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Word Meanings - REPOSSESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again .

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  • REVIVEMENT
    Revival.
  • REACTIONIST
    A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
  • REOBTAINABLE
    That may be reobtained.
  • RECRUITER
    One who, or that which, recruits.
  • REVIVE
    To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal. (more info) 1. To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. Shak. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into
  • REOBTAIN
    To obtain again.
  • REPOSSESS
    To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again .
  • REACTOR
    A choking coil.
  • RESTORE
    To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. "To restore and to build Jerusalem." Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. And
  • RECOVERANCE
    Recovery.
  • RETRIEVER
    A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded. (more info) 1. One who retrieves.
  • RECOVERABLE
    Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
  • RECOVERY
    The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court. 4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. "Help be past recovery." Tusser. 5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position
  • REACTANCE
    The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current, or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a circuit is
  • RETRIEVE
    , F. retrouver; pref. re- re- + OF. trover 1. To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook,
  • RESTORER
    One who, or that which, restores.
  • REANIMATE
    To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.
  • REVIVER
    One who, or that which, revives.
  • RETRIEVEMENT
    Retrieval.
  • RECOVEREE
    The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • RECRUIT
    recruiting, recruit, from recro, p.p. recr, to grow again) from an older recluter, properly, to patch, to mend ; pref. re- + 1. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh
  • IRRECOVERABLE
    Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
  • PRESUMEDLY
    By presumption.
  • ABREACTION
    See BELOW
  • FOREPOSSESSED
    1. Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
  • PRESUME
    1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true,
  • WIDAL'S TEST; WIDAL TEST; WIDAL'S REACTION; WIDAL REACTION
    A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli, causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.

 

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