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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"


REA'SON, _s._ the power by which man deduces one proposition from
another; cause; ground or principle; motive; moderation
REASONABLENESS, _s._ the faculty of reason
REASONING, _s._ an argument
REBE'LLION, _s._ insurrection against lawful authority
RECE'DE, _v.n._ fall back; retreat; desist
RECEI'VE, _v.a._ obtain; admit; entertain as a guest
RE'CENT, _a._ new; late; fresh
RECE'PTACLE, _s._ a vessel or place into which anything is received
RECOGNITION, _s._ review; renovation of knowledge; acknowledgment;
memorial
RECOLLE'CTION, _s._ recovery of notion; revival in the memory
RECOMME'ND, _v.a._ make acceptable; praise another; commit with prayers
RECOMMENDA'TION, _s._ the act of recommending; that which secures to one
a kind reception from another
RE'COMPENSE, _s._ reward; compensation
RECOMPENSE, _v.a._ repay; reward; redeem
RE'CORD, _s._ register; authentic memorial
RECREA'TION, _s._ relief after toil or pain; amusement; diversion
RE'CTIFY, _v.a._ to make right
RE'CTITUDE, _s._ straightness; rightness; uprightness
REDE'MPTION, _s._ ransom; relief; purchase of God's favour by the death
of Christ
REDU'CE, _v.a._ bring back; subdue; degrade
REFLECTION, _s.


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