This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 77 of 105: from “reap” to “rejoice”.
- reap verb To deprive of the beard; to shave.
- reaper noun Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
- rear verb To lift and take up.
- reard noun A voice; a sound.
- reason verb To converse; to compare opinions.
- rebellow verb Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply.
- rebound tumbler noun Synonym of trampolinist.
- rebus verb To represent (a phrase or word) as a rebus.
- receipt noun The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
- recent adj Of the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.
- receptary adj Generally or popularly admitted or received.
- receptor noun One who receives something or someone; in particular, one who harbors a fugitive.
- recess adj Of a place or time: distant, remote.
- recheat verb To blow the recheat.
- reck verb To reckon, to consider, to regard (someone or something) as.
- reclaim noun The calling back of a hawk.
- reclude verb To open; to unblock.
- recluse verb To shut; to seclude.
- recoct verb To boil or cook again.
- recognize verb To review; to examine again.
- recoil verb To retire, withdraw.
- recollect verb To collect (things) together again.
- recommendative noun That which recommends; a recommendation.
- recompensation noun A plea in cases of debt collection whereby a plaintiff counters a defendant's claim of compensation as a reason for absolving the alleged…
- recondite verb To conceal, cover up, hide.
- reconditory noun A repository; a storehouse
- reconnoitre verb To recognise.
- recooper noun Recovery.
- record verb To repeat; to practice.
- recouch verb To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
- recourse verb To return; to recur.
- recourseful adj Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
- recover noun Recovery.
- recrayed adj Cowardly, recreant.
- recreative noun A recreative thing or activity.
- rectangled adj rectangular
- rectify verb To heal (an organ or part of the body).
- rectorship noun Government; guidance.
- recur verb Followed by into or to: to go to a place again; to return.
- recure verb To cure, heal.
- recusation noun A refusal.
- recusative adj Refusing; denying; rejecting of the norm.
- recuse verb To refuse (to do something).
- Red Chinese adj originating from the Communists of the Republic of China prior to the Chinese Civil War
- red precipitate noun mercuric oxide (HgO), a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air.
- red rag noun A person's tongue.
- redact verb To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
- redargue verb Often followed by for or of: to censure, to rebuke, to reprove (someone or something).
- redd verb To free from entanglement.
- redditive adj Restorative; relating to the process of restoring.
- redecraft noun The class of subjects for study that rely upon logic and reasoning, as opposed to experimentation and observation.
- redeliver verb To report; to deliver the answer of.
- redintegrate adj Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
- redintegration noun Restoration of a mixture to its former nature and state.
- redound verb To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).
- redpoll noun A redhead.
- redress verb To put upright again; to restore.
- redshank noun A bare-legged person; one of the Scottish Highlanders, who wore kilts.
- redub noun A remedy or improvement
- reduce verb To translate (a book, document, etc.).
- reduct verb To reduce.
- redwood noun Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
- ree verb To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
- reed noun A missile weapon.
- reeding noun Thatching.
- reel verb To roll.
- refective adj Refreshing; restoring.
- refell verb To refute.
- reference noun Appeal.
- referendary noun One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
- refined adj Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
- reflecting adj Insulting, disparaging.
- reflex verb To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
- reformist noun An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
- refret noun A refrain.
- refrigerant adj That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.
- refrigerate verb To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
- refuge verb To shelter; to protect.
- refund verb To supply (someone) again with funds.
- refuse verb To disown.
- refusion noun restoration
- regale verb To feast (on, with something).
- regalia noun Sumptuous food.
- regard verb To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
- regenerate adj Reproduced.
- regest noun A register.
- regiment noun The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
- region noun Place; rank; station; dignity.
- registrary noun A registrar.
- registrate adj registered, recorded
- regnant noun A sovereign or ruler.
- regrade verb To retire or recede.
- regreet noun A return or exchange of salutations.
- regret noun Dislike; aversion.
- reguerdon verb To recompense or reward.
- regular adj A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.
- regulars noun A thief's share in the stolen money or goods.
- reigle verb To regulate; to govern.
- reird noun Utterance, speech; an instance of this
- rejoice verb To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.