representer (rep rez enter)

One who or that which represents. ( a ) One who or that which shows, exhibits, or describes. Where the real works of nature or veritable acts of story are to be described, art being but the imitator or secondary representor , it must not vary from the verity of the example. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., v. 19. (b) A representative; one who acts by deputation. [Rare.] Swift . My Muse officious ventures On the nation's representers . representment (rep-rē-zent'ment), n. [= It. rap present a men to ; represent + -ment . ] Representation; renewed presentation. [Obsolete or archaic.] Grant that all our praises, hymns, eucharis tical remembrances, and representments of thy glories may be useful, ble ed, and effectual. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 226. So far approv'd as to have bin trusted with the represent ment and defence of your Actions to all Christen dom against an Adversary of no mean repute. Milton , To the Parliament. Turning to Alice, the soul of the first Alice looked out at her eyes with such a reality of re - presentment that I became in doubt which of them stood there before me. Lamb , Dream Children. repre (re-pres'), v. t. [ All this while King Richard was in Ireland, where he performed Acts, in repre ing the Rebels there, not unworthy of him. Baker , Chronicles, p. 150. If your Spirit will not let you retract, yet you shall do well to repre any more Copies of the Satire. Howell , Letters, ii. 2. And sov'reign Law, that state's collected will, Sits Empre , crowning good, repre ing ill. Sir W. Jones, Ode in Imit. of Alcœus. This attempt at desertion he repre ed at the hazard of his life. Bancroft , Hist. U. S., I. 102. 2. To check; restrain; keep under due restraint. IMG:content-2014.png:[blocks in formation] Loud outcries of injury, when they tend nothing to the repre of it, is a liberty rather a umed by rage and imGovernment of the Tongue . ( Encyc . Dict.) patience than authorized by justice. repre er (re-pres'ér), n. One who repre es; one who crushes or subdues. Imp. Dict. repre ible (re-pres'i-bl), a. [ Capable of being repre ed or restrained. Imp. Dict. repre ibly (re-pres'i-bli), adv. In a repre ible manner. Imp. Dict. repre ing-machine (re-pres'ing-ma-shēn"), п. 1. A machine for making pre ed bricks, or for giving them a finishing pre ing.-2. A heavy cotton-pre for compre ing cotton-bales into as compact form as po ible for transportation. repre ion (re-presh'on), n. [ He [Cromwell] gave the country a constitution far more perfect than any which had at that time been known in the world. He reformed the representative system in a manner which has extorted praise even from Lord Clarendon. Macaulay . 4. In biol.: ( a ) Typical; fully presenting, or alone representing, the characters of a given cla or group: as, in zoölogy and botany, the representative genus of a family. No one human being can be completely the represent a tive man of his race. Palgrave. ( Latham .) 320 We see him as he moved, With what sublime repre ion of himself, And in what limits, and how tenderly. Tennyson, Idylls, Dedication. The condition of the papacy itself occupied the minds of the bishops too much... to allow time for elaborate measures of repre ion . Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 404. who share are representatives of the ancestor in sense ( a ), 2. That which repre es; check; restraint.- and the child or children are also representatives of the deceased heir apparent in sense (b). See representation , 7. 3t. House of Representatives, the lower branch of the United States Congre , consisting of members chosen bi- ennially by the people. It consists at present (1890) of Power of repre ing. And som so ful of furie is and despite That it surmount eth his repre ion . Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 1038. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia repre ive (rē-pres'iv), a . Pg . repre ivo ; as repre + -ive .] Having power to repre or crush; tending to subdue or restrain. Visible disorders are no more than symptoms which no measures, repre ive or revolutionary, can do more than palliate. Froude , Cæsar, vi. repre ively (rē-pres ́iv-li), adv . In a repre ive manner; with repre ion; so as to repre . Imp . Dict. It is by name Proteus, that hath ordayn'd my sonne to die;. Therefore I humbly crave your Majestie It to replevie, and my sonne reprive . Unle her prayers... reprieve him from the wrath Of greatest justice. Shak., All's Well, iii. 4. 28. 