reighte 
reightet. A Middle English variant of ranghte 
for reached. 
reiglet, . and r. See regie. 
reiglementt, . See reglement. 
reign (ran), H. [Early mod. E. also raign, 
raine; < ME. regne, rengne, < OF. reigne, regne, 
F. regne = Pr. regne = Sp. Pg. reino = It. regno, 
< L. regnum, kingly government, royalty, do- 
minion, sovereignty, authority, rule, a king- 
dom, realm, estate, possession, < regere, rule : 
see regent.'] 1. Royal or imperial authority; 
sovereignty ; supreme power ; control ; sway. 
Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust ? 
Shot., 3 Hen. VI., v. 2. 27. 
That flx'd mind . . . 
That with the Mightiest raised me to contend, 
And to the fierce contention brought along 
Innumerable force of spirits arm'd, 
That durst dislike his reign. Milton, P. L., i. 102. 
In Britain's isle, beneath a George's reign. 
Camper, Heroism, i. 90. 
2. The time during which a monarch occupies 
the throne: as, an act passed in the present 
reign. 
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar . . . 
the word of God came unto John. Luke iii. 1. 
3t. The territory over which a sovereign holds 
sway; empire; kingdom; dominions; realm. 
He conquerede al the regne of Femenye. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 8. 
Then stretch thy sight o'er all her rising reign, . . . 
Ascend this hill, whose cloudy point commands 
Her boundless empire over sea and lands. 
Pope, Dunciad, iii. 65. 
4. Power; influence; sway; dominion. 
She gan to stoupe, and her proud mind convert 
To meeke obeysance of loves mightie raine. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. v. 28. 
In her the painter had anatomized 
Time's ruin, beauty's wreck, and grim care's reign. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1451. 
That characteristic principle of the Constitution, which 
has been well called " The Reign of Law," was established. 
J. Bryce, American Commonwealth, I. 215. 
Reign Of Terror. See terror. 
reign (ran), v. i. [Early mod. E. also raign, 
raine; < ME. reinen, reignen, regnen, < OF. 
regner, F. regner = Pr. regnar, renhar = Sp. 
Pg. reinar = It. regnare, < L. regnare, reign, 
rule, (. regnum, authority, rule : see reign, n. Cf . 
regnant.'] 1. To possess or exercise sovereign 
power or authority; govern, as a king or em- 
peror; hold the supreme power; rule. 
In the Cyteeof Tyre regned Agenore the Fadre of Dydo. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 30. 
Alleluia : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 
Rev. xix. <i. 
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. 
Miltm, P. L., i. 263. 
2. To prevail; be in force. 
The spavin 
Or springhalt reigned among 'em. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 8. 13. 
The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains, 
While in thy heart eternal winter reigns. 
Pope, Summer, 1. 22. 
Fear and trembling reigned, for a time, along the fron- 
tier. Irving, Granada, p. 101. 
Silence reigned in the streets ; from the church no Ange- 
lus sounded. Longfellow, Evangeline, i. 5. 
3. To have dominion or ascendancy ; predom- 
inate. 
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye 
should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. vi. 12. 
Our Jovial star reign'd at his birth. 
Shak., Cymbeline, v. 4. 105. 
Insatiate Avarice then first began 
To raigne in the depraved minde of man 
After his fall. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.\ p. 41. 
Two principles in human nature reign: 
Self-love to urge, and Reason to restrain. 
Pope, Essay on Man, ii. 63. 
reigner (ra'ner), . [< reign + -!. Cf. It. 
regnatore, ruler. < L. regnator, ruler.] One 
who reigns ; a ruler. [Rare.] 
reikt, A variant of reek 1 . 
reilt, A Middle English form of mil 3 . 
Reil S band. A fibrous or muscular band ex- 
tending across the right ventricle of the heart, 
from the base of the anterior papillary muscle 
to the septum. It is frequent in man, and rep- 
resents the moderator band found in the heart 
of some lower animals. 
reim (rem), . Same as riem. 
reimbark, r. See rce.mbark. 
reimbursable (re-im-ber'sa-bl), a. [= F. i-ciii- 
boiirnable = Sp. reembolmiile : as reimburse + 
-iilili:'] Capable of being or expected to be re- 
imbursed or repaid. 
Let the sum of 550,000 dollars be borrowed, . . . reim- 
bursable within five years. 
A. Hamilton, To House of Rep., Dec. 3, 1792. 
5053 
reimburse (re-im-bers'). r. t. [Accom. < OF. 
(and F.) rembourser = Sp. Pg. reembolsar = It. 
rimborsare, reimburse; as re- + imburse.] 1. 
