Emily Dickinson Lexicon

retreating, n. [see retreat, v.]

retrieve (-s), v. [OFr re- + trouver to find.]

1. To recover; to regain; to obtain again a lost object.
2. To recall; to bring back; as from the memory or from the dead.

retrieveless, adj. [see retrieve, v.]

Unable to be regained; permanently lost; unable to be repaired or fixed.

retriever, n. [see retrieve, v.]

One who goes after things; retrieves; gets possession of again.

retrim (-med), v. [re- + OE trymman, to make firm or strong, strengthen, confirm.]

To trim again; to rearrange or “redeck” sails on a ship to catch more wind; to raise the sails again.

retrograde, n. [see retrograde, v.]

Something that is retreating; plunging downward.

retrograde, v. [L. retrōgradi < retrō + gradus step.]

To go or move backward or downward; to deteriorate, break down or lose ground.

retrospect (-s), n. [L. retrōspect-us, vbl. stem of retrospicere, to look back.]

1. A looking back on things past; hindsight.
2. A past or a background for a life or events.

retrospection, n. [L. type retrōspectiōn-em, see retrospect, n.]

1. The act of looking back on things past; remembering.
2. The faculty or ability of looking back on past things; having hindsight.

return, n. [see return, v.] (webplay: day, fit, sun).

1. Coming back to a state of honor or respect.
2. Resurrection, restoration.