repositor

[Latin reposit ( us )=replaced; -or.] An apparatus for replacing a displaced organ or part. rě-põş-i-tör-, *re-pos-i-tor-ie, subst . [O. Fr. repos i to ire , from Lat. repositorium , from reposit us , pa. par. of repo no to lay back; O. Sp. & Ital. repos i to rio .] 1. A place where things are or may be deposited for safety or preservation; a depository, a storehouse, a magazine. "That dark repository in which the abortive statutes of many generations sleep." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xvi. 2. A place where articles are kept for sale; a shop, a warehouse. IMG:content-0474.png:[blocks in formation] re-pôus-sê', adj . [Fr., pa. par. of repou er =to push or thrust back.] A term applied to a kind of ornamental metal work, formed in relief by striking on the metal from behind with a punch or hammer until the required forms are roughly produced in relief upon the surface; the work is then finished by the proce of chasing. The work of Benvenuto Cell in i (1500-1570), in this branch of art, is the most celebrated. Common work of this kind, as for tea pewter and Britannia metal, and then electro or coffee-pots, ., is executed at Birmingham in typed. rěp-rě-hěnd', *rep-re-hende, v . t . [Latin rep rehendo to hold back, to check, to blame: re- = back, and prehendo to hold, to seize; French rep rendre; Sp. reprehender, rep render; Port. repre hender; Ital. riprendere .) 1. Orig. to take hold of one and pull him back, when about to do something; hence, to charge with a fault; to chide sharply; to reprove; to find fault with. "Pardon me for reprehending thee." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , iii. 2. 2. To take exception to; to blame, to censure; to find fault with. "I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice Of Marcley-hill." J. Philips: Cyder, i. 78. *3. To detect of fallacy. rěp-rě-hěnd-er, s. [Eng. reprehend ; -er.] One who reprehends; one who blames, censures, or finds fault. "The querulous reprehenders add to the cause of complaint." -Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a . (Pref.) rěp-rě-hen-si-ble, adj . [Latin reprehensibilis , from reprehensus , pa. par. of reprehendo =to reprehend (q. v.); Fr. répréhensible ; Sp. reprensible; Ital. rip rens i bile.] To be reprehended, censured, or blamed; deserving of reprehension or censure; blameworthy, censurable; calling for reproof or rebuke. "To say Good morning or Good evening was highly rep rehensible." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xvii.