Reach (v. t.) To overreach; to deceive.
Reach (v. i.) To stretch out the hand.
Reach (v. i.) To strain after something; to make efforts.
Reach (v. i.) To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.
Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
Reach (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
Reach (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
Reach (n.) Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land.
Reach (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.
Reach (n.) The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Reachable (a.) Being within reach.
Reacher (n.) One who reaches.
Reacher (n.) An exaggeration.
Reachless (a.) Being beyond reach; lofty.
React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
React (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
React (v. i.) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
Reaction (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
Reaction (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
Reaction (n.) The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.
Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.
Reactionary (a.) Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Reactionaries (pl. ) of Reactionary
Reactionary (n.) One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
Reactionist (n.) A reactionary.
Reactive (a.) Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Read (n.) Rennet. See 3d Reed.
Read (imp. & p. p.) of Read
Reading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read
Read (v. t.) To advise; to counsel.
Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
Read (v. t.) To tell; to declare; to recite.
Read (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
Read (v. t.) Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Read (v. t.) To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Read (v. t.) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Read (v. i.) To give advice or counsel.
Read (v. i.) To tell; to declare.
Read (v. i.) To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
Read (v. i.) To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
Read (v. i.) To learn by reading.
Read (v. i.) To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
Read (v. i.) To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
Read (v. t.) Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Read (v.) Reading.
Read () imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
Read (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Readability (n.) The state of being readable; readableness.
Readable (a.) Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.
Readdress (v. t.) To address a second time; -- often used reflexively.
Readept (v. t.) To regain; to recover.
Readeption (n.) A regaining; recovery of something lost.
Reader (n.) One who reads.
Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.
Reader (n.) One who reads lectures on scientific subjects.
Reader (n.) A proof reader.
Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
Reader (n.) One who reads much; one who is studious.
Reader (n.) A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book.
Readership (n.) The office of reader.
Readily (adv.) In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.
Readiness (n.) The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Reading (n.) The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
Reading (n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
Reading (n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.
Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
Reading (n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
Reading (n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
Reading (a.) Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Readjourn (v. t.) To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
Readjournment (n.) The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
Readjust (v. t.) To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
Readjuster (n.) One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.
Readjustment (n.) A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
Readmission (n.) The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.
Readmit (v. t.) To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.
Readmittance (n.) Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
Readopt (v. t.) To adopt again.
Readorn (v. t.) To adorn again or anew.
Readvance (v. i.) To advance again.
Readvertency (n.) The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing.
Ready (superl.) Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
Ready (superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
Ready (superl.) Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
Ready (superl.) Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
Ready (superl.) Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
Ready (superl.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
Ready (n.) Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
Ready (v. t.) To dispose in order.
Ready-made (a.) Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
Ready-witted (a.) Having ready wit.
Reaffirm (v. t.) To affirm again.
Reaffirmance (n.) Alt. of Reaffirmation
Reaffirmation (n.) A second affirmation.