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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Rē-cāl'ci-trā'tion, n. p. 1094A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance. W. Scott.Re-cāll', v. t. p. 1094To call back; to take back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops. “If Henry were recalled to life again.” Shak. 2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to recant; as, to recall words, or a…Re-cāll', n. p. 1094A calling back; revocation. 'Tis done; and since 'tis done, 'tis past recall. Dryden.Re-cāl'la-ble, a. p. 1094Capable of being recalled. “Delegates recallable at pleasure.” Madison.Re-cāll'ment, n. p. 1094The act of recalling; recall; also, the state of being recalled. [Obs.]Re-cānt', v. t. p. 1094To assert in opposition to something previously asserted; to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back by one's own act; to retract; to recall. How soon would ease recant Vows made in pain…Re-cānt′, v. i. p. 1094To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; as, convince me I am wrong, and I will recant.Rē'can-tā'tion, n. p. 1094The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. The poor man was . . . forced to make a public recantation. Stillingfleet.Re-cānt’er, n. p. 1094One who recants.Rē'ea-păç'i-tāte, v. t. p. 1094To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury.Rē-ca-pīt'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1094To repeat, as the principal things mentioned in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief. Syn.—To reiterate…Rēä-pīt'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 1094To sum up what has been previously said or defended.Rē'ca-pĭt'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1094The act of recapitulating; a summary or concise statement or enumeration of the principal points or facts in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.Rē/cap-it'ū-la-to-ry, a. p. 1094Repeating again; containing recapitulation.Rē-cāp'tion, n. p. 1094The act of retaking; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone.Writ of recaption p. 1095a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause. Craig. Wharton.Rē-cāp'tor, n. p. 1095One who retakes; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.Rē-căpt'ūre, n. p. 1095The act of retaking; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. 2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.Rē-căpt’ūre, v. t. p. 1095To retake; especially, to retake a prize which had been previously taken.Rē-cār'bon-īze, v. t. p. 1095To restore carbon to, as to that from which it has been extracted; to carbonize anew; as, to recarbonize steel.Rē-cār'nī-fy, v. t. p. 1095To convert again into flesh. [Obs.] Howell.Rē-cār'ry, v. t. p. 1095To carry back. Walton.Rē-cāst', v. t. p. 1095To throw again. Florio. 2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast an argument or play; to recast a cannon. 3. To compute a second time.Re-cēde', v. i. p. 1095To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the insulted shore. Dryden. All bodies, moved circularly, endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley. 2.…Re-cēde', v. t. p. 1095To cede back; to grant or yield to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.Re-çēipt', n. p. 1095The act of receiving; reception. “At the receipt of your letter.” Shak. 2. Power of receiving or containing; capacity. It has become a place of great receipt. Evelyn. 3. Place of receiving. “Sitting…Re-çēipt', v. t. p. 1095To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.Re-çēipt', v. i. p. 1095To give a receipt; as, to receipt for money paid in liquidation of an account.Re-çēipt'ment, n. p. 1095(O. Eng. Law.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony. Burrill.Re-cēipt'or, n. p. 1095(Law.) One who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.Re-cēiv'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1095The quality of being receivable; receivableness.Re-çēiv'a-ble, a. p. 1095Capable of being received.Re-cēiv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1095Capability of being received; receptibility.Re-çēive', v. t. p. 1095To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to give reception to; to accept; not to reject, repel, or turn away. 2. Hence, to gain the knowledge of; to take into…Re-çēiv'ed-ness, n. p. 1095The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.Re-çēiv'er, n. p. 1095One who takes or receives in any manner. 2. (Law.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court of chancery, to receive and hold in trust money or other property which is the subject of litigation…Re-çēiv'er-shĭp, n. p. 1095The state or office of a receiver.Re-çēiv'ing, n. p. 1095The act of one who receives; that which is received.Rē-çĕl'e-brāte, v. t. p. 1095To celebrate again. B. Jonson.Rē-çĕl'e-brā'tion, n. p. 1095A renewed celebration.Rē'çen-çy, n. p. 1095The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, &c.Re-çĕnse', v. t. p. 1095To review; to revise. [Rare.] Bentley.Re-çĕn'sion, n. p. 1095The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. 2. Especially, the review of a text by an editor or editors; critical revisal and establishment. 3. Hence, the result of such a…Re-çĕn'sion-ĭst, n. p. 1095One who makes recensions; one who makes critical reviews, as of a text; an editor.Rē'çent, a. p. 1095Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, &c.; fresh; late; new; modern; as, recent news or…Rē-çĕn'ter, v. t. p. 1095To center again; to restore to the center.Rē'çent-ly, adv. p. 1095Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received; a town recently built or repaired.Rē'çent-ness, n. p. 1095The quality of being recent or new; newness; freshness; lateness of origin or occurrence; as, the recentness of alluvial land; the recentness of news or of events.Re-cĕp'ta-cle, n. p. 1095That which receives, or into which any thing is received and held; a receiver or holder; a reservoir. “O sacred receptacle of my joys!” Shak. 2. (Bot.) (a.) The apex of the flower-stalk from which…Rĕc'ep-tăc'ū-lar, a. p. 1095(Bot.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it, as the nectary.Rēc'ep-ta-ry, n. p. 1095That which is received. [Obs.] “The receptaries of philosophy.” Browne.Re-cēp'ti-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1095The quality of being receptible; receivableness; capacity of receiving.Re-çĕp'ti-ble, a. p. 1095That may be received; receivable.Re-cĕp'tion, n. p. 1095The act of receiving; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas. All hope is lost Of my reception into grace. Milton. 2.…Re-çép'tive, a. p. 1095Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, hold, or contain; receiving or containing. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. Glanville.Rĕc'ep-tĭv'i-ty, n. p. 1095The state or quality of being receptive. 2. (Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving or suffering impressions, as those of the external senses.Re-çēp'to-ry, n. p. 1095That which receives; a receptacle. [Obs. or rare.] Holland.Re-cĕp'to-ry, a. p. 1095Generally or popularly admitted or received. [Obs.] Browne.Re-cēss',, n. p. 1095A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retirement; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. “Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality.” South. 2. A withdrawing…Re-cĕss', v. t. p. 1095To form into a recess; as, to recess a cavern. 2. To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.