Defn: To copy again.
RECORDRe*cord" (r*krd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recorded; p. pr. & vb. n.Recording.] Etym: [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr.L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart ormind. See Cordial, Heart.]
1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] "I it you record." Chaucer.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. Fairfax.
3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. 1 Esd. i. 42. To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
RECORDRe*cord", v. i.
1. To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.] Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read. Fuller.
2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak. Whether the birds or she recorded best. W. Browne.
RECORD Rec"ord (rk"rd), n. Etym: [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.]
1. A writing by which same act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.
2. Especially: (a) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes. (b) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law. (c) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. (d) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.
3. Testimony; witness; attestation. John bare record, saying. John i. 32 .
4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
5. That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race. Court of record (pron. rin Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. — Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. — Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone. — To beat, or break, the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.
RECORDANCERe*cord"ance (r*krd"ns), n.
Defn: Remembrance. [Obs.]
RECORDATION Rec`or*da"tion (rk`r*d"shn), n. Etym: [L. recordatio: cf. F. recordation. See Record, v. t.]
Defn: Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.] Shak.
RECORDERRe*cord"er (r*krd"r), n.
1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.]"Flutes and soft recorders." Milton.
RECORDERSHIPRe*cord"er*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a recorder.
RECORDINGRe*cord"ing, a.
Defn: Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; — applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.
RECORPORIFICATIONRe`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion (r`kr*pr`*f*k"shn), n.
Defn: The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body. [R.] Boyle.
RECOUCH Re*couch" (r*kouch"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + couch: cf. F. recoucher.]
Defn: To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] Sir H.Wotton.
RECOUNTRe*count" (r*kount"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + count.]
Defn: To count or reckon again.
RECOUNTRe*count", n.
Defn: A counting again, as of votes.
RECOUNT Re*count" (r*kount"), v. t. Etym: [F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.]
Defn: To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell ornarrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recountone's blessings. Dryden.To all his angels, who, with true applause, Recount his praises.Milton.
RECOUNTMENTRe*count`ment (-mnt), n.
Defn: Recital. [Obs.] Shak.
RECOUP; RECOUPE Re*coup", Re*coupe" (-kp"), v. t. Etym: [F. recouper; pref. re- re- + couper to cut.]
1. (Law)
Defn: To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
2. To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.
3. To reimburse; to indemnify; — often used reflexively and in the passive. Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost. Froude. Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom. Duke of Argyll.
RECOUPERRe*coup"er (r*kp"r), n.
Defn: One who recoups. Story.
RECOUPMENTRe*coup"ment (-mnt), n.
Defn: The act of recouping.
Note: Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin. Abbott.
RECOURSE Re*course" (r*krs"), n. Etym: [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur.]
1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Sir T. Browne.
2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. Sir H. Wotton. Our last recourse is therefore to our art. Dryden.
3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] Give me recourse to him. Shak. Without recourse (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
RECOURSERe*course", v. i.
1. To return; to recur. [Obs.] The flame departing and recoursing. Foxe.
2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
RECOURSEFULRe*course"ful (-fl), a.
Defn: Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.]Drayton.
RECOVER Re*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + cover: cf. F. recouvrir.]
Defn: To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
RECOVER Re*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recovered (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recovering. ] Etym: [OE. recoveren, OF. recovrer, F. recouvrer, from L. recuperare; pref. re- re + a word of unknown origin. Cf.Recuperate.]
1. To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1. Sam. xxx. 18.
2. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. "Loss of catel may recovered be." Chaucer. Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. Rogers.
3. To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal. The wine in my bottle will recover him. Shak.
4. To overcome; to get the better of, — as a state of mind or body. I do hope to recover my late hurt. Cowley. When I had recovered a little my first surprise. De Foe.
5. To rescue; to deliver. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. 2. Tim. ii. 26.
6. To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.[Archaic]The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sureenough. Shak.Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die.Hales.
7. (Law)
Defn: To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant. Recover arms (Mil. Drill), a command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."
Syn.— To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.
RECOVERRe*cov"er (r*kv"r), v. i.
