reinstatement 
reinstatement (re-in-stat'ment), n. [< rein- 
state + -mi'iit.] 1. The act of reinstating ; res- 
toration to a former position , office, or rank ; 
reestablishment. 
The re-instatement and restoration of corruptible things 
is the noblest work of natural philosophy. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, iii., Expl. 
2. In fire-insurance, the replacement or repair- 
ing of damaged property. 
The insured has not the option of requiring reinstate- 
ment. Knnjc. Bnt., XIII. 165. 
reinstation (re-in-sta'shon), . [< reinstate + 
-ion.] The act of reinstating; reinstatement. 
Gentleman's Mag. 
reinsurance (re-iu-shor'ans), . [< reinsure + 
-ance.~\ 1. A renewed or second insurance. 2. 
A contract by which the first insurer relieves 
himself from the risks he had undertaken, and 
devolves them upon other insurers, called rein- 
surers. Also called reassurance. 
reinsure (re-in-shor'), v. t. [< re- + insure."] 
To insure again ; insure a second time and take 
the risks, so as to relieve another or other in- 
surers. Also reassure. 
reinsurer (re-in-shor'er), n. One who reinsures. 
See reinsurance. 
reintegrate (re-in'te-grat), v. t. [< ML. rein- 
tegratus, pp. of reintegrare (> It. reintegrare = 
Pg. Sp. Pr. reintegrar = F. reintegrer, OF. rein- 
tegrer) for earlier (L.) redintegrare, make whole 
again, restore, renew : see redintegrate.] If. To 
make whole again ; bring into harmony or con- 
cord. 
For that heauenly city shall be restored and reintegrate 
with good Christian people. 
Bp. Fisher, Seven Penitential Psalms. 
Desiring the King nevertheless, as being now freed from 
her who had been the occasion of all this, to take hold of 
the present time, and to reintegrate himself with the Pope. 
Wood, Athens Oxon., 1. 117. 
2. To renew with regard to any state or quality ; 
restore ; renew the integrity of. 
The league drove out all the Spaniards out of Germany, 
and reintegrated that nation in their ancient liberty. 
Boom. 
To reintegrate the separate jurisdictions into one. 
J. Fiske, Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. 49. 
reintegration (re-in-te-gra'shon), n. [= OF. 
reintegration, F. reintegration = Sp. reintegru- 
cion = Pg. reintegraqclo = It. reintegrasione, < 
ML. reintegratio(n-), making whole, restoring, 
renewing, < reintegrare, pp. reintegratus, make 
whole again: see reintegrate. Cf. redintegra- 
tion.] The act of reintegrating; a renewing or 
making whole again. 
During activity the reintegration falls in arrear of the 
disintegration. U. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 62. 
reinter (re-in-ter'), v. t. [< re- + infer 1 .] To 
inter again. 
They convey the Bones of their dead Friends from all 
Places to be re-interred. Hmcett, Letters, ii. 8. 
reinterrogate (re-in-ter'o-gat), v. t. [< re- + 
interrogate; cf. OF. reinterroger, F. reinterro- 
ger.~\ To interrogate again; question repeat- 
edly. Cotgrave. 
reinthrone (re-in-thron'), . t. [< re- + inthrone.] 
Same as reenthrone. 
A pretence to reinthrone the king. 
Sir T. Herbert, Memoirs of King Charles I. (Latham.) 
reinthronizet (re-iu-thro'niz), v. t. [< re- + in- 
thronize.] An obsolete form of reenthronize. 
reintroduce (re-in-tro-dus'), . t. [< re- + in- 
troduce.] To introduce again. 
reintroduction (re-in-tro-duk'shon), n. [< re- 
+ introduction.] A repeated introduction. 
reinundate (re-in-un'dat or re-in'un-dat), v. t. 
[< re- + inundate.] To inundate again. 
reinvent (re-in-venf), v. t. [< re- + invent.] 
To devise or create anew, independently and 
without knowledge of a previous invention. 
It is immensely more prohahle that an alphabet of the 
very peculiar Semitic style should have been borrowed 
than that it should have been reinvented from independent 
germs. Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 311. 
reinvest (re-in-vesf), v. t. [< ML. reinrrstire, 
invest again; as re- + invest."] 1. To invest 
anew, with or as with a garment. 
They that thought best amongst them believed that the 
souls departed should be reinvested with other bodies. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 131. 
2. To invest anew, as money or other property. 
reinvestment (re-in-vest'mgnt), n. [< reinvest 
+ -mcnt; or < re- + investment.] The act of 
investing anew; a second or repeated invest- 
ment. 
The question of re-investment in securities bearing a 
higher rate of interest has been discussed at both Oxford 
and Cambridge. The Academy, March 8, 1880, p. 188. 
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reinvigorate (re-in-vig'or-at), r. t. [< re- + in- 
riijorntr.] To revive vigor in ; reanimate. 
reinvigoration (re-in-vig-o-ra'shon), n. [< re- 
iiirii/nratc + -ion.] A strengthening anew; re- 
inforcement. 
reinvite (re-in-vif), v. t. [< OF. reinviter, in- 
vite again; as re- + invite.] To invite again. 
reinyolve (re-in-volv'), v. t. [< re- + involve.] 
To involve anew. 
To reinmlve us in the pitchy cloud of infernal darkness. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng. 
reirdt, . A variant of reard. 
reis 1 (ras), . [Pg. reis, pi. of real: see real 3 .] 
A Portuguese money of account: 1,000 reis 
make a milreis, which is of the value of 4s. 5<l. 
sterling, or about $1.08. Large sums are calculated 
in contos of reis, or amounts of 1,000,000 reis (41,080). In 
Brazil the milreis is reckoned at about 55 cents. Also mix. 
reis 2 , ". Same as ras 1 , 2. 
reiseti '' An obsolete form of raise*. 
reissuable (re-ish'ij-a-bl), a. [< reissue + -able.] 
Capable of being reissued : as, reissuable bank- 
notes. 
reissue (re-ish'o), v. [<re- + issue, v.] 1,intrans. 
To issue or go forth again. 
But even then she gain'd 
Her bower ; whence reissuing, robed and crown'd, 
To meet her lord, she took the tax away. 
Tennyson, Godlva. 
II. trans. To issue, send out, or put forth a 
second time: as, to reissue an edict; to reissue 
bank-notes. 
reissue (re-ish'o), n. [< reissue, v.] A second 
or renewed issue : as, the reissue of old notes or 
coinage. 
reist 1 , v. t. See reasft. 
reist 2 , v. A dialectal form of rest 2 . 
reistert, . See reiter. 
reitt (ret), n. An obsolete form of I'eate. 
reiter (ri'ter), n. [Early mod. E. also reister, 
< OF. reistre, "a reister or swartrutter, a Ger- 
man horseman" (Cotgrave), < G. reiter, a rider, 
trooper, cavalryman, = E. rider : see rider. Cf. 
fitter.] Formerly, especially in the sixteenth 
and seventeenth centuries, a German cavalry- 
soldier ; in particular, a soldier of those bodies 
of troops which were known to the nations 
of western Europe during the religious wars, 
etc. 
Offer my services to Butrech, the best doctor among 
reisters, and the best reister among Doctors. 
Sir P. Sidney, To Hubert Languet, Oct., 1677 (Zurich Let- 
tters, ii. 293). (Dairies.) 
reiterant ( re-it 'e-rant), a. [= OF. reiterant, F. 
reiterant, < L. reiteran(t-)s, ppr. of reiterare, 
repeat: see reiterate.] Reiterating. [Bare.] 
In Heaven they said so, and at Eden's gate, 
And here, re-iterant, in the wilderness. 
Mrs. Browning, Drama of Exile. 
reiterate (re-it'e-rat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. reit- 
erated, ppr. reiterating. [< L. reiteratns, pp. 
of reiterare (> It. reiterare = Sp. Pg. reiterar = 
F. reiterer), repeat again, repeat, < re-, again, 
+ iterare, say again, repeat: see iterate.] 1. 
To repeat again and again; do or say (espe- 
cially say) repeatedly: as, to reiterate an ex- 
planation. 
You never spoke what did become you less 
Than this ; which to reiterate were sin. 
Shak., W. T., 1. 2. 288. 
Th* employs of rural life, 
Reiterated as the wheel of time 
Runs round. Cowper, Task, iii. 628. 
He reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at 
length his senses were overpowered. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 66. 
Simple assertion, however reiterated, can never make 
proof. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 18. 
2f. To walk over again ; go along repeatedly. 
No more shall I reiterate thy Strand, 
Whereon so many stately Structures stand. 
Herrick, Hesperides, Teares to Thamasis. 
= Svn, 1. See recapitulate. 
reiterate (re-it'e-rat), a. [= F. reitere = Sp. 
Pg. reiterado = tt. reiterate, < L. reiteratus, pp. 
of reiterare, repeat: see the verb.] Reiterated. 
Sotithei/. [Rare.] 
reiteratedly (re-it'e-ra-ted-li), adv. By reitera- 
tion ; repeatedly. Bwke, Regicide Peace, iv. 
reiteration (re-it-e-ra'shon), n. [= OF. reite- 
ration, F. reiteration = Sp. reiteracion = Pg. 
reitera^&o = It. reiterazione, < L. reiteratio(n-) , 
a repeating, reiteration, < reiterare, pp. reitera- 
IHX. repeat: see reiterate.] 1. The act of reit- 
erating; repetition. 
The reiteration again and again in flxed course in the 
public service of the words of inspired teachers . . . has 
in matter of fact been to our people a vast benefit. 
