prop. n. [ From physicists S. N. Bose, and Albert Einstein. ] (Physics) A law of statistical mechanics which is obeyed by a system of particles when interchange of two particles does not change the wave function. Contrasted to
v. t.
n. pl. [ F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes. ]
My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reins of a vault (Arch.),
v. t. To insert again. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of reinserting. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To inspect again. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of reinspecting. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To inspire anew. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To give fresh spirit to. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A renewed installment. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again;
For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re&unr_;stablishment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Reinstatement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To instruct anew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
The insurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who gives reinsurance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining) The valueless nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which surrounds the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; gangue; matrix; -- called also