1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; — often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.
2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.] With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. Fuller.
3. (Law)
Defn: To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
RECOVERRe*cov"er, n.
Defn: Recovery. Sir T. Malory.
RECOVERABLERe*cov"er*a*ble (-*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. recouvrable.]
Defn: Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable. A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. Shak. If I am recoverable, why am I thus Cowper. — Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n.
RECOVERANCERe*cov"er*ance (ans), n.
Defn: Recovery. [Obs.]
RECOVEREERe*cov`er*ee" (-"), n. (Law)
Defn: The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
RECOVERERRe*cov"er*er (r*kv"r*r), n.
Defn: One who recovers.
RECOVERORRe*cov`er*or" (-r), n. (Law)
Defn: The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.
RECOVERYRe*cov"er*y (r*kv"r*), n.
1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
3. (Law)
Defn: The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
4. The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. [Obs.] "Help be past recovery." Tusser.
5. In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. Common recovery (Law), a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. Burrill. Warren.
RECREANCERec"re*ance (rk"r*ns), n.
Defn: Recreancy.
RECREANCYRec"re*an*cy (-an*s), n.
Defn: The quality or state of being recreant.
RECREANT Rec"re*ant (-ant), a. Etym: [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See Creed.]
1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight." Spenser.
2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. Milton.
RECREANTRec"re*ant, n.
Defn: One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! Shak.
RE-CREATERe`-cre*ate" (r`kr*t"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + create.]
Defn: To create or form anew. On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reënforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. Marshall.
RECREATE Rec"re*ate (rk"r*t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recreated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Recreating.] Etym: [L. recreatus, p. p. of recreate to create anew, to refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.]
Defn: To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify. Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than any. Dryden. St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge. Jer. Taylor. These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. Dr. H. More.
RECREATERec"re*ate, v. i.
Defn: To take recreation. L. Addison.
RECREATIONRec"re*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [F. récréation, L. recreatio.]
Defn: The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
RE-CREATIONRe`-*cre*a"tion (r`kr*shn), n. Etym: [See Re-create.]
Defn: A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
RE-CREATIONRe`-cre*a"tion (r`kr*shn), n. [See Re-create.]
Defn: A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
RE-CREATIVERe`-cre*a"tive (-`tv), a.
Defn: Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
RECREATIVERec"re*a`tive (rk"r*`tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. récr. See Recreate.]
Defn: Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor oranimation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain;amusing; diverting.Let the music of them be recreative. Bacon.—- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv.— Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.
RECREMENT Rec"re*ment (rk"r*ment), n. Etym: [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. récrément.]
1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
RECREMENTALRec`re*men"tal (-mn"tal), a.
Defn: Recrementitious.
RECREMENTITIALRec`re*men*ti"tial (-mn*tsh"al), a. Etym: [Cf. F. récrémentitiel.](Med.)
Defn: Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement,2 (b)."Recrementitial fluids." Dunglison.
RECREMENTITIOUSRec`re*men*ti"tious (-tsh"s), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross. Boyle.
RECRIMINATERe*crim"i*nate (r*krm"*nt), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + criminate: cf.F. récriminer ,LL. recriminare.]
Defn: To return one charge or accusation with another; to chargebackfault or crime upon an accuser.It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently toBp.Stillingfleet.
RECRIMINATERe*crim"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To accuse in return. South.
RECRIMINATION Re*crim`i*na"tion (-n"shn), n. Etym: [F. récrimination, LL. recriminatio.]
Defn: The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation. Accusations and recriminations passed back ward and forward between the contending parties. Macaulay.
RECRIMINATIVERe*crim"i*na*tive (-n*tv), a.
Defn: Recriminatory.
RECRIMINATORRe*crim"i*na`tor (-n`tr), n.
Defn: One who recriminates.
RECRIMINATORYRe*crim"i*na*to*ry (-n*t*r), a. Etym: [Cf. F. récriminatoire.]
Defn: Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
RECROSSRe*cross" (r*krs";115), v. t.
