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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.…Rĕck'on-ing-bōōk, n. p. 1097A book in which an account of money received and expended is entered; an account-book. Johnson.Re-clāim', v. t. p. 1097To call out loudly or repeatedly to; to call on; to recall. [Rare.] The headstrong horses hurried Octavius along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. Dryden. 2. To call back from wild or disorderly…Re-clāim', v. i. p. 1097To cry out; to exclaim against any thing; to oppose or contradict; to raise an outcry; to take exceptions. [Obs.] Scripture reclaims, the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not…Re-clāim’, n. p. 1097The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]Re-clāim'a-ble, a. p. 1097Capable of being reclaimed, reformed, or tamed.Re-clāim'ant, n. p. 1097One who reclaims, or makes reclamation. Waterland.Re-clāim'less, a. p. 1097Not to be reclaimed.Rēc'la-mā'tion, n. p. 1097Recovery. 2. Demand of something to be restored; claim made. Gallatin. 3. Representation made in opposition; exception taken. I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and justice, try…Rē-clāsp', v. t. p. 1097To clasp again.Re-clī'nant, a. p. 1097Bending backward.Rē'clĭ-nate, a. p. 1097(Bot.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.Rē'cli-nā'tion, n. p. 1097The act of leaning or reclining. 2. (Dialing.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in an horizontal line. Brande. 3. (Surg.) The act or process of…Re-clīne′, v. t. p. 1097To lean back; to lean to one side, or sidewise; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, or on the arm. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.