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.

RE-AS-SIM-I-LA'TION, n.

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.]

  1. To restore courage to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, / Till dauntless Pallas reassur'd the rest. – Dryden.
  2. 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.

  1. Restored from fear; re-encouraged.
  2. 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.

  1. Restoring front fear, terror or depression of courage.
  2. 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.