Defn: To cross a second time.
RECRUDENCYRe*cru"den*cy (r*kr"den*s), n.
Defn: Recrudescence.
RECRUDESCERe`cru*desce", v. i. [See Recrudescent.]
Defn: To be in a state of recrudescence; esp., to come into renewed freshness, vigor, or activity; to revive.
The general influence . . . which is liable every now and then to recrudesce in his absence. Edmund Gurney.
RECRUDESCENCE; RECRUDESCENCYRe`cru*des"cence (r`kr*ds"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-ds"sen*s), n.Etym: [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.Dunglison.
RECRUDESCENT Re`cru*des"cent (-sent), a. Etym: [L. recrudescens, -entis, p.pr. of recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent.]
1. Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
2. Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
RECRUIT Re*cruit" (r*krt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Recruiting.] Etym: [F. recruter, corrupted (under influence of recrue recruiting, recruit, from recro, p.p. recr, to grow again) from an older recluter, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- + OF. clut piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. kl kerchief, E. clout.]
1. To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits. Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. Glanvill.
2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
3. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. M. Arnold.
RECRUITRe*cruit", v. i.
1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
RECRUITRe*cruit", n.
1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reënforcement. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. Burke.
2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
RECRUITERRe*cruit"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, recruits.
RECRUITMENTRe*cruit"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
RECRYSTALLIZATIONRe*crys`tal*li*za"tion (r*krs`tal*z"shn), n. (Chem. & Min.)
Defn: The process or recrystallizing.
RECRYSTALLIZERe*crys"tal*lize (r*krs"tal*lz), v. i. & t. (Chem. & Min.)
Defn: To crystallize again. Henry.
RECTALRec"tal (rk"tal), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
RECTANGLE Rec"tan`gle (rk"t`g'l), n. Etym: [F., fr. L. rectus right + angulus angle. See Right, and Angle.] (Geom.)
Defn: A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Note: As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.
RECTANGLERec"tan`gle, a.
Defn: Rectangular. [R.]
RECTANGLEDRec"tan`gled (-g'ld), a.
Defn: Rectangular. Hutton.
RECTANGULARRec*tan"gu*lar (rk*tn"g*lr), a. Etym: [CF. F. rectangulaire.]
Defn: Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.— Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly (r, adv.— Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.
RECTANGULARITYRec*tan`gu*lar"i*ty (-lr"*t), n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
RECTI-Rec"ti- (rk"t*). Etym: [L. rectus straight.]
Defn: A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
RECTIFIABLERec"ti*fi`a*ble (rk"t*f`*b'l), a.
1. Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
2. (Math.)
Defn: Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l
RECTIFICATIONRec`ti*fi*ca"tion (rk`t*f*k1shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rectification.]
1. The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits. After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. De Quincey.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve. Rectification of a globe (Astron.), its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
RECTIFICATORRec"ti*fi*ca`tor (rk"t*f*k`tr), n. (Chem.)
Defn: That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
RECTIFIERRec"ti*fi`er (rk"t*f`r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rectifies.
2. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
RECTIFYRec"ti*fy (-f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rectified (-fd); p. pr. & vb. n.Rectifying (-f`ng).] Etym: [F. rectifier, LL. rectificare; L. rectusright + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Right, and -fy.]
1. To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders. I meant to rectify my conscience. Shak. This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
3. (Com.)
Defn: To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added. To rectify a globe, to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
Syn. — To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform; redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See Amend.
RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR Rec`ti*lin"e*al, Rec`ti*lin"e*ar (-ln"*r), a. Etym: [Recti- + lineal, linear.]
Defn: Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded bystraight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure orcourse.— Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv.— Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
RECTILINEARITYRec`ti*lin`e*ar"i*ty (-r"*t), n.
Defn: The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.
RECTILINEOUSRec`ti*lin"e*ous (-s), a.
Defn: Rectilinear. [Obs.] Ray.
RECTINERVEDRec"ti*nerved` (rk"t*nrrvd`), a. Etym: [Recti- + nerve.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the veins or nerves straight; — said of leaves.
