. Scott. 2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
Dryden. 3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
Resummon Re·sum"mon transitive verb To summon again.
Resummons Re·sum"mons noun A second summons.
Resumption Re·sump"tion noun [ cf. French
résumption , Latin
resumptio restoration, recovery, from
resumere . See
Resume .]
1. The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc. 2. (Eng.Law) The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.
Resumptive Re·sump"tive adjective [ cf. Latin
resumptivus restorative.]
Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.
Resupinate Re·su"pi·nate adjective [ Latin
resupinatus , past participle of
resupinare to bend back. See
Resupine .]
Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
Resupinated Re·su"pi·na`ted adjective Resupinate.
Resupination Re·su`pi·na"tion noun The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure.
Sir H. Wotton.
Resupine Re`su·pine" adjective [ Latin
resupinus ; prefix
re- re- +
supinus bent backward, supine.]
Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine ,
With his huge neck aslant.
Cowper.
Resupply Re`sup·ply" transitive verb To supply again.
Resurgence Re·sur"gence noun The act of rising again; resurrection.
Resurgent Re·sur"gent adjective [ Latin
resurgens ,
-entis , present participle of
resurgere . See
Resurrection .]
Rising again, as from the dead. Coleridge.
Resurgent Re·sur"gent noun One who rises again, as from the dead. [ R.]
Sydney Smith.
Resurrect Res`ur·rect" transitive verb [ See
Resurrection .]
1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [ Slang]
2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [ Slang]
Resurrection Res`ur·rec"tion noun [ French
résurrection , Latin
resurrectio , from
resurgere ,
resurrectum , to rise again; prefix
re- re- +
surgere to rise. See
Source .]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth.
Milton. 3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage.
Matt. xxii. 30. 4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection , and the life.
John xi. 25. Cross of the resurrection ,
a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. --
Resurrection plant (Botany) ,
a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla ), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose .
Resurrectionist Res`ur·rec"tion·ist noun One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [ Slang]
Resurrectionize Res`ur·rec"tion·ize transitive verb To raise from the dead. [ R.]
Southey.
Resurvey Re`sur·vey" transitive verb To survey again or anew; to review. Shak.
Resurvey Re·sur"vey noun A second or new survey.
Resuscitable Re·sus"ci·ta·ble adjective Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.
Resuscitant Re·sus"ci·tant noun One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.
Resuscitate Re·sus"ci·tate adjective [ Latin
resuscitatus , past participle of
resuscitare ; prefix
re- re- +
suscitare to raise, rouse. See
Suscitate .]
Restored to life. [ R.]
Bp. Gardiner.
Resuscitate Re·sus"ci·tate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Resuscitated ;
present participle & verbal noun Resuscitating .]
To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
Resuscitate Re·sus"ci·tate intransitive verb To come to life again; to revive. These projects, however often slain, always resuscitate .
J. S. Mill.
Resuscitation Re·sus`ci·ta"tion noun [ Latin
resuscitatio .]
The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries.
Sir W. Scott.
Resuscitative Re·sus"ci·ta·tive adjective Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.
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