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applied a plaister over it, made up with my common restric¬ 
tive powder. Wiseman. 
RESTRI'CTIVELY, adv. With limitation.—All speech, 
tending to the glory of God or the good of man, is aright 
directed; which is not to be understood so restrictively , as 
if nothing but divinity, or necessary concerns of life, may 
lawfully be brought into discourse. Gov. of the Tongue. 
To RESTRI'NGE, v. a. [restringo, Lat.] To confine; 
to contract; to astringe. 
RESTRPNGENCY, s. [restringens, Lat.] The power 
of contracting.—The dyers use this water in reds, and in 
other colours wanting restringency, and in the dying of 
materials of the slacker contextures. Sir W. Petty . 
RESTRI'NGENT, s. [restringens , Lat.] That which 
hath the power of contracting; styptic.—The two latter 
indicate phlebotomy for revulsion, restringents to stench, 
and incrassatives to thicken the blood. Harvey. 
To RESTRTVE, v. n. To strive anew. —Restriving 
again afresh, with a kick and a wrench together, I freed my 
long captivated weapon. Sir E. Sackvilte. 
RE'STY, adj. [restiff, Fr.] Obstinate in standing still; 
restiff'; as, “ a res tie oxe that will not go forward,” Barret; 
“ dull, heavy,” CocJcram .—The master is too rcsty, or too 
rich, to say his own prayers, or to bless his own table. 
Milton. 
RE-SUBJE'CTION, s. A second subjection.—An over¬ 
ture of the likelihood of this liberal dispensation from his 
holy father of Rome, upon the conditions of our re-subjec¬ 
tion ! Bp. Hall. 
To RE-SUBLI'ME, v. a. To sublime another time.— 
When mercury sublimate is resublimed with fresh mercury, 
it becomes mercurius dulcis, which is a white tasteless earth 
scarce dissolvable in water, and mercurius dulcis resublimed 
wffh spirit of salt returns into mercury sublimate. Newton. 
RESUDA'TION, s. [resudatus, Lat.] Act of sweating 
out again. Cotgrave. 
To RESU'LT, v. n. [resulter , Fr. resulto, Lat.] To fly 
back. 
With many a weary step, and many a groan. 
Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; 
The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. 
Thunders impetuous down, and smoaks along the ground. 
Pope. 
[Resulter , Fr.] To rise as a consequence; to be pro¬ 
duced as the effect of causes jointly concurring. 
Such huge extremes, when nature doth unite. 
Wonder from thence results, from thence delight. Denham. 
To arise as a conclusion from premises. 
RESULT, s. [from the verb.] Resilience; act of flying 
baek.—Sound is produced between the string and the air, by 
the return or the result of the string, which was strained by 
the touch to his former place. Bacon ,—Consequence; ef¬ 
fect produced by the concurrence of co-operating causes. 
As in perfumes, compos’d with art and cost, 
’Tis hard to say what scent is uppermost, 
Nor this part musk or civet can we call. 
Or amber, but a rich result of all: 
So she was all a sweet, whose ev’ry part. 
In due proportion mix’d, proclaim’d the maker’s art. 
Dryden. 
Inference from premises.—These things are a result or 
judgement upon fact. South .—Resolve; decision. Impro¬ 
per .—Rude, passionate, and mistaken results have, at cer¬ 
tain times, fallen from great assemblies. Swift. 
RESU'LTANCE, s. [ resultance,Pr.'] The act of result¬ 
ing.—Neither of which marriages yet taking effect, the 
resultance was only a peace and friendship established upon 
the first proposition of alliance betwixt them. Ld. Her¬ 
bert. 
RESU'MABLE, adj. What may be taken back.—This 
was but an indulgence, and therefore resumable by the vic¬ 
tor, unless there intervened any capitulation to the con¬ 
trary. Hale. 
RET 
To RESU'ME, v. a. [resumo, Lat.] To take back what 
has been given. 
The sun, like this, from which our sight we have. 
Gaz’d on too long, resumes the light he gave. Denham. 
To take back what has been taken away. 
That opportunity, 
Which then they had to take from’s, to resume 
We have again. ' Shakspeare, 
To take again. 
At this, with look serene, he rais’d his head; 
Reason resum'd her place, and passion fled. Dryden. 
Dryden usesit with again, but improperly, unless the re¬ 
sumption be repeated. 
To him our common grandsire of the main 
Had giv’n to change his form, and chang’d, resume again. 
Dryden. 
To begin again what was broken off: as, to resume a dis¬ 
course.—The vote from the house of commons was read ; 
and, in regard it was late, for it was past eight of the clock, 
the house was resumed ; and it was moved, that the com¬ 
mittee might sit again to-morrow in the afternoon. Henry, 
Ed. Clarendon s Diary. 
RESUMPTION, s. [resumptus, Lat.] The act of re¬ 
suming.—If there be any fault, it is the resumption or the' 
dwelling too long upon his arguments. Denham. 
RESUMPTIVE, adj. [resumptus, Lat.] Taking back. 
RESUPINA'TION, s. [resupino, Lat.] The act of ly¬ 
ing on the back.—A resupination of the figure. Wotton. 
To RE-SURVE'Y, v. a. To review; to survey again. 
I have, with cursory eye, o’erglanc’d the articles; 
Appoint some of your counsel presently 
To sit with us, once more with better heed 
To resurvey them. Shakspeare. 
RESURRE'CTION, s. [resurrectum, Lat.] Revival 
from the dead; return from the grave. 
Nor after resurrection shall he stay 
Longer on earth, than certain times to appear 
To his disciples. Milton. 
To RESU'SCITATE, v. a. [resuscito, Lat.] To stir up 
anew; to revive.—We have beasts and birds for dissections, 
though divers parts, which you account vital, be perished 
and taken forth, resuscitating of some that seem dead in 
appearance. Bacon. 
To RESU'SCITATE, v.n. To awaken; to revive. 
Those birds, that yearly sleep a winter’s death. 
Each spring to mighty love resuscitate. Feltham. 
RESUSCITA'TION, s. The act of stirring up anew ; the 
act of reviving, or state of being revived.—The resuscitation 
of the body from its dust is a supernatural work, yet such as 
w'hereof God hath been pleased to give us many images and 
prefigurations even in nature itself. Bp. Hall. —For the 
means of resuscitating the apparently dead, see Poison. 
RESU'SCITATIVE, adj. [resuscitatif, Fr.] Reviving; 
raising from death to life. Cotgrave. 
To RETAI'L, v. a. [from the old Fr. retailler, to cut into 
little pieces; to separate.] To sell in small quantities; in 
consequence of selling at second hand.—All encouragement 
should be given to artificers; and those, who make, should 
also vend and retail their commodities. Locke. —To sell 
at second hand. 
The sage dame, 
By names of toasts, retails each batter’d jade. Pope. 
To tell in broken parts, or at second hand. 
Bound with triumphant garlands will I come. 
And lead thy daughter to a conqueror’s bed; 
To whom I will retail my conquest won, 
And she shall be sole victress, Caesar’s Caesar. Shakspeare. 
RETAI'L i. [The accent on this substantive is 
now usually on the first syllable; but Dryden and 
Swift 
