reactiveness

[Eng. reactive; -ne .] The quality or state of being reactive. read (1), *rede, *reede, s. [A.S. red.] 1. Counsel, advice. 2. Proverb, motto, saying. "This reade is rife that often time Great climbers fall unsoft." Spenser: Shepherd's Calender; July. read (2), subst . [READ, v.] The act of reading; perusal. (Colloq.) "Parnell, after the fiftieth read , is as fresh as at the first."-Hume: E ays; Of Simplicity and Refinement. read, *rede, *red-en (pa. t. * radde , *redde, read ; pa. par. * rad , read ), v . t . & i. [ A.S.rædan =to discern, to advise, to read (pa. t. ræde , pa. par. geræd ), from réd =counsel; rédan =to advise, to persuade; Goth. redan ; Icel. rádha =to advise; Ger. rathen .] A. Transitive : *1. To advise, to counsel, to rede, to warn. *2. To declare, to tell, to rehearse. 3. To explain, to interpret. "That dremes couthe rede." E. Eng. Allit. Poems; Cleanne , 1,578. 4. To learn or discover by observation; to discover by characters, marks, or features. "Hoping to enjoy the pleasure of reading shame and rage on the face of him whom they most hated and dreaded."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. 5. To gather the meaning or intent of; to understand; to see through; to discern the thoughts or feelings of. "Who is't can read a woman?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 5. 6. To peruse; to take in the meaning or sense of by inspection; to go over and gather the meaning of, as of a book, a writing, . 7. To utter or pronounce aloud words written or printed; to reproduce written or printed words in sound. "Read me this letter."-Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, iv. 2. 8. To study by reading; as, to read law. *9. To suppose, to imagine. "Thou peasant knight might'st rightly reed Me then to be full base and evill borne." Spenser: F. Q., VI. iii. 31. To read one out of the party: To declare that a person is no longer in harmony with the principles of his political party. B. Intransitive: *1. To advise; to give advice or counsel. "Therefore I read , beware."-Spenser: F. Q., I. 1. 13. *2. To tell, to declare. 3. To perform the act of reading. (Nehemiah viii. 8.) 4. To reproduce written or printed words in sound; as, Read to me, read out. 5. To learn or find out particulars by reading. 6. To be studious; to read or study books for a specific purpose; as, to read for the bar. 7. To be textually so and so; to stand written or printed; as, The pa age reads thus. 8. To have a certain effect when read; as, The poem reads well. (1) To read between the lines: To discover or detect a hidden meaning in a phrase or statement; to see beneath the surface of a statement; to detect or appreciate the real meaning of a writing, state apparent meaning. "They 'read between the lines,' as they say, and find that two and two are intended to represent five, or perhaps five hundred, in the apparently plain statement to which they give their sinister interpretation." -Gentle man's Magazine, June, 1883. application of a stimulus to the nerves, and the con-ment, ., as distinguished from the profe ed or traction of the muscles following it in consequence. Roughly speaking, it is for feeling one-seventh, for hearing one-sixth, and for sight one-fifth of a second. The portion of this time required to per- ceive and to will is called the reduced reaction period; it is le than a tenth of a second. If a more complex mental decision has to be formed, the time required is longer. (Foster: Physiol., bk. iii., § 5.) (2) To read music: To understand musical notation, so as to be able to play or sing a piece at sight. IMG:content-0250.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0251.png:[blocks in formation] 6. Judgment, opinion, or appreciation founded on or formed by study, reading, or observation; hence, reproduction or representation in accord- ance with one's view or interpretation of an author's intention; rendering, delineation, representation. IMG:content-0252.png:[blocks in formation] reading-room, s. A room appropriated to the use of readers; a room furnished with books, news- papers, periodicals, ., to which persons resort for reading or study. reading-stand, s. A kind of reading-desk. re-ad-journ', v. t . [Pref, re- , and Eng. adjourn (q. v.).] To adjourn again or a second time. "The Parliament was then read jour ned by the king's special command."- Reliquice Wottonianæ , p. 443. re-ad-journ-ment, s . [Pref. re-, and English adjournment (q.v.).] The act of readjourning; a subsequent or succeeding adjournment. re-ad-just', v. t. [Pref. re-, and English adjust (q. v.).] To adjust, arrange, or set in order anew or again; to rearrange. re-ad-jüst-er, s. [Pref. re-; Eng. adjust , suff. -er.) One who readjusts; one who favors the "readjustment" or repudiation of a public debt. re-ad-just-ment, s . [Prefix re- , and English adjustment (q.v.).) The act of readjusting; the state of being readjusted. *re-ad-mir-al, v. t . [Prefix re-, and English admiral (q. v.).] To reappoint to the office of ad- miral. IMG:content-0253.png:[blocks in formation] Prolongs his readmi ion." Digby: Elvira , iii. re-ad-mit, v. t . [Prefix re- , and English admit (q. v.).] To admit again or anew. "Readmits us, through the guardian hand Of elder brothers, to our Father's throne." Young: Night Thoughts , ix. re-ad-mit-tançe, s. [Prefix re-, and English admittance (q. v.).) The act of readmitting; the state of being readmitted; readmi ion. IMG:content-0254.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0255.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0256.png:[blocks in formation] convoccasio 6. Occasioning no delay; easy, opportune, near, "The readiest way to make the wench amends." Shakesp.: Richard III ., i. 1. 7. Being at the point; near, at hand, about. "My heart is ready to crack."- Shakesp .: Merry Wives of Windsor , ii. 2. 8. In hand, in cash. IMG:content-0257.png:[blocks in formation] reaffirmation