n.
The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East. →
v. t. & i.
To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge. →
n.
The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. →
n.
The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger. →