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Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..

Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..

Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..

Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..

Orientation :: Orientation (n.) Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

Nabob :: Nabob (n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth..

Mutuary :: Mutuary (n.) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind..

Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business..

Sublimate :: Sublimate (v. t.) To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor..

Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..

Repay :: Repay (v. t.) To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury..

Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Retroactive :: Retroactive (a.) Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

Relove :: Relove (v. t.) To love in return.

Vail :: Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..

Logrolling :: Logrolling (n.) Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.

Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat..

Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..

Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil..

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