Resuscitator Re·sus"ci·ta`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who, or that which, resuscitates.
Ret Ret transitive verb See Aret . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Ret Ret transitive verb [ Akin to
rot .]
To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. Ure.
Retable Re·ta"ble noun (Eccl.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
Retail Re"tail noun [ French
retaille piece cut off, shred, paring, or Old French
retail , from
retailler . See
Retail ,
v. ]
The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale ; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
Retail Re"tail adjective Done at retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
Retail Re·tail" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Retailed ;
present participle & verbal noun Retailing .] [ Confer French
retailler to cut again; prefix
re- re +
tailler to cut. See
Retail ,
noun ,
Tailor , and confer
Detail .]
1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries. 2. To sell at second hand. [ Obsolete or R.]
Pope. 3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to report; as, to retail slander. "To whom I will
retail my conquest won."
Shak. He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares
At wakes and wassails.
Shak.
Retailer Re·tail"er noun One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.
Retailment Re·tail"ment noun The act of retailing.
Retain Re·tain" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Retained ;
present participle & verbal noun Retaining .] [ French
retainir , Latin
retinere ; prefix
re- re- +
tenere to hold, keep. See
Tenable , and confer
Rein of a bridle,
Retention ,
Retinue .]
1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. "Thy shape invisible
retain ."
Shak. Be obedient, and retain
Unalterably firm his love entire.
Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator.
Blackstone. 2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense.
Addison. 3. To restrain; to prevent. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Temple. Retaining wall (Arch. & Engin.) ,
a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also retain wall . Syn. -- To keep; hold; retrain. See
Keep .
Retain Re·tain" intransitive verb 1. To belong; to pertain. [ Obsolete]
A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness.
Boyle. 2. To keep; to continue; to remain. [ Obsolete]
Donne.
Retainable Re·tain"a·ble adjective Capable of being retained.
Retainal Re·tain"al noun The act of retaining; retention.
Retainer Re·tain"er noun 1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. Cowell. 4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee . Bouvier. Blackstone. 5. The act of keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence. Bacon.
Retainment Re·tain"ment noun The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
Retake Re·take" transitive verb 1. To take or receive again. 2. To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
Retaker Re·tak"er noun One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. Kent.
Retaliate Re·tal"i·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Retaliated ;
present participle & verbal noun Retaliating .] [ Latin
retaliatus , past participle of
retaliare to retaliate; prefix
re- re- + a word akin to
talio talion, retaliation. Confer
Talion .]
To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [ Now seldom used except in a bad sense.] One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated .
Sir T. Herbert. It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
Swift.
Retaliate Re·tal"i·ate intransitive verb To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
Retaliation Re·tal`i·a"tion noun The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e . g ., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. God . . . takes what is done to others as done to himself, and by promise obloges himself to full retaliation .
Calamy. Syn. -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.
Retaliative Re·tal"i·a·tive adjective Same as Retaliatory .
Retaliatory Re·tal"i·a·to·ry adjective Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
Retard Re·tard" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Retarded ;
present participle & verbal noun Retarding .] [ Latin
retardare ,
retardatum ; prefix
re- re- +
tardare to make slow, to delay, from
tardus slow: confer French
retarder . See
Tardy .]
1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to accelerate . 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Syn. -- To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.
Retard Re·tard" intransitive verb To stay back. [ Obsolete]
Sir. T. Browne.
Retard Re·tard" noun Retardation; delay. Retard, or Age ,
of the tide ,
the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval . See under Retardation . Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Retardation Re`tar·da"tion noun [ Latin
retardatio : confer French
retardation .]
1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration . The retardations of our fluent motion.
De Quinsey. 2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations .
Sir W. Scott. 3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards. 4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. Retardation of the tide .
(a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following .
(b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard , noun
Retardative Re·tard"a·tive adjective [ Confer French
retardatif .]
Tending, or serving, to retard.
Retarder Re·tard"er noun One who, or that which, retards.
Retarder Re·tard"er (re*tär"dẽr)
noun 1. (Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire. 2. (Photog.) A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a developer to retard its action.
Retardment Re·tard"ment noun [ Confer French
retardement .]
The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.
Retch Retch intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Retched ;
present participle & verbal noun Retching .] [ Anglo-Saxon
hr...can to clear the throat, hawk, from
hraca throat; akin to German
rachen , and perhaps to English
rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [ Written also
reach .]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching .)
Byron.
Retch Retch transitive verb & i. [ See
Reck .]
To care for; to heed; to reck. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Retchless Retch"less adjective Careless; reckless. [ Obsolete]
Dryden. ---
Retch"less*ly ,
adverb --
Retch"less*ness ,
noun [ Obsolete]
Rete Re"te noun [ Latin , a net.]
(Anat.) A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
Retecious Re·te"cious adjective [ Latin
rete a net.]
Resembling network; retiform.
Retection Re·tec"tion noun [ Latin
retegere ,
retectum , to uncover; prefix
re- +
tegere to cover.]
Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [ Obsolete]
Boyle.
Retell Re·tell transitive verb To tell again.
Retene Ret"ene noun [ Greek ......... pine resin.]
(Chemistry) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Retent Re·tent" noun [ Latin
retentum , from
retentus , past participle See
Retain .]
That which is retained. Hickok.
Retention Re·ten"tion noun [ Latin
retentio : confer French
rétention . See
Retain .]
1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined. 2. The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart
So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
Shak. 3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a ............ of preserving impressions. [ R.]
Shak. 4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. Shak. 5. Place of custody or confinement. 6. (Law) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. Erskine. Craig. Retention cyst (Medicine) ,
a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.
Retentive Re·ten"tive adjective [ Confer French
rétentif .]
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
Shak.
Retentive Re·ten"tive noun That which retains or confines; a restraint. [ R.]
Bp. Hall.
Retentively Re·ten"tive·ly adverb In a retentive manner.
Retentiveness Re·ten"tive·ness noun The quality of being retentive.
Retentivity Re`ten·tiv"i·ty noun The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
Retentor Re·ten"tor noun [ Latin , a retainer.]
(Zoology) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata .
Retepore Re`te·pore noun [ Latin
rete a net +
porus pore.]
(Zoology) Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora . They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
Retex Re·tex" transitive verb [ Latin
retexere , lit., to unweave; prefix
re- re +
texere to weave. ]
To annual, as orders. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hacket.
Retexture Re·tex"ture noun The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle.
Rethor Reth"or noun [ Confer French
rhéteur . See
Rhetor .]
A rhetorician; a careful writer. [ Obsolete]
If a rethor couthe fair endite.
Chaucer.
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