<B>reunification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the action or process of reunifying. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being reunified. <BR> <I>Ex. One can imagine the Japanese reaction to the reunification of Korea under communist leadership (Survey).</I> </DL>
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<B>reunify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to bring back together again; unify again. <BR> <I>Ex. Before them ... lay the ... instruments for reunifying Europe--the treaties that would establish the Western European Common Market and the European Atomic Energy Commission (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>reunion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of coming together again. <BR> <I>Ex. the reunion of parted friends. We have a family reunion at Thanksgiving.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact or state of being reunited. <DD><B> 3. </B>a social gathering of persons who have been separated or who have interests in common. <BR> <I>Ex. a class reunion.</I> </DL>
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<B>reunionism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles of reunionists; the belief in reunion. </DL>
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<B>reunionist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who believes in or works for reunion, especially reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church. </DL>
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<B>reunionistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with reunionism or reunionists. </DL>
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<B>reunite, </B>verb, <B>-nited,</B> <B>-niting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to bring together again. <BR> <I>Ex. to reunite a family. Mother and child were reunited after years of separation.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to come together again. noun <B>reuniter.</B> </DL>
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<B>re-up, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-upped,</B> <B>-upping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) to rejoin the army, navy, or other armed services; reenlist. <BR> <I>Ex. More cooks, truck drivers, and other practitioners of "soft skills" actually "re-up" ... than the services need (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>reupholster, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to put new upholstery on. </DL>
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<B>reusability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> reusable condition or quality. </DL>
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<B>reusable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be used again. </DL>
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<B>reuse, </B>verb, <B>-used,</B> <B>-using,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to use again. <BR> <I>Ex. Almost all swimming pools built today are filtered, reusing the same water (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the act of using again. </DL>
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<B>rev, </B>noun, verb, <B>revved,</B> <B>revving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a revolution (of an engine or motor). <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to increase the speed of (an engine or motor). <DD><B> 2. </B>Usually <B>rev up.</B> (Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>to stimulate. <BR> <I>Ex. About the time I got out of college ... there were a bunch of idealistic youths who had been revved up by a bunch of articulate and persuasive politicians (Carlton Gladder).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to increase in tempo; accelerate. <BR> <I>Ex. The New London Faust (stereo) ... offers lofty heights and deep lows ... And the symphonic postludes have been revved up rather than intensified (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to raise; step up. <BR> <I>Ex. In auto racing, purse money was revved up (Bill Braddock).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to increase, as in speed or action. </DL>
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<B>rev.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD><B> 1. </B>revenue. <DD><B> 2. </B>reverse. <DD><B> 3. </B>review. <DD><B> 4a. </B>revise. <DD><B> b. </B>revised. <DD><B> c. </B>revision. <DD><B> 5. </B>revolution. <DD><B> 6. </B>revolving. </DL>
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<B>Rev.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Revelation (book of the Bible). <DD><B> 2. </B>Reverend. </DL>
<B>revalidate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dated,</B> <B>-dating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to validate or confirm anew. <BR> <I>Ex. From July 1 to December 1, all citizens and aliens were required to revalidate their identity cards (William S. Stokes).</I> noun <B>revalidation.</B> </DL>
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<B>revalorize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to assign a new value to (as a currency or price); valorize anew. noun <B>revalorization.</B> </DL>
<B>revaluation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a second or revised valuation. <BR> <I>Ex. The dollar suffered from rumors of Continental currency revaluations (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=reevaluation.</B> </DL>
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<B>revalue, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ued,</B> <B>-uing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to value again or anew. <BR> <I>Ex. to revalue a property.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=reevaluate.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. to revalue a classic.</I> </DL>
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<B>revalve, </B>transitive verb, <B>-valved,</B> <B>-valving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to put new valves in. </DL>
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<B>revamp, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to patch up; repair. <BR> <I>Ex. to revamp an old car.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to take apart and put together in a new form. <BR> <I>Ex. to revamp a plan.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> something revamped. </DL>
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<B>revanche, </B>noun. =revenge.</DL>
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<B>revanchism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs or practices of the revanchists. </DL>
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<B>revanchist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who advocates taking up arms, as against a country or government, to recover territory lost in a war. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with revanchists or revanchism. <BR> <I>Ex. a revanchist party.</I> </DL>
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<B>revascularize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to place blood vessels in (an area of the heart or other parts of the body) to increase the blood supply. <BR> <I>Ex. Specialists at the meeting ... estimated that as many as 60 medical centers in the world might be doing operations to revascularize the hearts of gravely ill patients (New York Times).</I> noun <B>revascularization.</B> </DL>
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<B>reveal, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make known; divulge. <BR> <I>Ex. Promise never to reveal my secret. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men (Romans 1:18).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to display; show. <BR> <I>Ex. to reveal a room by opening a door. Her smile revealed her even teeth.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=jamb.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>that part of a jamb between the face of a wall and that of the frame containing the door or window. <DD><B> 3. </B>the border of an automobile window. adj. <B>revealable.</B> noun <B>revealer.</B> </DL>
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<B>revealed theology,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the study of theology from the standpoint of supernatural revelation, without the aid of natural reason. </DL>
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<B>revealing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disclosing something not known before or not shown. <BR> <I>Ex. a revealing novel, speech, or dress.</I> adv. <B>revealingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>revealment, </B>noun. =revelation.</DL>
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<B>revegetate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-tated,</B> <B>-tating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to grow again. <DD><B> 2. </B>to grow plants again; become green with plants again. noun <B>revegetation.</B> </DL>
<B>reveille, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a signal on a bugle, whistle, or drum to waken soldiers or sailors in the morning. <BR> <I>Ex. The bugler blew reveille.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the first military formation of the day, at which the roll is usually taken. </DL>
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<B>revel, </B>verb, <B>-eled,</B> <B>-eling</B> or (especially British) <B>-elled,</B> <B>-elling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to take very great pleasure (in). <BR> <I>Ex. The children revel in country life. Young boys who liked Enright's "Kinty" ... should revel in the excitement, color, and action of this little story (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make merry. <DD><I>noun </I> a noisy good time; merrymaking. <BR> <I>Ex. A parade and fireworks were planned for the Fourth of July revels. Christmas revels with feasting and dancing were common in England.</I> </DL>
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<B>revelation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of making known. <BR> <I>Ex. The revelation of the thieves' hiding place by one of them caused theircapture. Revelation of serious unrest in the army has an added significance (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the thing made known. <BR> <I>Ex. Her true nature was a revelation to me.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>God's disclosure of Himself and of His will to His creatures. </DL>
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<B>Revelation, </B>noun. Also, <B>Revelations.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the last book of the New Testament, supposed to have been written by the Apostle John. Its full title in the Authorized Version (1611) is <I>The Revelation of Saint John the Divine.</I> (Abbr:) Rev. </DL>
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<B>revelationist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who believes in divine revelation. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who makes a revelation. </DL>
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<B>revelator, </B>noun. =revealer.</DL>
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<B>revelatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that makes known; revealing. <BR> <I>Ex. The novel is the most sincere, honest, and revelatory fictional treatment of the Soviet epoch to come out of Russia (Atlantic).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of religious revelation. </DL>
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<B>reveler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who revels or takes part in a revel. </DL>
