- reimprison (v.)
[reimprison 词源字典] - also re-imprison, 1610s, from re- + imprison. Related: Re-imprisoned; re-imprisoning.[reimprison etymology, reimprison origin, 英语词源]
- Reims
- city in northeastern France, named for the Remi, a Gaulish people whose name is said to mean "dominant ones." The former French spelling was with an Rh-.
- rein (n.)
- c. 1300, "strap fastened to a bridle," from Old French rene, resne "reins, bridle strap, laces" (Modern French rêne), probably from Vulgar Latin *retina "a bond, check," back-formation from Latin retinere "hold back" (see retain). To give something free rein is originally of horses.
- rein (v.)
- c. 1300, from rein (n.). Figurative extension "put a check on" first recorded 1580s. Related: Reined; reining. To rein up "halt" (1550s) is from the way to make a horse stop by pulling up on the reins.
- reincarnate (v.)
- 1858, from re- + incarnate. Related: Reincarnated; reincarnating. As an adjective from 1882.
- reincarnation (n.)
- 1829, "fact of repeated incarnation," from re- "back, again" + incarnation. Meaning "a new embodiment" is from 1854.
- reindeer (n.)
- c. 1400, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hreindyri "reindeer," from dyr "animal" (see deer) + hreinn, by itself the usual name for the animal, from Proto-Germanic *khrinda- (cognates: Old English hran "reindeer;" German Renn "reindeer," which was altered by folk etymology influence of rennen "to run;" Swedish ren-ko "female reindeer," with ko "cow" (n.)).
Probably from PIE *krei-, from base *ker- (1) "horn, head," with derivatives referring to horned animals (both male and female reindeer have horns; those of the male are remarkable), and thus perhaps cognate with Greek krios "ram" (see kerato-). Older sources connect it to words in Lapp or Finnish. French renne, Spanish reno, Italian renna ultimately are from Germanic. - reinforce (v.)
- c. 1600, originally in military sense, from re- "again" + enforce (compare re-enforce). Related: Reinforced; reinforcing.
- reinforcement (n.)
- c. 1600, "act of reinforcing," from reinforce + -ment. Meaning "an augmentation, that which reinforces" is from 1650s. Related: Reinforcements.
- reins (n.)
- see rein (n.). Figurative sense "means of controlling; control, check, restraint" is from early 14c.
- reinstall (v.)
- also re-install, 1590s, from re- + install. Related: Re-installed; re-installing.
- reinstate (v.)
- 1590s, from re- + instate. Related: Reinstated; reinstating.
- reinstatement (n.)
- 1700, from reinstate + -ment. Reinstation is recorded from 1680s.
- reintegrate (v.)
- 1580s, from re- + integrate. Also in classically correct form redintegrate. Related: Reintegrated; reintegrating.
- reintegration (n.)
- c. 1600, from French réintegration (15c.) or directly from Medieval Latin reintegrationem; see reintegrate + -ion. Also in classically correct form redintegration.
- reintroduce (v.)
- 1660s, from re- + introduce. Related: Reintroduced; reintroducing.
- reintroduction (n.)
- 1660s, from re- + introduction.
- reinvent (v.)
- 1680s, from re- + invent. Related: Reinvented; reinventing. Phrase reinvent the wheel "do redundant work" attested by 1971.
- reinvention (n.)
- 1719, from re- + invention.
- reinvest (v.)
- 1610s, of money 1848, also re-invest, 1610s of vestments, etc.; 1848 of money; from re- + invest. Related: Reinvested; reinvesting.
