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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'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.Rē-cȯv'er, v. t. p. 1099To cover again. W. Scott.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…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.…Rē-cōv'er, v. t. p. 1099To cover again.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…Re-cōv'er-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1099The state of being recoverable; capability of being recovered.Re-cōv'er-ance, n. p. 1099Recovery. [Obs.] Berners.Re-cōv'er-ee', n. p. 1099(Law.) The tenant or person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery. Blackstone.Re-cōv'er-er, n. p. 1099One who recovers.Re-cōv'er-ōr', n. p. 1099(Law.) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.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…Common recovery p. 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…Rēe're-ance, n. p. 1099Recreancy. [Obs.] Chaucer.Rēe're-an-cy, n. p. 1099The quality of being recreant.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…Rē'cre-ant, n. p. 1099One who yields in combat, and cries craven; one who begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone. You are all recreants, dastards! Shak.Re'cre-āte, v. t. p. 1099To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to revive the exhausted strength or languid spirits of; to refresh from weariness; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.…Rēc're-āte, v. i. p. 1099To take recreation. Addison.Rē'cre-āte', v. t. p. 1099To create or form anew. On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of re-enforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. Marshall.Rēe/re-ā'tion, n. p. 1099The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport. Syn.—Amusement; diversion; entertainment; pastime; sport.Rē`cre-ā'tion, n. p. 1099A forming anew; a new creation or formation.Rēc're-ā'tive, a. p. 1099Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. Let the music be recreative. Bacon.Rēc're-ā'tive-ly, adv. p. 1099In a recreative manner; so as to afford recreation or diversion. Sherwood.Rēe're-ā'tive-ness, n. p. 1099The quality of being recreative, refreshing, or diverting.Rĕe're-ment, n. p. 1099Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; spume; as, the recrement of ore, or of the blood.Rĕc're-mĕnt'al or Rĕc're-men-tĭ'tial or Rĕc're-men-tĭ'tious, a. p. 1099Consisting of superfluous matter separated from that which is valuable; drossy.Re-crĭm'i-nāte, v. i. p. 1099To return one accusation with another; to retort a charge; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser; to charge an accuser with the like crime.Re-crĭm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1099To accuse in return. South.Re-crĭm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 1099The act of recriminating; the return of one accusation with another. 2. (Law.) A counter-accusation; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser. Accusations and recriminations passed…Re-crĭm'i-nā'tive, a. p. 1099Recriminating, or retorting accusation; recriminatory.Re-crĭm'i-nā'tor, n. p. 1099One who recriminates.Re-crĭm'i-na-to-ry, a. p. 1099Recriminating; retorting accusation.Rē-crŏss', v. t. p. 1099To cross a second time.