Definition of return

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Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.

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Ritualism :: Ritualism (n.) Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices o
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Vail :: Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
Volley :: Volley (v. i.) To return the ball before it touches the ground.
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants..
Torsion :: Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility..
Reviving :: Reviving (a. & n.) Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
Abjuration :: Abjuration (n.) The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return..
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..
Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb..
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Recurrency :: Recurrency (n.) The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse..
Render :: Render (n.) A return; a payment of rent.
Reverse :: Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.
Quartan :: Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days..
Essoign :: Essoign (n.) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.
Quintan :: Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days..
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below..
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