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razzia [razzia 词源字典]: "A hostile raid for purposes of conquest, plunder, and capture of slaves, especially one carried out by Moors in North Africa", Mid 19th century: via French from Algerian Arabic ġāziya 'raid'.[razzia etymology, razzia origin, 英语词源]
retiform: "Net-like", Late 17th century: from Latin rete 'net' + -iform.
rubiginous: "Rust-coloured", Late 17th century: from Latin rubigo, rubigin- 'rust' + -ous.
revet: "Face (a rampart, wall, etc.) with masonry, especially in fortification", Early 19th century: from French revêtir, from late Latin revestire, from re- 'again' + vestire 'clothe' (from vestis 'clothing').
renderable: "Capable of being rendered", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Randle Cotgrave (fl. 1587–?1630), lexicographer. From render + -able.
roisteringly: "In a roistering manner; boisterously, noisily", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Giovanni Torriano (fl. 1640). From roistering + -ly.
robotesque: "Resembling or suggestive of a robot", 1920s; earliest use found in The Daily Express.
risorius: "More fully risorius muscle. A flat muscle originating from the fascia of the masseter muscle and inserting into the corner of the mouth, which it draws laterally, as in smiling", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From post-classical Latin risorius from post-classical Latin risorius ridiculous, laughing from classical Latin rīsor laugher (from rīs-, past participial stem of rīdēre to laugh + -or) + -ius, suffix forming adjectives.
rejuvenesce: "To become young again. Formerly also specifically of a living cell: †to undergo a reversal of senescence ( obsolete rare )", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Family Magazine. From post-classical Latin rejuvenescere to become young again from classical Latin re- + iuvenis young + -ēscere.
redintegrate: "Restore (something) to a state of wholeness, unity, or perfection", Late Middle English: from Latin redintegrat- 'made whole', from the verb redintegrare, from re(d)- 'again' + integrare 'restore'.
rememberable: "Able to be or deserving of being remembered, memorable", Late Middle English. From remember + -able, probably after Anglo-Norman and Middle French remembrable.
recommand: "To command again", Early 16th cent.; earliest use found in Stephen Hawes (b. c1474), poet. From re- + command.
racemization: "Conversion of an optically active substance into a racemic (and so optically inactive) form", Late 19th cent. From racem- + -ization. Compare French racémisation.
rectangulate (1): "Rectangular in shape; right-angled, square-cornered", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in James Dana (1813–1895), geologist, zoologist, and teacher. From post-classical Latin rectangulum rectangle + -ate. Compare scientific Latin rectangulata.
rectangulate (2): "To place at right angles; to divide into rectangles; to give a rectangular form to; to arrange or set out in a rectangular form", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Phillips. From post-classical Latin rectangulum rectangle + -ate.
restauranteur: "A person who owns and manages a restaurant; a restaurateur", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), prime minister and novelist. Alteration of restaurateur, after restaurant.
rimose: "Now especially of a fungus or lichen: cracked, fissured", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Elisha Coles. From classical Latin rīmōsus full of cracks, fissured from rīma cleft, crack, fissure + -ōsus.
ramiform: "Having a branched structure; branched, branching", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Augustus Granville (1783–1872), physician and Italian patriot. From post-classical Latin ramiformis from classical Latin rāmus branch + -formis.
radicate (1): " Botany . Having or growing from a root, especially as opposed to a rhizome; (of a fungus) having rootlike outgrowths at the base of the stipe", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From classical Latin rādīcātus, past participle of rādīcārī radicate.
radicate (2): "To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly (in something). Chiefly figurative", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Elyot (c1490–1546), humanist and diplomat. From classical Latin rādīcāt-, past participial stem of rādīcārī to take root, in post-classical Latin also radicare to take root (Vetus Latina), to cause to take root, establish (Vulgate) from rādīc-, rādīx.