reestablishment (reestabʻlishment)

[ The Jews. made such a powerful effort for their re establishment under Barchocab, in the reign of Adrian, as shook the whole Roman empire. Add is on , Of the Christian Religion, viii. 6. The re - establishment of the old system, by which the dean and chapter (jointly) may have the general conduct of the worship of the church, and the care of the fabric. Edinburgh Rev. , CLXIII. 183. reëstatet (re-es-tāt'), v. t. [ Had there not been a degeneration from what God made us at first, there had been no need of a regeneration to Wallis , Two Sermons, p. 26. re-estate us in it. reested, reest it (rēs'ted, -tit), p. a. See reasted. reet1 (ret), n. A dialectal variant of root1. The highest tree in Elmond's-wood, He's pu'd it by the reet. steward; a prefect; a bailiff; a busine agent. The word enters into the composition of some titles, as borough-recve, hog - reeve, portreeve, sheriff ( shire - reeve ), town reeve, etc., and is itself in use in Canada and in some parts of the United States. Selde falleth the seruant so deepe in are rages As doth the reyue other the conterroller that rekene mot and a-counte Of al that the i hauen had of hym that is here maister. Piers Plowman (C), xii. 298. His lordes scheep, his neet, his dayerie, His swyn, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrie, Was holly in this reeves governynge. Chaucer , Gen. Prol. to C. T. (ed. Morris), 1. 599. In auncient time, almost every manor had his reve, whose author i tie was not only to levie the lords rents, to set to worke his ser vaunts, and to husband his demesnes to his best profit and commoditie, but also to governe his tenants in peace, and to leade them foorth to war, when nece itie so required. Lambarde , Perambulation (1596), p. 484. ( Hall i well .) A lord "who has so many men that he cannot personally have all in his own keeping" was bound to set over each dependent township a reeve , not only to exact his lord's dues, but to enforce his justice within its bounds. J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 217. The council of every village or township [in Canada] consists of one reeve and four councillors, and the county council consists of the reeves and deputy- reeves of the townships and villages within the county. Sir C. W. Dilke , Probs. of Greater Britain, i. 2. 2. A foreman in a coal-mine. Edinburgh Rev. [Local.]-Fen reeve, in some old English municipal corporations, an officer having supervision of the fens or marshes. The Fen Reeve [at Dunwich] superintends the stocking of the marshes, and his emoluments are from 51. to 6l. a year. Municip . Corp. Report (1835), p. 2222. reeve2t (rēv), v. i. An obsolete variant of reave. reeves (rev), v. t.; pret. and pp. reeved or rove, ppr. reeving. [ When first leaving port, studding-sail gear is to be rove , all the running rigging to be examined, that which is unfit for use to be got down, and new rigging rove in its place. R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 15. reeve (rēv), n. [Appar.formed by irreg. vowel change from the original of ruff 2: see ruff2.] A bird, the female of the ruff, Machetes pugnax. See Pav on cell a, and cut under ruff 2. The reeves lay four eggs in a tuft of gra , the first week in May. Pennant , Brit. Zool. (ed. 1776), p. 458. (Jodrell.) Reeves's pheasant. See Phasianus. reëxamination (re-eg-zam-i-na's hon), n. [= Sp. reexaminacion = Pg. reexaminação; as re+ examination.] A renewed or repeated examination; specifically, in law, the exam in a tion of a witne after a cro -examination. reëxamine (rē-eg-zam'in), v. t. [= Sp. Pg. re examinar; as re- + examine. ] To examine anew; subject to another examination. Spend the time in re - examining more duly your cause. Hooker. reëxchange (re-eks-chānj'), n. [ reëxchange (rē-eks-chānj'), v. t. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1829.jpg:[blocks in formation] refait (F. pron. ré-fā'), n . [F., a drawn game, refait , pp. of refaire , do again, re- , again, + faire , do: see feat1 .] A drawn game; specifi- cally, in rouge - et - noir , a state of the game in which the cards dealt for the players who bet on the red equal in value those dealt for the players who bet on the black. refashion (re-fash'on), v . t . [OF. ref açoner , ref açonner , F. ref açonner , fashion over, re- as re- fashion , fashion, v.] To fashion, Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 7. [ME., refect us , re- of reficere , restore, re- Recovered; restored; IMG:content-1830.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1831.png:[blocks in formation] refective (re-fektiv), a . and n. [ refect + -ive .] I. a . Refreshing; restoring. refectorer (re-fek'tō-rėr), n. [F. refectorier = Sp. refitolero = Pg. refcitoreiro = It. refetto- riere, refectorarius , one who has charge of the refectory, refectorium , refectory: see refcctory .] Same as refectioner. refectory (re-fek'tō-ri), n.; pl. refectories (-riz). 4. Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal. IMG:content-1832.png:[blocks in formation] How I persuaded, how I pray'd and kneel'd, How he refell'd me, and how I replied. I shall confute, refute, repel, refel , Explode, exterminate, expunge, extinguish Like a rush-candle this same heresy. refeoff (re-fef'), v . t . [ refeffen ; as re- + feoff .] To feoff again; reinvest; reëndow. 5. To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard. You profe and practise to refer all things to yourself. Bacon . 6. To a ign, as to a cla , rank, historical pos i- tion, or the like. IMG:content-1833.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1834.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1835.jpg:[blocks in formation] Chaucer , Boëthius, iii. prose 11. He lives in heav'n, among the saints referred. P. Fletcher , Eliza. Cut from a crab his crooked claws, and hide The rest in earth, a scorpion thence will glide, And shoot his sting; his tail, in circles to ed, Refers the limbs his backward father lost. Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., xv. 2. To trace back; a ign to as origin, source, etc.; impute; a ign; attribute. Wo be to the land, to the realm, whose king is a child: which some interpret and refer to childish conditions. Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. Mahomet referred his new laws to the angel Gabriel, by whose direction he gave out they were made. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 603. In the political as in the natural body, a sensation is often referred to a part widely different from that in which it really resides. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. IMG:content-1836.jpg:[blocks in formation] referee ine and report on a question in aid of the court, or to perform some function involving judicial or quasi-judicial powers.=Syn. Umpire, Arbitrator, etc. See judge, п. referee (ref-é-rē'), v. t. [ referee, n.] To preside over as referee or umpire. [Colloq.] The boys usually asked him to keep the score, or to referee the matches they played. St. Nicholas , XIV. 50. reference (ref′ėr-ens), n . [F. référence = Sp . Pg . referencia = It. riferenza , referent i a , referen (t-)s, ppr. of referre , refer: see refer .] 1. The act of referring. (a) The act of a igning: as, the reference of a work to its author, or of an animal to its proper cla . (b) The act of having recourse to a work or person for information; consultation: as, a work of reference: also used attributively. (c) The act of mentioning or speaking of (a person or thing) incidentally. But distance only cannot change the heart; And, were I call'd to prove th' a ertion true, One proof should serve a reference to you. Cowper, Epistle to Joseph Hill. (d) In law: (1) The proce of a igning a cause pending in court, or some particular point in a cause, to one or more persons appointed by the court under authority of law to act in place of or in aid of the court. (2) The hearing or proceeding before such person. Abbreviated ref. 2. Relation; respect; regard: generally in the phrase in or with reference to. Ros. But what will you be call'd? Cel . Something that hath a reference to my state; No longer Celia, but Aliena. Shak., As you Like it, i. 3. 129. I have dwelt so long on this subject that I must contract what I have to say in reference to my translation. Dryden , tr. of Juvenal, Ded. If we take this definition of happine , and examine it with reference to the senses, it will be acknowledged wonderfully adapt. Swift , Tale of a Tub, ix. 3. That which is or may be referred to. (a) A written testimonial to character or ability. Hence-( b ) One of whom inquiries may be made in regard to a person's character, abilities, or the like. 4. A direction in a book or writing to refer to some other place or pa age: often a mere citation, as of book, chapter, page, or text. 51. A ignment; apportionment. I crave fit disposition for my wife, Due reference of place and exhibition [maintenance]. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 238. 6t. An appeal. Make your full reference freely to my lord, Who is so full of grace that it flows over On all that need. Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 23. Book or work of reference, a book, such as a dictionary or an encyclopedia, intended to be consulted as occasion requires. Reference Bible, a Bible having references to parallel pa ages, with or without brief explanations, printed on the margin.- Reference book, a book or work of reference. - Reference library, a library containing books which can be consulted only on the spot: in contradistinction to a lending or circulating library. Reference-marks, in printing, the characters * † ‡ || §, or figures, or letters, used in a printed page to refer the reader from the text to notes, or vice vers a. referendar (refer-en-där'), n. [G.: see refe rendary.] In Germany, a jurist, or one not yet a full member of a judicial college, whose functions vary in different states. In Pru ia, since 1869, two examinations are required in the judicial service; after pa ing the first the candidate becomes a referendar, and serves generally without pay and without a vote.