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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'com-pōs'er, n. p. 1098One who recomposes.Rē-cŏm'po-sĭ'tion', n. p. 1098The act of recomposing; composition renewed.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…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.Rĕc'on-çīl'a-bly, adv. p. 1098In a reconcilable manner.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…Rĕc'on-çīle', v. i. p. 1098To become conciliated; to be reconciled. [Obs.]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.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.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…Rē'con-cĭl'i-a-to-ry, a. p. 1098Serving or tending to reconcile.Rē-cōn'den-sā'tion, n. p. 1098The act of recondensing.Rē'con-dĕnse', v. t. p. 1098To condense again. Boyle.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.Re-cōn'di-to-ry, n. p. 1098A repository; a storehouse or magazine. [Obs.] Ash.Rē-con-dūct′, v. t. p. 1098To conduct back or again. Dryden.Rē'con-firm', v. t. p. 1098To confirm anew. Clarendon.Rē'con-join', v. t. p. 1098To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.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…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.Rē-cŏn'quer, v. t. p. 1098To conquer again; to recover by conquest. 2. To recover; to regain.Rē-cōn'quest, n. p. 1098A second conquest.Rē-cōn'se-crāte, v. t. p. 1098To consecrate anew.Rē-cōn'se-crā'tion, n. p. 1098Renewed consecration.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.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.Rē-cŏn'so-lāte, v. t. p. 1098To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Wotton.Rē'con-sōl'i-dā'tion, n. p. 1098The state of being consolidated again or anew.Rē'con-strūct', v. t. p. 1098To construct again; to rebuild. Whole regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.Rē'con-strūc'tion, n. p. 1098Act of constructing again.Rē'con-strūct'ive, a. p. 1098Able or tending to reconstruct; reconstructing.Rē'con-tin'ū-aņçe, n. p. 1098The state of recontinuing.Rē'con-tin'ūe, v. t. & i. p. 1098To continue again or anew.Rē'con-vēne', v. t. p. 1098To convene or call together again.Rē'con-vēne', v. i. p. 1098To assemble or come together again.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.Rē'con-vēr'sion, n. p. 1098A second conversion. Weever.Rē'con-vērt', v. t. p. 1098To convert again.Rē'con-vey', v. t. p. 1098To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods. 2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.Rē'con-vey'ance, n. p. 1098The act of reconveying or transferring a title back to a former proprietor.Rē-cōp'y, v. t. p. 1098To copy again.Re-cōrd', v. t. p. 1098To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs. and rare.] 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to see the lark, Record her hymns, and chant…Re-cōrd', v. i. p. 1099To reflect; to meditate; to ponder. [Obs.] “Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.” Fuller. 2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs. and rare.] “Whether the birds or…Rĕc'ord, n. p. 1099A register; an authentic copy of any writing, or an account or memorial of any facts and proceedings, entered in a book for preservation; an official contemporaneous memorandum in writing, drawn up…Rec`or-dā'tion, n. p. 1099Remembrance; recollection. Shak. 2. Record; register.Re-cōrd'er, n. p. 1099One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to register writings or transactions; one who enrolls or records. 2. The chief judicial officer of some cities and boroughs; the…Re-côrd'er-ship, n. p. 1099The office of a recorder.Rĕ/cor-pŏr/i-fi-cā/tion, n. p. 1099The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished or invested anew with a body. [Rare.] Boyle.Rē-couch′, v. i. p. 1099To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. Walton.Re-count', v. t. p. 1099To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse. Say from these glorious seeds what harvest flows. Recount our blessings, and compare our woes.…Re-count', v. t. p. 1099To count or reckon again or anew.Re-count'ment, n. p. 1099Relation in detail; recital. [Obs.] Shak.Re-coup' or Recoupe, v. t. p. 1099To cut again; hence, to redivide or redistribute. 2. (Law.) To diminish damages by cutting out or keeping back a part of; to hold back a part of, as due. Burrill.Recoupe, n. p. 1099The same as RECOUPMENT.Re-coup'er, n. p. 1099One who recoups. Story.Re-equip'ment, n. p. 1099(Law.) The act of retaining something due; discount or deduction; diminution of plaintiff's damages, in an action on an agreement, for defect in performance on his part. Burrill.Re-equire', v. t. p. 1099To recover. [Obs.] Chaucer.Re-cōurse', n. p. 1099Renewed course or flow; frequent passage. [Obs.] “Swift recourse of flushing blood.” Spenser. 2. Return; renewed attack; recurrence. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the…Re-cōurse', v. i. p. 1099To return; to recur. [Obs.] Foxe.Re-cōurse'ful, a. p. 1099Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.] Drayton.