Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PULS'IVE-LY, adv.

By repulsing.

RE-PULS'IVE-NESS, n.

The quality of being repulsive or forbidding.

RE-PULS'LESS, a.

That can not be repelled.

RE-PULS'O-RY, a.

Repulsive; driving back.

RE-PUR'CHASE, n.

The act of buying again; the purchase again of what has been sold.

RE-PUR'CHASE, v.t. [re and, purchase.]

To buy again; to buy back; to regain by purchase or expense. – Hale.

RE-PUR'CHAS-ED, pp.

Bought back or again; regained by expense; as, a throne repurchased with the blood of enemies. – Shak.

RE-PUR'CHAS-ING, ppr.

Buying back or again; regaining by the payment of a price.

REP'U-TA-BLE, a. [from repute.]

1. Being in good repute; held in esteem; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. It expresses less than respectable and honorable, denoting the good opinion of men, without distinction or great qualities.
2. Consistent with reputation; not mean or disgraceful. It is evidence of extreme depravity that vice is in any case reputable. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as to defeat one. – Broome.

REP'U-TA-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being reputable.

REP'U-TA-BLY, adv.

With reputation; without disgrace or discredit; as, to fill an office reputably.

REP-U-TA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. reputatio.]

1. Good name; the credit, honor or character which is derived from a favorable public opinion or esteem. Reputation is a valuable species of property or right, which should never be violated. With the loss of reputation, a man and especially a woman, loses most of the enjoyments of life. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. – Ames.
2. Character by report; in a good or bad sense; as, a man has the reputation of being rich or poor, or of being a thief. – Addison.

RE-PU'TA-TIVE-LY, adv.

By repute.

RE-PUTE, n.

1. Reputation; good character; the credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; as, men of repute.
2. Character; in a bad sense; as, a man held in bad repute.
3. Established opinion; as, upheld by old repute. – Milton.

RE-PUTE, v.t. [L. reputo; re and puto, to think; Fr. reputer.]

To think; to account; to hold; to reckon. The king was reputed a prince most prudent. – Shak. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? – Job xviii.

RE-PUT-ED, pp.

Reckoned; accounted.

RE-PUT-ED-LY, adv.

In common opinion or estimation. – Barrow.

RE-PUTE-LESS, a.

Disreputable; disgraceful. – Shak.

RE-PUT-ING, ppr.

Thinking; reckoning; accounting.

RE-QUEST', n. [Fr requête; L. requisitus, requiro; re and quæro, to seek; It. richiesta; Sp. requesta. See Quest, Question.]

1. The expression of desire to some person for something to be granted or done; an asking; a petition. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen. – Esth. vii.
2. Prayer; the expression of desire to a superior or to the Almighty. – Phil. iv.
3. The thing asked for or requested. I will both hear and grant you your requests. – Shak. He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. – Ps. cvi.
4. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or pursued. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. – Temple. In request, in demand; in credit or reputation. Coriolanus being now in no request. – Shak. Request expresses less earnestness than entreaty and supplication, and supposes a right in the person requested to deny or refuse to grant. In this it differs from demand.

RE-QUEST', v.t. [Fr. requêter.]

1. To ask; to solicit; to express desire for. The weight of the golden ear-rings which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. – Judges viii.
2. To express desire to; to ask. We requested a friend to accompany us. Court of requests, in England, a court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed His Majesty by supplication; abolished by Stat. 16 and 17 Car. I. – Encyc. #2. A court of conscience for the recovery of small debts, held by two aldermen and four commoners, who try causes by the oath of parties and of other witnesses. – Blackstone.

RE-QUEST'ED, pp.

Asked; desired; solicited.

RE-QUEST'ER, n.

One who requests; a petitioner.

RE-QUEST'ING, ppr.

Asking; petitioning.

RE-QUICK'EN, v.t. [re and quicken.]

To reanimate; to give new life to. – Shak.