reobtainable 
reobtainable (re-ob-ta'na-bl), a. [< reobtain 
+ -able.'] That may be obtained again, 
reoccupy (re-ok'u-pi), v. t. [< F. reoccuper; as 
re- + occupy.] To occupy anew, 
reometer, . See rheometcr. 
reopen (re-6'pn), v. [< re- + open, ;.] I. trans. 
To open again : as, to reopen a theater. 
II. intrans. To be opened again; open anew: 
as, the schools reopen to-day. 
reophore, . See rheopliore. 
reoppose (re-o-poz'), v. t. [< re- + oppose.'] To 
oppose again. 
We shall so far encourage contradiction as to promise 
no disturbance, or re-oppose any pen that shall fallaciously 
or captiously refute us. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., Pref., p. 0. 
reordain (re-6r-dan'), v. t. [= OF. reordonner, 
F. reordonner = Sp. reordenar = Pg. reordenar, 
reordinar = It. riordinare, reordain (cf. ML. 
reordinare, restore to one's former name or 
place); as re- + ordain.] To ordain again, as 
when the first ordination is defective or other- 
wise invalid. 
They did not pretend to reordain those that had been 
ordained by the new book in King Edward's time. 
/.'.> Bnrnet, Hist. Reformation, ii. 2. 
A person, if he has been validly ordained by bishops of 
the apostullc succession, cannot be reordained. ... It is 
not a reordination to confer orders upon one not episco- 
pally set apart for the ministry. But it is reordination to 
do this to one previously so ordained. If it is done at 
all, it is a mockery, and the parties to it are guilty of a 
profanity. Church Cye. 
reorder (re-6r'der), i'. <. [< re- + order.] 1. To 
order a second time ; repeat a command to or 
for. 2. To put in order again ; arrange anew. 
At that instant appeared, as it were, another Armie 
comming out of a valley, . . . which gave time to Assan to 
reorder his disordered squadrons. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. IS. 
reordination (re-or-di-na'shou), . [= F. re- 
ordination = Pg. reordenaqao ; as re- + ordina- 
tion.] A second or repeated ordination. 
reorganization (re-6r"gan-i-za'shon), n. [= F. 
reorganisation ; < reorganize + -alion.] The act 
or process of organizing anew. Also spelled 
reorganisation. 
reorganize (re-6r'gan-iz), r. t. [= F. reorga- 
niser; as re- + organize.] To organize anew; 
bring again into an organized state : as, to re- 
organize a society or an army. Also spelled 
reorganise. 
re-Orient (re-6'ri-ent), a. [< re- + orient.] 
Arising again or anew, as the life of nature in 
spring. [Rare.] 
The life re-orient out of dust. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cxvi. 
reossify (re-os'i-fi), v. i. [< re- + ossify.] To 
ossify again. Lancet, No. 3487, p. 1424. 
reotrope, . See rlieotrope. 
rep 1 (rep), n. [Also repp, reps; origin unknown ; 
supposed to be a corruption of rib.] A corded 
fabric the cords of which run across the width 
of the stuff. Silk rep is used for women's dresses, ec- 
clesiastical vestments, etc., and is narrow; woolen rep is 
used for upholstery and curtains, and is about a yard and 
a half wide. It is sometimes figured, but more often dyed 
in plain colors. 
The reception-room of these ladies was respectable In 
threadbare brussels and green reps. 
Bowells, A Woman's Reason, viii. 
Cotton rep. See cotton*. 
rep 2 (rep), . An abbreviation of reputation. 
formerly much used (as slang), especially in 
the asseveration upon or 'pan rep. 
In familiar writings and conversations they [some of 
our words] often lose all but their first syllables, as in 
mob. rep. pos. incog, and the like. 
Addinon, Spectator, No. 185. 
Xev. Madam, have you heard that Lady Queasy was 
lately at the play-house incog ? 
Lady Smart. What ! Lady Queasy of all women in the 
world ! Do you say it upon rep ? 
Nev. Pozz ; I saw her with my own eyes. 
Swtft, Polite Conversation, i. 
rep. Same as repel. 
repace (re-pas'), r. t. [<re- + pace*. Doublet 
of re-pass.] To pace again ; go over again in a 
contrary direction. Imp. Diet. 
repacify (re-pas'i-fi), v. t. [< re- + pacify.] 
To pacify again. 
Which, on th intelligence was notify'd 
Of Richard's death, were wrought to mutiny ; 
And hardly came to be repacify'd, 
And kept to hold in their fidelity. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, iv. 9. 
repack (re-pak'), v. t. [< re- + pack 1 , v.] To 
pack a second time: as, to repack beef or pork. 
Imp. Diet. 
repacker (re-pak'er),n. One who repacks. Imp. 
