Definition of returning

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Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retur.

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Routine :: Routine (n.) A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning..
Homing :: Homing (a.) Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains..
Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..
Regressive :: Regressive (a.) Passing back; returning.
Returning :: Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retur.
Church :: Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women..
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Rehibition :: Rehibition (n.) The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand..
Periodical :: Periodical (a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics..
Anniversary :: Anniversary (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast..
Regratiatory :: Regratiatory (n.) A returning or giving of thanks.
Revenge :: Revenge (n.) The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..
Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..
Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..
Gerlind :: Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..
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