RECTION Rec"tion (rk"shn), n. Etym: [L. rectio, fr. regere to rule or govern.] (Gram.)
Defn: See Government, n., 7. Gibbs.
RECTIROSTRALRec`ti*ros"tral (rk`t*rs"tral), a. Etym: [Recti- + rostral.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a straight beak.
RECTISERIALRec`ti*se"ri*al (-s"r*al), a. Etym: [Recti- + serial.] (Bot.)
Defn: Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; — opposed to curviserial.
RECTITISRec*ti"tis (rk*t"ts), n. Etym: [NL. See Rectum, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Proctitis. Dunglison.
RECTITUDE Rec"ti*tude (rk"t*td), n. Etym: [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.]
1. Straightness. [R.] Johnson.
2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
3. Right judgment. [R.] Sir G. C. Lewis.
Syn.— See Justice.
RECTO-Rec"to- (rk"t*).
Defn: A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
RECTORec"to, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See Right.] (Law)
Defn: A writ of right.
RECTORec"to, n. Etym: [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.)
Defn: The right-hand page; — opposed to verso.
RECTOR Rec"tor (rk"tr), n. Etym: [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See Regiment, Right.]
1. A ruler or governor.[R.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale.
2. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar. Blackstone. (b) (Prot. Epis. Ch.)
Defn: A clergyman in charge of a parish.
3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
4. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.
Defn: The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
RECTORALRec"tor*al (-al), a. Etym: [CF. F. rectoral.]
Defn: Pertaining to a rector or governor.
RECTORATERec"tor*ate (-t), n. Etym: [LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.]
Defn: The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
RECTORESSRec"tor*ess, n.
1. A governess; a rectrix. Drayton.
2. The wife of a rector. Thackeray.
RECTORIALRec*to"ri*al (rk*t"r*al), a.
Defn: Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. Shipley.
RECTORSHIPRec"tor*ship (rk"tr*shp), n.
1. Government; guidance. [Obs.] "The rectorship of judgment." Shak.
2. The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
RECTORY Rec"to*ry (-t*r), n.; pl. Rectories (-r. Etym: [Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.]
1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
RECTO-UTERINERec`to-u"ter*ine (-"tr*n or *n), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
RECTOVAGINALRec`to*vag"i*nal (rk`t*vj"*nal), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
RECTO-VESICALRec`to-ves"i*cal (-vs"*kal), a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
RECTRESSRec"tress (rk"trs), n.
Defn: A rectoress. B. Jonson.
RECTRIXRec"trix (-trks), n.; pl. Rectrices (-tr. Etym: [L., fem. of rector.]
1. A governess; a rectoress.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
RECTUM Rec"tum (-tm), n. Etym: [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See Right.] (Anat.)
Defn: The terminal part of the large intestine; — so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
RECTUS Rec"tus (-ts), n.; pl. Recti (-t. Etym: [NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)
Defn: A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
RECUBATION Rec`u*ba"tion (rk`*b"shn), n. Etym: [L. recubare to lie upon the back.]
Defn: Recumbence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
RECULERe*cule" (r*kl"), v. i.
Defn: To recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
RECULE; RECULEMENTRe*cule" (r*kl"), Re*cule"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. reculement.]
Defn: Recoil. [Obs.]
RECUMB Re*cumb" (-km"), v. i. Etym: [L. recumbere; pref. re- back + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down.]
Defn: To lean; to recline; to repose. [Obs.] J. Allen (1761).
RECUMBENCERe*cum"bence (r*km"bens), n.
Defn: The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
RECUMBENCYRe*cum"ben*cy (-ben*s), n.
Defn: Recumbence.
RECUMBENT Re*cum"bent (-bet), a. Etym: [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See Recumb, Incumbent.]
Defn: Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of theRomans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.— Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.
RECUPERABLERe*cu"per*a*ble (r*k"pr**b'l), a. Etym: [Cf.F. récup. See Recover.]
Defn: Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.
