| Rest |
v. t. |
To arrest. |
| Rest |
n. |
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. |
| Rest |
n. |
Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security. |
| Rest |
n. |
Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. |
| Rest |
n. |
That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work. |
| Rest |
n. |
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance. |
| Rest |
n. |
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. |
| Rest |
n. |
A short pause in reading verse; a c/sura. |
| Rest |
n. |
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. |
| Rest |
n. |
A set or game at tennis. |
| Rest |
n. |
Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc. |
| Rest |
n. |
To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. |
| Rest |
n. |
To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. |
| Rest |
n. |
To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. |
| Rest |
n. |
To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. |
| Rest |
n. |
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. |
| Rest |
n. |
To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. |
| Rest |
n. |
To be satisfied; to acquiesce. |
| Rest |
v. t. |
To lay or place at rest; to quiet. |
| Rest |
v. t. |
To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. |
| Rest |
n. |
That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue. |
| Rest |
n. |
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others. |
| Rest |
n. |
A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities. |
| Rest |
v. i. |
To be left; to remain; to continue to be. |
| Rest cure |
|
Treatment of severe nervous disorder, as neurasthenia, by rest and isolation with systematic feeding and the use of massage and electricity. |
| Rest-harrow |
n. |
A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots. |
| Restagnant |
a. |
Stagnant; motionless. |
| Restagnate |
v. i. |
To stagnate; to cease to flow. |
| Restagnation |
n. |
Stagnation. |
| Restant |
a. |
Persistent. |
| Restate |
v. t. |
To state anew. |
| Restaurant |
n. |
An eating house. |
| Restaurate |
v. t. |
To restore. |
| Restaurateur |
n. |
The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant. |
| Restauration |
n. |
Restoration. |
| Rested |
imp. & p. p. |
of Rest |
| Restem |
v. t. |
To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course. |
| Restem |
v. t. |
To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current. |
| Restful |
a. |
Being at rest; quiet. |
| Restful |
a. |
Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc. |
| Restiff |
a. |
Restive. |
| Restiff |
n. |
A restive or stubborn horse. |
| Restiffness |
n. |
Restiveness. |
| Restiform |
a. |
Formed like a rope;
applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata. |
| Restily |
adv. |
In a resty manner. |
| Restinction |
n. |
Act of quenching or extingishing. |
| Restiness |
n. |
The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. |
| Resting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Rest |
| Resting |
|
a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i. |
| Restinguish |
v. t. |
To quench or extinguish. |
| Restitute |
v. t. |
To restore to a former state. |
| Restitute |
n. |
That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. |
| Restitution |
v. |
The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. |
| Restitution |
v. |
That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation. |
| Restitution |
v. |
The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. |
| Restitution |
v. |
The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor. |
| Restitutor |
n. |
One who makes restitution. |
| Restive |
a. |
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. |
| Restive |
a. |
Inactive; sluggish. |
| Restive |
a. |
Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory. |
| Restive |
a. |
Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about;
applied especially to horses. |
| Restless |
a. |
Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. |
| Restless |
a. |
Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. |
| Restless |
a. |
Deprived of rest or sleep. |
| Restless |
a. |
Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. |
| Restless |
a. |
Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. |
| Restorable |
a. |
Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. |
| Restoral |
n. |
Restoration. |
| Restoration |
n. |
The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. |
| Restoration |
n. |
The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness. |
| Restoration |
n. |
That which is restored or renewed. |
| Restorationer |
n. |
A Restorationist. |
| Restorationism |
n. |
The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists. |
| Restorationist |
n. |
One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist. |
| Restorative |
a. |
Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore. |
| Restorative |
n. |
Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine. |
| Restoratively |
adv. |
In a restorative manner. |
| Restorator |
n. |
A restaurateur. |
| Restoratory |
a. |
Restorative. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
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. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To give in place of, or as satisfaction for. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To make good; to make amends for. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc. |
| Restore |
v. t. |
To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like. |
| Restore |
n. |
Restoration. |
| Restored |
imp. & p. p. |
of Restore |
| Restorement |
n. |
Restoration. |
| Restorer |
n. |
One who, or that which, restores. |
| Restoring |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Restore |
| Restrain |
v. t. |
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. |
| Restrain |
v. t. |
To draw back toghtly, as a rein. |
| Restrain |
v. t. |
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. |
| Restrain |
v. t. |
To limit; to confine; to restrict. |
| Restrain |
v. t. |
To withhold; to forbear. |
| Restrainable |
a. |
Capable of being restrained; controllable. |
| Restrained |
imp. & p. p. |
of Restrain |
| Restrainedly |
adv. |
With restraint. |
| Restrainer |
n. |
One who, or that which, restrains. |