Diet. 
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repair 1 (re-par'), r. /. [< ME. reparen, repai/r- 
cn, < OF. reparer, F. reparer, repair, mend, = 
Pr. Sp. Pg. repan.r = It. riparare, repair, mend, 
remedy, shelter, restore, defend, parry, oppose, 
hinder, < L. reparare, get again, recover, re- 
gain, retrieve, repair, < re-, again, + pa ran, 
get, prepare: see pare 1 .] 1. To restore to a 
sound, good, or complete state after decay, in- 
jury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; re- 
store; renovate. 
Thenne themperour dyde doo repayre the chirches. 
Holy Jtood(E. E. T. 8.), p. 164. 
Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate 
Which to repair should be thy chief desire. 
Shale., Sonnets, x. 
To repair his numbers thus impalr'd. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 144. 
2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by 
an equivalent ; give indemnity for ; make good : 
as, to repair a loss or damage. 
I'll repair the misery thou dost bear 
With something rich about me. 
Shak., Lear, iv. 1. 79. 
King Henry, to repair the Loss of the Regent, caused a 
great .ship to be built, such a one as had never been seen 
in England. Baker, Chronicles, p. 257. 
She [Elizabeth] gained more ... by the manner in 
which she repaired her errors than she would have gained 
by never committing errors. Macaulay, Burleigh. 
3t. To fortify; defend. 
Whan the Soudan vnderstode his malice, he caused the 
Holy Lande to be better repared and more suerly kept, for 
y more displesur of the Turke. Arnold's Chron., p. 162. 
4f. To recover, or get into position for offense 
again, as a weapon. 
He, ere he could his weapon backe repaire, 
His side all bare and naked overtooke. 
And with his mortal steel quite through the body strooke. 
Spenner, F. Q., V. xi. IS. 
= 8yn. 1. To mend, refit, retouch, vamp(up), patch, tin- 
repair 1 (re-par'), n. [Early mod. E. also re- 
payer; < ME. repaire, repeire = Sp. Pg. reparo, 
repair, recovery, = It. riparo, remedy, resource, 
defense (cf. rampart); from the verb.] 1. Res- 
toration to a sound or good state after decay, 
waste, injury, or partial destruction ; supply of 
loss; reparation. 
Even in the instant of repair and health, 
:rongest. Shale., K. John. iii. 4. 
11. -I. 
The fit is strongest. 
We have suffer'd beyond all repair of honour. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, v. 4. 
It is not that during the period of activity [of the nerve- 
centers] waste goes on without repair, while during the 
period of inactivity repair goes on without waste ; for the 
two always go on together. 
U. Spencer, Prin. of Psycho!., 37. 
2. Good or sound condition kept up by repair- 
ing as required; with a qualifying term, con- 
dition as regards repairing: as, a building in 
good or bad repair. 
Her sparkling Eyes she still retains, 
And Teeth in good Repair. Congreve, Doris. 
All highways, causeways, and bridges . . . within the 
bounds of any town shall be kept in repair and amended 
... at the proper charge and expense of such town. 
K. I. Pub. Stats., ch. 65, 1. 
3t. Reparation for wrong ; amends. 
In the qnier make his repayer openly, and crave for- 
giveness of the other vicars choral and clerks. 
Quoted in Contemporary Rev., 1,111. 60. 
4f. Attire; apparel. 
Rial repeire, riche roobis, and rent, 
What mowe thei helpe me at myn eende? 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 261. 
repair 2 (re-par'), v.i. [< ME. repairen, repeir- 
en, reparen, < OF. repairer, repairier, repeim; 
reparer, reperer, return, come back, retire, tr. 
get back to, regain, lodge in, haunt, frequent; 
prob. the same, in a restricted use, as Sp. repa- 
triar = It. ripatriare, return to one's country, < 
LL. repatriare, return to one's country, < L. re-, 
back, + patria, native land : see patria, and cf. 
repatriate. The It. repararsi, frequent, repair 
to, is a reflexive use of reparar, shelter, defend, 
repair: see repair 1 .] 1. To go to a (specified) 
place; betake one's self; resort: as, to repair 
to a sanctuary for safety. 
' ' Lete be these wordes, " quod sir E wein, " and take youre 
horse, and lete vs repeire horn to the Court. " 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), Iii. 572. 
Bid them repair to the market-place. 
Shale., Cor., v. 6. 3. 
2f. To return. 
Natheles, I thoughte he was so trewe, 
And eek that he repaire shulde ageyu 
Withinne a litel whyle. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 581. 
repair 2 (re-par'), . [< ME. repair, repayre, < 
OF. repaire, F. repaire, haunt, den, lair, = Pr. 
repaire = Sp. Pg. reparo, haunt ; from the verb : 
reparation 
see repair 2 , .] 1 . The act of betaking one's 
self to a (specified) place ; a resorting. 
