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reuptake (n.)[reuptake 词源字典]: also re-uptake, by 1977; see re- + uptake (n.).[reuptake etymology, reuptake origin, 英语词源]
reusable (adj.): 1922, from re- "back, again" + usable. Non-reusable is attested from 1905.
reuse (v.): also re-use, 1843, from re- + use (v.). Related: Reused; reusing.
reuse (n.): 1850, from re- + use (n.).
Reuters (n.): news service begun in London 1851 by Baron Paul Julius von Reuter (1816-1899), founder of a telegraph office and pigeon post bureau in Aachen in 1849.
rev (v.): 1916, from earlier noun (1901), shortening of revolution, in reference to the internal combustion engine. Related: Revved; revving.
revaluate (v.): 1949, back-formation from revaluation.
revaluation (n.): 1610s; see re- + valuation.
revalue (v.): 1590s, from re- + value (v.). Related: Revalued; revaluing.
revamp (v.): 1850, from re- "again" + vamp (v.) "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe." An earlier verb was new-vamp (1630s). Modern use is typically figurative. Related: Revamped; revamping.
revanche (n.): "revenge," 1858, from French revanche (see revanchist).
revanchist (n.): "a German seeking to avenge Germany's defeat in World War I and recover lost territory," 1926 (on model of French revanchiste, used in reference to those seeking to reverse the results of the defeat of France by Prussia in 1871), from revanche "revenge, requital," especially in reference to a national policy seeking return of lost territory, from French revanche "revenge," from Middle French revenche, back-formation from revenchier (see revenge (v.)). Related: Revanchism (1954).
reveal (v.): late 14c., from Old French reveler "reveal" (14c.), from Latin revelare "reveal, uncover, disclose," literally "unveil," from re- "opposite of" (see re-) + velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a veil" (see veil (n.)). Related: Revealed; revealing.
revealed (adj.): 1560s, past participle adjective from reveal. Revealed religion, as opposed to natural religion, is attested from 1719.
revealing (adj.): 1590s, past participle adjective from reveal (v.). Related: Revealingly.
reveille (n.): 1640s, from French réveillez-vous "awaken!" imperative plural of réveiller "to awaken, to wake up," from Middle French re- "again" (see re-) + eveiller "to rouse," from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- "out" + vigilare "be awake, keep watch" (see vigil).
revel (n.): late 14c., "riotous merry-making," from Old French revel "entertainment, revelry," verbal noun from reveler "be disorderly, make merry" (see revel (v.)). Related: Revels; revel-rout.
revel (v.): early 14c., "to feast in a noisy manner;" late 14c., "take part in revels," from Old French reveler, also rebeller "be disorderly, make merry; rebel, be riotous," from Latin rebellare "to rebel" (see rebel (v.)). The meaning "take great pleasure in" first recorded 1754. Related: Reveled; reveling; revelled; revelling.
revelation (n.): c. 1300, "disclosure of information to man by a divine or supernatural agency," from Old French revelacion and directly from Latin revelationem (nominative revelatio), noun of action from past participle stem of revelare "unveil, uncover, lay bare" (see reveal). General meaning "disclosure of facts" is attested from late 14c.; meaning "striking disclosure" is from 1862. As the name of the last book of the New Testament (Revelation of St. John), it is first attested late 14c. (see apocalypse); as simply Revelations, it is first recorded 1690s.
revelator (n.): 1801, agent noun from obsolete verb revelate "reveal" (1510s), from Latin revelatus, past participle of revelare (see reveal).