redd it i on

[Lat. redditio, from redditus. pa. par. of red do =to return; Fr. redd it i on.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The returning of anything; restitution, surrender. "If warlike nece itie require it, yet with a pact of redd it i on."-Prynne: Soveraigne Power , pt. iv., p. 167. *2. An explanation, a translation, a rendering. (Bp. Taylor: Of Repentance, ch. ii., § 1.) II. Law : A judicial acknowledgment that the thing in demand belongs to the demandant, and not to the person so surrendering. rěd'-di-tive, a. [Lat. redditivus, from redditus, pa. par. of red do =to return.] Gram.: Answering to an inquiry or interrogative; conveying a reply. "Conjunctions discretive, redditive , conditional are more elegantly used."-Instructory for Oratory , p. 20. red-dle, s . [Etym. doubtful, cognate with Ger. rothel .] Min.: A natural mixture of red ocher (q.v.) with a clay, breaking with a dull fracture resembling that of chalk. Used as a red chalk for marking purposes. [RUDDLE.] *rěd-dõur, s. [Fr. roideur , from roidir =to stif fen, to herden.) Strength, vigor, power, force and sith an hert is so streined, The reddour ought to be rest reined." Gower: C. A., iil. *rēde, *reede, s. [A. S. rád .] [READ.] 1. Counsel, advice. "Such mercy He, by his most holy reede, Unto us taught.' Spenser: Hymn of Heavenly Love. 2. A motto, a proverb. "This reede is ryfe." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; July. rēde (1), v. t. [A.S.rédan.] 1. To advise, to counsel. "Therefore I rede beware." 2. To explain, to interpret. Spenser: F. Q., I. i. 13. Obsolete except in Scotland. *rēde (2), v . t. or i . [READ.] re-dec-õr-āte, v . t . [Pref. re-, and Eng. decor ate (q. v.).] To decorate or adorn again or anew. re-děd-I-cāte, v . t . [Pref. re-, and Eng. dedi cate (q. v.).] To dedicate again or anew. re-děd-1-ca-tion, s. [Pref. re-, and Eng. dedi cation (q. v.).] The act of rededicating; a second dedication. rě-deēm', *re-deme, v . t . [ Fr.rédimer , from Lat. redimo to buy back: red- (for re -)=back, and emo =to buy; Sp. redimir ; Port. remir ; Ital. redimere.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. To buy back; to repurchase. 2. In the same sense as II. 3. 3. To rescue, ransom, or liberate from captivity or bondage, or from any liability or obligation to suffer or be forfeited, by the payment of an equivalent; to pay a ransom or equivalent for. ( Levitic us xxv. 49.) 4. To deliver, to rescue; to save in any manner. 5. To perform, as a promise; to make good by performance. 6. To make amends for; to atone for; to compensate. "They hope that you will now redeem what you must feel to be an error."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. 7. To improve or employ to the best advantage; to utilize. "Redeeming the time because the days are evil."Ephesians v. 16. II. Technically : redeemability 2. Law : To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by payment of what may be due according to the terms of the mortgage. "If a pawnbroker receives plate or jewels as a pledge or security for the repayment of money lent thereon on a day certain, he has them upon an expre contract or condition to restore them, if the pledger performs his part by redeeming them in due time." - Black stone. Comment., bk. ii., ch. 30. 3. Theol.: To effect the ransom of the sinner from sin and its penalty. [REDEEMER, REDEMPTION.]