5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.
RECEPTIVERe*cep"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. réceptif. See Receive.]
Defn: Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in,absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptivemind.Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. Glanvill.
RECEPTIVENESSRe*cep"tive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being receptive.
RECEPTIVITYRec`ep*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réceptivité.]
1. The state or quality of being receptive.
2. (Kantian Philos.)
Defn: The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.
RECEPTORYRe*cep"to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. receptorium a place of shelter.]
Defn: Receptacle. [Obs.] Holland.
RECESSRe*cess", n. Etym: [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recessof the tides.Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation fromrationality. South.My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. EikonBasilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir M.Hale.Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. W. Irving.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. I. Watts.
7. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A sinus.
RECESSRe*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.]
Defn: To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
RECESSRe*cess", n. Etym: [G.]
Defn: A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.
RECESSEDRe*cessed", a.
1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents." Miss Edgeworth. Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.
RECESSIONRe*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. recessio, fr. recedere, recessum. SeeRecede.]
Defn: The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim,or a demand. South.Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice. Jer. Taylor.
RECESSIONRe*ces"sion, n. Etym: [Pref. re- + cession.]
Defn: The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.
RECESSIONALRe*ces"sion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal. Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
RECESSIVERe*ces"sive, a.
Defn: Going back; receding.
RECHABITERe"chab*ite, n. (Jewish Hist.)
Defn: One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
RECHANGERe*change", v. t. & i.
Defn: To change again, or change back.
RECHARGERe*charge", v. t. & i. Etym: [Pref. re- + charge: cf. F. recharger.]
1. To charge or accuse in return.
2. To attack again; to attack anew. Dryden.
RECHARTERRe*char"ter, n.
Defn: A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.
RECHARTERRe*char"ter, v. t.
Defn: To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.
RECHASERe*chase", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + chase: cf. F. rechasser.]
Defn: To chase again; to chase or drive back.
RECHAUFFE Ré`chauf`fé", n. [F., orig. p.p. of réchauffer 8warm over. See Chafe, v. t.]
Defn: A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash.
It is merely a réchauffé of ancient philosophies.F. W. H. Myers.
RECHEATRe*cheat", n. Etym: [F. requêté, fr. requêter to hunt anew. SeeRequest.] (Sporting)
Defn: A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
RECHEATRe*cheat", v. i.
Defn: To blow the recheat. Drayton.
RECHERCHERe*cher`ché", a. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.
RECHLESSRech"less, a.
Defn: Reckless. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
RECHOOSERe*choose", v. t.
Defn: To choose again.
RECIDIVATERe*cid"i*vate, v. i. Etym: [LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.]
Defn: To baskslide; to fall again. [Obs.]
RECIDIVATIONRe*cid`i*va"tion, n. Etym: [LL. recidivatio.]
Defn: A falling back; a backsliding. Hammond.
RECIDIVISMRe*cid"i*vism, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif.(Criminology),
Defn: a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment.
The old English system of recognizances, in which the guilty partydeposits a sum of money, is an excellent guarantee to society againstrecidivism.Havelock Ellis.
RECIDIVISTRe*cid"i*vist, n.
Defn: One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal. — Re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a.
The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life. Havelock Ellis.
RECIDIVOUSRe*cid"i*vous, a. Etym: [L. r, fr. recidere to fall back.]
Defn: Tending or liable to backslide or r
RECIPE Rec"i*pe, n.; pl. Recipes. Etym: [L., imperative of recipere to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.]
Defn: A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
RECIPIANGLERe*cip"i*an`gle, n. Etym: [L. recipere to take + angulus angle.]
Defn: An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, — used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
RECIPIENCE; RECIPIENCYRe*cip"i*ence, Re*cip"i*en*cy, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
RECIPIENT Re*cip"i*ent, n. Etym: [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. See Receive.]
Defn: A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
RECIPIENTRe*cip"i*ent, a.
Defn: Receiving; receptive.
RECIPROCALRe*cip"ro*cal, a. Etym: [L. reciprocus; of unknown origin.]
1. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties. Let our reciprocal vows be remembered. Shak.
3. Mutually interchangeable. These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined. I. Watts.
4. (Gram.)
Defn: Reflexive; — applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
5. (Math.)
Defn: Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below. Reciprocal equation (Math.), one which remains unchanged in form when the reciprocal of the unknown quantity is substituted for that quantity. — Reciprocal figures (Geom.), two figures of the same kind (as triangles, parallelograms, prisms, etc.), so related that two sides of the one form the extremes of a proportion of which the means are the two corresponding sides of the other; in general, two figures so related that the first corresponds in some special way to the second, and the second corresponds in the same way to the first. — Reciprocal proportion (Math.), a proportion such that, of four terms taken in order, the first has to the second the same ratio which the fourth has to the third, or the first has to the second the same ratio which the reciprocal of the third has to the reciprocal of the fourth. Thus, 2:5: :20:8 form a reciprocal proportion, because 2:5: :1/20:1/8. — Reciprocal quantities (Math.), any two quantities which produce unity when multiplied together. — Reciprocal ratio (Math.), the ratio between the reciprocals of two quantities; as, the reciprocal ratio of 4 to 9 is that of ¼ to 1/9. — Reciprocal terms (Logic), those terms which have the same signification, and, consequently, are convertible, and may be used for each other.
Syn. — Mutual; alternate. — Reciprocal, Mutual. The distinctive idea of mutual is, that the parties unite by interchange in the same act; as, a mutual covenant; mutual affection, etc. The distinctive idea of reciprocal is, that one party acts by way of return or response to something previously done by the other party; as, a reciprocal kindness; reciprocal reproaches, etc. Love is reciprocal when the previous affection of one party has drawn forth the attachment of the other. To make it mutual in the strictest sense, the two parties should have fallen in love at the same time; but as the result is the same, the two words are here used interchangeably. The ebbing and flowing of the tide is a case where the action is reciprocal, but not mutual.
RECIPROCALRe*cip"ro*cal, n.
1. That which is reciprocal to another thing. Corruption is a reciprocal to generation. Bacon.
2. (Arith. & Alg.)
Defn: The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus ¼ is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a + b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
RECIPROCALITYRe*cip`ro*cal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.[R.]
RECIPROCALLYRe*cip"ro*cal*ly, adv.
1. In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually. These two particles to reciprocally affect each other with the same force. Bentley.
2. (Math.)
Defn: In the manner of reciprocals. Reciprocally proportional (Arith. & Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other.
RECIPROCALNESSRe*cip"ro*cal*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
RECIPROCATERe*cip"ro*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reciprocated; p. pr. & vb. n.Reciprocating.] Etym: [L. reciprocatus, p. p. of reciprocare. SeeReciprocal.]
Defn: To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate. One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air. Dryden. Reciprocating engine, a steam, air, or gas engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; — in distinction from a rotary engine, in which the piston travels continuously in one direction in a circular path. — Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston rod.
RECIPROCATERe*cip"ro*cate, v. t.
Defn: To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to unterchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors. Cowper.
RECIPROCATIONRe*cip`ro*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. reciprocatio: cf. F. reciprocation.]
1. The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindness.
2. Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides. Sir T. Browne.
RECIPROCITYRec`i*proc"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réciprocité. See Reciprocal.]
1. Mutual action and reaction.
2. Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation. Reciprocity treaty, or Treaty of reciprocity, a treaty concluded between two countries, conferring equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports, or in other respects.
Syn.— Reciprocation; interchange; mutuality.
RECIPROCORNOUS Re*cip`ro*cor"nous, a. Etym: [L. reciprocus returning, reciprocal + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram. [R.] Ash.
RECIPROCOUSRe*cip"ro*cous, a.
Defn: Reciprocal. [Obs.]
RECIPROKRec"i*prok, a. Etym: [F. réciproque, L. reciprocus.]
