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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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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.Re-clīne', v. i. p. 1097To rest or repose; to take a recumbent position; to lean; as, to recline on a couch.Re-clīne', a. p. 1097In a reclining posture; leaning. [Rare.] They sat, recline, On the soft, downy bank damasked with flowers. Milton.Re-clīned', a. p. 1097(Bot.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.Re-clin'er, n. p. 1097One who, or that which, reclines.Re-clin'ing, a. p. 1097(Bot.) (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. (b.) Recumbent. Lindley.Reclining dial p. 1097a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Math. Dict.Rē-clōse', v. t. p. 1097To close or shut again.Re-clūde', v. t. p. 1097To open. [Obs.] Harvey.Re-clūse', a. p. 1097Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life. I all the livelong day Consume in meditation deep, recluse From human…Re-clūse', n. p. 1097A person who lives in retirement or seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk. 2. Specifically, one of a class of religious devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to…Re-clūse', v. t. p. 1097To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]Re-clūse'ly, adv. p. 1097In a recluse manner; in retirement or seclusion from society.Re-clūse'ness, n. p. 1097Retirement; seclusion from society.Re-clū'sion, n. p. 1097A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.Re-clū'sive, a. p. 1097Affording retirement from society. “Some reclusive and religious life.” Shak.Re-clū'so-ry, a. p. 1097The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.Rē′co-ăg′ū-lā′tion, n. p. 1097A second coagulation. Boyle.Rē-cōast’, v. t. p. 1097To coast back; to return along the same coast. Chandler.Rē-cōct', v. t. p. 1097To boil over again; hence, to make over again; to renew. [Obs.] Old women and men, too, . . . seek, as it were, by Medea's charms, to recoct their corps, as she Æson's, from feeble deformities to…Rē-cōc'tion, n. p. 1097A second coction or preparation.Rēc'og-nī'tion, n. p. 1097The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; memorial. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials…Re-cŏg'ni-tor, n. p. 1097(Law.) One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone.Re-cŏg'ni-to-ry, a. p. 1097Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition. C. Lamb.Rĕc'og-nĭz'a-ble or Re-cŏg'nĭ-za-ble, a. p. 1097Capable of being recognized, known, or acknowledged. [Written also recognisable.]Rēc'og-nī'a-bly or Re-cōg'ni-za-bly, adv. p. 1097In a manner to be recognized. Carlyle.Re-cōg'nī-zance, n. p. 1097Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak. 2. (Law.) (a.) An obligation of record entered into before…Re-cŏg'nĭ-zā'tion, n. p. 1097The act of recognizing; recognition.Rē·c'og-nize, v. t. p. 1097To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte. 2. To avow knowledge of…Rec'og-nīze, v. i. p. 1097(Law.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty pounds. ☞ In legal usage in the United States, the second syllable is usually accented.Re-cŏg'ni-zee', n. p. 1097(Law.) The person to whom a recognizance is made. Blackstone.Rec'og-nīz'er, n. p. 1097One who recognizes; a recognizor. [Written also recogniser.]Re-cŏg'ni-zôr', n. p. 1097(Law.) One who enters into a recognizance. [Written also recognisor.] Blackstone.Re-coil', v. i. p. 1097To start, roll, bound, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced to retreat; to retire; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it…Re-coil', v. t. p. 1097To drive back. [Obs.] Spenser.Re-coil', n. p. 1097A starting or falling back; as, the recoil of nature, or the blood. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson. 2. Specifically, the reaction or resilience of firearms when discharged.Re-coil'er, n. p. 1097One who recoils.Re-coil'ing-ly, adv. p. 1097With starting back or retrocession.Re-coil'ment, n. p. 1097The act of recoiling.Re-coin', v. t. p. 1097To coin anew; as, to recoin gold or silver.Rē-coin'age, n. p. 1097The act of coining anew. 2. That which is coined anew.Rē'col-lēct', v. t. p. 1097To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. To cause to be composed or collected. [Rare.] The Tyrian queen Admired his fortunes, more admired the man…Re'-col-lĕct', v. t. p. 1097To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. He, his wonted pride Soon re-collecting, . . . raised Their fainted courage. Milton.Rē'col-lēt, n. p. 1097See RECOLLET.