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Preterit
- noun - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Protract
- verb - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
Punt-Out
- - A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made.
Quitrent
- - A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service.
Quotient
- noun - the number obtained by division
- the ratio of two quantities to be divided
Rattiest
- adjective - dirty and infested with rats
- of or characteristic of rats
- showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
Rattinet
- - A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.
Rent Out
- verb - grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"
Restrict
- verb - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
- place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
Riot Act
- noun - a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
- a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"