| regainer | An appliance used in an attempt to regain space in the dental arches. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| regard | 1. A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze. "But her, with stern regard, he thus repelled." (Milton) 2. Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice. "Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard." (Shak) 3. That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; often in the plural. "He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable regards." (A. Smith) "Save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than those marks of childish preference." (Hawthorne) 4. State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account. "A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power." (Spenser) 5. Consideration; thought; reflection; heed. "Sad pause and deep regard become the sage." (Shak) 6. Matter for conssideration; account; condition. "Reason full of good regard." 7. Respect; relation; reference. "Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with regard to themselves; in justice and goodness with regard to their neighbors; and piefy toward God." (I. Watts) The phrase in regard of was formerly used as equivalent in meaning to on account of, but in modern usage is often improperly substituted for in respect to, or in regard to. "Change was thought necessary in regard of the injury the church did receive by a number of things then in use." (Hooker) "In regard of its security, it had a great advantage over the bandboxes." (Dickens) 8. Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. "Throw out our eyes for brave Othello, Even till we make the main and the aerial blue An indistinct regard." (Shak) 9. Supervision; inspection. at regard of, in consideration of; in comparison with. "Bodily penance is but short and little at regard of the pains of hell." . Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; called also survey of dogs. Synonym: Respect, consideration, notice, observance, heed, care, concern, estimation, esteem, attachment, reverence. Origin: F. Regard See Regard. 1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. "Your niece regards me with an eye of favor." (Shak) 2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. "It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland." (Sandys) "That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the assent of a hill, flanked with wood and regarding the river." (Evelyn) 3. To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly. "If much you note him, You offened him; . . . Feed, and regard him not." (Shak) 4. To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy. 5. To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike. "His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness." (Macaulay) 6. To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem. "He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd." (Rom. Xiv. 6) "Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king." (Shak) 7. To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition. "Nether regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father." 8. To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that. Synonym: To consider, observe, remark, heed, mind, respect, esteem, estimate, value. See Attend. Origin: F. Regarder; pref. Re- re + garder to guard, heed, keep. See Guard, and cf. Reward. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regardful | Heedful; attentive; observant. Regard"fully, "Let a man be very tender and regardful of every pious motion made by the Spirit of God to his heart." (South) Synonym: Mindful, heedful, attentive, observant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Regaud | Claude, French radiologist, 1870-1940. See: Regaud's fixative, residual body of Regaud. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Regaud's fixative | A fixative containing formaldehyde and sodium dichromate, used to preserve mitochondria but not fat; requires afterchroming and extensive washing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regel | <astronomy> See Rigel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regelate | <physics> To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regelation | <physics> The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice. Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32 Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is called regelation. Origin: Pref. Re- + L. Gelatio a freezing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regenerate | 1. Reproduced. "The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up." (Shak) 2. Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state. Origin: L. Regeneratus, p. P. Of regenerare to regenerate; pref. Re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate. 1. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to. "Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads." (Blackmore) 2. To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of. 3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regeneration | The natural renewal of a structure, as of a lost tissue or part. Origin: L. Generare = to produce, bring to life (18 Nov 1997) |
| regeneration harvest | A timber harvest method that removes selected trees in the existing stand to a density that allows for the establishment of a new even-aged stand below. (05 Dec 1998) |
| regeneration with reserves | Similar to a regeneration harvest, except that a number of green trees are left standing to meet other resource needs such as wildlife habitat. The number of trees left is usually specified as a certain number of trees per acre. (05 Dec 1998) |
| regenerative | Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. <chemistry> Regenerative furnace, a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| regenerative polyp | A hyperplastic polyp of the gastric mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regenerator | 1. One who, or that which, regenerates. 2. <mechanics> A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc, in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc, which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |