realliance

[Prefix re-, and Eng. alliance (q. v.).] A renewed alliance. *real lich, adverb . [REAL (2), adj .] Royally. ( Chaucer . ) *re-al-lie', v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. ally (q. v.).] To get in order again; to compose or form anew, to reform. (Spenser: F. Q., VII. vi. 23.) re-al-lỹ, *re-al-lie, adv . [Eng. real (1); -ly .] 1. In a real manner; in reality; in fact and not in appearance only; actually, truly, indeed, in truth. 2. In truth, indeed. (Used as a slight corroboration of an opinion or statement.) realm, *real me, *reame, *reaume, *reo me, *roialme, *ryal me, s . [O. Fr. real me , reaume, roialme (Fr. royaume ) , from a Low Lat. * regal i men , from Lat. regal is (O. Fr. real , roial ; Fr. royal ) = royal, regal (q. v.); O. Sp. real me, reame ; Ital. reame .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A royal jurisdiction, territory, or extent of government; a kingdom; the dominion of a king. "I weigh'd the danger, which my realms stood in, By this my i ue's fail." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., ii. 4. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, realmle 2. Hence, generally, a province, a department, a region, a sphere, a domain. "Through all the realms of nonsense absolute." Dryden: Mac Flecknoe, 6. II. Zoogeography : A term proposed by Mr. J. A. Allen ( Bull . Mus . Comp. Zool ., Cambridge , Ma ., ii.) for the division of the earth in accordance with what he calls "the law of circumpolar distribution of life in zones." realm-lě , adj. [Eng. realm; -le .] Destitute or deprived of a realm. ( Keats.)