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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. Rē-con-dūct′, v. t.p. 1098To conduct back or again. Dryden.
  2. Rē'con-firm', v. t.p. 1098To confirm anew. Clarendon.
  3. Rē'con-join', v. t.p. 1098To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.
  4. 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…
  5. 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.
  6. Rē-cŏn'quer, v. t.p. 1098To conquer again; to recover by conquest. 2. To recover; to regain.
  7. Rē-cōn'quest, n.p. 1098A second conquest.
  8. Rē-cōn'se-crāte, v. t.p. 1098To consecrate anew.
  9. Rē-cōn'se-crā'tion, n.p. 1098Renewed consecration.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Rē-cŏn'so-lāte, v. t.p. 1098To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Wotton.
  13. Rē'con-sōl'i-dā'tion, n.p. 1098The state of being consolidated again or anew.
  14. Rē'con-strūct', v. t.p. 1098To construct again; to rebuild. Whole regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.
  15. Rē'con-strūc'tion, n.p. 1098Act of constructing again.
  16. Rē'con-strūct'ive, a.p. 1098Able or tending to reconstruct; reconstructing.
  17. Rē'con-tin'ū-aņçe, n.p. 1098The state of recontinuing.
  18. Rē'con-tin'ūe, v. t. & i.p. 1098To continue again or anew.
  19. Rē'con-vēne', v. t.p. 1098To convene or call together again.
  20. Rē'con-vēne', v. i.p. 1098To assemble or come together again.
  21. 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.
  22. Rē'con-vēr'sion, n.p. 1098A second conversion. Weever.
  23. Rē'con-vērt', v. t.p. 1098To convert again.
  24. 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.
  25. Rē'con-vey'ance, n.p. 1098The act of reconveying or transferring a title back to a former proprietor.
  26. Rē-cōp'y, v. t.p. 1098To copy again.
  27. 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…
  28. 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…
  29. 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…
  30. Rec`or-dā'tion, n.p. 1099Remembrance; recollection. Shak. 2. Record; register.
  31. 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…
  32. Re-côrd'er-ship, n.p. 1099The office of a recorder.
  33. 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.
  34. Rē-couch′, v. i.p. 1099To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. Walton.
  35. 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.…
  36. Re-count', v. t.p. 1099To count or reckon again or anew.
  37. Re-count'ment, n.p. 1099Relation in detail; recital. [Obs.] Shak.
  38. 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.
  39. Recoupe, n.p. 1099The same as RECOUPMENT.
  40. Re-coup'er, n.p. 1099One who recoups. Story.
  41. 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.
  42. Re-equire', v. t.p. 1099To recover. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  43. 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…
  44. Re-cōurse', v. i.p. 1099To return; to recur. [Obs.] Foxe.
  45. Re-cōurse'ful, a.p. 1099Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.] Drayton.
  46. Rē-cȯv'er, v. t.p. 1099To cover again. W. Scott.
  47. Re-cōv'er, v. t.p. 1099To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1 Sam. xxx. 18. 2. To make good to one's self by reparation; to…
  48. Re-cōv'er, v. i.p. 1099To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; — followed by of or from. Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. 2 Kings i. 2.…
  49. Rē-cōv'er, v. t.p. 1099To cover again.
  50. Re-cŏv'er-a-ble, a.p. 1099Capable of being recovered or regained; as, goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable; restorable from sickness, from a low condition, misfortune, or the like; capable of being brought back…
  51. Re-cōv'er-a-ble-ness, n.p. 1099The state of being recoverable; capability of being recovered.
  52. Re-cōv'er-ance, n.p. 1099Recovery. [Obs.] Berners.
  53. Re-cōv'er-ee', n.p. 1099(Law.) The tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. Blackstone.
  54. Re-cōv'er-er, n.p. 1099One who recovers.
  55. Re-cōv'er-ōr', n.p. 1099(Law.) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.
  56. Re-cŏv'er-y, n.p. 1099The act of recovering, regaining, retaking, or obtaining possession. 2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from low condition or misfortune. 3. The obtaining of…
  57. Common recoveryp. 1099a species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete both in England and…
  58. Rēe're-ance, n.p. 1099Recreancy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  59. Rēe're-an-cy, n.p. 1099The quality of being recreant.
  60. Rēc're-ant, a.p. 1099Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. Blackstone. 2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to…