<B>resorptive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or characterized by resorption. </DL>
<A NAME="resort">
<B>resort, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go; go often. <BR> <I>Ex. Many people resort to the beaches in hot weather.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to turn for help; have recourse (to). <BR> <I>Ex. to resort to violence. The mother resorted to punishment to make the child obey.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an assembling; going to (a place, etc.) often. <BR> <I>Ex. A park is a place of popular resort in good weather.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place people go to, usually for recreation. <BR> <I>Ex. There are many summer resorts in the mountains.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of turning for help; recourse. <BR> <I>Ex. The resort to force is forbidden in this school.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a person or thing turned to for help. <BR> <I>Ex. Books are her resort when she is lonely. Good friends are the best resort in trouble.</I> noun <B>resorter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resound">
<B>resound, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>go give back sound; echo. <BR> <I>Ex. The hills resounded when we shouted.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to sound loudly. <BR> <I>Ex. Radios resound from every house.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to be filled with sound. <BR> <I>Ex. The room resounded with the children's shouts.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to be much talked about. <BR> <I>Ex. The feat of landing a man on the moon resounded all over the world.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give back (sound); echo. <BR> <I>Ex. The buildings resounded the siren's warning.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to repeat loudly; celebrate. <BR> <I>Ex. to resound a hero's praise.</I> noun <B>resounder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resound">
<B>re-sound, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to sound again. </DL>
<A NAME="resounding">
<B>resounding, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that resounds; making an echoing sound; sounding loudly. <BR> <I>Ex. a resounding blow.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>ringing; sonorous. <BR> <I>Ex. resounding eloquence.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>impressive; striking. <BR> <I>Ex. a resounding victory.</I> adv. <B>resoundingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resource">
<B>resource, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any supply that will meet a need; stock or reserve upon which to draw when necessary. We have resources of money, of quick wit, or of strength. <DD><B> 2. </B>any means of getting success or getting out of trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. Climbing a tree is a cat's resource when chased by a dog.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>skill in meeting difficulties or getting out of trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. Many of the early explorers were men of great resource.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a possibility of aid or assistance. <BR><I>expr. <B>resources,</B> </I>the actual and potential wealth of a country. <BR> <I>Ex. natural resources, human resources.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resourceful">
<B>resourceful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>good at thinking of ways to do things; quick-witted. <BR> <I>Ex. That resourceful boy mowed lawns all summer to earn enough money to buy a new bicycle.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>abounding in resources; rich. <BR> <I>Ex. The United States is a resourceful country.</I> adv. <B>resourcefully.</B> noun <B>resourcefulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resourceless">
<B>resourceless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without resource; lacking resources. <BR> <I>Ex. The creation of an artificial, resourceless, hapless, meaningless State--inexorably correcting itself (Manchester Guardian).</I> adv. <B>resourcelessly.</B> noun <B>resourcelessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resources">
<B>resources, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>resource.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resow">
<B>resow, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-sowed,</B> <B>-sown</B> or <B>-sowed,</B> <B>-sowing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to sow again. </DL>
<B>respeak, </B>verb, <B>-spoke,</B> <B>-spoken,</B> <B>-speaking.</B> intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to speak again. <BR> <I>Ex. I listened to the Prime Minister speak and respeak on subjects of which I have some knowledge (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to reecho; resound. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the heavens shall bruit again, respeaking earthly thunder (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="respect">
