Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-sĕro, sēvi, 3
* To sow or plant again; to plant with any thing, Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; Col. 4, 33, 3; 3, 11, 2; Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 183.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-sĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, 3. sero
* To unlock, unclose, open (syn.: recludo, pando, aperio; class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. per.).
* Lit.: hi domos suas claudunt aut reserant,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49; so, fores,Tib. 1, 2, 18; 1, 8, 60; Ov. M. 10, 384: valvas,id. ib. 4, 761: postes,Tib. 1, 2, 31: limina,Verg. A. 7, 613: januam,Ov. F. 2, 455: carcerem,id. Am. 3, 2, 77; cf.: portas hosti,id. A. A. 3, 577: illi moenia,id. M. 8, 61: claustra,Sil. 7, 334: Italiam exteris gentibus,Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 2 (cf. also Italiam, Tac. H. 3, 2 fin. ex conj.): urbem reserare et pandere portas,Verg. A. 12, 584: infernas sedes (with recludere),id. ib. 8, 244: aures,Liv. 40, 8 fin.: pectus,Ov. M. 6, 663: latebras insidiarum, Amm. 14, 11, 9: urbem,to take by storm,id. 15, 8, 19.—Poet.: simulac species patefacta est verna diei Et reserata viget genetabilis aura Favoni,Lucr. 1, 11.
* Trop.
* In gen., to open, lay open, unclose: nos ausi reserare . . . , Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 51, 171 (Ann. v. 226 Vahl.): nec ita claudenda res est familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit, nec ita reseranda, ut pateat omnibus,Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55: obsaepta diutinā servitute ora reseramus,Plin. Pan. 66 fin.: ubi, Jane biceps, longum reseraveris annum,open, begin,Ov. P. 4, 4, 23; cf.: aperire annum fastosque reserare (as consul),Plin. Pan. 58, 4: emicuit reserata dies,Val. Fl. 1, 655.
* In partic., to disclose, reveal something unknown: oracula mentis,Ov. M. 15, 145: secreta,Val. Fl. 2, 438: futura,Sil. 7, 436: operta animi,Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 17: commissa, Petr. poët. Fragm. 28, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary