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Renerve

To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.

Renew

To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

Renewable

Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.

Renewal

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

Renewer

One who, or that which, renews.

Reneye

To deny; to reject; to renounce.

Reniform

Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.

Renitent

Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Rennet

The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant.

Renneted

Provided or treated with rennet.

Rennin

A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.

Renouncement

The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

Renovate

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

Renovation

The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.

Renown

To make famous; to give renown to.

Renowned

Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.

Rensselaerite

A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.

Rent

To be leased, or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.

Rentable

Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

Rental

A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

Rente

In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.

Renter

To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.

Rentier

One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.

Renunciatory

Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.

Renverse Renverse

Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

Reordain

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.

Reorganization

The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.

Rep

Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.

Rep-silver

Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

Repace

To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.

Repack

To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.

Repaganize

To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.

Repaint

To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.

Repair

Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.

Repairer

One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.

Repand

Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.

Reparable

Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

Reparation

The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.

Reparel

A change of apparel; a second or different suit.

Repartee

To make smart and witty replies.

Repartimiento

A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.

Repartotion

Another, or an additional, separation into parts.

Repass

To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.

Repast

To supply food to; to feast; to take food.

Repay

To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.

Repayable

Capable of being, or proper to be, repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

Repealer

One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.

Repeat

The act of repeating; repetition.

Repeatedly

More than once; again and again; indefinitely.

Repeater

One who, or that which, repeats. A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. A repeating firearm. An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. A person who votes more than once at an election. See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

Repeating

Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Repel

To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Repent

To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.

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