Redemptionist (n.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
Redemptive (a.) Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.
Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
Redempture (n.) Redemption.
Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Redeposit (v. t.) To deposit again.
Redescend (v. i.) To descend again.
Redeye (n.) The rudd.
Redeye (n.) Same as Redfish (d).
Redeye (n.) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.
Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
Redfinch (n.) The European linnet.
Redfish (n.) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
Redfish (n.) The rosefish.
Redfish (n.) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
Redfish (n.) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
Red-gum (n.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
Red-gum (n.) A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
Red-hand (a. / adv.) Alt. of Red-handed
Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
Redhead (n.) A person having red hair.
Redhead (n.) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.
Redhead (n.) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Redhead (n.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
Redhibition (n.) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
Redhibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
Redhoop (n.) The male of the European bullfinch.
Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Red-hot (a.) Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.
Rediae (pl. ) of Redia
Redias (pl. ) of Redia
Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Redient (a.) Returning.
Redigest (v. t.) To digest, or reduce to form, a second time.
Rediminish (v. t.) To diminish again.
Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Redintegrate (a.) Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
Redintegrate (v. t.) To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.
Redintegration (n.) Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.
Redintegration (n.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state.
Redintegration (n.) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Redisburse (v. t.) To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back.
Rediscover (v. t.) To discover again.
Redispose (v. t.) To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.
Redisseize (v. t.) To disseize anew, or a second time.
Redisseizin (n.) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.
Redisseizor (n.) One who redisseizes.
Redissolve (v. t.) To dissolve again.
Redistill (v. t.) To distill again.
Redistrainer (n.) One who distrains again.
Redistribute (v. t.) To distribute again.
Redistrict (v. t.) To divide into new districts.
Redition (n.) Act of returning; return.
Redivide (v. t.) To divide anew.
Redleg (n.) Alt. of Redlegs
Redlegs (n.) The redshank.
Redlegs (n.) The turnstone.
Red-letter (a.) Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
Redly (adv.) In a red manner; with redness.
Redmouth (n.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
Redness (n.) The quality or state of being red; red color.
Redolence (n.) Alt. of Redolency
Redolency (n.) The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Redolent (a.) Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.
Redouble (v. t.) To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
Redouble (v. i.) To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
Redoubt (v. t.) To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.
Redoubted (a.) Formidable; dread.
Redoubting (n.) Reverence; honor.
Redounded (imp. & p. p.) of Redound
Redounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redound
Redound (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.
Redound (v. i.) To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.
Redound (n.) Rebound; reverberation.
Redowa (n.) A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.
Redpole (n.) Same as Redpoll.
Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
Redpoll (n.) The common European linnet.
Redpoll (n.) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.
Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.
Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.
Redrew (imp.) of Redraw
Redrawn (p. p.) of Redraw
Redrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redraw
Redraw (v. t.) To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
Redraw (v. i.) To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.
Redress (v. t.) To dress again.
Redress (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Redress (n.) A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.