This noble marchaunt heeld a worthy hous, 
For which he hadde alday so greet repair 
For his largesse, and for his wyf was fair, 
That wonder is. Chaucer, Shipman's Tale, 1. 21. 
Lastly, the king is sending letters for me 
To Athens, for my quick repair to court. 
Foid, liroken Heart, 111. 1. 
2. A place to which one repairs ; haunt; resort. 
I will it be cleped the mountain of the catte, ffor the 
catte hadde ther his repeire, and was ther slain. 
Merliit(E. E. T. S.), ill. 669. 
Where the fierce winds his tender force assail, 
And beat him downward to his first repair. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 220. 
3t. Probably, an invitation or a return. 
As in an evening when the gentle ayre 
Breathes to the sullen night a soft repaire. 
W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 4. (Nares.) 
repairable (,re-par'a-bl), a. [< repair 1 + -able. 
Cf. reparable.] Capable of being repaired; rep- 
arable. 
It seems scarce pardonable, because 'tis scarce a repent- 
able sin or repairable malice. 
Bp. Oauden, Tears of the Church, p. 65. (Daviet.) 
repairer (re-par'er), n. One who or that which 
repairs, restores, or makes amends. 
Sleep, which the Epicureans and others have repre- 
sented as the image of death, is, we know, the repairer of 
activity and strength. 
Landiir, Imaginary Conversations (Marcus Tallin* and 
[Quinctus Cicero). 
repairment (re-par'ment), . [< OF. repare- 
ment = 8p. reparamiento = It. riparamento, < 
ML. reparamentum, a repairing, restoration, < 
L. reparare, repair, restore : see repair 1 .] The 
act of repairing. 
repair-shop (re-par'shop), n. A building de- 
voted to the making of repairs, as in the roll- 
ing-stock of a railway. 
repand (re-pand'), a. [< L. repandus, bent 
back, turned up, < re-, back, + 
pandits, bent, crooked, curved.] 
In bot., wavy or wavy-mar- 
gined ; tending to be sinuate, 
but less uneven; undulate: 
said chiefly of leaves and leaf- 
margins. 
repandodentate (re-pan"do- 
den'tat), a. In bot., repand and 
toothed. 
repandous (re-pan'dus), a. [< L. repandus, bent 
back : see repand.] Bent upward ; convexly 
crooked. 
Though they [pictures] be drawn repandous, or convex- 
edly crooked in one piece, yet the dolphin that carrieth 
Arion is concavously inverted. 
Sir T. Browne, Vnlg. Err., v. 2. 
reparability (rep'a-ra-bil'i-ti), n. [< repara- 
ble + -ity (see -bility).] The state or property 
of being reparable. 
reparable (rep'a-ra-bl), a. [< OF. reparable, F. 
reparable = Pr. Sp. reparable = Pg. rcparavel = 
It. riparabile, < L. reparabilis, that may be re- 
paired, restored, or regained, < reparare, re- 
pair, restore, regain : see repair 1 .] Capable of 
being repaired ; admitting of repair. 
An adulterous person is tied to restitution of the injury 
so far as it is reparable and can be made to the wronged 
person. Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iii. 4, 9. 
= Syn. Restorable, retrievable, recoverable, 
reparably (rep'a-ra-bli), adr. So as to be rep- 
arable. 
reparailt, r. See reparel. 
reparation frep-a-ra'shon), 11. [< ME. repara- 
cioun, reparacyoun,<. OF. reparacion, reparation, 
F. reparation = Pr. Sp. reparacion = Pg. re- 
parac.Ho = It. riparazione, < LL. reparatio(n-), 
a restoration, < L. reparare, restore, repair: see 
repair 1 .] 1. The act of repairing; repair; res- 
toration; upbuilding. [Now rare.] 
Whan the Mynystres of that Chirche neden to maken ony 
reparacyoun of the Chirche or of ony of the Ydoles, thei 
taken Gold and Silver ... to quyten the Costages. 
MandenUe, Travels, p. 174. 
No German clock nor mathematical engine whatsoever 
requires so much reparation as a woman's face. 
DeUcer and Webster, Westward Ho, i. 1. 
2. What is done to repair a wrong; indemnifi- 
cation for loss or damage ; satisfaction for any 
injury; amends. 
I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose 
writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden. 
St. A renewal of friendship ; reconciliation. 
Mo dissymnlaciouns 
And feyned reparaciouns . . . 
Ymade than greynes be of sondes. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, i. 688. 
= Syn. 1. Restoration. 2. Compensation. 