RECUPERATERe*cu"per*ate (-t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Recuperated (-`td); p. pr. &vb. n. Recuperating.] Etym: [L.recuperatus,p.p. of recuperare. SeeRecover to get again.]
Defn: To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
RECUPERATERe*cu"per*ate, v. t.
Defn: To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
RECUPERATIONRe*cu`per*a"tion (-`shn), n.. Etym: [L. recuperatio: cf. F. récup.]
Defn: Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
RECUPERATIVE; RECUPERATORY Re*cu"per*a*tive (-*tv), Re*cu"per*a*to*ry (-*t*r), a. Etym: [L. recuperativus, recuperatorius.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
RECUPERATOR Re*cu"per*a`tor (r*k"ppr*`tr), n. Etym: [Cf. L. recuperator a recoverer.] (Steel Manuf.)
Defn: Same as Regenerator.
RECURRe*cur" (r*kr"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-krd"); p. pr. & vb.n. Recurring.] Etym: [L. recurrere; pref.re- re- + currere to run.See Current.]
1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts.
2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. Locke. Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. — Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner.
RECURERe*cure" (r*kr"), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Recover.]
1. To arrive at; to reach; to attain. [Obs.] Lydgate.
2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.] When their powers, impaired through labor long, With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser.
3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair. In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser.
4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [Obs.] No medicine Might avail his sickness to recure. Lydgate.
RECURERe*cure", n.
Defn: Cure; remedy; recovery. [Obs.]But whom he hite, without recure he dies. Fairfax.
RECURELESSRe*cure"less, a.
Defn: Incapable of cure. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
RECURRENCE; RECURRENCYRe*cur"rence, Re*cur"ren*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. récurrence.]
Defn: The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return;resort; recourse.I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to thedangerous preparations. I. Taylor.
RECURRENT Re*cur"rent (-rent), a. Etym: [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.]
1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing. — Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. — Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.
RECURSANT Re*cur"sant (r*kr"sant), a. Etym: [L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See Recure.] (Her.)
Defn: Displayed with the back toward the spectator; — said especially of an eagle.
RECURSIONRe*cur"sion (-shn), n. Etym: [L. recursio. See Recur.]
Defn: The act of recurring; return. [Obs.] Boyle.
RECURVATERe*cur"vate (r*kr"vt), a. Etym: [L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare.See Re-, and Curvate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Recurved.
RECURVATERe*cur"vate (-vt), v. t.
Defn: To bend or curve back; to recurve. Pennant.
RECURVATIONRe`cur*va"tion (r`kr*v"shn), n.
Defn: The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
RECURVERe*curve" (r*krv"), v. t.
Defn: To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
RECURVEDRe*curved" (r*krvd"), a.
Defn: Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
RECURVIROSTER Re*cur`vi*ros"ter (r*kr`v*rs"tr), n. Etym: [L. recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; cf. F. récurvirostre.] (Zool.)
Defn: A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
RECURVIROSTRALRe*cur`vi*ros"tral (-tral), a. Etym: [See Recurviroster.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the beak bent upwards.
RECURVITYRe*cur"vi*ty (r*kr"v*t), n.
Defn: Recurvation.
RECURVOUS Re*cur"vous (-vs), a. Etym: [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.]
Defn: Recurved. Derham.
RECUSANCYRe*cu"san*cy (r*k"zan*s or rk"-), n.
Defn: The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke.
RECUSANT Re*cu"sant (-zat; 277), a.Etym: [L. recusans, -antis, p.pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
Defn: Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord. It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.
RECUSANTRe*cu"sant, n.
1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.
2. (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope. Brande & C.
3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. Holyday.
RECUSATION Re`cu*sa"tion (rk`*z"shn), n. Etym: [L. recusatio: cf. F. récusation.]
1. Refusal. [Obs.]
2. (Old Law)
Defn: The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.
RECUSATIVERe*cu"sa*tive (r*k"z*tv), a.
Defn: Refusing; denying; negative. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
RECUSERe*cuse" (r*kz"), v. t. Etym: [F. récuser, or L. recusare. SeeRecusant.] (Law)
Defn: To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
RECUSSION Re*cus"sion (r*ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. recutire, recussum, to beat back; pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.]
Defn: The act of beating or striking back.
REDRed (rd), obs.
Defn: . imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser.
REDRed, v. t.
Defn: To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; — generally with up; as, to red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
REDRed, a. [Compar. Redder (-dr); superl. Reddest.] Etym: [OE. red,reed, AS. re, re; akin to OS. r, OFries, r, D. rood, G. roht, rot,OHG. r, Dan. & Sw. r, Icel. rau, rj, Goth. r, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz,Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. , Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf.L. rutilus. sq. root113. Cr. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,Russet, Rust.]
Defn: Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh flowers, white and reede." Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. Shak.
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red- headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red- coasted. Red admiral (Zoöl.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atlanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly. — Red ant. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanquinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. — Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. — Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. — Red bass. (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d). — Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. — Red beard (Zoöl.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] — Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. Gray. — Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism. — Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] — Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C. — Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. — Red bug. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (P. apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. — Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; — called also toon tree in India.
— Red chalk. See under Chalk. — Red copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. — Red coral (Zoöl.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea. — Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva cross, under Geneva. — Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant. — Red deer. (Zoöl.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. — Red duck (Zoöl.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); — called also ferruginous duck. — Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo. — Red empress (Zoöl.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. — Red fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis. — Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire, under Fire. — Red flag. See under Flag. — Red fox (Zoöl.), the common American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color. — Red grouse (Zoöl.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan. — Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. — Red hand (Her.), a left hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; — called also Badge of Ulster. — Red herring, the common herring dried and smoked. — Red horse. (Zoöl.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See the Note under Drumfish. — Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and Minium. — Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. — Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; — so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant. — Red maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of the wheat midge. — Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite. — Red man, one of the American Indians; — so called from his color. — Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. — Red mite. (Zoöl.) See Red spider, below. — Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color (Morus rubra). — Red mullet (Zoöl.), the surmullet. See Mullet. — Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. — Red perch (Zoöl.), the rosefish. — Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus. — Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine (Pinus resinosa); — so named from its reddish bark. — Red precipitate. See under Precipitate. — Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, — because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] — Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. — Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders. — Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. — Red scale (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. — Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. — Red snapper (Zoöl.), a large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. — Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. — Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, — a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. — Red spider (Zoöl.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite. — Red squirrel (Zoöl.), the chickaree. — Red tape, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. — Red underwing (Zoöl.), any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange. — Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.
REDRed (rd), n.
1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue." Milton.
2. A red pigment.
3. (European Politics)
Defn: An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]
4. pl. (Med.)
Defn: The menses. Dunglison. English red, a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red. — Hypericum red, a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum. — Indian red. See under Indian, and Almagra.
REDACT Re*dact" (r*dkt"), v. t. Etym: [L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive.]
Defn: To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
REDACTEURRé`dac`teur" (ray`dak`ter"), n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Redactor.
REDACTIONRe*dac"tion (r*dk"shn), n. Etym: [F. rédaction.]
Defn: The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
REDACTORRe*dac"tor (-tr), n.
Defn: One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor. Carlyle.
REDAN Re*dan" (r*dn"), n. Etym: [F., for OF. redent a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref. re- re- + dens, dentis, a tooth. Cf. Redented.] [Written sometimes redent and redens.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
2. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
REDARGUE Red*ar"gue (rd*r"g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redargued (-gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Redarguing.] Etym: [L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. rédarguer.]
Defn: To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [Archaic] How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness Jer. Taylor. Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W. Hamilton.
REDARGUTIONRed`ar*gu"tion (rd`r*g"shn), n. Etym: [L. redargutio.]
Defn: The act of redarguing; refutation. [Obs. or R.] Bacon.
REDARGUTORYRed`ar*gu"to*ry (-t*r), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [R.]
REDBACKRed"back` (rd"bk`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dunlin. [U. S.]
REDBELLYRed"bel`ly (-bl`l), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The char.
