rescue 
Flights, terrors, sudden rescues, and true love 
Crown'd after trial. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
2. In law, the forcible or illegal taking of a 
person or thing out of the custody of the law. 
Fang. Sir John, I arrest you. . . . 
Fal. Keep them off, Bardolph. 
Fang. A rescue ! a rescue ! Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1. 61. 
Rescue is the forcibly and knowingly freeing another 
from an arrest or imprisonment; and it is generally the 
same offence in the stranger so rescuing as it would have 
been in a gaoler to have voluntarily permitted an escape. 
Slackstone, Com., IV. x. 
Rescue Shott, money paid for the rescue or assistance in 
the rescue of stolen or raided property. See shot. 
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resemble 
properly so called, or net ground. 
Reseau a brides, bride ground when the brides are ar- resell (re-sel'), r. t. [< re- + sell 1 .] To sell 
ranged with great regularity so as to resemble a r(Sseau a g a in; se ll, as what has been recently bought. 
I will not resell that heere which shall bee confuted 
heere-after. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 339. 
.. (re-zem'bla-bl), a. [< ME. resem- 
. resemblable ,"< resembler, resemble : 
Capable or admitting of being 
compared; like. 
These arowis that I speke of heere 
Were alle fyve on oon manere, 
And alle were they resemblable. 
To cut or pare off. 
Perhaps the most striking illustration of the advanced 
surgery of the period [Roman empire] is the freedom with 
which bones were resected, including the long bones, the 
lower jaw, and the upper jaw. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 675. 
Resecting fracture, a fracture produced by a rifle-ball 
which has hit one of the two bones of the forearm or leg, resemblance (re-: 
Ram - 
Instead of his ain ten milk kye, 
Jamie Telfer has gotten thirty and three. 
And he has paid the rescue shot, 
Baith wi' goud and white monie. 
Jamie Telfer (Child's Ballads, VI. 115). 
To make a rescue, to take a prisoner forcibly from the 
custody of an officer. 
Thou gaoler, thou, 
I am thy prisoner ; wilt thou suffer them 
To make a rescue? Shalt., C. of E., iv. 4. 114. 
= Syn. 1. Release, liberation, extrication, redemption. 
rescue-grass (res'ku-gras), . A species of 
brome-grass, Bromus unioloides. It is native in 
South America, perhaps al; 
duced with some favor as a 
tries. In the warmest parts of the 
it is found valuable, as producing a crop in winter and early 
spring. See prairie-grass. Also called Schrader's grass. 
rescuer (res'ku-er), n. One who rescues. 
rescussee (res-ku-se'), [< rescuss(or) + 
-ee 1 .] In law, the party in whose favor a res- 
cue is made. 
rescussor (res-kus'or), . [< ML. rescussor, < 
rescutere, pp. rescussus, rescue : see rescue, res- 
cous.] In law, one who commits an unlawful 
rescue; a rescuer. 
rese 1 t, v A Middle English form of raise 1 . 
rese 2 t, v. A Middle English form of race 1 . 
research 1 (re-serch'), v. t. [< OF. recercher, re- 
cercer, rechercher, F. rechercher (= It. ricercare), 
search diligently, inquire into, < re- + cercher, Reseda (re-se'da), n. 
or one or two of the metacarpal or metatarsal bones, and 
has taken a piece out of the bone hit without injury to the 
others. 
resectt (re-sekf), a. and . [< L. resectus, pp. 
of resecare, cut off: see resect, '.] I. a. Cut 
off; resected. 
I ought reject 
No soul from wished immortalitie, 
But give them durance when they are resect 
From organized corporeitie. 
Dr. H. More, Psychathanasia, I. ii. 46. 
II. n. In math., the subtangent of a point 
on a curve diminished by the abscissa. 
zem blans), n. 
' L 
[< Mb. resem- 
Iso in Texas, and has been intro- resection (re-sek'shon), n. [= F. resection, < LL. 
resections, cutting off, trimming, pruning < 
L. resecare, pp. resectus, cut off : see resect.] The 
act of cutting or paring off; specifically, in 
i, < OF. resemblance, ressemblance, F. res- 
semblance = It. rassembranza; as resemblan(t) 
+ -ce.] 1 . The state or property of resembling 
or being like ; likeness ; similarity either of ex- 
ternal form or of qualities. 
Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, 
Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold. 
Sir J. Denham, Cooper's Hill, 1. 166. 
