||Re"di*a (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. Rediæ (-), E. Redias (-&?;z). [NL.; of ||uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is ||prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual ||generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another ||generation of rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called ||also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Re"di*ent (r?"d?-ent), a. [L. rediens, p. pr. of redire to return; pref. red- + ire to go.] Returning. [R.]
Re`di*gest" (r?`d?*j?st"), v. t. To digest, or reduce to form, a second time. Kent.
Re`di*min"ish (-m?n"?sh), v. t. To diminish again.
Red"in*gote (rd"n*gt), n. [F., corrupted from E. riding coat.] A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Re*din"te*grate (r?*d?n"t?*gr?t), a. [L. redintegratus, p. p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer.] Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon.
Re*din"te*grate (-gr?t), v. t. To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.
The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again?
Coleridge.
Re*din`te*gra"tion (-gr?"sh?n), n. [L. redintegratio.] 1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.
2. (Chem.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.
3. (Psychology) The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
Re`di*rect" (r?`d?*r?kt"), a. (Law) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Re`dis*burse" (r?`d?s*b?rs"), v. t. To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. Spenser.
Re`dis*cov"er (-k?v"?r), v. t. To discover again.
Re`dis*pose" (-p?z"), v. t. To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. A. Baxter.
Re`dis*seize" (-s?z"), v. t. (Law) To disseize anew, or a second time. [Written also redisseise.]
Re`dis*sei"zin (-s?"z?n), n. (Law) A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone.
Re`dis*sei"zor (-z?r), n. (Law) One who redisseizes.
Re`dis*solve" (r?`d?z*z?lv"), v. t. To dissolve again.
Re`dis*till" (r?`d?s*t?l"), v. t. To distill again.
Re`dis*train"er (-tr?n"?r), n. One who distrains again.
Re`dis*trib"ute (-tr?b"?t), v. t. To distribute again.
-- Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (-tr&?;*b&?;"sh&?;n), n.
Re*dis"trict (-tr?kt), v. t. To divide into new districts.
Re*di"tion (r?*d?sh"?n), n. [L. reditio, fr. redire. See Redient.] Act of returning; return. [Obs.] Chapman.
Re`di*vide" (r?`d?*v?d"), v. t. To divide anew.
{ Red"leg` (r?d"l?g`), Red`legs` (-l?gz`), } n. (Zoöl.) (a) The redshank. (b) The turnstone.
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