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return
(mass) | return
- vrátiť |
return
(encz) | return,navrácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,návrat |
return
(encz) | return,navrátit v: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,návratnost Mgr. Dita Gálová |
return
(encz) | return,obrat n: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,obrátit v: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,odveta n: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,odvětit v: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,vracet |
return
(encz) | return,vracet se |
return
(encz) | return,vrátit |
return
(encz) | return,vrátit se |
return
(encz) | return,výnos n: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,zpáteční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,zpáteční lístek Zdeněk Brož |
return
(encz) | return,zpětný chod Zdeněk Brož |
Return
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, v. t.
1. To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a
borrowed book, or a hired horse.
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Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye.
--Spenser.
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2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
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3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
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The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head. --1 Kings ii.
44.
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4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return
thanks.
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5. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
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If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me,
that I affect to be thought more impartial than I
am. --Dryden.
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6. To report, or bring back and make known.
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And all the people answered together, . . . and
Moses returned the words of the people unto the
Lord. --Ex. xix. 8.
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7. To render, as an account, usually an official account, to
a superior; to report officially by a list or statement;
as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to
return the result of an election.
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8. Hence, to elect according to the official report of the
election officers. [Eng.]
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9. To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with
a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
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10. To convey into official custody, or to a general
depository.
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Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return
the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use.
--Clarendon.
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11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
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12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's
partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a
club.
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To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led
by one's partner.
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Syn: To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit;
report.
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Re-turn
(gcide) | Re-turn \Re-turn"\, v. t. & i.
To turn again.
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Return
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner;
pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or
condition. "Return to your father's house." --Chaucer.
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On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.
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If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
state of freedom. --Locke.
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Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Gen. iii.
19.
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2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
or irregular; to appear again.
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With the year
Seasons return; but not me returns
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.
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3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
--Pope.
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4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
26.
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5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to
return to my story." --Fielding.
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Return
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as, the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
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At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx.
22.
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His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
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You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
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3. That which is returned. Specifically:
(a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
--Shak.
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(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
(c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
(d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
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4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
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5. (Law)
(a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
(c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
(d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. --Blackstone.
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6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as,
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
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Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
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return
(wn) | return
n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the
taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that
he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, {income
tax return}, return]
2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia
we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming]
3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
direction [syn: return, coming back]
4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration,
regaining]
5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on
their return to the base camp"
6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds,
yield, payoff]
7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return]
8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte,
replication, comeback, counter]
9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that
causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key,
return]
10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good
as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even]
11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other
player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a
kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as
Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance,
return]
v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one
has been before; "return to your native land"; "the
professor returned to his teaching position after serving
as Dean"
2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return]
3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, {turn
back}]
4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back,
recall]
5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, {take
back}, bring back]
6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
7: make a return; "return a kickback"
8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return,
riposte, rejoin]
9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back,
return]
10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund,
return, repay, give back]
11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
12: elect again [syn: reelect, return]
13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point
returned to the interior of the figure"
15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render,
yield, return, give, generate]
16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
bill to a legislative body" |
RETURN
(bouvier) | RETURN, contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted
from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of
other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning.
