<B>reenlist</B> or <B>re-enlist, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to enlist again or for an additional term. <BR> <I>Ex. The Roman general was eager ... to reenlist so brave a soldier in the service of the empire (John L. Motley).</I> noun <B>reenlistment,</B> <B>re-enlistment.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reenslave">
<B>reenslave</B> or <B>re-enslave, </B>transitive verb, <B>-slaved,</B> <B>-slaving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enslave again; cast again into bondage. noun <B>reenslavement,</B> <B>re-enslavement.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reenter">
<B>reenter</B> or <B>re-enter, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to enter again; go in again. <BR> <I>Ex. to reenter a room, to reenter public life.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="reenteringangle">
<B>reentering angle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an angle that turns inward, being greater than 180 degrees. </DL>
<A NAME="reenteringpolygon">
<B>reentering polygon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a polygon having at least one reentering angle. </DL>
<A NAME="reenthrone">
<B>reenthrone</B> or <B>re-enthrone, </B>transitive verb, <B>-throned,</B> <B>-throning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to enthrone again; restore to the throne. noun <B>reenthronement,</B> <B>re-enthronement.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reentrance">
<B>reentrance</B> or <B>re-entrance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of entering a second time. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of coming back in after going out. </DL>
<A NAME="reentrant">
<B>reentrant</B> or <B>re-entrant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that reenters. <DD><I>noun </I> an angle, bend, or other configuration, that turns inward. </DL>
<A NAME="reentry">
<B>reentry</B> or <B>re-entry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of entering again or returning; new or fresh entry; second entry. <BR> <I>Ex. They will be barred from reentry into Singapore (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) the act or fact of taking possession again. <DD><B> 3. </B>a playing card that will take a trick and thus let the player get the lead. <DD><B> 4. </B>the return of a rocket or spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere after flight into outer space. <BR> <I>Ex. The "heat barrier" ... creates a reentry problem for rockets and satellites returning to earth (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="reequip">
<B>reequip</B> or <B>re-equip, </B>transitive verb, <B>-quipped,</B> <B>-quipping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to equip again. noun <B>reequipment,</B> <B>re-equipment.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reerect">
<B>reerect</B> or <B>re-erect, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to erect again. </DL>
<A NAME="reest">
<B>reest, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) (of horses) to balk. </DL>
<A NAME="reestablish">
<B>reestablish</B> or <B>re-establish, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to establish again; restore. (SYN) reinstate. noun <B>reestablishment,</B> <B>re-establishment.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reestimate">
<B>reestimate</B> or <B>re-estimate, </B>verb, <B>-mated,</B> <B>-mating,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to estimate again. <DD><I>noun </I> the act or process of reestimating. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mayor promised that the reestimate of borrowing would not interfere with the ... budget (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="reevaluate">
<B>reevaluate</B> or <B>re-evaluate, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to evaluate again. noun <B>reevaluation,</B> <B>re-evaluation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="reeve">
<B>reeve</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the chief official of a town or district in England. <BR> <I>Ex. A lord "who has so many men that he cannot personally have all in his own keeping" was bound to set over each dependent township a reeve, not only to exact his lord's dues, but to enforce his justice within its bounds (John R. Green).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a bailiff; steward; overseer. <DD><B> 3. </B>a local official of a town or village in Canada. <BR> <I>Ex. There are several mayors, aldermen and reeves besides those I have already mentioned whose chances are fair (Toronto Telegram).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="reeve">
<B>reeve</B> (2), transitive verb, <B>reeved</B> or <B>rove,</B> <B>reeving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to pass (a rope) through a hole, ring, etc. <DD><B> 2. </B>to fasten by placing through or around something. <DD><B> 3. </B>to pass a rope through (a block, ring, etc.). </DL>
<A NAME="reeve">
<B>reeve</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female ruff (sandpiper). </DL>
<A NAME="reeveship">
<B>reeveship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or term of office of a reeve. </DL>
<A NAME="reevespheasant">
<B>Reeves pheasant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pheasant of northern China that has extremely long tail feathers which were once widely used to trim hats. </DL>
<A NAME="reexamination">
<B>reexamination</B> or <B>re-examination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a second or renewed examination. <BR> <I>Ex. Medical experts suggest that a reexamination of disabled veterans take place every year (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) the examination of a witness after cross-examination. </DL>
