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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>REASSEMB</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="reassemblage"> reassemblage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> second assemblage. </DL> <A NAME="reassemble"> reassemble, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -bled, -bling.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bring or come together again. Ex. One by one, the 65 crystal chandeliers in the U.S. Capitol had been taken down, disassembled, washed prism by prism, reassembled and rehung (Time). </DL> <A NAME="reassembly"> reassembly, noun, pl. -blies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a second assembly; reassemblage. Ex. The reassembly of the atoms that compose the human body (Samuel Johnson). </DL> <A NAME="reassert"> reassert, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to assert again. </DL> <A NAME="reassertion"> reassertion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a repeated assertion of the same thing; the act of asserting again. </DL> <A NAME="reassess"> reassess, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to assess again. Ex. The rateable value of certain property having been reassessed at a much higher sum (Law Times Report). noun reassessment. </DL> <A NAME="reassign"> reassign, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to assign again. noun reassignment. </DL> <A NAME="reassimilate"> reassimilate, transitive verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to assimilate again. noun reassimilation. </DL> <A NAME="reassociate"> reassociate, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to come together again. Ex. The Indian families ... separate in the winter season ... and reassociate in the spring and summer (Alexander Henry). noun reassociation. </DL> <A NAME="reassort"> reassort, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to assort again. <DD> 2. to assort repeatedly. noun reassortment. </DL> <A NAME="reassume"> reassume, transitive verb, -sumed, -suming.<DL COMPACT><DD> to assume again or anew; resume. Ex. He would, by letter, turn [his duties] over to the Vice-President until he recovered, at which time he could write another letter, reassuming his post (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="reassumption"> reassumption, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a second assumption. </DL> <A NAME="reassurance"> reassurance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. new or fresh assurance. <DD> 2. the restoration of courage or confidence. <DD> 3. (British.) reinsurance. Ex. The total of sums assured under new policies in the year was over £56,700,000, after deduction of reassurances (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="reassure"> reassure, transitive verb, -sured, -suring.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to restore to confidence. Ex. The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. <DD> 2. to assure again or anew. <DD> 3. (Especially British.) to insure again. </DL> <A NAME="reassuring"> reassuring, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that reassures; comforting; encouraging. Ex. reassuring words. adv. reassuringly. </DL> <A NAME="reasty"> reasty, adjective, reastier, reastiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) rancid. Ex. For six months the food ... was only some reasty bacon and Indian corn (A. Welby). </DL> <A NAME="reata"> reata, noun. =lariat. Ex. Papa got on his horse and splashed out into the shallows, shaking a wide loop into his plaited Mexican horsehide reata (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="reattach"> reattach, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to attach again. noun reattachment. </DL> <A NAME="reattain"> reattain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to attain again. noun reattainment. </DL> <A NAME="reattempt"> reattempt, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to attempt again. <DD>noun a new attempt. </DL> <A NAME="reauction"> reauction, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to auction again. </DL> <A NAME="reaum"> Reaum.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Reaumur thermometer. </DL> <A NAME="reaumur"> Reaumur, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or in accordance with the thermometric scale introduced about 1730 by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, 1683-1757, a French physicist, in which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point 80 degrees. (Abbr:) R. </DL> <A NAME="reave"> reave (1), transitive verb, reaved or reft, reaving.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. to deprive by force; strip; rob. Ex. to reave the orphan of his patrimony (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to take by force; take away. </DL> <A NAME="reave"> reave (2), transitive verb, intransitive verb, reaved or reft, reaving.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) to tear; split. </DL> <A NAME="reaver"> reaver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a robber or plunderer; marauder; raider. Ex. This paper is remarkable for the sagacity which tracks the footsteps of the literary reaver (William Hamilton). </DL> <A NAME="reawaken"> reawaken, transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to awaken again or anew. Ex. The consciousness of the truth ... reawakens (Popular Science Monthly). </DL> <A NAME="reb"> reb or Reb (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Historical.) a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War. Ex. "Hello, Charley," he said, "Where you been?" ... "Out hearing the Rebs," he said (Stephen Vincent Benet). </DL> <A NAME="reb"> Reb (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Yiddish.) Mister or Rabbi (used as a title, especially before a given name). Ex. Reb Mordecai. </DL> <A NAME="rebab"> rebab, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an ancient stringed instrument with a pear-shaped or a long, narrow body, a vaulted back, and no neck. It was played originally with the fingers and later with a bow. <DD> 2. any one of various stringed instruments played with a bow, in use among the Moslems of northern Africa. </DL> <A NAME="rebaptism"> rebaptism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a second baptism. </DL> <A NAME="rebaptize"> rebaptize, transitive verb, -tized, -tizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to baptize a second time. Ex. People called them Anabaptists, or "rebaptizers," because they rebaptized all who joined them (Winfred E. Garrison). <DD> 2. to baptize by a new name; rename. noun rebaptizer. </DL> <A NAME="rebarbative"> rebarbative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. crabbed; cross. Ex. a rebarbative old man. <DD> 2. unattractive. Ex. a rebarbative hat. </DL> <A NAME="rebatable"> rebatable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that is or can be rebated. Ex. rebatable taxes. </DL> <A NAME="rebate"> rebate (1), noun, verb, -bated, -bating.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a return of part of money paid; partial refund; discount. Ex. An interesting feature of German price lists for the outside world is the appearance of rebates to shipbuilders--rebates for indirect exports, which recall the cartel (London Times). <DD>v.t. 1. to return part of money paid. Ex. to rebate one third of the price. <DD> 2. to make dull; blunt. Ex. (Figurative.) to rebate strong feelings. noun rebater. </DL> <A NAME="rebate"> rebate (2), noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -bated, -bating. =rabbet.</DL> <A NAME="rebato"> rebato, noun, pl. -toes.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stiff collar of lace worn by both men and women, especially in western Europe and England, from about 1590 to 1630. </DL> <A NAME="rebbe"> Rebbe or rebbe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Yiddish.) <DD> 1. rabbi (used as a form of address). <DD> 2. a Hasidic rabbi or spiritual leader. </DL> <A NAME="rebec"> rebec or rebeck, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a three-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like a violin, used in the Middle Ages. Ex. And the jocund rebecks sound (Milton). </DL> <A NAME="rebecca"> Rebecca or Rebekah, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the wife of Issac, and the mother of Esau and Jacob (in the Bible, Genesis 24-25). </DL> <A NAME="rebekahlodge"> Rebekah lodge,<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman's branch or chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. </DL> <A NAME="rebel"> rebel, noun, adjective, verb, rebelled, rebelling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a person who resists or fights against authority instead of obeying. Ex. The rebels armed themselves against the government. (SYN) insurgent. <DD> 2. Also, Rebel. (U.S. Historical.) a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier. Ex. The Rebels are reported to have ordered an entire fleet from French builders (New Mexican Review). <DD>adj. 1. defying law or authority. Ex. a rebel army. <DD> 2. Also, Rebel. (U.S. Historical.) Confederate. Ex. the Rebel flag. <DD>v.i. 1. to resist or fight against law or authority. Ex. The harassed soldiers decided to rebel. (SYN) revolt, mutiny. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to feel a great dislike or opposition. Ex. We rebelled at having to stay in on so fine a day. noun rebeller. </DL> <A NAME="rebeldom"> rebeldom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a region controlled by rebels. <DD> 2. rebels as a group. <DD> 3. =rebellion. </DL> <A NAME="rebellion"> rebellion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fight against one's government. Ex. The American colonists were in rebellion against the British king. (SYN) insurrection, revolution, sedition. <DD> 2. resistance against any power or restriction. Ex. The slaves rose in rebellion against their masters. <DD> 3. the act or condition of rebelling; revolt. </DL> <A NAME="rebellious"> rebellious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. defying authority; acting like a rebel; rebelling. Ex. a rebellious army. (SYN) mutinous. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) hard to manage; hard to treat. Ex. The rebellious boy would not obey the rules. (SYN) disobedient. adv. rebelliously. noun rebelliousness. </DL> <A NAME="rebelyell"> rebel yell,<DL COMPACT><DD> a long, shrill yell given by Confederate soldiers while going into battle in the U.S. Civil War. </DL> <A HREF="rebid.dic">NEXT</A>