Reach

rech, v. t. [reached (recht), reaching.] To ex- Ray. tend, stretch, thrust out; to deliver by stretching out a member, esp. the hand;; end, eve, tSrm; in, Ice; Odd, tSne, 6r; to pa to another, hand over; to attain or obtain ■by effort, stretching or influence forth the to, penetrate hand; to extend to; to extend an action, stretch out as far as; to arrive at, get as far as; attain to, gain. — v. i. To stretch out the hand; strain after something; to be extended in dimension, time, action, influence, etc., so as to attain or be equal with something, —n. Act of stretching or extending: extension; power of reaching; power of extending action, influence, etc.; extent of force or capacity; extent; stretch; expanse; application; influence; result; an extended portion of land water; a stretch; an artifice to obtain an advantage. Re-, re, Red-, inseparable pre/., signifying again, or the 2d time: it may be prefixed to almost any verb, and many substantives, the words so formed being usually self-explanatory. 347