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receptaculum
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
receptiō
The act of receiving.
recessus
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
recidīvus
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
recipero
To cause (a person or animal) to recover from a faint; to cause (a person or animal) to return to a state of consciousness.
recipio
(transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
reciprocatio
A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
reciprocus
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
recitātiō
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
recitō
(transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
reclāmō
(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
reclīnō
(transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.
recōgitō
(ambitransitive) To consider a matter again.
recōgnōscō
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
reconcinnō
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
reconditus
Of unknown origin.
reconflō
(transitive) To kindle again.
recordābilis
Very difficult or impossible to forget.
recordatio
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
recordatus
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
recordor
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
recreari
To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
recreō
(transitive) To produce again; to recreate.
rēctā
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
rēctagōnum
(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
rēctangulum
(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
rectangulum oblongum
Something with an oblong shape.
rectangulus
Having a shape like a rectangle.
rectē
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
rectiangulus
Having a shape like a rectangle.
rector
(generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]
rēctus
Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
recurro
(intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
recūsō
(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
redarguō
(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
reddō
(archaic) To recede; to retreat.
redemptiō
(religion) Salvation from sin.
Redemptor
honorific title for Jesus Christ
redemptura
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
redeo
(intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
redhibeō
(transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
redimō
To purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed, or given away).
reditus
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
redivīvus
(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
redūcō
To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
reductiō
The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.
reductor
Something or someone that restores.
reductus
At a distance; disconnected.
refectus
Repaired.
refellō
(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
referō
(transitive) To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.
refertus
(colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.
reficiō
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
refingō
(transitive) To fashion again or anew.
reflexim
(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.
refluus
Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
refōrmātiō
(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.
reformō
mold again, apply a new mold to
refrāgor
To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
refrēnō
(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
refugio
(transitive) To escape from.
refugus
(attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]
refulgentia
the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
refūtātiō
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
refūtō
(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
regalis
Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king.
rēgia
A large and lavishly ornate residence.
regimen
The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
regimentum
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]
Regimundus
A en given name.
regina
(formal) A title of respect used when referring to a queen.
regio
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
regius
Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king.
rēgnō
(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
regnosco
(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
rēgnum
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
regō
(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
regredior
(intransitive) To withdraw military forces.
rēgula
A regulation, law, guideline.
regulus
The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]
Regum
One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
reiciō
(transitive) To reject, turn down.
reiectiō
The act of rejecting.
reinitializare
(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.
reinitiare
(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.
reiuvenatio
The process of rendering young again.
reiuvenescentia
The process of rendering young again.
rejiciō
(transitive) To throw away, to reject.
relātīvus
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
relātor
A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
relātus
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
relaxātiō
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
relego
(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
relevium
A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.
relictus
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
religiō
(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.
religio islamica
A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.
religio pantheia
(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
religiōsus
Belonging or pertaining to a religious order or religious congregation.
relinquō
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
relinquor
(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
reliqua
The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
reliquiae
The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
reliquum
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
reliquum sum
(transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
reliquus
Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.
reliquus sum
(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
remaneo
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
remedium
A method, device or medication that restores good health.
remeo
(intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
Remi
A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.
remigare
(transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
rēmigō
(transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
reminiscor
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
remisceō
(transitive) To mix (things) together.
remissio
The action of forgiving.
remissus
(of a person) Calm, relaxed, casual and informal.
remittor
(obsolete) to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep
remoneō
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
remotio
The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
remōtus
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
removeō
(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.
Remus
(Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus.
rēn
An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
renarrō
To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.
Renartus
(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.
renīdens
Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
renītor
(intransitive) To defend oneself by fighting.
renovātiō
The act of renewing.
renovo
(transitive) To renew; to revamp something to make it look new again.
rentur
After which, in consequence.
renuntio
(transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
reor
(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
reparābilis
Capable of being fixed, repairable.
repausō
(also, figurative) To lean or recline, sit down, or lie down to rest; to rest.
repellō
(idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
repens
Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
repenso
(transitive) To be profitable for.
repente
Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
repentinus
Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
repercussio
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
reperiō
(transitive, now, rare) To expose, uncover.
repertor
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
repertorium
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600]
repertum
Something discovered.
repete
Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
repetītiō
The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
repetō
To begin again.
repetundae
The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
repleō
To fill up once again.

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