As to what shall be considered a return, see 14 Mass. 203; 1 Gall. 342; 3
Johns. 263; 3 Wils. 145; 2 Bl. Rep. 723; 3 Littell's Rep. 48; 1 Harr. &
Johns. 89, 350; 17 Mass. 180.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
return
(mass) | return
- vrátiť |
carriage return
(encz) | carriage return,nový řádek n: [it.] PetrV |
constant return
(encz) | constant return, |
constant returns to scale
(encz) | constant returns to scale,konstantní výnosy z rozsahu [ekon.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
day return
(encz) | day return, n: |
diminishing returns
(encz) | diminishing returns, |
estimated tax return
(encz) | estimated tax return, n: |
exponential return
(encz) | exponential return, n: |
false return
(encz) | false return, n: |
in return
(encz) | in return, adv: |
income tax return
(encz) | income tax return, n: |
increasing marginal return
(encz) | increasing marginal return, |
information return
(encz) | information return, n: |
internal rate of return
(encz) | internal rate of return, |
joint return
(encz) | joint return, n: |
law of diminishing returns
(encz) | law of diminishing returns,zákon klesajících výnosů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
non-returnable
(encz) | non-returnable,nevratný Martin Dvořák |
nonreturnable
(encz) | nonreturnable,nenávratný nonreturnable,nevratný |
normalized internal rate of return
(encz) | normalized internal rate of return,normalizovaná vnitřní míra
výnosnosti [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
point of no return
(encz) | point of no return,okamžik od kterého se nelze vrátit Milan Svoboda |
private rate of return
(encz) | private rate of return, |
rate of return
(encz) | rate of return,míra výnosnosti [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačrate of return,výnosová míra Mgr. Dita Gálová |
rate-of-return regulation
(encz) | rate-of-return regulation,regulace podle míry výnosnosti [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
return
(encz) | return,navrácení n: Zdeněk Brožreturn,návrat return,navrátit v: Zdeněk Brožreturn,návratnost Mgr. Dita Gálováreturn,obrat n: Zdeněk Brožreturn,obrátit v: Zdeněk Brožreturn,odveta n: Zdeněk Brožreturn,odvětit v: Zdeněk Brožreturn,vracet return,vracet se return,vrátit return,vrátit se return,výnos n: Zdeněk Brožreturn,zpáteční adj: Zdeněk Brožreturn,zpáteční lístek Zdeněk Brožreturn,zpětný chod Zdeněk Brož |
return address
(encz) | return address, n: |
return key
(encz) | Return key,klávesa Return [it.] |
return of flight capital
(encz) | return of flight capital, |
return of investment
(encz) | return of investment, |
return on capital employed
(encz) | return on capital employed, |
return on capital invested
(encz) | return on capital invested, |
return on investment
(encz) | return on investment, |
return on investments
(encz) | return on investments,návratnost investic n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
return ticket
(encz) | return ticket,zpáteční lístek |
return to scale
(encz) | return to scale,výnos z rozsahu n: Mgr. Dita Gálová |
returnable
(encz) | returnable,návratný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
returned
(encz) | returned,vrácený adj: Zdeněk Brožreturned,vrátil v: Zdeněk Brož |
returned exports and imports
(encz) | returned exports and imports, |
returnee
(encz) | returnee,navrátilec n: Zdeněk Brož |
returner
(encz) | returner,vracející se osoba n: Zdeněk Brožreturner,žena po mateřské Zdeněk Brož |
returning
(encz) | returning,vrácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
returning officer
(encz) | returning officer, n: |
returns
(encz) | returns,návraty n: pl. Zdeněk Brožreturns,vrací se Zdeněk Brož |
returns to scale
(encz) | returns to scale, |
sale or return
(encz) | sale or return,komisní prodej [fráz.] Pino |
social rate of return
(encz) | social rate of return, |
tax return
(encz) | tax return,daňové přiznání Nijel |
the point of no return
(encz) | the point of no return, |
klávesa return
(czen) | klávesa Return,Return key[it.] |
return of the king (a tolkien work)
(czen) | Return of the King (a Tolkien work),RotK[zkr.] |
ampere-turn
(gcide) | ampere-turn \ampere-turn\, Ampere turn \Amp[`e]re turn\ (Elec.)
A unit of magnetomotive force equal to the product of one
complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one
amp[`e]re of current; thus, a conductor having five
convolutions and carrying a current of half an amp[`e]re is
said to have 21/2 amp[`e]re turns. The magnetizing effect of
a coil is proportional to the number of its amp[`e]re turns.
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False return
(gcide) | False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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Irreturnable
(gcide) | Irreturnable \Ir`re*turn"a*ble\, a.
Not to be returned.
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nonreturnable
(gcide) | nonreturnable \nonreturnable\ adj.
That may not be returned for a refund; -- of purchased goods,
or containers for purchased items; as, nonreturnable bottles.
Opposite of returnable.
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Re-turn
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, v. t.
1. To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a
borrowed book, or a hired horse.
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Both fled attonce, ne ever back returned eye.
--Spenser.
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2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
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3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
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The Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head. --1 Kings ii.
