Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RE-AS-SIGN-ED – REAVE
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RE-AS-SIGN-ED, pp.
Assigned back.
RE-AS-SIGN-ING, ppr.
Transferring back what has been assigned.
RE-AS-SIM'I-LATE, v.t. [re and assimilate.]
To assimilate or cause to resemble anew; to change again into a like or suitable substance. – Encyc.
RE-AS-SIM'I-LA-TED, pp.
Assimilated anew; changed again to a like substance.
RE-AS-SIM'I-LA-TING, ppr.
Assimilating again.
A second or renewed assimilation. – Encyc.
RE-AS-SUME, v.t. [re and assume.]
To resume; to take again. – Milton.
RE-AS-SUM-ED, pp.
Resumed; assumed again.
RE-AS-SUM-ING, ppr.
Assuming or taking again.
RE-AS-SUMP'TION, n.
A resuming; a second assumption.
RE-AS-SUR-ANCE, n. [See Sure and Assurance.]
A second assurance against loss, or the assurance of property by an underwriter, to relieve himself from a risk he has taken. – Blackstone. Park.
RE-AS-SURE, v.t. [reasshu're; re and assure; Fr. rassurer.]
- To restore courage to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, / Till dauntless Pallas reassur'd the rest. – Dryden.
- To insure a second time against loss, or rather to insure by another what one has already insured; to insure against loss that may be incurred by taking a risk.
RE-AS-SUR-ED, pp.
- Restored from fear; re-encouraged.
- Insured against loss by risk taken, as an underwriter.
RE-AS-SUR-ER, n.
One who insures the first underwriter.
RE-AS-SUR-ING, ppr.
- Restoring front fear, terror or depression of courage.
- Insuring against loss by insurance.
REAS-TI-NESS, n.
Rancidness. [Not in use or local.] – Cotgrave.
REAS-TY, a. [Qu. rusty.]
Covered with a kind of rust and having a rancid taste; applied to dried meat. [Not in use or local.] – Skelton.
REATE, n.
A kind of long small grass that grows in water and complicates itself. [Not in use or local.] Walton.
RE-AT-TACH', v.t. [re and attach.]
To attach a second time.
RE-AT-TACH'ED, pp.
Attached a second time.
RE-AT-TACH'MENT, n.
A second attachment.
RE-AT-TEMPT', v.t. [re and attempt.]
To attempt again.
RE-AT-TEMPT'ED, pp.
Attempted a second time.
RE-AT-TEMPT'ING, ppr.
Attempting again.
REAVE, v.t. [Sax. reafian.]
To take away by stealth or violence; to bereave. [Obs.] [See Bereave.] – Shak. Spenser.