Defn: To involve anew.
REIS Re`is (r"s or rz), n. Etym: [Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin.]
Defn: The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.
REIS
Reis (rs), n. Etym: [Ar. ra head, chief, prince.]
Defn: A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]
REIS EFFENDI
Reis` Ef*fen"di (rs` f*fn"d). Etym: [See 2d Reis, and Effendi.]
Defn: A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
REISSNER'S MEMBRANE
Reiss"ner's mem"brane (rs"nrz mm"brn). Etym: [Named from E. Reissner,
A German anatomist.] (Anat.)
Defn: The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
REISSUABLE
Re*is"su*a*ble (r*sh"**b'l), a.