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redi vi vus [L], restored to life; resuscitated; renewed.
redolet lucerna (or lucernam) [L], it smells of the lamp: said of any
labored literary work. Cf. OLET LUCERNAM.
reductio ad absurdum [L], reduction to absurdity; proof of the falsity
of a conclusion or principle by reducing it to its logical absurdity.
reductio ad impossibile [L], reduction to impossibility; an impossible
conclusion.
réduit [Fr], an interior stronghold or retreat within a fortification.
refait [Fr], drawn game.
reflet [Fr], reflection; luster; ceramics, brilliancy of surface; special glaze.
—reflet métallique, metallic luster. —reflet nacré, iridescent luster,
like that of mother-of-pearl.
regarder de haut en bas [Fr], lit., to look at from top to bottom (or
from head to foot); regard scornfully.
regard farouche [Fr], fierce look.
regards distraits [Fr], vacant looks.
Regenmantel [Ger], raincoat.
régie [Fr], administration of taxes and public works; excise office; in
France and some other European states, the department having sole
control of tobacco, salt, and other government monopolies.
Regierung [Ger], government; administration; executive power.
Regina Caeli [L], Queen of Heaven; The Virgin Mary.
regium donum [L], a royal gift (or grant).
règlement [Fr], a regulation; rule.
regnant populi [L], the people rule: motto of Arkansas.
Reich [Ger; pi. Reiche], empire; realm; esp., the former German Empire
and, from 1918 until after World War II, the German Republic
(Deutsches Reich).
Reichsbank [Ger], formerly the central banking institution of Germany.
Reichsmark [Ger], monetary unit of Germany from 1925 to 1948.
Reichsrat [Ger], formerly, the upper house of the German parliament;
state council.
Reichstag [Ger], imperial parliament; prior to 1918, the lower house
of the German legislature; under the Republic, the national diet, or
House of Representatives.
Reichswehr [Ger], the German armed forces, 1919 to 1933.
Reifeprüfung [Ger], examination for leaving-certificates; in German
first-class secondary boys' schools, a leaving examination entitling the
successful candidate to enter any German university without taking
any further test or matriculation.
reine-claude [Fr; pl. reines-claude], greengage plum.
re infecta [L], the business being unfinished.
relâche [Fr], intermission; relaxation; discontinuance; theat., no performance;
closed.
relata refero [L], I tell the tale as it was told to me.