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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Re`/com-mēnçe'ment, n.p. 1098A commencement made anew.
  2. 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…
  3. Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-ble, a.p. 1098Suitable to be recommended; worthy of recommendation or praise. Glanville.
  4. Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1098The quality of being recommendable.
  5. Rĕc/om-mĕnd'a-bly, adv.p. 1098So as to deserve recommendation.
  6. 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…
  7. Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-tĭve, n.p. 1098That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]
  8. Rĕc'om-mĕnd'a-to-ry, a.p. 1098Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
  9. Rĕc'om-mĕnd'er, n.p. 1098One who recommends.
  10. 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.
  11. Re`/com-mīt', v. t.p. 1098To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
  12. Rē/com-mit’ment or Rē/com-mit’tal, n.p. 1098A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
  13. Re`com-mu'ni-cāte, v. i.p. 1098To communicate again.
  14. Re'com-pāct', v. t.p. 1098To compact or join anew. Repair And recompact my scattered body. Donne.
  15. Rē-cŏm'pen-sā'tion, n.p. 1098Recompense. [Obs.]
  16. Re'com-pēnse, v. t.p. 1098To make a return to; to render an equivalent to, for service, loss, &c.; to requite; to reward; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for; to…
  17. Rē'com-pēnse, n.p. 1098An equivalent returned for any thing given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. Deut. xxxii. 35. And every transgression and…
  18. Rĕc'om-pĕnse, v. i.p. 1098To give recompense; to make amends; to make requital. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  19. Ree'om-pĕnse'ment, n.p. 1098Recompense; requital. (Obs.) Fabyan.
  20. Rĕc'om-pēns'er, n.p. 1098One who gives a recompense; a requiter. “A thankful recompenser of the benefits received.” Foxe.
  21. Rē-cōm'pi-lā'tion, n.p. 1098A new compilation.
  22. Rē'com-pile', v. t.p. 1098To compile anew.
  23. Rē'com-pīle'ment, n.p. 1098The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilment of laws. Bacon.
  24. Rē'com-pōse', v. t.p. 1098To compose again; to form anew; to put together repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton. 2.…
  25. Rē'com-pōs'er, n.p. 1098One who recomposes.
  26. Rē-cŏm'po-sĭ'tion', n.p. 1098The act of recomposing; composition renewed.
  27. Rē'con-cil/a-ble, a.p. 1098Capable of being reconciled; restorable to renewed friendship; admitting reconciliation or readjustment; as, parties not reconcilable. 2. Capable of being made to agree or be consistent; restorable…
  28. Rĕc'on-çīl'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1098The quality of being reconcilable; consistency; as, the reconcilableness of parts of Scripture which apparently disagree. 2. Possibility of being restored to friendship and harmony.
  29. Rĕc'on-çīl'a-bly, adv.p. 1098In a reconcilable manner.
  30. Rĕc'on-çīle', v. t.p. 1098To conciliate anew; to restore to union and friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; to restore to friendship or favor after estrangement; as, to reconcile men or…
  31. Rĕc'on-çīle', v. i.p. 1098To become conciliated; to be reconciled. [Obs.]
  32. Rĕc'on-cīle'ment, n.p. 1098The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconciliation. No cloud Of anger shall remain, but peace assured, And reconcilement. Milton.
  33. Rē'con-cil'er, n.p. 1098One who reconciles; one who brings parties at variance into renewed friendship. 2. One who discovers the consistence of propositions seemingly contradictory. Norris.
  34. Rĕc/on-cĭl/i-ā'tion, n.p. 1098The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational…
  35. Rē'con-cĭl'i-a-to-ry, a.p. 1098Serving or tending to reconcile.
  36. Rē-cōn'den-sā'tion, n.p. 1098The act of recondensing.
  37. Rē'con-dĕnse', v. t.p. 1098To condense again. Boyle.
  38. Rē'con-dīte or Re-cŏn'dīte, a.p. 1098Hidden from the view or intellect; secret; abstruse: as, recondite causes of things. 2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; as, recondite studies.
  39. Re-cōn'di-to-ry, n.p. 1098A repository; a storehouse or magazine. [Obs.] Ash.
  40. Rē-con-dūct′, v. t.p. 1098To conduct back or again. Dryden.
  41. Rē'con-firm', v. t.p. 1098To confirm anew. Clarendon.
  42. Rē'con-join', v. t.p. 1098To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.
  43. Re-cŏn'nais-sänce or Re-cŏn'nois-sänce, n.p. 1098The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey; as, specifically, (a.) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character. (b.) (Engin.) An…
  44. Rĕc'on-noi'ter or Rĕc'on-noi'tre, v. t.p. 1098To examine by the eye; to make a preliminary survey of; to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
  45. Rē-cŏn'quer, v. t.p. 1098To conquer again; to recover by conquest. 2. To recover; to regain.
  46. Rē-cōn'quest, n.p. 1098A second conquest.
  47. Rē-cōn'se-crāte, v. t.p. 1098To consecrate anew.
  48. Rē-cōn'se-crā'tion, n.p. 1098Renewed consecration.
  49. Rē'con-sid'er, v. t.p. 1098To consider again; to turn in the mind again; to review. 2. (Parliamentary Practice.) To take up for renewed consideration, as that which has been previously acted upon, a motion, vote, or the like.
  50. Rē'con-sid'er-ā'tion, n.p. 1098The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; renewed consideration or review in the mind; the taking up for renewed consideration of that which has been previously acted upon.
  51. Rē-cŏn'so-lāte, v. t.p. 1098To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Wotton.
  52. Rē'con-sōl'i-dā'tion, n.p. 1098The state of being consolidated again or anew.
  53. Rē'con-strūct', v. t.p. 1098To construct again; to rebuild. Whole regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.
  54. Rē'con-strūc'tion, n.p. 1098Act of constructing again.
  55. Rē'con-strūct'ive, a.p. 1098Able or tending to reconstruct; reconstructing.
  56. Rē'con-tin'ū-aņçe, n.p. 1098The state of recontinuing.
  57. Rē'con-tin'ūe, v. t. & i.p. 1098To continue again or anew.
  58. Rē'con-vēne', v. t.p. 1098To convene or call together again.
  59. Rē'con-vēne', v. i.p. 1098To assemble or come together again.
  60. Rē'con-vĕn'/tion, n.p. 1098(Civil Law.) A cross demand by the defendant upon the plaintiff; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff, before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.