Defn: Reciprocal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
RECIPROQUERec"i*proque, a. & n. Etym: [F. réciproque.]
Defn: Reciprocal. Bacon.
RECISION Re*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. recisio, fr. recidere, recisum, to cut off; pref. re- re- + caedere to cut.]
Defn: The act of cutting off. Sherwood.
RECITALRe*cit"al, n. Etym: [From Recite.]
1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
2. A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. Addison.
3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; — distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
5. (Law)
Defn: The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.
Syn. — Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.
RECITATIONRec`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. SeeRecite.]
1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.
2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
3. (Colleges and Schools)
Defn: The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
RECITATIVERec`i*ta*tive", n. Etym: [It. recitativo, or F. récitatif. SeeRecite.] (Mus.)
Defn: A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; — opposed to melisma.
RECITATIVERec`i*ta*tive", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. — Rec`i*ta*tive"ly, adv.
RECITATIVORec`i*ta*ti"vo, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Recitative.
RECITERe*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recited; p. pr. & vb. n. Reciting.]Etym: [F. réciter, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citareto call or name, to cite. See Cite.]
1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
4. (Law)
Defn: To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Syn. — To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
RECITERe*cite", v. i.
Defn: To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
RECITERe*cite", n.
Defn: A recital. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
RECITERRe*cit"er, n.
Defn: One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.
RECK Reck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recked (obs. imp. Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n. Recking.] Etym: [AS. reccan, remccan, to care for; akin to OS. rokian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. rækja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See Rake, and cf. Reckon.]
1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. [Archaic] This son of mine not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.
2. To concern; — used impersonally. [Poetic] What recks it them Milton.
RECKReck, v. i.
Defn: To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; — oftenfollowed by of. [Archaic]Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. Chaucer.I reck not though I end my life to-day. Shak.Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. M. Arnold.
RECKLESSReck"less, a. Etym: [AS. recceleás, receleás.]
1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.
2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn.— Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent;indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash.— Reck"less*ly, adv.— Reck"less*ness, n.
RECKLINGReck"ling, a.
Defn: Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor.— n.
Defn: A weak child or animal. Tennyson.
RECKON Reck"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] Etym: [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]
1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years thatremain. Lev. xxvii. 18.I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church.Addison.
2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37. For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton.
3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certainquality or value.Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9.Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime.Hawthorne.
4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; — followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Syn. — To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.
RECKONReck"on, v. i.
1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak.
2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. "Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he reckon shall." Chaucer. To reckon for, to answer for; to pay the account for. "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day." Bp. Sanderson. — To reckon on or upon, to count or depend on. — To reckon with, to settle accounts or claims with; — used literally or figuratively. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19. — To reckon without one's host, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
RECKONERReck"on*er, n.
Defn: One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
RECKONINGReck"on*ing, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. Sandys. (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc. Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South. He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay.
2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn. A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison.
3. Esteem; account; estimation. You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Sir P. Sidney.
4. (Navigation) (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, — in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); — also used fro dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation. To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; — said of a ship.
RECLAIMRe*claim", v. t.
Defn: To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attemptto recover possession of.A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetuallyreclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
RECLAIMRe*claim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n.Reclaiming.] Etym: [F. réclamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry outagainst; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See Claim.]
1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. Chaucer.
2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. Dryden.
3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; — said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals. "An eagle well reclaimed." Dryden.
4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform. It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind. Rogers.
6. To correct; to reform; — said of things. [Obs.] Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. Sir E. Hoby.
7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] Fuller.
Syn.— To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
RECLAIMRe*claim", v. i.
1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. Waterland. At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. Bain.
2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory . . . took envy. Milton.
3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] Spenser.
RECLAIMRe*claim", n.
Defn: The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]
RECLAIMABLERe*claim"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be reclaimed.
RECLAIMANTRe*claim"ant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réclamant, p. pr.]
Defn: One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
RECLAIMERRe*claim"er, n.
