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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>RESURVEY</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="resurrection"> resurrection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or fact of coming to life again; rising from the dead. <DD> 2. the state of being alive again after death. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a restoration, as from decay or disuse; revival. </DL> <A NAME="resurrection"> Resurrection, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rising again of Christ after His death and burial. </DL> <A NAME="resurrectional"> resurrectional, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with resurrection. </DL> <A NAME="resurrectionary"> resurrectionary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having to do with or of the nature of resurrection. <DD> 2. having to do with resurrectionism. </DL> <A NAME="resurrectionism"> resurrectionism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of exhuming and stealing dead bodies, especially for dissection. </DL> <A NAME="resurrectionist"> resurrectionist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who brings something to life or view again. <DD> 2. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, especially for dissection. <DD> 3. a person who believes in resurrection. </DL> <A NAME="resurrectionman"> resurrection man, =body snatcher.</DL> <A NAME="resurrectionplant"> resurrection plant,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of several mosslike plants which form a nestlike ball when dry and expand when moistened. It is a variety of selaginella. <DD> 2. any one of various other plants having the same property, such as the rose of Jericho or one of the fig marigolds. </DL> <A NAME="resurrective"> resurrective, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> causing resurrection; bringing the dead to life. </DL> <A NAME="resurvey"> resurvey, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to examine over again. Ex. to resurvey a problem. <DD> 2. to survey (as land) again. <DD>noun a new survey. </DL> <A NAME="resuscitable"> resuscitable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be resuscitated. </DL> <A NAME="resuscitate"> resuscitate, verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. Ex. The doctor resuscitated the man who was overcome by gas. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to renew or restore (a thing). <DD>v.i. to come to life or consciousness again; revive. </DL> <A NAME="resuscitation"> resuscitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. restoration to life or consciousness. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) restoration. </DL> <A NAME="resuscitative"> resuscitative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> helping to resuscitate. </DL> <A NAME="resuscitator"> resuscitator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a device used to treat asphyxiation by forcing oxygen into the lungs. Ex. It consists of a resuscitator which weighs only 28 lbs. and so can be taken to the scene of emergency (New Scientist). <DD> 2. a person who resuscitates. </DL> <A NAME="ret"> ret, transitive verb, retted, retting.<DL COMPACT><DD> to expose (as flax or hemp) to moisture or soak in water, in order to soften by partial rotting. </DL> <A NAME="ret"> ret.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. retard. <DD> 2. retired. <DD> 3. returned. </DL> <A NAME="retable"> retable, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shelf, as for lights or flowers, or the frame for a picture, or the like, above and behind an altar. </DL> <A NAME="retail"> retail, noun, adjective, adverb, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the sale of goods in small quantities at a time, directly to the consumer. Ex. Our grocer buys at wholesale and sells at retail. <DD>adj. 1. in small lots or quantities. Ex. The wholesale price of this coat is $20; the retail price is $30. <DD> 2. selling in small quantities. Ex. a retail merchant, the retail trade. <DD>adv. at a retail price. Ex. to sell retail. <DD>v.t. 1. to sell in small quantities. Ex. to retail dresses. <DD> 2. to tell over again; repeat the particulars of to others. Ex. She retails everything she hears about her acquaintances. <DD>v.i. to be sold in small quantities or at retail. Ex. This radio retails for $14.95. </DL> <A NAME="retailer"> retailer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a retail merchant or dealer. Ex. The task of holding thousands of retailers to the agreement that they will observe minimum list prices is well nigh impossible (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="retailing"> retailing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the business of selling goods at retail. </DL> <A NAME="retailstore"> retail store,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a store selling items in small quantities directly to the consumer. </DL> <A NAME="retain"> retain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to continue to have or hold; keep. Ex. China dishes retain heat longer than metal pans do. The old lady has retained all her interest in life. <DD> 2. to keep in mind; remember. Ex. She retained the tune but not the words of the song. <DD> 3. to employ by payment of a fee; secure the services of by payment of a retainer. Ex. He retained the best lawyer in the state. </DL> <A NAME="retainable"> retainable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be retained. </DL> <A NAME="retainedearnings"> retained earnings, =earned surplus.</DL> <A NAME="retainedobject"> retained object,<DL COMPACT><DD> an object in a passive construction corresponding to the direct or indirect object in an active construction. (Example:) The boy was given a nickel. A nickel was given to the boy. </DL> <A NAME="retainer"> retainer (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who serves someone of rank; vassal; attendant; follower. Ex. The king had many retainers. <DD> 2. a person kept in service; attendant. Ex. that old retainer, Bridget the cook (Winston Churchill). <DD> 3. a person who retains. </DL> <A NAME="retainer"> retainer (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fee paid to secure services, on a continuing basis or when necessary. Ex. This lawyer receives a retainer before he begins work on a case. <DD> 2. a retaining of a person's service. </DL> <A NAME="retainingwall"> retaining wall,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wall built to hold back a mass of earth or, sometimes, water. </DL> <A NAME="retainment"> retainment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of retaining; retention. </DL> <A NAME="retake"> retake, verb, -took, -taken, -taking, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to take again. <DD> 2. to take back. <DD> 3. to make (a film sequence) over again. <DD>noun 1. the process of retaking. Ex. a retake of a scene in a motion picture. <DD> 2. the sequence or film obtained. noun retaker. </DL> <A NAME="retaliate"> retaliate, verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to pay back a wrong or injury; return like for like, usually to return evil for evil. Ex. If we insult them, they will retaliate. <DD>v.t. to return in kind. Ex. He retaliated on the ... Huns of Pannonia the same calamities which they had inflicted on the nations (Edward Gibbon). </DL> <A NAME="retaliation"> retaliation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a paying back of a wrong or injury; return of evil for evil. <DD> 2. an act of reprisal. </DL> <A NAME="retaliative"> retaliative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disposed to retaliate; retaliatory. </DL> <A NAME="retaliator"> retaliator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who retaliates. Ex. It is often difficult to tell offenders from retaliators (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="retaliatory"> retaliatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> returning like for like, especially evil for evil. Ex. a retaliatory raid, retaliatory weapons. </DL> <A NAME="retard"> retard, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to make slow; delay the progress of; keep back; hinder. Ex. Lack of education retards progress. Bad roads retarded the car. <DD> 2. to defer; postpone. Ex. to advance or retard the hour of refection beyond the time (Scott). <DD> 3. to adjust (the ignition system of a gasoline engine) so that the spark occurs at a later point in the cycle of movement of the piston. <DD>v.i. to be delayed or hindered. <DD>noun 1. delay; retardation. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) a retarded person; retardate. expr. in retard, retarded; delayed. Ex. I was far in retard ... in real knowledge (John Ruskin). </DL> <A NAME="retardancy"> retardancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being retardant. </DL> <A NAME="retardant"> retardant, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun something that delays an action, process, or effect, usually a chemical. <DD>adj. retarding; tending to hinder. Ex. We know the retardant effect of society upon artists of exalted sensibility (Edmund C. Stedman). </DL> <A NAME="retardataire"> retardataire, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the arts) behind the times; lagging behind. Ex. English art had always been retardataire ... the Pre-Raphaelites were repeating things which had already been done a generation before by the German Nazarenes (Edward Lucie-Smith). </DL> <A HREF="retarded.dic">NEXT</A>