2. To grant a respite to; suspend or delay the execution of for a time: as, to reprieve a crim i- nal for thirty days. Vain, transitory splendours! Could not all Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall? IMG:content-2016.png:[blocks in formation] Th' intended execution with entreaties And interruption. Ford , Lover's Melancholy, i. 1. IMG:content-2017.png:[blocks in formation] Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay , Goldsmith. = Syn. Monition , Reprehension , etc. See admonition . reprimand (rep-ri-mand'), v. t . [ repri- mander , F. réprimander , reprimande , reproof: see reprimand , n.] To reprove severely; repre- hend; chide for a fault. Germanic us was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for travelling into Egypt without his permi ion. Arbuthnot . The people are feared and flattered. They are not rep- rimanded . Emerson , Fortune of the Republic. To challenge her anew, as his own prize, Whom formerly he had in battell wonne, And proffer made by force her to reprize . IMG:content-2018.png:[blocks in formation] reprint (re-print'), n . [ reprint , v.] 1. A second or a new impre ion or edition of any printed work; reimpre ion.-2. In printing , printed matter taken from some other public a- tion for reproduction. "How are ye off for copy, Mike?" "Bad," answered the old printer. "I've a little reprint , but no original matter at all." The Century , XXXVII. 303. reprisal (rē-prīzal), n. [Early mod. E. also reprisall , reprisel ; represaille , F. repré- saille (= Sp. represalia , represaria = Pg. repre- salia = It. ripresaglia ; ML. reflex reprisal iæ , repræsal iæ , pl.), a taking, seizing, prize, booty, reprise , a taking, prize: see reprise , n.] 1. In international law : ( a ) The recovering by force of what is one's own. (b) The seizing of an equivalent, or, negatively, the detaining of that which belongs to an adversary, as a means of obtaining redre of a grievance. ( Woolsey .) A reprisal is the use of force by one nation against prop- erty of another to obtain redre without thereby com- mencing war; and the uncertainty of the distinction be- tween it and war results from the uncertainty as to what degree of force can be used without practically declaring war or creating a state of war. All this Year and the Year past sundry quarrels and complaints arose between the English and French, touch- ing reprisals of Goods taken from each other by Parties of If so, a just reprise would only be Of what the land usurp'd upon the sea. That alle the world ne may suffise To staunche of pride the reprise . I search'd the shades of sleep, to ease my day Of griping sorrows with a night's reprieve. 2. The act of retorting on an enemy by inflict- ing suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation of an act of inhumanity. The military executions on both sides, the ma acre of prisoners, the illegal reprisals of Warwick and Clarence in 1469 and 1470, were alike unjustifiable. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 373. 3. Any taking by way of retaliation; an act of severity done in retaliation. This gentleman being very desirous, as it seems, to make reprisals upon me, undertakes to furnish out a whole sec- tion of gro misrepresentations made by me in my quota- Water land , Works, III. 70. tions. He considered himself as robbed and plundered, and took it into his head that he had a right to make reprisals , as he could find opportunity. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, ii. Who call things wicked that give too much joy, And nickname the reprisal envy makes Punishment Browning , Ring and Book, II. 249. Emerson , Fugitive Slave Law. 4. Same as recaption . -5†. A prize. To hear this rich reprisal is so nigh, And yet not ours. Come, let me taste my horse, Who is to bear me like a thunderbolt Against the bosom of the Prince of Wales. prochier , F. reprocher = Pr. repropchar = Sp. Pg . repro char = It. rimprocciare (ML. reflex repro chare ), reproach, prob. * repropiare , bring near to, hence cast in one's teeth, im- pute, object (cf. approach , a proc her , ap- proach, appropiare ), re- , again, + * pro- piare , propius , nearer, compar. of prope , near: see propinquity , and cf. approach .] 1. Το charge with a fault; censure with severity; upbraid: now usually with a personal object. With a most inhumane cruelty they who have put out the peoples eyes reproach them of their blindne e. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. Scenes which, never having known me free, Would not reproach me with the lo I felt. Cowper , Task, v. 490. IMG:content-2019.png:[blocks in formation] reproach In vain Thale str is with reproach a ails, For who can move when fair Be linda fails? I know repentant tears ensue the deed, Reproach, disdain, and deadly enmity; Yet strive I to embrace mine infamy. them.