Syn. — Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.
Research
(Re*search"), v. t. [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.] To search or
examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
Researcher
(Re*search"er) n. One who researches.
Researchful
(Re*search"ful) a. Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] Coleridge.
Reseat
(Re*seat") v. t.
1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc. Dryden.
2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.
Resect
(Re*sect") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resected;p. pr. & vb. n. Resecting.] [L. resectus, p. p. of
resecare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut.] To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
Resection
(Re*sec"tion) n. [L. resectio: cf. F. résection.]
1. The act of cutting or paring off. Cotgrave.
2. (Surg.) The removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation.
Reseda
(Re*se"da) n. [L. , a kind of plant.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
Reseek
(Re*seek") v. t. To seek again. J. Barlow.
Reseize
(Re*seize") v. t. [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.]
1. To seize again, or a second time.
2. To put in possession again; to reinstate.
And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again.
Spenser. 3. (Law) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.
The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his
custody till the arrival of the justices of assize.
Blackstone. Reseizer
(Re*seiz"er) n.
1. One who seizes again.
2. (Eng. Law) The taking of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main,
was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.
Reseizure
(Re*sei"zure) n. A second seizure; the act of seizing again. Bacon.
Resell
(Re*sell") v. t. To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.
Resemblable
(Re*sem"bla*ble) a. [See Resemble.] Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.
