| reification | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatisation, hypostatization |
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| (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalisation, depersonalization |
| reify | (verb) consider an abstract concept to be real | - |
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| reign | (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: sovereignty |
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| (noun) the period during which a monarch is sovereign | - |
| (noun) a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful | - |
| (verb) have sovereign power | - |
| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, rule |
| reigning | (adjective) exercising power or authority | Synonyms: regnant, ruling |
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| reignite | (verb) ignite anew, as of something burning | - |
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| reimburse | (verb) pay back for some expense incurred | - |
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| (verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss | Synonyms: recoup |
| reimbursement | (noun) compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc. | - |
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| reimpose | (verb) impose anew | - |
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| reimposition | (noun) imposition again | - |
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| rein | (noun) one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse | - |
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| (noun) any means of control | - |
| (verb) keep in check | Synonyms: harness, rule |
| (verb) stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins | Synonyms: rein in |
| (verb) stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins | Synonyms: rein in |
| (verb) control and direct with or as if by reins | Synonyms: draw rein, harness, rein in |
| reincarnate | (adjective) having a new body | - |
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| (verb) cause to appear in a new form | Synonyms: renew |
| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: transmigrate |
| reincarnation | (noun) the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions | - |
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| (noun) a second or new birth | Synonyms: rebirth, renascence |
| (noun) embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) | - |
| reincarnationism | (noun) a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body | - |
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| reindeer | (noun) Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | Synonyms: caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus |
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| reinforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reenforce |
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| (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reward |
| reinforced | (adjective) (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness | Synonyms: built |
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| (adjective) given added strength or support | Synonyms: strengthened |
| reinforcement | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reward |
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| (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, support |
| (noun) a device designed to provide additional strength | Synonyms: strengthener |
| (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus |
| (noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reenforcement |
| reinforcer | (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus |
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| reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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| reinstate | (verb) restore to the previous state or rank | - |
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| (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reestablish, restore |
| reinstatement | (noun) the act of restoring someone to a previous position | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being reinstated | - |
| reinsurance | (noun) sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured | - |
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| reinsure | (verb) insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed | - |
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| (verb) insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk | - |
| (verb) provide additional insurance for | - |
| reintegrate | (verb) integrate again | - |
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| reinterpret | (verb) assign a new or different meaning to | - |
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| (verb) interpret from a different viewpoint | Synonyms: re-explain |
| reinterpretation | (noun) a new or different interpretation | - |
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| (noun) a new or different meaning | - |
| reintroduce | (verb) introduce anew | Synonyms: re-introduce |
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| reintroduction | (noun) an act of renewed introduction | - |
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| reinvent | (verb) create anew and make over | - |
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| (verb) bring back into existence | - |
| reinvestment | (noun) a second or subsequent investment in the same thing. | - |
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| reinvigorate | (verb) impart vigor, strength, or vitality to | Synonyms: invigorate |
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| reinvigorated | (adjective) with restored energy | Synonyms: fresh, invigorated, refreshed |
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| reissue | (noun) a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale | Synonyms: reprint, reprinting |
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| (verb) print anew | Synonyms: reprint |
| (verb) issue (a new version of) | - |
| reiterate | (verb) to say, state, or perform again | Synonyms: ingeminate, iterate, repeat, restate, retell |
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| reiteration | (noun) the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: reduplication |
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| reiterative | (adjective) marked by iteration | Synonyms: iterative |
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