Recallable Reˇcall"aˇble (-ȧ*b'l) adjective Capable of being recalled.

Recallment Reˇcall"ment (-m e nt) noun Recall. [ R.] R. Browning.

Recant Reˇcant" (re*kănt") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Recanted ; present participle & verbal noun Recanting .] [ Latin recantare , recantatum , to recall, recant; prefix re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant , Chant .] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void!

Milton.

Syn. -- To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce .

Recant Reˇcant" intransitive verb To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant . Dryden.

Recantation Re`canˇta"tion (rē`kăn*tā"shŭn) noun The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation .

Bp. Stillingfleet.

Recanter Reˇcant"er (re*kănt"ẽr) noun One who recants.

Recapacitate Re`caˇpac"iˇtate (rē`kȧ*păs"ĭ*tāt) transitive verb To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury.

Recapitulate Reˇcaˇpit"uˇlate (-pĭt"u*lāt) transitive verb [ Latin recapitulare , recapitulatum ; prefix re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate .] To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.

Recapitulate Re`caˇpit"uˇlate (rē`kȧ*pĭt"u*lāt) intransitive verb To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.

Recapitulation Re`caˇpit`uˇla"tion (-lā"shŭn) noun [ Late Latin recapitulatio : confer French recapitulation .] The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

Recapitulator Re`caˇpit"uˇla`tor (- pĭt"u*lā`tẽr) noun One who recapitulates.

Recapitulatory Re`caˇpit"uˇlaˇtoˇry (-lȧ*to*rȳ) adjective Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.

Recapper Reˇcap"per (re*kăp"pẽr) noun (Firearms) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Recaption Reˇcap"tion (re*kăp"shŭn) noun (Law) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone.

Writ of recaption (Law) , a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause. Wharton.

Recaptor Reˇcap"tor (-tẽr) noun One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

Recapture Reˇcap"ture (-tur; 135) noun 1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Recapture Reˇcap"ture transitive verb To capture again; to retake.

Recarbonize Reˇcar"bonˇize (re*kär"bŏn*īz) transitive verb (Metal.) To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.

Recarnify Reˇcar"niˇfy (-nĭ*fī) transitive verb To convert again into flesh. [ Obsolete] Howell.

Recarriage Reˇcar"riage (re*kăr"rĭj) noun Act of carrying back.

Recarry Reˇcar"ry (-rȳ) transitive verb To carry back. Walton.

Recast Reˇcast" (rē*kȧst") transitive verb 1. To throw again. Florio.

2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.

3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.

Recche Rec"che (rĕk"k e ) intransitive verb To reck. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Reccheles Rec"cheˇles (-lĕs) adjective Reckless. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Recede Reˇcede" (re*sēd") intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Receded ; present participle & verbal noun Receding .] [ Latin recedere , recessum ; prefix re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: confer French recéder . See Cede .] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Like the hollow roar
Of tides receding from the insulted shore.

Dryden.

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center.

Bentley.

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.

Syn. -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.

Recede Reˇcede" (rē*sēd") transitive verb [ Prefix re- + cede . Confer Recede , intransitive verb ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.

Receipt Reˇceipt" (re*sēt") noun [ Middle English receite , Old French recete , recepte , French recette , from Latin recipere , receptum , to receive. See Receive .] 1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter." Shak.

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [ Obsolete]

Thy kind receipt of me.

Chapman.

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [ Obsolete]

It has become a place of great receipt .

Evelyn.

4. Place of receiving. [ Obsolete]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.

Matt. ix. 9.

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [ Obsolete] "In a retired receipt together lay." Chapman.

6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.

She had a receipt to make white hair black.

Sir T. Browne.

7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

8. That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars.

Gross receipts . See under Gross , adjective

Receipt Reˇceipt" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Receipted ; present participle & verbal noun Receipting .] 1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.

Receipt Reˇceipt" intransitive verb To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Receiptment Reˇceipt"ment (-m e nt) noun (O. Eng. Law) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony. Burrill.

Receiptor Reˇceipt"or (-ẽr) noun One who receipts; specifically (Law) , one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.

Receit Reˇceit" (re*sēt") noun Receipt. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Receivability Reˇceiv`aˇbil"iˇty (re*sēv`ȧ*bĭl"ĭ*tȳ) noun The quality of being receivable; receivableness.

Receivable Reˇceiv"aˇble (re*sēv"ȧ*b'l) adjective [ Confer French recevable .] Capable of being received. -- Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness , noun

Bills receivable . See under 6th Bill .

Receive Reˇceive" (re*sēv") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Received (-sēvd"); present participle & verbal noun Receiving .] [ Old French receveir , recevoir , French recevoir , from Latin recipere ; prefix re- re- + capere to take, seize. See Capable , Heave , and confer Receipt , Reception , Recipe .] 1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.

Receyven all in gree that God us sent.

Chaucer.

2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

Our hearts receive your warnings.

Shak.

The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.

Locke.

3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots.

Mark vii. 4.

4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.

They kindled a fire, and received us every one.

Acts xxviii. 2.

5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.

The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings.

1 Kings viii. 64.

6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

Against his will he can receive no harm.

Milton.

7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.

Receiving ship , one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive , Accept . To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend.

Who, if we knew
What we receive , would either not accept
Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down.

Milton.

Receive Reˇceive" (re*sēv") intransitive verb 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive .

Receivedness Reˇceiv"edˇness noun The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion. Boyle.

Receiver Reˇceiv"er (-ẽr) noun [ Confer French receveur .] 1. One who takes or receives in any manner.

2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. Bouvier.

3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. Blackstone.

4. (Chemistry) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.

5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Confer Bell jar , and see Illust. of Air pump .

6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter .

Exhausted receiver (Physics) , a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.

Receiver Reˇceiv"er noun (Firearms) In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.

Receiver's certificate Reˇceiv"er's cerˇtif"iˇcate An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.

Receivership Reˇceiv"erˇship noun The state or office of a receiver.

Recelebrate Reˇcel"eˇbrate (rē*sĕl"e*brāt) transitive verb To celebrate again, or anew. -- Re*cel`e*bra"tion (-brā"shŭn) noun

Recency Re"cenˇcy (rē"s e n*sȳ) noun [ Late Latin recentia , from Latin recens . See Recent .] The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.

Recense Reˇcense" (re*sĕns") transitive verb [ Latin recensere ; prefix re- again + censere to value, estimate: confer French recenser .] To review; to revise. [ R.] Bentley.

Recension Reˇcen"sion (re*sĕn"shŭn) noun [ Latin recensio : confer French recension .] 1. The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. Barrow.

2. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

3. The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

Recensionist Reˇcen"sionˇist noun One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.

Recent Re"cent (rē"s e nt) adjective [ Latin recens , -entis : confer French récent .] 1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.

The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [ Egypt] was recent , and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile.

Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.

Recenter Reˇcen"ter (rē*sĕn"tẽr) transitive verb [ Prefix re- + center .] To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.

Recently Re"centˇly (rē"s e nt*lȳ) adverb Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.

Recentness Re"centˇness noun Quality or state of being recent.

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