Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club..

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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..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return; to come back.
Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Volley :: Volley (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
Rotation :: Rotation (n.) Any return or succesion in a series.
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return..
Statutable :: Status quo () The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war..
Regular :: Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits..
Jugular :: "Jugular (a.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein..
Reward :: Reward (v. t.) To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate..
Redeliver :: Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election..
Give :: Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow..
Return :: Return (n.) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
Revertive :: Revertive (a.) Reverting, or tending to revert; returning..
Revibrate :: Revibrate (v. i.) To vibrate back or in return.
Doctor :: Doctor (v. t.) To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky..
Returnless :: Returnless (a.) Admitting no return.
Essoign :: Essoign (n.) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
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