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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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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.Re-cūle', v. i. p. 1100To fall back; to recoil; to retreat. [Obs.] See RECOIL. Spencer.Re-cûle', n. p. 1100The act of recoiling; retreat.Re-cûle'ment p. 1100Rē-cŭl'ti-vāte, v. t. p. 1100To cultivate again.Re-cūmb', v. i. p. 1100To lean; to recline; to repose. [Obs.] Allen.Re-cŭm'bence, n. p. 1100The state of being recumbent; the act of reposing or resting. Ld. North.Re-cŭm'ben-cy, n. p. 1100Recumbence.Re-cūm'bent, a. p. 1100Leaning; reclining; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. 2. Reposing; inactive; idle. Young.Re-cŭm'bent-ly, adv. p. 1100In a recumbent posture.Re-cŭ'per-a-ble, a. p. 1100Recoverable. [Rare.] Chaucer.Re-cû'per-ā'tion, n. p. 1100Recovery, as of any thing lost.Re-cû'per-a-tive or Re-cû'per-a-to-ry, a. p. 1100Tending to recovery; pertaining to recovery.Re-cûr', v. i. p. 1100To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. Watts. 2. To occur at a…Re-cūre′, v. t. p. 1100To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.] Their powers, With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser. 2. To restore as from weariness, sickness, or the like; to recover; to cure. In western…Re-cūre', n. p. 1100Cure; recovery. [Obs.] But whom he hits without recure he dies. Fairfax.