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104. The doublene of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 269. 2. The act of one who reproves; expre ion of blame or censure addre ed to a person; blame expre ed to the face; censure for a fault; rep- rehension; rebuke; reprimand. There is an oblique way of reproof which takes off from the sharpne of it. Steele. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 583. IMG:content-2022.png:[blocks in formation] reptant Creeping or crawling; repent; reptatory; reptile; specifically, of or pertaining to the Rep tanti a . Reptant i at (rep-tan's hi-ä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of L. reptan ( t- ) s , ppr. of reptare , crawl: see reptant.] 1. In Illiger's cla ification (1811), the tenth order and also the thirtieth family of mammals, composed of the monotremes together with a certain tortoise ( Pamphractus ). 2. In Mollusca , those a zygobranchiate gastropods which are adapted for creeping or crawling by the formation of the foot as a creeping disk. All ordinary gastropods are Reptant i a , the term being used in distinction from Natant i a (which latter is a name of the Heteropod a ). The Reptant i a were divided into Holochlamyda , Pneumonochlamyda , and Siphonochlamyda . reptation (rep-tā'shon), п . [ = F. reptation , reptatio ( n- ), a creeping, crawling, reptare , pp. reptatus , creep, crawl: see reptant . ] 1. The act of creeping or crawling on the belly, as a reptile does. Owen .-2. In math ., the motion of one plane figure around another, so as constantly to be tangent to the latter while preserving parallelism between different positions of its own lines; especially, such a motion of one figure round another precisely like it so that the longest diameter of one shall come into line with the shortest of the other. This motion was applied by John Bernoulli in 1705 to the rectification of curves. Let AB be a curve whose length is required; let this be reversed about its normal, giving the curve ABC, and let this be reversed about the line between its extremities, giving the spindle-shaped figure ABCD; let DEFG be a similar and equal figure turned through a right angle-then, if the first has a reptatory motion about the second, its center will describe a four-humped or quadrigibbous figure OPQRSTUV, with humps at P, R, T, V. Let this be placed in contact with a similar and equal figure so that a maximum and minimum diameter shall coincide, and receive a reptatory motion, then its center will describe an octogibbous or eight-humped figure. By a similar proce , this will describe a sixteen-humped figure, etc. Each of these figures will have double the periphery of the preceding, and they will rapidly approximate toward circles. Hence, by finding the diameters of each, we approximate to the length of the original curve. B D IMG:content-2023.png:[blocks in formation] Reptatores (rep-ta-tō'rēz), n . pl . [NL., reptare , pp. reptatus , creep, crawl: see reptant . ] In ornith ., in Macgillivray's system of cla ification, an order of creeping birds, as creepers and nuthatches. [Not in use.] reptatorial (rep-ta-tō'ri-al), a . [ reptatory + -ial.] In ornith., creeping, as a bird; belonging to the Reptatores . reptatory (rep'tā-to-ri), a . [= F. reptatoire , rep tat or i us , reptare , pp.reptatus , creep: see rep eptant . ] 1. In 1. In zoől . , creeping or gor crawling; reptant; reptile; repent.-2. Of the nature of reptation in mathematics. reptile (rep'til or -til), a . and n. [ reptil = It. rettile , reptilis , tile creeping, crawling; as a noun, LL. reptile , neut. (sc. animal ), a creeping animal, a reptile; re pere , pp. reptus , creep: see repent2 , and cf. ser pent.] I. a. 1. Creeping or crawling; repent; reptant; reptatory; of or pertaining to the Rep tilia , in any sense.-2. Groveling; low; mean: as, a reptile race. Man is a very worm by birth, Vile, reptile , weak, and vain.