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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.

Repopulation

The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.

Report

That which is reported. An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

Reporter

One who reports. An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.

Reportorial

Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.

Reposal

The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.

Repose

A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

Reposed

Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.

Reposit

To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.

Repositor

An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

Repository

A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.

Repossess

To possess again; as, to repossess the land.

Repoussage

Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repouss/ work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression.

Repousse

Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal. Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal. Repouss/ work.

Reprehend

To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.

Reprehensible

Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.

Reprehensory

Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.

Represent

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Repressive

Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.

Reprieve

A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.

Reprimand

To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.

Reprimer

A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

Reprint

A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another.

Reprisal

The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.

Reproach

To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.

Reproachful

Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.

Reprobate

To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

Reprobation

The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

Reprobationer

One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2.

Reprobative

Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

Reproduce

To produce again. To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. To cause to exist again.

Reproduction

The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.

Reproductive

Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.

Reproof

Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

Reprover

One who, or that which, reproves.

Reptantia

A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.

Reptile

An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.

Reptilia

A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.

Republican

One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.

Republicanism

A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.

Republicanize

To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.

Republication

A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.

Republish

To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re/xecution or codicil.

repudiable

Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

Repudiation

One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

Repugn

To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

Repugnancy Repugnance

The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.

Repugnant

Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.

Repullulation

The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.

Repulse

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

Repulser

One who repulses, or drives back.

Repulsion

The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

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