Word Meanings - REENTRANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act entereing again; re Hooker.

AGAINSTAND
To withstand.
AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif.
AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
ENTERER
One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.
AGAINWARD
Back again.
AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif.
HOOKER
1. One who, or that which, hooks. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
SELF-CENTERED; SELF-CENTRED
Centered in itself, or in one's self. There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden.
RENTERER
One who renters.