Defn: One who reclaims.
RECLAIMLESSRe*claim"less, a.
Defn: That can not be reclaimed.
RECLAMATIONRec`la*ma"tion, n. Etym: [F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. SeeReclaim.]
1. The act or process of reclaiming.
2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance. I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency. Landor.
RECLASPRe*clasp", v. i.
Defn: To clasp or unite again.
RECLINANTRe*clin"ant, a. Etym: [L. reclinans, p. pr. See Recline.]
Defn: Bending or leaning backward.
RECLINATERec"li*nate, a. Etym: [L. reclinatus, p. p.] (Bot.)
Defn: Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
RECLINATIONRec`li*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. réclinaison.]
1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
2. (Dialing)
Defn: The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.
3. (Surg.)
Defn: The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.
RECLINERe*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.]Etym: [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. SeeIncline, Lean to incline.]
Defn: To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
RECLINERe*cline", v. i.
1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
RECLINERe*cline", a. Etym: [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.]
Defn: Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.]They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.Milton.
RECLINEDRe*clined", a. (Bot.)
Defn: Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
RECLINERRe*clin"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, reclines.
RECLINING Re*clin"ing, a. (Bot.) (a) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. (b) Recumbent. Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
RECLOSERe*close", v. t.
Defn: To close again. Pope.
RECLOTHERe*clothe", v. t.
Defn: To clothe again.
RECLUDE Re*clude", v. t. Etym: [L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re- again, back, un- + claudere to shut.]
Defn: To open; to unclose. [R.] Harvey.
RECLUSE Re*cluse", a. Etym: [L. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.]
Defn: Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from publicnotice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; arecluse lifeIn meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips.
RECLUSERe*cluse", n. Etym: [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.]
1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries.
2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.
RECLUSERe*cluse", v. t.
Defn: To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]
RECLUSELYRe*cluse"ly, adv.
Defn: In a recluse or solitary manner.
RECLUSENESSRe*cluse"ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being recluse.
RECLUSIONRe*clu"sion, n. Etym: [LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion.]
Defn: A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
RECLUSIVERe*clu"sive, a.
Defn: Affording retirement from society. "Some reclusive and religious life." Shak.
RECLUSORYRe*clu"so*ry, n. Etym: [LL. reclosorium.]
Defn: The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
RECOCT Re*coct", v. t. Etym: [L. recoctus, p. p. of recoquere to cook or boil over again. See Re-, and 4th Cook.]
Defn: To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
RECOCTIONRe*coc"tion, n.
Defn: A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
RECOGNITIONRec`og*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. SeeRecognizance.]
Defn: The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker.
RECOGNITORRe*cog"ni*tor, n. Etym: [LL.] (Law)
Defn: One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone.
RECOGNITORYRe*cog"ni*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.
RECOGNIZABILITYRec`og*ni`za*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being recognizable.
RECOGNIZABLERec"og*ni`za*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being recognized. [Written also recognisable.] —Rec"og*ni`za*bly, adv.
RECOGNIZANCE Re*cog"ni*zance, n. Etym: [F. reconnaissance, OF. recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to recognize, F. reconnaître, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re- re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf. Recognize, Reconnoissance.] [Written also recognisance.]
1. (Law) (a) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. (b) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. Cowell.
Note: Among lawyers the g in this and the related words (except recognize) is usually silent.
2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak.
3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
RECOGNIZATIONRe*cog`ni*za"tion, n.
Defn: Recognition. [R.]
RECOGNIZERec"og*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recognized; p. pr. & vb. n.Recognizing.] Etym: [From Recognizance; see Cognition, and cf.Reconnoiter.] [Written also recognise.]
1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte.
2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
5. To review; to reëxamine. [Obs.] South.
6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] R. Monro.
Syn.— To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. SeeAcknowledge.
RECOGNIZERec"og*nize, v. i. (Law)
Defn: To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A, B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also recognise.]
Note: In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.
RECOGNIZEERe*cog`ni*zee", n. (Law)
Defn: The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [Written also recognisee.] Blackstone.
RECOGNIZERRec"og*ni`zer, n.
Defn: One who recognizes; a recognizor. [Written also recogniser.]
RECOGNIZOR; RECOGNISORRe*cog`ni*zor", Re*cog`ni*sor", n. (Law)
Defn: One who enters into a recognizance. [Written also recognisor.]Blackstone.
RECOGNOSCERec"og*nosce, v. t. Etym: [L. recognoscere. See Recognizance.]
Defn: To recognize. [R. & Obs.] Boyle.
RECOIL Re*coil", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] Etym: [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey.
2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak.
3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." Spenser.
RECOILRe*coil", v. t.
Defn: To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser.
RECOILRe*coil", n.
1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
2. The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson.
3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. — Recoil escapement See the Note under Escapement.
RECOILERRe*coil"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, recoils.
RECOILINGLYRe*coil"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a recoil.
RECOILMENTRe*coil"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. reculement.]
Defn: Recoil. [R.]
RECOINRe*coin", v. t.
Defn: To coin anew or again.
RECOINAGERe*coin"age, n.
1. The act of coining anew.
2. That which is coined anew.
RE-COLLECTRe`-col*lect", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + collect.]
Defn: To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust.Barrow.
RECOLLECTRec`ol*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; imp. & p. p.Recollecting.] Etym: [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere,recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet.]
1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; — sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. Dryden.
RECOLLECTRec"ol*lect, n. Etym: [See Recollet.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A friar of the Strict Observance, — an order of Franciscans.[Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
RECOLLECTIONRec`ol*lec"tion (rk`l*lk"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. récollection.]
1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." Macaulay.
4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic] From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson.
Syn.— Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.
RECOLLECTIVERec`ol*lect"ive (-lk"tv), a.
Defn: Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster.
RECOLLET Rec"ol*let (rk"l*lt; F. r`k`l"), n. Etym: [F. récollet, fr. L. recollectus, p.p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.] (Eccl.)
Defn: Same as Recollect, n.
RECOLONIZATIONRe*col`o*ni*za"tion (r*kl`*n*z"shn), n.
Defn: A second or renewed colonization.
RECOLONIZERe*col"o*nize (r*kl"*nz), v. t.
Defn: To colonize again.
RECOMBINATIONRe*com`bi*na"tion (r*km`b*n"shn), n.
Defn: Combination a second or additional time.
RECOMBINERe`com*bine" (r`km*bn"), v. t.
Defn: To combine again.
RECOMFORT Re*com"fort (r*km"frt), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + comfort: cf. F. réconforter.]
Defn: To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.Bacon.Gan her recomfort from so sad affright. Spenser.
RECOMFORTLESSRe*com"fort*less, a.
Defn: Without comfort. [Obs.]
RECOMFORTURERe*com"for*ture (-fr*tr;135), n.
Defn: The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak.
RECOMMENCERe`com*mence" (r`km*mns"), v. i.
1. To commence or begin again. Howell.
2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.] He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. Johnson.
RECOMMENCE Re`com*mence", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.]
Defn: To commence again or anew.
RECOMMENCEMENTRe`com*mence"ment (-mnt), n.
Defn: A commencement made anew.
RECOMMEND Rec`om*mend" (rk`m*mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] Etym: [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body. Mæcenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity. Dryden.
2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. Pope.
3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend. Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. Acts xv. 40 .
RECOMMENDABLERec`om*mend"a*ble (-*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. recommandable.]
Defn: Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.Glanvill.— Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n.— Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.
RECOMMENDATIONRec`om*men*da"tion (rk`m*mn*d"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. recommandation.]
1. The act of recommending.
2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.
3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.] The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient. Sir T. North.
RECOMMENDATIVERec`om*mend"a*tive (-mnd"*tv), n.
Defn: That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]
RECOMMENDATORYRec`om*mend"a*to*ry (-*t*r), a.
Defn: Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
RECOMMENDERRec`om*mend"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who recommends.
RECOMMISSIONRe`com*mis"sion (r`km*mshn), v. t.
Defn: To commission again; to give a new commission to.Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned.Marshall.
RECOMMITRe`com*mit" (-mt"), v. t.
Defn: To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
RECOMMITMENT; RECOMMITTALRe`com*mit"ment (-mnt), Re`com*mit"tal (-l), n.
Defn: A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
RECOMPACTRe`com*pact" (-pkt"), v. t.
Defn: To compact or join anew. "Recompact my scattered body." Donne.
RECOMPENSATIONRe*com`pen*sa"tion (r*km`pn*s"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. LL. recompensatio.]
1. Recompense. [Obs.]
2. (Scots Law)
Defn: Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
RECOMPENSE Rec"om*pense (rèk"òm*pèns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-pnst); p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-pn`sng).] Etym: [F. récompenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate.]
1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.
2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atonefor; to pay for.God recompenseth the gift. Robynson (More's Utopia).To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. Milton.
3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.] Recompense to no man evil for evil. Rom. xii. 17.
Syn.— To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
RECOMPENSERec"om*pense (rk"m*pns), v. i.
Defn: To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]
RECOMPENSERec"om*pense, n. Etym: [Cf. F. récompense.]
Defn: An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. Deut. xxii. 35. And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. Heb. ii. 2.
Syn. — Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital.
RECOMPENSEMENTRec"om*pense`ment (-pns`mnt), n.
Defn: Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan.
RECOMPENSERRec"om*pen`ser (-pn`sr), n.
Defn: One who recompenses.A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
RECOMPENSIVERec"om*pen`sive (-sv), a.
Defn: Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. Sir T.Browne.
RECOMPILATIONRe*com`pi*la"tion (r*km`p*l"tion), n.
Defn: A new compilation.
RECOMPILERe`com*pile" (re`kòm*pil"), v. t.
Defn: To compile anew.
RECOMPILEMENTRe`com*pile"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws. Bacon.
RECOMPOSE Re`com*pose" (-pz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-pzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.
RECOMPOSERRe`com*pos"er (-pz"r), n.
Defn: One who recomposes.
RECOMPOSITIONRe*com`po*si"tion (r*km`pzshn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. recomposition.]
Defn: The act of recomposing.
RECONCENTRADO Re*con`cen*tra"do, n. [Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate.]
Defn: Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves.
RECONCENTRATERe`con*cen"trate, v. t. & i.
Defn: To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly.
RECONCENTRATIONRe*con`cen*tra"tion, n.
Defn: The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98.
RECONCILABLERec"on*ci`la*ble (rk"n*s`l*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réconciliable.]
Defn: Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; anact reconciable with previous acts.The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable.Arbuthnot.— Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n.— Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
RECONCILE Rec"on*cile` (-sl`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-sld`); p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling.] Etym: [F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.]
1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the bishop. Chaucer. We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20.
2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; — followed by with or to. The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke. Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Syn.— To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.
RECONCILERec"on*cile`, v. i.
Defn: To become reconciled. [Obs.]
RECONCILEMENTRec"on*cile`ment (-ment), n.
Defn: Reconciliation. Milton.
RECONCILERRec"on*ci`ler (-s`lr), n.
Defn: One who reconciles.
RECONCILIATION Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion (-sl`*"shn), n. Etym: [F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio.]
1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller.
2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency;harmony.A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies ofScripture. D. Rogers.
Syn. — Reconciliment; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.
RECONCILIATORYRec`on*cil"i*a*to*ry (-sl"**t*r), a.
Defn: Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall.
RECONDENSATIONRe*con`den*sa"tion (r*kn`dn*s"shn), n.
Defn: The act or process of recondensing.
RECONDENSERe`con*dense" (r`kn*dns"), v. t.
Defn: To condense again.
RECONDITE Rec"on*dite (rk"n*dt or r*kn"dt;277), a. Etym: [L. reconditus, p. p. of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond.]
1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies. "Recondite learning." Bp. Horsley.
RECONDITORYRe*con"di*to*ry (rkn"d*t*r), n. Etym: [LL. reconditorium.]
Defn: A repository; a storehouse. [Obs.] Ash.
RECONDUCTRe`con*duct" (r`kn*dkt"), v. t.
Defn: To conduct back or again. "A guide to reconduct thy steps."Dryden.
RECONFIRM Re`con*firm" (-frm"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + confirm: cf. F. reconfirmer.]
Defn: To confirm anew. Clarendon.
RECONFORTRe`con*fort" (-frt"), v. t. Etym: [F. réconforter.]
Defn: To recomfort; to comfort. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RECONJOINRe`con*join" (r`kn*join"), v. t.
Defn: To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.
RECONNOISSANCE; RECONNAISSANCERe*con"nois*sance, Re*con"nais*sance (r-kn"ns-sns), n. Etym: [F. SeeRecognizance.]
Defn: The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically: (a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character. (b) (Engin.)
Defn: An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work. (c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition. Reconnoissance in force (Mil.), a demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy.
RECONNOITER; RECONNOITRE Rec`on*noi"ter, Rec`on*noi"tre (rk`n*noi"tr), v. t. Etym: [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître. See Recognize.]
1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
2. To recognize. [Obs.] Sir H. Walpole.
RECONQUER Re*con"quer (r*kn"kr), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + conquer: cf. F. reconquérir.]
Defn: To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
RECONQUESTRe*con"quest (-kwst), n.
Defn: A second conquest.
RECONSECRATERe*con"se*crate (-kn"s*krt), v. t.
Defn: To consecrate anew or again.
RECONSECRATIONRe*con`se*cra"tion, n.
Defn: Renewed consecration.
RECONSIDERRe`con*sid"er (r`kn*sd"r), v. t.
1. To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
2. (Parliamentary Practice)
Defn: To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.
RECONSIDERATIONRe`con*sid`er*a"tion (-"shn), n.
Defn: The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
RECONSOLATERe*con"so*late (r*kn"s*lt), v. t.
Defn: To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
RECONSOLIDATERe`con*sol"i*date (r`kn*sl"*dt), v. t.
Defn: To consolidate anew or again.
RECONSOLIDATIONRe`con*sol`i*da"tion (-d"shn), n.
Defn: The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
RECONSTRUCTRe`con*struct" (-strkt"), v. t.
Defn: To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again oranew.Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.
RECONSTRUCTIONRe`con*struc"tion (-strk"shn), n.
1. The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
2. (U.S. Politics)
Defn: The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reëstablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.
RECONSTRUCTIVERe`con*struct"ive (-strk"tv), a.
Defn: Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
RECONTINUANCERe`con*tin"u*ance (-tn"*ns), n.
Defn: The act or state of recontinuing.
RECONTINUERe`con*tin"ue (-), v. t. & i.
Defn: To continue anew.
RECONVENERe`con*vene" (r`kn*vn"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
RECONVENTIONRe`con*ven"tion (-vn"shn), n. (Civil Law)
Defn: A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.
RECONVERSIONRe`con*ver"sion (-vr"shn), n.
Defn: A second conversion.
RECONVERTRe`con*vert" (-vrt"), v. t.
Defn: To convert again. Milton.
RECONVERTRe*con"vert (r*kn"vrt), n.
Defn: A person who has been reconverted. Gladstone.
RECONVERTIBLERe`con*vert"i*ble (r`kn*vrt"*b'l), a. (Chem.)
Defn: Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
RECONVEYRe`con*vey" (-v"), v. t.
1. To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.
2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
RECONVEYANCERe`con*vey"ance (-v"ns), n.
Defn: Act of reconveying.
RECOPYRe*cop"y (r*kp"), v. t.