n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Creed. ] The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Foredeem. ] To doom beforehand; to predestinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Doom or sentence decreed in advance. “A dread foredoom ringing in the ears of the guilty adult.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prédominance. ] 1. The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The predominance of conscience over interest. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Predominance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. prédominant. See Predominante. ] Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul subordination is predominant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling; reigning; controlling; overruling. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a predominant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Predominated p. pr. & vb. n. Predominating. ] [ Pref. pre- + dominate: cf. F. prédominer. ] To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Certain ] rays may predominate over the rest. Sir. I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rule over; to overpower. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prédomination. ] The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To foredoom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See Odor. ] Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. “Honey redolent of spring.” Dryden. -- Red"o*lent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. Gray. [1913 Webster]

v. i. To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + double: cf. F. redoubler. Cf. Reduplicate. ] To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply. [ 1913 Webster ]

So they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus. See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, Réduit, Ridotto. ] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [ Written also redout. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt. ] To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable. ] Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [ Written also redoutable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formidable; dread. “Some redoubted knight.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reverence; honor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding. ] [ F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant. ] 1. To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evil, soon
Driven back, redounded as a flood on those
From whom it sprung. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow. [ 1913 Webster ]

For every dram of honey therein found,
A pound of gall doth over it redound. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital. [ 1913 Webster ]

We give you welcome; not without redound
Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rebound; reverberation. [ R. ] Codrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. Bohemian. ] A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal. ] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [ Also spelt reredosse. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siren. ] (Zool.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Teredos L. Teredines [ L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. &unr_;, L. terere to rub. ] (Zool.) A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. See Shipworm. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a blast, blight, a burning itch, fr. urere to burn, to scorch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (order Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Nettle rash. See Urticaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales, Heterœcious, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h&unr_;rd&unr_;mr. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]