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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-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.]Rĕç'i-prŏk, a. p. 1096Reciprocal. [Obs. and rare.] “Reciproct commerce.” B. Jonson.Re-cĭs'ion, n. p. 1096The act of cutting off. Sherwood.Re-cit'al, n. p. 1096The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a writing; rehearsal; as, the recital of a deed; the recital of testimony. 2. A telling of the particulars of any thing, as of a…Rĕc/i-tā'tion, n. p. 1096The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words. Hammond. 2. The delivery before an audience of something prepared beforehand, or of a piece committed to memory; a public reading or reproduction…Rĕc/i-ta-tive', a. p. 1096Pertaining to, or intended for, musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative.Rĕc'i-ta-tĭve’,, n. p. 1096A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, the recitation itself, or a piece of music intended for recitation. Brande.Rĕc'i-ta-tive'ly, adv. p. 1096In the manner of recitative.Rĕc'i-ta-tī'vo, n. p. 1096(Mus.) Recitative.Re-cīte', v. t. p. 1096To 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…Re-cīte', v. t. p. 1096To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.Re-cite', n. p. 1096The same as RECITAL. [Obs.]Re-cit'er, n. p. 1096One who recites or rehearses.Rĕck, v. i. p. 1096To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind;—followed by of. [Obs., except in poetry.] Thou's but a lazy loorde, And recks much of thy swinke. Spenser. I reck as little what betideth me, As much…Rēck, v. t. p. 1096To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard; to care. [Obs., except in poetry.] “This son of mine not recking danger.” Sidney.Rĕck'less, a. p. 1096Rashly or indifferently negligent; careless; heedless; mindless. I made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sidney. Syn.—Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent…Rĕck'less-ly, adv. p. 1096In a reckless manner; heedlessly; carelessly.Rēck'less-ness, n. p. 1096The state or quality of being reckless; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.Rĕck'on, v. t. p. 1096To make or render account of; to tell one by one; to compute; to calculate; to count. The priest shall reckon to him the money, according to the years that remain, . . . and it shall be abated. Lev.…Rēck'on, v. i. p. 1096To make account; to go through with a calculation or computation. I call posterity Into the debt, and reckon on her head. B. Jonson. 2. To make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the…Rĕck'on-er, n. p. 1096One who reckons or computes. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.Rĕck'on-ing, n. p. 1096The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; calculation;—in specific uses, (a.) An account of time. Sandys. (b.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, &c.…