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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-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.Rec'ol-lec'tion, n. p. 1097The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas…Re`ol-lect'ive, a. p. 1097Having the power of recollecting. Foster.Rĕc'ōl-let p. 1097m. [Written also recollect.] [Lat. recollectus, p. p. of recolligere, to gather again, to gather up; N. Lat., to collect one's self or one's thoughts, especially for religious contemplation; Fr.…Rē-cōl'o-ni-zā'tion, n. p. 1097A second colonization.Rē-cōl'o-nīze, v. t. p. 1097To colonize a second time.Re-cōm'bi-nā'tion, n. p. 1097Combination a second time.Rē/com-bīne', v. t. p. 1097To combine again. “If we recombine these two elastic fluids.” Lavoisier, Trans.Rē-cŏm'fort, v. t. p. 1097To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.Ĭn-cŏm'fort-less, a. p. 1098Without comfort. [Obs.]Rē-cŏm'fort-ūre, n. p. 1098The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.] Shak.Re′com-mĕnce′, v. t. p. 1098To commence again; to begin anew.Re`/com-mēnçe'ment, n. p. 1098A commencement made anew.Rec`om-mend', v. t. p. 1098To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or kindness, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation…Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-ble, a. p. 1098Suitable to be recommended; worthy of recommendation or praise. Glanville.Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1098The quality of being recommendable.Rĕc/om-mĕnd'a-bly, adv. p. 1098So as to deserve recommendation.Rĕc'om-men-dā'tion, n. p. 1098The act of recommending or of commending; the act of representing in a favorable manner for the purpose of procuring the notice, confidence, or civilities of another; as, to introduce a friend to a…Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-tĭve, n. p. 1098That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-to-ry, a. p. 1098Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.Rĕc'om-mĕnd'er, n. p. 1098One who recommends.Re'/com-mis'sion, v. t. p. 1098To commission again; to give a new commission to. Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned. Marshall.