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501. recoverer n.(1)

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Relief from suffering or from the pain of hell; recovery; also, salvation; haven recoverer, to recover from defeat, rally; at no recoverer, having no power or chance to recover from defeat; (b)…

502. reddǒur n.

33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Severity, sternness, rigor, strictness; also, firmness of mind; also, a rule of a religious order [quot.: Rule Minoresses]; (b) severe treatment; (c) don (putten) reddour, to deal strictly or…

503. refē̆ten v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To refresh (sb.), restore; feed (sb.); also fig.; (b) to fatten (livestock); (c) ben refeted, of a wild sow at mating time: to be cooled, cool off [cp. refreiden v. (b)].

504. refreinden v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To be tempered or restrained.

505. refrēt(e n.

Additional spellings: refrete
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The refrain of a song or poem; also, a song; (b) a repeated phrase; ?also, liturg. a repeated response; (c) a debate.

506. regard(e n.

Additional spellings: regarde
40 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A look; appearance; fairest of regard, best-looking; person. swete regard [F doulz regarde], sweet looks; sen a regard unto, to cast a glance at (sth.); (b) a consideration; a judgment; haven

507. rē̆ǧiǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: regioune
98 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A kingdom, an empire, a realm; a country, nation, province; scotland regioun, regioun of moab, regioun of jeues; (b) eccles. a district in Rome; (c) heaven; the realm of hell or the underworld…

508. regnen v.

158 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To exercise royal power, be king, queen, or emperor; also, reign as pope; -- also used fig. of the sun, the soul; impers. hit was regned, government continued; regnen on (upon), reign over (a…

509. rē̆hersen v.

166 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To narrate (sth., a story, that sth. happened), report, tell; describe (sth.); impers. hit reherseth; rehersen of, give a description of (sth.); rehersen of marble, ?carve (a description) in…

510. rehēt n.

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Good cheer, entertainment.

511. reine n.(2)

43 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A human or an animal kidney; -- usu. pl.; litel (smale) reines, the kidneys; reine guttes [see also gut n. 1a.(a)]; also, as translation term for L ilia groin; (b) pl. the loins, flanks; (c) pl.

512. relenten v.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To melt, thaw, soften; liquefy; (b) to dissolve (sth.) in water; soften (wax), melt; ben relented, be softened, liquefied, or dissolved; (c) ppl. relented as adj.: loosened; softened, liquefied…

513. remaunden v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To send back (a document, message), return.

514. remembren v.

189 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To bear (sb. or sth.) in mind, give heed to, reflect on, consider; take (sth.) into account; consider (that sth. is the case); (b) remembren of (on, upon), to pay heed to (sth.), meditate on…

515. remenaunt n.

131 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining…

516. remissiǒun n.

41 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Release from duty or obligation; freeing of captives; Bibl. dai of remissioun, a holiday from work; yer of remissioun, a Jubilee year; also, a Sabbatical year; don (maken) remissioun, to grant…

517. reneirīe n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Apostasy.

518. replīen v.(1)

41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To turn (sth.) back, fold; bend back (a probe), flex; (b) to make opposition; retaliate; oppose (sth.), object to; repudiate (a former opinion), divorce (one's wife), cancel (a command, decision)…

519. reprōchen v.(1)

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To rebuke (sb.), reproach; ppl. reproching as noun: one who rebukes; (b) to insult (sb.), mock; (c) to condemn (sth.); also, belittle (a gift); (d) to reject (sth.), destroy; (e) reprochen of, ?by…

520. rē̆sǒun n.(2)

416 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of resoun; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes…