Lexicon: repealless – replevy

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repealless, adj. [see repeal, v.]

Endless; without cancellation; from which nothing is erased.

repeat (-ed), v. [Fr. < L. re-, again + petěre, to attack, demand.]

  1. Ring; peal; echo; signal; reverberate; sound again; [fig.] declare; announce; recite.
  2. Encore; reiterate; perform again; replicate daily.

repeated, verbal adj. [see repeat, v.]

Twinkling; sparkling; [fig.] steady; incessant; perpetual.

repel (-s), v. [L. re-, again + pellěre, to drive.]

Disgust; repulse; rebuff; drive away; fill with distaste.

repentance, n. [Fr. repentir, re- + L. poenitēre.]

The act of repenting or the state of being sorrowful or regretful on account of past conduct or actions.

repetition, n. [OFr repeticion, or L. repetition-em < repetěre, re- + petěre, to attack.]

To repeat the same word or the same sense in different words for the purpose of conveying significance or making a lasting impression.

repine, v. [re- + OE pínian < L. pæna, punishment, pain .]

To long discontentedly for something, to fret.

replace (-d, replacing), v. [re- + ME place < Fr. place.]

To put again in a former place; to substitute.

replenish (-ed), v. [OFr < L. plēnns, full.]

  1. Abundantly supplied; filled.
  2. To fill a persons heart or mind with some feeling or occupation.

replevy (-s), v. [OFr.]

Restore; restitute; return to the owner.