To replace in a purse, treasury, or fund, as an 
equivalent for what has been taken, expended, 
or lost; payback; restore; refund: as, to reim- 
burse the expenses of a war. 
It was but reasonable that I should strain myself as far 
as I was able to reimburse him some of his charges. 
Stmft, Story of the Injured Lady. 
If any of the Members shall give in a Bill of the Charges 
of any Experiments which he shall have made, . . . the 
Money is forthwith reimbursed by the King. 
Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 79. 
2. To pay back to ; repay to ; indemnify. 
As if one who had been robbed . . . should allege that 
he had a right to reimburse himself out of the pocket of 
the first traveller he met. Paley, Moral Philos., ill. 7. 
= Syn. 2. Remunerate, Recompense, etc. See indemnify. 
reimbursement (re-im-bers'ment), . [Accom. 
< OF. (and F.) remboursemeni = It. rimborsa- 
mento; as reimburse + -ment.] The act of re- 
imbursing or refunding; repayment. 
She helped them powerfully, but she exacted cautionary 
towns from them, as a security for her reimbursement 
whenever they should be in a condition to pay. 
Bolingbroke, The Occasional Writer, No. 2. 
reimburser (re-im-ber'ser), n. One who reim- 
burses ; one who repays or refunds what has 
been lost or expended. 
reimplacet (re-im-plas'), *'. t. [Accom. < OF. 
remplacer, replace ; as re- + emplaee."] To re- 
place. 
For this resurrection of the soul, for the reimplacing 
the Divine image, . . . God did a greater work than the 
creation. Jet. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 865. 
reimplant (re-im-plauf), r. t. [< re- + im- 
plant.] To implant again. 
How many grave and godly matrons usually graffe or 
reimplant on their now more aged heads and brows the 
reliques, combings, or cuttings of their own or others' 
more youthful hair ! 
Jer. Taylor (?), Artif . Handsomeness, p. 45. 
reimplantation (re-im-plan-ta'shon), n. [< re- 
implant + -ation.] The act or process of reim- 
planting. 
Successful Reimplantation of a Trephined Button of 
Bone. Medical News, LII. p. 1. of Adv'ts. 
reimport (re-im-porf), v. t. [< F. rf Importer, 
reimport; as rf- + import.] 1. To bring back. 
Bid him [day] drive back his car, and reimport 
The period past. Young, Night Thoughts, ii. 308. 
2. To import again ; carry back to the country 
of exportation. 
Goods. . . clandestinely reimported into our own [coun- 
try]. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, iv. 4. 
reimport (re-im'port),. [(.reimport. r.] Same 
as reimportation. 
The amount available for reimport probably has been 
returned to us. The American, VI. 244. 
reimportation (ve-im-por-ta'shon), n. [< F. 
reimportation ; as reimport + -aiion.] The act 
of reimporting; that which is reimported. 
By making their reimportation illegal. 
The American, VI. 244. 
reimpose (re-im-poz'), r. t. [< OF. rein/poser, 
F. reimposer ; as re- + impose.] 1. To impose 
or levy anew: as, to reimpose a tax. 2. To tax 
or charge anew ; retax. [Rare.] 
The parish is afterwards reimposed, to reimburse those 
five or six. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, v. i 
3. To place or lay again: as, to reimpose bur- 
dens upon the poor. 
reimposition (re-im-po-zish'on), n. [< F. re- 
imposition ; as re- + imposition.] 1 . The act 
of reimposing: as, the reimposition of a tax. 
The attempt of the distinguished leaders of the party 
opposite to form a government* based as it was at that pe- 
riod on an intention to propose the reimposition of a fixed 
duty on corn, entirely failed. Gladstone. 
2. A tax levied anew. 
Such reimpositiom are always over and above the taille 
of the particular year in which they are laid on. 
Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations, v. 2. 
reimpress (re-im-pres'), . t. [< re- + imprrxs.'] 
To impress anew. 
Religion . . . will glide by degrees out of the mind un- 
less it be reinvigorated and reimpressed by external ordi- 
nances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influ- 
ence of example. Johnson, Milton. 
reimpression (re-im-presh'on), n. [< F. reim- 
pression = Sp. reimpresion = Pg. reimpressao ; 
as re- + iHiprension.] 1. A second or repeated 
impression ; that which is reimpressed. 
In an Appendix I have entered into particulars as to my 
reimpresevm of the present poem. 
F . Hall, Viet. of Lander's Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.X p. v. 
