n. pl. [ F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes. ] 1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.), the parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller. ] To install again; as, She reinstalled the the washer after it had been repaired. Milton. [ 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; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the just we have said already thet some of them were reinstated in their pristine happiness and felicity. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]