It would be easy to indicate many points of resemblance 
between the subjects of Diocletian and the people of that 
Celestial Empire where, during many centuries, nothing 
has been learned or unlearned. Macaulay, History. 
Very definite resemblances unite the lobster with the 
woodlouse, the kingcrab, the waterflea, and the barnacle, 
and separate them from all other animals. 
Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 102. 
2. Something similar ; a similitude; a point or 
, 
search: see search.] To search or examine 
with continued care; examine into or inquire 
about diligently. [Rare.] 
It is not easy ... to research with due distinction . . . 
in the Actions of Eminent Personages, both how much 
may have been blemished by the envy of others, and what 
was corrupted by their own felicity. 
Sir a. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 207. 
research 1 (re-serch'), . [< OF. recerche, F. 
recherche, F.'dial. ressarche, resserche = It. ri- 
cerca, diligent search; from the verb: see re- 
Some surgeons reckoned their resections by the hundred. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 422. 
Resection of the larynx, a partial laryngectomy. 
resectional (re-sek'shon-al), a. [< resection + 
-al] Of or pertaining to, or consisting in, re- 
section. 
Plastic and resectional operations. 
Alien, and Neural., X. 499. 
[NL. (Tournefort, 1700) 
(cf . F. reseda = D. reseda = G. resede = Sw. 
Dan. reseda), < L. reseda, a plant, < resedare, 
calm, < re-, back, + sedare, calm : see sedative. 
According to Pliny (XXVII. 12, 106), the plant 
was so called because it was employed to al- 
lay tumors by pronouncing the formula reseda 
morbos.] 1. A genus of polypetalous plants, 
type of the order Besedacess. It is characterized 
by cleft or dissected and unequal petals, by an urn-shaped 
receptacle dilated behind, bearing on one side the ten to 
<(/!-(, mutv ii. OVI~I M i*w^ *~~ . ~ ~ . ~~~ . ~ forty stamens, and by a capsule three-lobed and open 
search 1 , t>.1 1 . Diligent inquiry , examination, at the apex. There are about 30 species, or many more 
stnrlv laborious or confirmed search after according to some authors, and all very variable. They 
Study , laDoriou, are most abundant in the Mediterranean region, especial- 
facts or principles; investigation: as, micro- 
scopical research; historical researches. 
Many medicinal remedys, cautions, directions, curiosi- 
ties, and Arcana, which owe their birth or illustration to 
his indefatigable recherches. Evelyn, To Mr. Wotton. 
He sucks intelligence in ev'ry clime, 
And spreads the honey of his deep research 
At his return a rich repast for me. 
Cowper, Task, 
ly Spain and northern Africa, found also in Syria, Persia, 
and Arabia. They are erect or decumbent herbs, with 
entire or divided leaves, and racemed flowers. R. luteola 
horetic. See mignonette, 
Fairest resemblance of thy Maker fair, 
Thee all things living gaze on. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 538. 
He is then described as gliding through the Garden un- 
der the resemblance of a Mist. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 351. 
The soul whose sight all-quickening grace renews 
Takes the resemblance of the good she views. 
Cowper, Charity, 1. 396. 
3t. Likelihood; probability. 
Pros. But what likelihood is in that? 
Duke. Not a resemblance, but a certainty. 
Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. 203. 
4f. A simile. 
Been ther none othere maner resemblances 
That ye may likne your parables unto, 
But if a sely wyf be oon of tho ? 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 368. 
I will set them all foorth by a triple diuision, exempt- 
ing the generall Similitude as their common Auncestour, 
and I will cal him by the name of Resemblance. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 201. 
5f. Look; regard; show of affection. 
With soft sighes and lovely semblaunces 
He ween'd that his affection entire 
She should aread ; many resemblaunces 
To her he made, and many kind remembraunces. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. 16. 
Term of resemblance*, a general name. 
weed, weld, woad, yellow-weed, and ash of Jerusalem (un- 
der ashl); nlmgaude. 
2. [1. c.~\ A grayish-green tint. 
. 112. Resedacese (res-e-da'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (A. P. 
I J.C1111 Ui. i COCiUUi.CLH.'-C ' , a, p*H MH* 
- resemblant (re-zem'blant), a. [< F. ressem- 
blant, ppr. of ressembler, resemble: see resem- 
ble] Bearing or exhibiting resemblance ; re- 
sembling. [Obsolete or rare.] 
=Syn. 1. Investigation, Inquiry, etc. (see examination), 
exploration. 
research 2 (re-serch'), v. [< re- + search.] To 
search again; examine anew. 
researcher (re-ser'cher), n. [< research 1 + -er 1 . 
