Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-AL-LI'ANCE, n.

A renewed alliance.

RE'AL-LY, adv.

1. With actual existence. – Pearson.
2. In truth; in fact; not in appearance only; as, things really evil. The anger of the people is really a short fit of madness. – Swift. In this sense, it is used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or declaration. Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. – Young.

REALM, n. [relm; Fr. royaume; It. reame; from Fr. roi; It. re, L. rex, king, whence regalis, royal.]

1. A royal jurisdiction or extent of government; a kingdom; a king's dominions; as, the realm of England.
2. Kingly government; as, the realm of bees. [Unusual.] – Milton.

REALM'-BOUND-ING, a.

Bounding a realm.

RE'AL-TY, n. [It. realtà, from re, king, L. rex.]

1. Loyalty. [Not in use.] – Milton.
2. Reality. [Not in use.] – More.
3. In law, immobility. [See Reality.]

REAM, n. [Sax. ream, a band; D. riem; Dan. rem or reem; Sw. rem; W. rhwym, a bond or tie. The Dutch word signifies a strap, thong or girdle, and an oar, L. remus. In Fr. rame is a ream and an oar, and if the English ream and the L. remus are the same word, the primary sense is a shoot, L. ramus, a branch, for the shoots of trees or shrubs were the first bands used by men. See Gird and Withe. The Italian has risma, and the Sp. and Port. resma, a ream, G. riess. See Class Rm, No. 7, 9.]

A bundle or package of paper, consisting of twenty quires. – Pope.

RE-AN'I-MATE, v.t. [re and animate.]

1. To revive; to resuscitate; to restore to life; as a person dead or apparently dead; as, to reanimate a drowned person.
2. To revive the spirits when dull or languid; to invigorate; to infuse new life or courage into; as, to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate drowsy senses or languid spirits.

RE-AN'I-MA-TED, pp.

Restored to life or action.

RE-AN'I-MA-TING, ppr.

Restoring life to; invigorating with new life and courage.

RE-AN-I-MA'TION, n.

The act or operation of reviving from apparent death; the act or operation of giving fresh spirits, courage or vigor.

RE-AN-NEX', v.t. [re and annex.]

To annex again; to reunite; to annex what has been separated. – Bacon.

RE-AN-NEX-A'TION, n.

The act of annexing again. – Marshall.

RE-AN-NEX'ED, pp.

Annexed or united again.

RE-AN-NEX'ING, ppr.

Annexing again; reuniting.

REAP, v.i.

1. To perform the act or operation of reaping. In New England, farmers reap in July and August.
2. To receive the fruit of labor or works. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. – Ps. cxxvi.

REAP, v.t. [Sax. rip, hrippe, gerip, harvest; ripan, to reap; ripe, ripe; rypan, to rip; probably to reafian, to seize, spoil, lay waste, L. rapio, G. reif, ripe, D. raapen, to reap, ryp, ripe, Gr. ἁρπη, a sickle, ἁρπαω, to reap, L. carpo, Eng. crop. See Class Rb, No. 18, 26, 27.]

1. To cut grain with a sickle; as, to reap wheat or rye. When ye reap the harvest, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. – Lev. xix.
2. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
3. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward, or as the fruit of labor or of works; in a good or bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. He that soweth to the flesh, shall from the flesh reap corruption. – Gal vi. Ye have plowed wickedness; ye have reaped iniquity. – Hos. v.

REAP-ED, pp.

Cut with a sickle; received as the fruit of labor or works.

REAP-ER, n.

One that cuts grain with a sickle.

REAP-ING, ppr.

Cutting grain with a sickle; receiving the fruit of labor or the reward of works.

REAP-ING-HOOK, n.

An instrument used in reaping; a sickle.

RE-AP-PAR'EL, v.t. [re and apparel.]

To clothe again. – Donne.

RE-AP-PAR'EL-ED, pp.

Clothed again.

RE-AP-PAR'EL-ING, ppr.

Clothing again.

RE-AP-PEAR, v.i. [re and appear.]

To appear a second time.

RE-AP-PEAR-ANCE, n.

A second appearance.