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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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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.Re-çēs'sion, n. p. 1095The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or demand. South. Mercy may rejoice upon the recession of justice. Bp. Taylor. 2. The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession…Re-cĕss'ive, a. p. 1095Going back; receding.Rē'chab-ite, n. p. 1095(Jewish Hist.) One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, who abstained from all intoxicating drinks, and even from planting the vine, under an injunction to this effect of their ancestor…Rē-chānge', v. t. p. 1096To change again.Rē-chānge', v. i. p. 1096To make a second change.Ré-chärge', v. t. p. 1096To charge or accuse in return. Hooker. 2. To attack again; to attack anew. Dryden.Rē-chārge', v. i. p. 1096To make a second charge.Rē-chär'ter, n. p. 1096A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.Rē-chär'ter, v. t. p. 1096To charter again; to grant a second or another charter to.Rē-chāse', v. t. p. 1096To chase again; to chase or drive back. Chaucer.Rē-chās'ten, v. t. p. 1096To chasten again.Re-chēat', n. p. 1096(Sporting.) A strain which the huntsman winds on the horn when the hounds have lost the game, to call them back.Re-chēat', v. i. p. 1096To blow the recheat. Drayton.Recherché, a. p. 1096Sought out with care; hence, of rare attraction; of studied elegance; valuable for variety; peculiar and refined; unusual.Rĕch'less, a. p. 1096Reckless. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Ré-chōōse', v. t. p. 1096To choose a second time.Re-cĭd'ĭ-vāte, v. i. p. 1096To backslide; to fall again. [Obs.] Bp. Andrews.Re-cid'i-vā'tion, n. p. 1096A falling back; a backsliding. [Obs.] Hammond.Re-cīd'/i-vōus, a. p. 1096Subject to backslide. [Obs.]Rĕç'i-pē, n. p. 1096A formulary or prescription for making some combination or mixture of materials; especially, a prescription for medicine.Re-cip'i-ăn'gle, n. p. 1096An instrument somewhat like a level, sometimes used by engineers to measure angles, especially in fortification. Buchanan.Re-çip'i-en-cy, n. p. 1096The state or quality of being recipient; a receiving; reception.Re-cip'i-ent, a. p. 1096Receiving.Re-cip'i-ent, n. p. 1096A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, any thing is communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.Re-cip'ro-cal, a. p. 1096Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. 2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties. Let our reciprocal vows be…Re-cip'ro-cal, n. p. 1096That which is reciprocal to another thing. 2. (Arith. & Alg.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, 1 is the reciprocal of 4. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction…Re-cip'ro-cal'i-ty, n. p. 1096The state or quality of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.Re-cip'ro-cal-ly, adv. p. 1096In a reciprocal manner; in such a manner that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually. These two particles do reciprocally affect each other with the same…Re-cĭp'ro-cal-ness, n. p. 1096The quality of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.Re-cip'ro-cāte, v. i. p. 1096To act interchangeably; to alternate. One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies, And draws and blows reciprocating air. Dryden.Re-çip'ro-cāte, v. t. p. 1096To give and return mutually; to make return for; to requite; to interchange; as to reciprocate favors. Reciprocating motion (Mech.), motion alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a…Re-cĭp'ro-cā'tion, n. p. 1096The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses. 2. Alternation; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.…Rĕç'i-prŏç'i-ty, n. p. 1096Mutual action and reaction. 2. Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights. Reciprocity treaty, or treaty of reciprocity (International Law), a treaty concluded between two countries, conferring…Re-cĭp'ro-cĕr'nous, a. p. 1096(Zoöl.) Having horns turning backward and forward like those of a ram. Ash.Re-cip'ro-coûs, a. p. 1096Reciprocal. [Obs.]