2. The reprint or reprinting of a work. 
reincrease 
reimprison (ro-im-priz'n), r. t. [< re- + im- 
l>rixini.] To imprison again. 
reimprisonment (re-im-priz'n-ment). . [< re- 
iiiijii'ison + -mail.] The act of' confining in 
prison a second time for the same cause, or af- 
ter a release from prison. 
rein 1 (ran), n. [Early mod. E. also rain, reigne; 
< ME. reine, reyne, reene, < OF. reine, resne, 
rrsi/ne, F. rene = Pr. regna = Sp. rienda (trans- 
posed for "redina) = Pg. redea = It. redine, < 
LL. "retina, a rein (cf. L. retinaculum, a tether, 
halter, rein), < L. retiiiere, hold back, restrain: 
see retain.] 1. The strap of a bridle, fastened 
to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which 
tho rider or driver restrains and guides the ani- 
mal driven; any thong or cord used for the 
same purpose. See cut under harness. 
Ther sholde ye haue sein speres and sheldes flote down 
the river, and the horse all quyk withoute maister, her 
reyneg trailinge with the strem. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 493. 
How like a jade he stood, tied to the tree, 
Servilely master'd with a leathern rein! 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 392. 
She look'd so lovely as she sway'd 
The rein with dainty finger-tips. 
Tennyson, Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere. 
2. A rope of twisted and greased rawhide. 
E. H. Knight. 3. pi. The handles of black- 
smiths' tongs, on which the ring or coupler 
slides. E. ff. Knight. 4. Figurative^, any 
means of curbing, restraining, or governing; 
government ; restraint. 
Dr. Davenant held the rani* of the disputation ; he 
kept him within the even boundals of the cause. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 26. (.Danes, under baundnl.) 
No more rein upon thine anger 
Than any child. 
Tennyaon, Queen Mary, iii. 4. 
Overhead rein, a guiding-rein that passes over the head 
of a horse between the ears, and thus to the bit. It ia 
used with an overcheck bridle. Also called overcheckrein. 
To draw rein. See draw. To give the rein or the 
reins, to give licenae ; leave without restraint. 
Do not give dalliance 
Too much the rein : the strongest oaths are straw 
To the fire i' the blood. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 52. 
To take toe reins, to take the guidance or government. 
rein 1 (ran), v. [< OF. "reiner, resner, F. rtiner, 
bridle a horse, < rene, a rein ; from the noun.] 
1. trans. 1. To govern, guide, or restrain by 
reins or a bridle. 
As akilful Riders rein with dlff 'rent force 
A new-back'd Courser and a well-train'd Horse. 
Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. 
She [Queen Elizabeth] was mounted on a milk-white 
horse, which she reined with peculiar grace and dignity. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xxx. 
2. To restrain ; control. 
Being once chafed, he cannot 
Be rein'd again to temperance ; then he speaks 
What's in his heart. Shak., Cor., iii. 3. 28. 
3. To carry stiffly, as a horse does its head or 
neck under a bearing-rein To rein in, to curb; 
keep under restraint, as by reins. 
The cause why the Apostles did thus conform the Chris- 
tians as much as might be according to the pattern of the 
Jews was to rein them in by this mean the more, and to 
make them cleave the better. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 11. 
II. intrang. To obey the reins. 
He will bear you easily, and reins well. 
Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 358. 
To rein up, to halt : bring a horsj- to a stand. 
But, when they won a rising hill, 
He bade his followers hold them still : . . . 
"Rein up; our presence would impair 
The fame we come too late to share." 
Scott, Lord of the Isles, vl. 18. 
rein 2 t, An obsolete singular of reins. 
reina, . See rena. 
reincarnate (re-in-kar'nat), r. t. [< re- + in- 
carnate.] To incarnate anew. 
reincarnation (re-in-kar-na'shon), H. [< rein- 
carnate + -ion.] The act or state of being in- 
carnated anew ; a repeated incarnation ; a new 
embodiment. 
reincenset (re-in-sens'), '' * [< re- + incense 1 .] 
To incense again ; rekindle. 
She, whose beams do re-incense 
This sacred fire. Daniel, Civil Wars, viii. 1. 
Indeed, Sir James Croft (whom I never touched with the 
least tittle of detractions) was cunningly incensed and re- 
incensed against me. O. Harvey, Four Letters, iii. 
reincite (re-in-slf), . t. [= OF. reinciter, F. 
reinciter; as re- -f incite.] To incite again ; re- 
animate ; reencourage. 
To dare the attack, he reincites his band, 
And makes the last effort. 
IT. L. Lewis, tr. of Statius's Thebaid, xii. 
reincrease (re-in-kres'), v. t. [< re- + iiiereuta'.] 
To increase again ; augment; reinforce. 