J. H. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 54. 
rejectment 
2. \n printing, printing on the hack of a sheet 
by re versing it, and making a second impression 
on the same form. 
reiterative (re-it'e-ra-tiv), n. [< reiterate + 
-ive.] 1. A word "or part of a word repeated 
so as to form a reduplicated word: us, prittle- 
prattle is a reiterative of prattle. 2. Ingram., 
a word, as a verb, signifying repeated action. 
Reithrodon (ri'thro-don), . [NL. (Water- 
house, 1837), < Gr. 'pelSpov, a channel, + 66ovf 
(oifotT-) = E. tooth.] A genus of South Ameri- 
can sigmodont rodents of the family Muridse, 
having grooved upper incisors. It includes sev- 
eralspecies of peculiar appearance, named/?, cuniculotites, 
R. typicus, and R. chinchilloidi'S. The name has been er- 
roneously extended to include the small North American 
mice of the genus Ochetodon. 
reive, reiver. Scotch spellings of reave, reaver. 
reject (re-jekf), v. t. [< OF. rejecter, regeter, 
F. rejetei- = Pr. regetar = Sp. rejitar = Pg. re- 
geitar, rejeitar = It. rigettare, reject, < L. rejec- 
tare, throw away, cast away, vomit, etc., freq. 
of reicere, rejicere, pp. rejectus, throw back, re- 
ject, < re-, back, + jacere, throw: see Jet 1 . Cf. 
adject, conject, deject, eject, inject, project, etc.] 
If. To throw or cast back. 
By forse whereof [the wind] we were put ayen bak and 
rejecte unto the coste of a desert yle. 
Sir R. Ouylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 62. 
2. To throw away, as anything undesirable or 
useless; cast off; discard: as, to pick out the 
good and reject the bad ; to reject a lover. 
At last, rejecting her barbarous condition, [she] was 
maried to an English Gentleman. 
Quoted in Capt, John Smith's Works, II. 31. 
Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; 
Oft she rejects, but never once offends. 
Pope, R. of the L., ii. 12. 
3. To refuse to receive ; decline haughtily or 
harshly; slight; despise. 
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject 
thee. Hos. iv. 6. 
Then woo thyself, be of thyself rejected. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 15tf. 
Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the giver's 
bosom. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxvii. 
= Syn. 2. To throw aside, cast off. See refuse*. 
rejectable (re-jek'ta-bl), a. [= OF. rejettaole, 
rejetable, F. rejetable; as reject + -able.] Ca- 
pable of being rejected ; worthy or suitable to 
be rejected. Also rejectible. 
rejectamenta (re-jek-ta-men'ta), . pi. [NL., 
pi. of ML.'rej'ectomentem, < L. rejectare, throw 
away: see reject. Cf. rejectment.] Things re- 
jected; ejecta; excrement. 
Discharge the rejectamenta again by the mouth. 
Owen, Anat., ix. (Latham.) 
rejectaneoust (re-jek-ta'ne-us), a. [< L. reiec- 
taneus, that is to be rejected, rejectable, < 
reicere, pp. rejectus, reject: see reject.] Not 
chosen or received ; rejected. 
Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people. 
Barrow, Works, III. xxix. 
rejected (re-jek'ted), p. a. Thrown back: in 
entom., noting the scutellum when it is exte- 
riorly visible, but lies between the pronotum 
and the elytra, instead of between the bases 
of the latter, as in the coleopterous genus 
Passalus. 
rejecter (re-jek'ter), n. One who rejects or 
refuses. 
rejectible (re-jek'ti-bl), a. [< reject + -ible.] 
Same as rejectable. 
Will you tell me, my dear, what you have thought of 
Lovelace's best and of his worst? How far eligible for the 
first, how f ar rejectible for the last? 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, I. 237. 
rejection (re-jek'shon), n. [< OF. rejection, F. 
rejection, < L rejectio(n-), < reicere, pp. rejec- 
tus, throw away: see reject."] The act of re- 
jecting, of throwing off or away, or of casting 
off or forsaking ; refusal to accept or grant : as, 
the rejection of what is worthless ; the rejection 
of a request. 
The rejection I use of experiments is infinite ; but if an 
experiment be probable and of great use, I receive it, 
Bacon. 
rejectitioust (re-jek-tish'us), a. [< reject + 
-itious.] Worthy of being rejected; implying 
or requiring rejection. 
Persons spurious and rejectitious, whom their families 
and allies have disowned. 
Waterhouse, Apology, p. 151. (Latham.) 
rejective (re-jek'tiv), a. [< reject + -ive.] Re- 
jecting or tending to reject or cast off. Imii. 
Diet. 
rejectment (re-jokt'ment), n. [< OF. rejecte- 
ment, F. rejetiemctit = It. rigettamcnto, < ML. 
'rejectamentum, what is thrown away, the act 
