Emily Dickinson Lexicon

restricted, verbal adj. [L., see restrain, v.]

Hindered; limited; curbed; restrained; contained; kept within bounds; [fig.] motionless; lifeless; inactive.

result, n. [L. re-, back + saltāre, to leap.]

1. Consequence or effect; response; reaction.
2. Final state or outcome.

resume (-d, resuming, -s), v. [OFr résumer or L. re- + sūměre, to take.]

1. To take again after absence; to put on again or start going again.
2. To take up again after interruption; to begin again.
3. To start anew; begin again.

resumption, n. [Fr. or L., see resume.]

The act of resuming, taking back, or taking again, as of life or friendship; [fig.] resurrection.

resurgam, v. [L.]

A Latin-sounding made-up word meant to satirize Latin-speaking “scientists;” perhaps contains the sense of Latin surgere to rise, thus meaning “rise again.”

resurrection (-s), n. [OFr resurrcciun or late L. resurrectiōn-em < resurgěre, to resurge.]

1. A rising again; the revival or coming back to life of the dead of the human race; giving life to again.
2. The event, particularly at the general Judgement, where life is given back to humans.
3. Spring; the rebirth or coming back to life of Nature in Spring.

retain, v. [OFr retenir < re- + tenir, to hold.]

1. To hold or keep in possession; not lose, or part with, or dismiss.
2. To keep, as an associate; to keep from departure; to let someone or something stay.

retake (-n), v. [re- + late OE tacan < ON taka, grasp, grip, seize.]

To recapture; take again.

retaken, verbal adj. [see retake, v.]

Recaptured, taken again; forced to carry a burden again, as a slave.

retard (-ed, -s), v. [Fr. retarder or L. retardāre, re- + tardus, slow.]

1. To delay; to be late
2. To slow down; to hinder; to handicap.
3. To be slow; to be lethargic.