44.
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4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return
thanks.
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5. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
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If you are a malicious reader, you return upon me,
that I affect to be thought more impartial than I
am. --Dryden.
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6. To report, or bring back and make known.
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And all the people answered together, . . . and
Moses returned the words of the people unto the
Lord. --Ex. xix. 8.
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7. To render, as an account, usually an official account, to
a superior; to report officially by a list or statement;
as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to
return the result of an election.
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8. Hence, to elect according to the official report of the
election officers. [Eng.]
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9. To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with
a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
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10. To convey into official custody, or to a general
depository.
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Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and return
the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use.
--Clarendon.
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11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
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12. (Card Playing) To lead in response to the lead of one's
partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a
club.
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To return a lead (Card Playing), to lead the same suit led
by one's partner.
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Syn: To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render; remit;
report.
[1913 Webster]Re-turn \Re-turn"\, v. t. & i.
To turn again.
[1913 Webster]Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Returned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Returning.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner;
pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or
condition. "Return to your father's house." --Chaucer.
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On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.
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If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
state of freedom. --Locke.
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Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
--Gen. iii.
19.
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2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
or irregular; to appear again.
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With the year
Seasons return; but not me returns
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.
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3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
--Pope.
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4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
26.
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5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. "But to
return to my story." --Fielding.
[1913 Webster]Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as, the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
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At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx.
22.
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His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
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You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
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3. That which is returned. Specifically:
(a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
--Shak.
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(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
(c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
(d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
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4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
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5. (Law)
(a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
(c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
(d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. --Blackstone.
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6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as,
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
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Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
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Return ball
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as, the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
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At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx.
22.
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His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
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You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
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3. That which is returned. Specifically:
(a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
--Shak.
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(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
(c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
(d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
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4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
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5. (Law)
(a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
(c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
(d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. --Blackstone.
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6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as,
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
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Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
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Return bend
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as, the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
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At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx.
22.
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His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
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You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
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3. That which is returned. Specifically:
(a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
--Shak.
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(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
(c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
(d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
[1913 Webster]
The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
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5. (Law)
(a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
(c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
(d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. --Blackstone.
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6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as,
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
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Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
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Return crease
(gcide) | Crease \Crease\, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness,
krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh.
of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to
wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,
crease.]
1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable
substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
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2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of
the bowler and the striker.
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3. (Lacrosse) The combination of four lines forming a
rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space
itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless
the ball is there; -- called also goal crease.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four
inches on each side of the central strings at right angles
to the line between the wickets.
Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the
bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward
the bowler.
Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the
wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. --J. H. Walsh
(Encyc. of Rural Sports).
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Return day
(gcide) | Return \Re*turn"\, n.
1. The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the
same place or condition; as, the return of one long
absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons,
or of an anniversary.
[1913 Webster]
At the return of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee. --1 Kings xx.
22.
[1913 Webster]
His personal return was most required and necessary.
--Shak.
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2. The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the
same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital;
retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a
book or money; a good return in tennis.
[1913 Webster]
You made my liberty your late request:
Is no return due from a grateful breast? --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. That which is returned. Specifically:
(a) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
[1913 Webster]
I do expect return
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
(b) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
(c) An account, or formal report, of an action performed,
of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the
like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of
goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a
set of tabulated statistics prepared for general
information.
(d) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or
an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
[1913 Webster]
The fruit from many days of recreation is very
little; but from these few hours we spend in
prayer, the return is great. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Arch.) The continuation in a different direction, most
often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building,
or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade
of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet
north and south.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Law)
(a) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or
execution, to the proper officer or court.
(b) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done
in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the
document.
(c) The sending back of a commission with the certificate
of the commissioners.
(d) A day in bank. See Return day, below. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Mil. & Naval) An official account, report, or statement,
rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as,
the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number
of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
[1913 Webster]
7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench
or mine.
[1913 Webster]
Return ball, a ball held by an elastic string so that it
returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.
Return bend, a pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous
ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one
above another.
Return day (Law), the day when the defendant is to appear
in court, and the sheriff is to return the writ and his
proceedings.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame
or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.
Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back
toward the boiler.
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