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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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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.Re-crū'den-cy, n. p. 1099Recrudescence.Rē'cru-dēs'cence or Rē'cru-dēs'cen-cy, n. p. 1099The state of becoming sore again. Bacon. 2. (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.Rē'cru-dĕs'cent, a. p. 1099Growing raw, sore, or painful again.Re-cruīt′, v. t. p. 1099To repair by fresh supplies, as any thing wasted; to supply lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits. Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting…Re-crūit′, v. i. p. 1100To gain new supplies of any thing wasted; to gain flesh, health, spirits, and the like; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures. 2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to…Re-cr'uit', n. p. 1100Supply of any thing wasted. The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. Burke. 2. Specifically, a person enlisted to make up deficiency in an army; a newly-enlisted…Re-cr'uit'er, n. p. 1100One who recruits.Re-cru'it'ment, n. p. 1100The act or business of recruiting or raising new supplies of men for an army.Rē-crys'tal-li-zā'tion, n. p. 1100The process of a second crystallizing.Rē-crys'talize, v. i. p. 1100To crystallize a second time. Henry.Rĕc'tal, a. p. 1100(Anat.) Pertaining to the rectum.Rēct’ang-gle, n. p. 1100A four-sided figure, having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram. ☞ As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for…Rēct'ang-gle, a. p. 1100Rectangular. [Obs.]Rēct'ang-gled, a. p. 1100Having one or more right angles, or angles of ninety degrees. Hutton.Rect-āng'gu-lar, a. p. 1100Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. Rectangular co-ordinates. See CO-ORDINATE.Rect-ăn'gu-lăr'i-ty, n. p. 1100The quality or state of being right-angled.Rect-ăn'gu-lar-ly, adv. p. 1100In a rectangular manner; with or at right angles.Rect-ān'gu-lar-ness, n. p. 1100The state of being rectangular.Rēe'ti-fī'a-ble, a. p. 1100Capable of being rectified, corrected, or set right; as, a rectifiable mistake. 2. (Math.) Admitting, as a curve, the construction of a straight line equal in length to any definite portion of the…Rēc'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1100The act or operation of rectifying, or of correcting, amending, or setting right, that which is wrong or erroneous; as, the rectification of errors, mistakes, or abuses. After the rectification of…Rĕc'ti-fī'er, n. p. 1100One who, or that which, rectifies; a person who corrects or amends. 2. One who refines substances by repeated distillations. 3. An instrument used for determining the variations of the compass, in…Rēe'ti-fy', v. t. p. 1100To make straight or right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.…Rĕc'ti-līn'e-al or Rĕc'ti-līn'e-ar, a. p. 1100Right-lined; consisting of a right line, or of right-lines; bounded by right lines; straight; as, a rectilinear figure or course; a rectilinear side or way.Rĕc'ti-lin/e-ār'i-ty, n. p. 1100The quality or state of being right-lined. So it is with the rectilinearity or undulatory motion of light. Coleridge.Rĕc'ti-lĭnĕ'ar-ly, adv. p. 1100In a right line.Rĕc'ti-līn'e-oūs, a. p. 1100Rectilinear. [Obs.] Ray.Rec'tion, n. p. 1100(Gram.) The state, position, or power of a word, in consequence of which another word related to or connected with it must be put in a certain case or mode; government. Gibbs.Rĕc'ti-tūde, n. p. 1100Straightness. [Rare.] Johnson. 2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind…Rec'to, n. p. 1100(Law.) A writ of right. 2. (Print.) The right-hand page;—opposed to verso.Rĕc'tor, n. p. 1100A ruler or governor. [Rare.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Hale. 2. (Episcopal Church.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, &c.; or the parson of an…Rēk'tor-al, a. p. 1100Pertaining to government or rule, or to a rector. Blackstone.Rēc'tor-ate, n. p. 1100The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.Rĕc'tor-ess, n. p. 1100A governess; a rectrix.Rec-tō'ri-al, a. p. 1100Of, or pertaining to, government; relating to a rector; rectoral.Rĕc'tor-ship, n. p. 1100The office or rank of a rector; rectorate. Shak.Rĕc'to-ry, n. p. 1100The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes. 2. A rector's mansion or parsonage-house.Rēc'tress, n. p. 1100A governess. B. Jon.Rēctrix, n. p. 1100A governess; a rectoress. 2. (Ornith.) One of the long quill-feathers of the tail in birds.Rē'ctum, n. p. 1100(Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestines;—so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight.Rēe/ū-bā/tion, n. p. 1100Act of lying or leaning. [Obs.] Browne.