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  • English Word Reave Definition To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]
  • English Word Reaved Definition of Reave
  • English Word Reaver Definition One who reaves.
  • English Word Reaving Definition of Reave
  • English Word Reawake Definition To awake again.
  • English Word Rebanish Definition To banish again.
  • English Word Rebaptism Definition A second baptism.
  • English Word Rebaptization Definition A second baptism.
  • English Word Rebaptize Definition To baptize again or a second time.
  • English Word Rebaptizer Definition One who rebaptizes.
  • English Word Rebarbarize Definition To reduce again to barbarism.
  • English Word Rebate Definition To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  • English Word Rebate Definition To deduct from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
  • English Word Rebate Definition To abate; to withdraw.
  • English Word Rebate Definition Diminution.
  • English Word Rebate Definition Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties.
  • English Word Rebate Definition A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet.
  • English Word Rebate Definition A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
  • English Word Rebate Definition An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
  • English Word Rebate Definition A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
  • English Word Rebate Definition To cut a rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
  • English Word Rebatement Definition Same as 3d Rebate.
  • English Word Rebato Definition Same as Rabato.
  • English Word Rebec Definition An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.
  • English Word Rebec Definition A contemptuous term applied to an old woman.
  • English Word Rebel Definition Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
  • English Word Rebel Definition One who rebels.
  • English Word Rebel Definition To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
  • English Word Rebel Definition To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
  • English Word Rebeldom Definition A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels.