Resurge, rē-surj′, v.i. to rise again.—n. Resur′gence.—adj. Resur′gent, rising again or from the dead.—v.t. Resurrect′ (coll.), to restore to life.—n. Resurrec′tion, the rising again from the dead: the life thereafter: a restoration: body-snatching.—adj. Resurrec′tionary.—v.t. Resurrec′tionise.—ns. Resurrec′tionist, Resurrec′tion-man, one who steals bodies from the grave for dissection. [L. re-, again, surgĕre, surrectum, to rise.]
Resurprise, rē-sur-prīz′, n. a second surprise.
Resurvey, rē-sur-vā′, v.t. to survey again, to review.—n. a second or renewed survey.
Resuscitate, rē-sus′i-tāt, v.t. to revive, to revivify.—v.i. to revive: to awaken and come to life again.—adjs. Resus′citable; Resus′citant.—n. one who, or that which, resuscitates.—n. Resuscitā′tion, act of reviving from a state of apparent death: state of being revivified.—adj. Resus′citātive, tending to resuscitate: reviving: revivifying: reanimating.—n. Resus′citātor, one who resuscitates.—Resuscitative faculty, the reproductive faculty of the mind. [L. re-, again, suscitāre—sus-, sub-, from beneath, citāre, to put into quick motion—ciēre, to make to go.]
Ret, ret, v.t. to expose hemp, jute, &c. to moisture.
Retable, rē-tā′bl, n. a shelf behind the altar for the display of lights, vases of flowers, &c. [Fr.]
Retail, rē-tāl′, v.t. to sell or deal out in small parts: to sell in broken parts, or at second hand: to hand down by report.—adj. pertaining to retail.—ns. Rē′tail, the sale of goods in small quantities; Retail′er; Retail′ment. [Fr. retailler, to cut again—re-, again, tailler, to cut.]
Retaille, rė-ta-lyā′, adj. (her.) cut or divided twice.
Retain, rē-tān′, v.t. to keep in possession: to detain: to employ by a fee paid: to restrain: to keep up, as to retain a custom: to keep in mind.—adj. Retain′able, that may be retained.—ns. Retain′er, one who is retained or kept in service: a dependant, but higher than a servant: a sutler: a retaining fee; Retain′ership; Retain′ment.—Retaining fee, the advance fee paid to a lawyer to defend a cause; Retaining wall, a wall to prevent a bank from slipping down.—General retainer, a fee to secure a priority of claim on a counsel's services; Special retainer, a fee for a particular case. [Fr.,—L. retinēre—re-, back, tenēre, to hold.]
Retake, rē-tāk′, v.t. to take or receive again: to recapture.