<A NAME="reexamine">
<B>reexamine</B> or <B>re-examine, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ined,</B> <B>-ining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to examine again. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) the examination of a witness after cross-examination. </DL>
<A NAME="reexamine">
<B>reexamine</B> or <B>re-examine, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ined,</B> <B>-ining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to examine again. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) to examine (a witness) again after cross-examination. </DL>
<A NAME="reexchange">
<B>reexchange</B> or <B>re-exchange, </B>verb, <B>-changed,</B> <B>-changing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to exchange again or anew. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a second exchange. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Commerce.) <DD><B> a. </B>the recovery of the amount plus expenses of inconvenience for a dishonored foreign bill of exchange. <DD><B> b. </B>the draft recovering the amount. <DD><B> c. </B>the expense of inconvenience. </DL>
<A NAME="reexhibit">
<B>reexhibit</B> or <B>re-exhibit, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to exhibit again or anew. <DD><I>noun </I> a second or renewed exhibit. </DL>
<A NAME="reexpand">
<B>reexpand</B> or <B>re-expand, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to expand again after contraction. </DL>
<A NAME="reexpansion">
<B>reexpansion</B> or <B>re-expansion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of reexpanding. </DL>
<A NAME="reexpel">
<B>reexpel</B> or <B>re-expel, </B>transitive verb, <B>-pelled,</B> <B>-pelling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to expel again. </DL>
<A NAME="reexperience">
<B>reexperience</B> or <B>re-experience, </B>noun, verb, <B>-enced,</B> <B>-encing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a renewed or repeated experience. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to experience again. </DL>
<A NAME="reexplain">
<B>reexplain</B> or <B>re-explain, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to explain again or anew. </DL>
<A NAME="reexplore">
<B>reexplore</B> or <B>re-explore, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-plored,</B> <B>-ploring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to explore again. </DL>
<A NAME="reexport">
<B>reexport</B> or <B>re-export, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to export (imported goods). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something that is reexported. <BR> <I>Ex. Reexports over the same period have been 14 per cent up on the year (Manchester Guardian).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a reexporting or being reexported. <BR> <I>Ex. Foreign sugars have not been taken to Hawaii for reexport to the Pacific Coast (American).</I> noun <B>reexportation,</B> <B>re-exportation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="ref">
<B>ref, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a referee. </DL>
<A NAME="ref">
<B>ref.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>referee. <DD><B> 2. </B>reference. <DD><B> 3. </B>referred. <DD><B> 4. </B>reformation. <DD><B> 5. </B>reformed. <DD><B> 6. </B>reformer. </DL>
<A NAME="refabricate">
<B>refabricate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cated,</B> <B>-cating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to fabricate afresh. </DL>
<A NAME="reface">
<B>reface, </B>transitive verb, <B>-faced,</B> <B>-facing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to repair the face of (a building, wall, stone, or other surface). <DD><B> 2. </B>to put a new facing in (a garment). </DL>
<A NAME="refashion">
<B>refashion, </B>transitive verb. <B>=reshape.</B> <I>Ex. The nineteenth century historian, who refashions the past on the lines of his own mind (Mrs. Humphry Ward).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="refasten">
<B>refasten, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to fasten again. <BR> <I>Ex. It was so negligently refastened (Scott).</I> </DL>
<B>refect, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) to refresh with food or drink. </DL>
<A NAME="refection">
<B>refection, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>refreshment by food or drink. <DD><B> 2. </B>a meal; repast. <BR> <I>Ex. They sat on Meredith's big porch ... and ate a substantial refection (Booth Tarkington).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="refectioner">
<B>refectioner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person in a monastery, abbey, or the like, in charge of the refectory and of supplies of food. </DL>
<A NAME="refectorial">
<B>refectorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with refection. <DD><B> 2. </B>used for refection. </DL>
<A NAME="refectory">
<B>refectory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a room for meals, especially in a monastery, convent, or school. <BR> <I>Ex. School was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea (Charlotte Bronte).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="refectorytable">
<B>refectory table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a long, narrow, heavy table, especially one having simple lines and sturdy construction. <BR> <I>Ex. A beautiful oak refectory table ... used at meal times four hundred years ago by Italian monks (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
