Reattach, rē-at-tach′, v.t. to attach again.—n. Reattach′ment.
Reattain, rē-at-tān′, v.t. to attain again.
Reattempt, rē-at-temt′, v.t. to attempt again.
Réaumur's scale. See Thermometer.
Reave, rēv, v.t. to take away by violence:—pa.t. and pa.p. reft.—n. Reav′er. [A.S. reáfian, to rob—reáf, clothing, spoil; Ger. rauben, to rob.]
Reawake, rē-a-wāk′, v.i. to awake again.
Reballing, rē-bawl′ing, n. the catching of eels with earthworms fastened to a ball of lead.
Rebaptise, rē-bap-tīz′, v.t. to baptise again.—ns. Rebap′tiser; Rebap′tism, Rebaptisā′tion; Rebap′tist, one who baptises again: an anabaptist.
Rebate, rē-bāt′, v.t. (Shak.) to beat to obtuseness, to blunt: to beat back: to allow as discount.—n. Rēbāte′ment, deduction: diminution: narrowing: (her.) a shortening, as of one arm of a cross. [Fr. rebattre, to beat back—L. re-, back, battuĕre, to beat.]
Rebate, rē-bāt′, n. same as Rabate—also a hard freestone used in pavements: wood fastened to a handle in beating mortar.