Cf. F. rechercheur = It. ricercatore.] One who 
makes researches; one who is engaged in re- 
search. 
He was too refined a researcher to lie open to so gross 
an imposition. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 19. 
researchful (rf-serch'ful), a. [< research 1 + 
The Spanish woolls are grown originally from the Eng- 
lish sheep, which by that soyle (resemblant to the Downs 
of England) ... are come to that fineness. 
Golden Fleece (1657). (Nares.) 
What marvel then if thus their features were 
nute glands in place of stipules, an open estiva- Resemblant lineaments of kindred birth? Southey. 
tion, small and commonly irregular petals, and resemble (re-zem'bl), v. ; pret. and pp. resem- 
usually numerous stamens. There are about 70 spe- 
cies, by some reduced to 45, belonging to 6 genera, all but 
11 species being included in Reseda, the type. They are 
annual or perennial herbs, with scattered or clustered 
leaves, which are entire, three-parted, or pinnatifld ; and 
with small bracted flowers in racemes or spikes. Their 
range is mainly that of Reseda, excepting Oligomeris with 
3 species in Cape Colony and 1 in California. 
reseek (re-sek'),i>. t. and i. [< re- + seek.] To 
making research ; inquisitive. 
China, in truth, we find more interesting on the surface 
than to a more researchful study. The American, VII. 230. 
reseat (re-set'), v. t. [< re-. + seat.] 1. To 
seat or set again. 
What ! will you adventure to reseat him 
Upon his father's throne? Dryden, Spanish Friar, v. 2. 
2. To put a new seat or new seats in ; furnish 
with a new seat or seats: as, to reseat a church. 
Trousers are re-seated and repaired where the material 
is strong enough. 
Mayheu', London Labour and London Poor, II. 33. 
seize again; seize a second time. 2. To put 
into possession of; reinstate: chiefly in such 
phrases as to be reseized of or in (to be repos- 
sessed of). 
Next Archigald, who for his proud disdayne 
Deposed was from princedome soyerayne, . . . 
And then therein reseized was againe. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 45. 
3. In law, to take possession of, as of lands and 
tenements which have been disseized. 
Whereupon the sheriff is commanded to reseize the land 
and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his cus- 
tody till the arrival of the justices of assize. 
Blackstone, Com., III. x. 
reseau (ra-zo'), n. [F., a net or network, OF. 
resel = It. reticello, a net, < ML. *reticellum, dim. 
of L. rete, a net: see rete.] In lace-makinij, reseizer (re-se'zer), n. One who reseizes, in any 
the ground when composed of regular uniform sense. 
meshes, whether of one shape only or of two reseizure (re-se'zur), n. [< re- + seizure.] A 
or more shapes alternating. second seizure ; the act of seizing again. 
The fine-meshed ground, or rfieau, which has been held I moved to have a reseizure of the lands of George More, 
to be distinctive of "point d'Alencon." a relapsed recusant, a fugitive, and a practising traytor. 
Encjic. Brit., XIV. 186. Bacon, To Cecil. 
bled, ppr. resembling. [< ME. resemblen, < OF. 
resembler, ressambler, ressembler, F. ressembler 
= Pr. ressemblar, ressemlar = It. risembrare, < 
ML. as if 'resimulare,<.Ij. re-, again, -I- simulare, 
simulate, imitate, copy, < similis, like: see simi- 
lar, simulate, semble, and cf. assemble' 2 .] I. 
trans. 1. To be like to; have similarity to, in 
form, figure, or qualities. 
Each one resembled the children of a king. 
Judges viii. 18. 
The sonle, in regard of the spiritual and immortall sub- 
stance, resembleth him which is a Spirit. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 16. 
The river, as it flows, resembles the air that flows over it. 
Emerson, Nature. 
2. To represent as like something else ; liken ; 
compare ; note a resemblance. 
Th' other, al yclad in garments light, . . . 
He did resemble to his lady bright ; 
And ever his faint hart much earned at the sight. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 21. 
Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto 
shall I resemble it? Luke xiii. 18. 
3t. To imitate ; simulate ; counterfeit. 
The Chinians ... if they would resemble a deformed 
man, they paint him with short habite, great eyes and 
beard, and a long nose. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 437. 
Then was I commanded to stand upon a box by the wall, 
and to spread my arms with the needle in them, and to 
resemble the death upon the cross. 
Quoted in S. Clarke's Examples (1671), p. 270. 