<B>respect, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>high regard; honor; esteem. <BR> <I>Ex. Children should show respect to those who are older and wiser.</I> (SYN) reverence, veneration. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being esteemed or honored. <BR> <I>Ex. We hold the flag of our country in respect.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>care, consideration, or regard. <BR> <I>Ex. We should show respect for school buildings, parks, and other public property.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a feature, point, matter, or detail. <BR> <I>Ex. This hasty plan is unwise in many respects.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>relation; reference. <DD><B> 6. </B>unfair consideration; partiality. <BR> <I>Ex. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment (Proverbs 24:23).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to feel or show honor or esteem for. <BR> <I>Ex. We respect an honest person.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to care for; show consideration for. <BR> <I>Ex. Respect the ideas and feelings of others.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to relate to; refer to; be connected with. <BR><I>expr. <B>in respect of,</B> </I>with reference or comparison to. <BR> <I>Ex. The interest income ... will now in fact be equally free from tax in respect of approved contracts (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in respect that,</B> </I>because of the fact that; since. <BR> <I>Ex. To a bad clergyman this may be an advantage, in respect that it allows him to remain bad (William E. Gladstone).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in respect to,</B> </I>in relation, reference, or regard to (something). <BR> <I>Ex. It is generally agreed in Cambridge that Harvard would certainly not care to be in M.I.T.'s shoes in respect to involvement in government projects (Christopher Rand).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>respects,</B> </I>expressions of respect; regards. <BR> <I>Ex. Give her my respects. We must pay our respects to the governor.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>with respect to,</B> </I>with relation, reference, or regard to (something). <BR> <I>Ex. We must plan with respect to the future.</I> noun <B>respecter.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="respectability">
<B>respectability, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being respectable. <BR> <I>Ex. By maintaining a modicum of respectability ... they steer clear of harsher reprisals (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>respectable social standing. <DD><B> 3. </B>respectable people, as a group. <BR> <I>Ex. Nearly the whole respectability of the town was either fussily marshalling processions or gazing down at them (Arnold Bennett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="respectabilize">
<B>respectabilize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make respectable; consider or treat as respectable. </DL>
<A NAME="respectable">
<B>respectable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>worthy of respect; having a good reputation; honest and decent. <BR> <I>Ex. Respectable citizens obey the laws. His parents were poor but respectable people.</I> (SYN) estimable. <DD><B> 2. </B>fairly good; moderate in size or quality. <BR> <I>Ex. His record in school was always respectable but never brilliant.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>good enough to use; fit to be seen. <BR> <I>Ex. Though respectable, her clothes were certainly not stylish. That dirty dress is not respectable.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a respectable person. <BR> <I>Ex. Pleasance plays the husband as the abject dog beneath the good grey skin of a middle-aged respectable who has made his pile and lost his nerve (Time).</I> noun <B>respectableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="respectably">
<B>respectably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in a respectable manner. <BR> <I>Ex. What a mother she was! ... Through what troubles she struggled to bring up her children respectably (Mrs. J. H. Riddell).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>moderately; pretty well. </DL>
<A NAME="respectful">
<B>respectful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> showing respect; considerate and polite. <BR> <I>Ex. He was always respectful to older people.</I> adv. <B>respectfully.</B> noun <B>respectfulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="respecting">
<B>respecting, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> regarding; about; concerning. <BR> <I>Ex. A discussion arose respecting the merits of different automobiles.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="respective">
<B>respective, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to each; particular; individual. <BR> <I>Ex. The classes went to their respective rooms.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="respectively">
<B>respectively, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> as regards each one in his turn or in the order mentioned. <BR> <I>Ex. Bob, Dick, and Tom are 6, 8, and 10 years old respectively.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="respects">
<B>respects, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>respect.</B> </DL>
<B>respell, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to spell over again, especially in another language or in a phonetic alphabet. </DL>
<A NAME="respicefinem">
<B>respice finem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) consider the end; look to the end. </DL>
<A NAME="respirability">
<B>respirability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being respirable. </DL>
<A NAME="respirable">
<B>respirable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be breathed. <DD><B> 2. </B>able to breathe. </DL>
<A NAME="respiration">
<B>respiration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of inhaling and exhaling; breathing. <BR> <I>Ex. Of course, it is your breathing, or respiration, that gets the used air out of the air sacs in your lungs and takes in fresh air (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) the process by which an animal, plant, or living cell secures oxygen from the air or water, distributes it, combines it with food materials in the tissues to produce energy, and gives off carbon dioxide. <BR> <I>Ex. The remarkable thing about respiration is that it releases energy from food in living cells (Heber W. Youngken).</I> </DL>
