A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
v. - (often foll. By from) give up office, one's employment, etc.
- relinquish, surrender (a right, task, etc.).
- refl. (usu. Foll. By to) reconcile (oneself etc.) To the inevitable. [latin signo sign]
- v. Sign again.
RESIST
—v. - withstand the action or effect of.
- stop the course or progress of.
- abstain from (pleasure, temptation, etc.).
- strive against; try to impede; refuse to comply with (resist arrest).
- offer opposition; refuse to comply. —n. Protective coating of a resistant substance. resistible adj. [latin sisto stop]
RESOLD
past and past part. Of *resell.
RESORT
v. Sort again or differently.
- —n. - place frequented esp. For holidays or for a specified purpose or quality (seaside resort; health resort).
- a thing to which one has recourse; expedient, measure. B (foll. By to) recourse to; use of (without resort to violence). —v. - (foll. By to) turn to as an expedient (resorted to force).
- (foll. By to) go often or in large numbers to. in the (or as a) last resort when all else has failed. [french sortir go out]
RESULT
—n. - consequence, issue, or outcome of something.
- satisfactory outcome (gets results).
- end product of calculation.
- (in pl.) List of scores or winners etc. In examinations or sporting events. —v. - (often foll. By from) arise as the actual, or follow as a logical, consequence.
- (often foll. By in) have a specified end or outcome (resulted in a large profit). [latin resulto spring back]
RESUME
n. Summary. [french: related to *resume]
- v. (-ming) 1 begin again or continue after an interruption.
- begin to speak, work, or use again; recommence.
- get back; take back (resume one's seat). [latin sumo sumpt- take]
RETAIL
—n. Sale of goods in small quantities to the public, and usu. Not for resale. —adj. & adv. By retail; at a retail price. —v. - sell (goods) by retail.
- (often foll. By at, of) (of goods) be sold in this way (esp. For a specified price).
- recount; relate details of. retailer n. [french taillier cut: related to *tally]
RETAIN
v. - a keep possession of; not lose; continue to have. B not abolish, discard, or alter.
- keep in one's memory.
- keep in place; hold fixed.
- secure the services of (a person, esp. A barrister) with a preliminary payment. [latin retineo -tent-]
RETAKE
—v. (-king; past retook; past part. Retaken) 1 take (a photograph, exam, etc.) Again.
- recapture. —n. - act of filming a scene or recording music etc. Again.
- film or recording obtained in this way.
- act of taking an exam etc. Again.
RETARD
v. - make slow or late.
- delay the progress or accomplishment of. retardant adj. & n. Retardation n. [latin tardus slow]
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