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[ red-ink plant. See Phytol acc a . redintegrate (re-din'te-grāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. redintegrated , ppr. redintegrating . [ red in teg ratus , pp. of red in teg rare (> It. redinte- grare = Pg. redintegrar ), restore, make whole again, red- , again, + in teg rare , make whole: see integrate . Cf. reintegrate .] To bring back to an integral condition; recombine or recon- struct; renew; restore to a perfect state. Redintegrate the fame first of your house, Restore your ladyship's quiet. B. Jonson , Magnet ick Lady, iv. 2. Christen dom should be no longer rent in pieces, but would be redintegrated in a new pentecost. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II, 304, as re- + di olve .] To di olve again. The protoplasm last aggregated is first redi olved . Darwin, Insectiv. Plants, p. 243. redistribute (rē-dis-tribūt), v. t. [ A state of raised molecular vibration is favourable to those re - distributions of matter and motion which const i tute Evolution. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 18. We have said that in our opinion the redistribution of seats [see the phrase below] formed an e ential part of Gladstone. reform. Redistribution of Seats Act, an English statute of 1885 (48 and 49 Vict., c. 23) making extensive changes in the subdivision of the country into districts entitled to elect members of Parliament, mostly with the object of equal izing them as regards the number of electors. Let my tongue blister, And never to my red - look'd anger be The trumpet any more. Shak ., W. T., ii. 2. 34. red-louse (red'lous), n. See lousel (i). redly (red'li), adv. [ red-morocco (red' mō-rokʻō), n. The plant pheasant's-eye, Adonis autumnal is: so called from its red petals. IMG:content-1789.png:[blocks in formation] Shak., As you Like it, iii. 5. 120. Same as red -nosed. IMG:content-1790.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Another American species, Q. falcata , the Spanish oak. See Spanish . redolence (red'ō-lens), n. [OF. redolence , redolent .] The state of being redolent; sweetne of scent; fragrance; perfume. In this graue full derke no we is her bowre, That by her lyfe was sweete and redolent . Thy love excells the joy of wine; Thy odours, O how redolent ! Sandys , Paraphrase of Song of Solomon, i. redolent of joy and youth. redorse (rē-dôrs'), n. [A reduction of reredorse , as if re- + dorsel.] The back or reverse side of a dorsal or dorse. See quotation under dorse1, 2. redo (rē-dos'), n. Same as redorse. redouble (re-dub'l), v . [OF. (and F.) redoubler = Sp. redoblar =Pg. redobrar = It. raddoppiare , reduplicare , redouble, double, duplicare , double: see double , v. Cf. reduplicate.] I. trans. 1. To double again or repeatedly; multiply; repeat often. So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. Shak., Macbeth, i. 2. 38. redoubt1 (re-dout'), v. t. [ redouten , re- dowten , red outer , redoter , reduter , later re- doubter , F. red outer (= Pr. redoptar = It. ridot- tare ), fear, re- + douter , fear: see doubt , v .] 1. To fear; dread. [Obsolete or archaic.] The more superstitious cro ed themselves on my ap- proach;... it began at length to dawn upon me that if was thus redoubted it was because I had stayed at the residencia. R. L. Stevens on , Olalla. Sholde thilke honour maken hym worshipful and re- dowted of straunge folk? Chaucer , Boëthius, iii. prose 4. redoubt2, n . See redout2 . redoubtable (re-dou'ta-bl), a . [Also redout a- ble ; redout able , red owt able , redou- table, redo table, later redoubtable , F. redout a- ble (= Pr. red opt able ), feared, redoubtable, redoubt1 .] 1. That is to be dreaded; formidable; terrible: as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant: often used in irony or burlesque. redpoll redound (rē-dound'), п. [ Not without redound Of use and glory to yourselves ye come, The first-fruits of the stranger. His londes, his legemen, out of lyue broght; His suster into seruage & to syn put; And other redurs full ryfe in his rew me dyd. To hym that over hymself hath the maystrye. Chaucer , Fortune, 1. 14. The enterprising Mr. Lintot, the redoubtable rival of Mr. Tonson, overtook me. Pope , To Earl of Burlington, 1716. This is a tough point, shrewd, redoubtable ; Because we have to supplicate the judge Shall overlook wrong done the judgment-seat. redoubted (re-dou'ted), p . a . [ME. redouted ; redoubt + -ed2.] Dreaded; formidable; honored or respected on account of prowe ; valiant; redoubtable. Lord regent and redoubted Burgundy. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 8. redoubtingt (re-dou'ting), n . [ME. redoutyng; verbal n. of redoubt , v.] Honor; reverence; celebration. With sotyl pencil depeynted was this storie In redoutyng of Mars and of his glorie. redound (re-dound'), v . i. [ redonder , ren- donder , F. redonder , rédonder = Pr. redondar = Sp. Pg. redundar = It. rid on dare , redun- dare , overflow, abound, red- , again, back, + undare, surge, flow, abound, und a , a wave: see red- and ound , and cf. abound , surround . Cf. redundant .] 1. To overflow; be redundant; be in exce ; remain over and above. For every dram of hony therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound. The gates wide open stood, and, like a furnace mouth, Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame. Milton , P. L., ii. 889. 2. To be sent, rolled, or driven back; roll or flow back, as a wave; rebound. Indeed, I never yet took box o' th' ear, But it redounded , I must needs say so. Fletcher (and another ?), Nice Valour, iv. 1. The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung. Milton , P. L., vii. 57. I will, my lord; and doubt not so to deal As all things shall redound unto your good. He thinks it will redound to his reputation. Goldsmith, Criticisms. redout3 (re-dout'), a. [OF. reduit , tus , brought back, pp. of reducere , bring back: see reduce . Cf. redout2 , n.] In her., bent in many angles: noting a cro with hooked ex- tremities, in the form of the fylfot or swastika. redout able, a. See redoubtable . redowa (red'ō-ä), n. [ redowa , rejdowachka , the dance so called, rejdowati , turn, turn around, bustle about.] 1. A Bohemian dance, which has two forms-the rejdowák , resembling the waltz or the mazurka, and the rejdowachka , resembling the polka.- 2. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is properly triple and quick, but in an- other form is duple, and readily a imilated to that of the polka. red-paidle, n. redpoll (red pol), n. [Also redpole : so called from the red color on the head; red1 + poll1 .] 1. 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