REDBIRD Red"bird` (-brd`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The cardinal bird. (b) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra). (c) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.
REDBREASTRed"breast` (-brst`), n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. See Robin. (c) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; — called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
REDBUDRed"bud` (-bd`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.
REDCAPRed"cap`, n.
1. (Zoöl)
Defn: The European goldfinch.
2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. [Scot.] Jamieson.
REDCOATRed"coat` (-kot`), n.
Defn: One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
RED CROSSRed Cross.
1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; — so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.
REDDERed"de (-de),
Defn: obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. Chaucer.
REDDEN Red"den (rd"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reddened (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reddening.] Etym: [From Red, a.]
Defn: To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
REDDENRed"den, v. i.
Defn: To grow or become red; to blush.Appius reddens at each word you speak. Pope.He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened thanhis obstinacy was at once subbued. Sir W. SCott.
REDDENDUM Red*den"dum (rd*dn"dm), n. Etym: [Neut. of L. reddendus that must be given back or yielded, gerundive of reddere. See Reddition.] (Law)
Defn: A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. Cruise.
REDDISHRed"dish (rd"dsh), a.
Defn: Somewhat red; moderately red.— Red"dish*ness, n.
REDDITION Red*di"tion (rd*dsh"n), n.Etym: [L. redditio, fr. reddere to give back, to return: cf. F. reddition. See Render.]
1. Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell.
2. Explanation; representation. [R.] The reddition or application of the comparison. Chapman.
REDDITIVERed"di**tive (rd"d*tv), a. Etym: [L. redditivus.] (Gram.)
Defn: Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.
REDDLERed"dle (rd"d'l), n. Etym: [From Red; cf. G. r. Cf. Ruddle.] (Min.)
Defn: Red chalk. See under Chalk.
RED DOG FLOUR; RED-DOG FLOURRed dog, or Red`-dog" flour.
Defn: The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and contains a relatively high percentage of protein. It is chiefly useful as feed for farm animals.
REDDOURRed"dour (rd"dr), n. Etym: [F. raideur, fr. raide stiff.]
Defn: Rigor; violence. [Obs.] Gower.
REDERede (rd), v. t. Etym: [See Read, v. t.]
1. To advise or counsel. [Obs. or Scot.] I rede that our host here shall begin. Chaucer.
2. To interpret; to explain. [Obs.] My sweven [dream] rede aright. Chaucer.
REDERede, n. Etym: [See Read, n.]
1. Advice; counsel; suggestion. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns. There was none other remedy ne reed. Chaucer.
2. A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw. [Obs.] "This rede is rife." Spenser.
REDEEMRe*deem" (r*dm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-dp. pr. & vb. n.Redeeming.] Etym: [F. r\'82dimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- +emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.),Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]
1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.
2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. Sandys.
4. (Theol.)
Defn: Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13.
5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. I will redeem all this on Percy's head. Shak.
6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime Milton. It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. Shak. To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.
REDEEMABILITYRe*deem`a*bil"i*ty (-*bl"*t), n.
Defn: Redeemableness.
REDEEMABLERe*deem"a*ble (-*b;l), a.
1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.
REDEEMABLENESSRe*deem"a*ble*ness (r*dm"*b'l*ns), n.
Defn: The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
REDEEMERRe*deem"er (r*dm"r), n.
1. One who redeems.
2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
REDELESSRede"less (rd"ls), a.
Defn: Without rede or counsel. [Obs.]
REDELIBERATERe`de*lib"er*ate (r`d*lb"r*t), v. t. & i.
Defn: To deliberate again; to reconsider.
REDELIVERRe`de*liv"er (r`d*lv"r), v. t.
1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay
2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again.
3. To report; to deliver the answer of. [R.] "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak.
REDELIVERANCERe`de*liv"er*ance (-ans), n.
Defn: A second deliverance.
REDELIVERYRe`de*liv"er*y (-), n.
1. Act of delivering back.
2. A second or new delivery or liberation.
REDEMAND Re`de*mand" (r`d*-mnd"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- back, again + demand: cf. F. redemander.]