retaker

[Eng. retak(e); -er.] One who retakes that which has been taken; a recaptor. re-tăl-I-āte, v. t. & i. [Lat. retaliatus, pa. par. of retalio to requite, allied to talio retaliation in kind.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-0539.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically : 1. Physics: The act of hindering the free progre or motion of a body, and ultimately therefore stop ping it. It arises either from the friction of the surface upon which the body moves, or the resist- ance of the medium through which it moves. 2. Music : (1) A gradual slackening of pace in the perform ance of a pa age. same chord. Retardation of mean solar time : [TIME, 8.] rě-tar-da-tive, a . [Eng. retard ; -ative.] Tending to retard; having power to retard. *re-tar-da-tör-y, a . [English retard ; -atory .] Tending to retard; retardative. "Instant promptitude of action, adequate retardatory power."- Athenœum, Sept. 2, 1882. rě-tard-ěd, pa. par. or a. [RETARD, v.] IMG:content-0540.png:[blocks in formation] evil; to return, to requite. "[The king, James II. of England) expects a return in specie from them [the Di enters] that the kindne which he has graciously shown them may be retaliated on those of his own persuasion." -Dryden: Hind and Panther. (Pref.) 2. To repay or requite by an act of the same kind as has been received; especially to requite or return evil for evil. "Our retaliating the like prevails upon them to desist rom offending us."-Search: Light of No t. ii., ch. xxi. Nature, vol. i., B. In trans.: To return like for like; to requite. "Nations accordingly seldom fail to retaliate in this manner."- Smith : Wealth of Nations , bk. iv., ch. ii. re-tăl-1-ā-tion, s. [Eng. retaliat (e); -ion.] *1. The return of good for good or evil for evil; a return in kind for any act received. 2. The act of retaliating: the return of like for like; reprisal, revenge, retribution. "The lex talion is , or law of retaliation ."- Black stone : Comment., bk. iv., ch. 1. rě-tăl-i-a-tive, a. [Eng. retaliat (e); -ive.] Tending to retaliate, returning like for like; vindictive, revengeful. rě-tăl-1-ā-tör-ý, adj . [Eng. retaliat (e); -ory.] Implying or containing retaliation; retaliative; returning like for like. "The animosity displayed by Spanish merchants toward German firms is also beginning to call forth retaliatory measures." - London Globe.