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re-assess re-assess

To revise or renew one's assessment of; as, we need to reassess our position to include the new information. Usually used without the hyphen.

Re-collect

To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

Re-creation

A forming anew; a new creation or formation.

Re-form

To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.

Re-formation

The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.

re-insure

to provide additional insurance for.

Re-let

To let anew, as a house.

Re-mark

To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.

Re-present

To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.

Re-presentation

The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.

Re-sign

To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.

Re-store

To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.

Reabsorb

To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.

Reaccess

A second access or approach; a return.

Reach

The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.

React

To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.

Reactance

The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is equal to the component of the impressed electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit.

Reaction

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

Reactionary

One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.

Reactive

Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

Read

Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

Readable

Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.

Readdress

To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.

Readeption

A regaining; recovery of something lost.

Reader

One who reads. One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. A proof reader. One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

Readily

In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.

Readiness

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

Reading

Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

Readjourn

To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

Readjournment

The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

Readjust

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

Readjuster

One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.

Readjustment

A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.

Readmission

The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.

Readmit

To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

Ready

To dispose in order.

Ready-made

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

reafforest re-afforest

To convert again into a forest, as a region of country; to re-establish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.; -- used more often without the hyphen.

Reagent

A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.

Reaggravation

The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.

Realgar

Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.

realign re-align

To align anew or better; as, realign the wheels of my car; realign my jaw. Usually used without the hyphen.

Realism

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle). As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative.

Realist

One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.

Realistic

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

Reality

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

Realization

The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.

Realize

To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.

Realizing

Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred.

Really

In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.

Realm

A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.

Realness

The quality or condition of being real; reality.

Ream

To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.

Reamer

One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.

Reamputation

The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.

Reanimate

To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.

Reanimation

The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.

Reannex

To annex again or anew; to reunite.

Reanswer

To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.

Reap

A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Reappearance

A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

Reapplication

The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.

Reappointment

The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.

Rear

To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.

Rearer

One who, or that which, rears.

Reargue re-argue

To argue anew or again; as, This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign. Usually used without the hyphen.

Reargument

An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.

rearm re-arm

To become armed again; as, after the war, the defeated country rapidly rearmed. Usually used without the hyphen.

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