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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.

Repentance

The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.

Repentant

One who repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.

Reperception

The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.

Repercuss

To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.

Repercussion

The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

Repertoire

A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.

Repetend

That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .72dot/83dot/), the repetend is 283.

Repetition

The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

Repine

Vexation; mortification.

Replace

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

Replaceable

Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

Replait

To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.

Repleader

A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.

Replenishment

The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

Replete

To fill completely, or to satiety.

Repletion

The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.

Replicated Replicate

Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

Replum

The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.

Reply

That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

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