Reclusion Re·clu"sion (-klū"zhŭn)
noun [ Late Latin
reclusio : confer French
reclusion .]
A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Reclusive Re·clu"sive (-sĭv)
adjective Affording retirement from society. "Some
reclusive and religious life."
Shak.
Reclusory Re·clu"so·ry (-so*rȳ)
noun [ Late Latin
reclusorium .]
The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
Recoct Re·coct" (re*kŏkt")
transitive verb [ Latin
recoctus , past participle of
recoquere to cook or boil over again. See
Re- , and 4th
Cook .]
To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor.
Recoction Re·coc"tion (re*kŏk"shŭn)
noun A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Recognition Rec`og·ni"tion (rĕk`ŏg*nĭsh"ŭn)
noun [ Latin
recognitio : confer French
recognition . See
Recognizance .]
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Hooker.
Recognitor Re·cog"ni·tor (re*kŏg"nĭ*tẽr)
noun [ Late Latin ]
(Law) One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone.
Recognitory Re·cog"ni·to·ry (-to*rȳ)
adjective Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition. Lamb.
Recognizability Rec`og·ni`za·bil"i·ty (rĕk`ŏg*nī`zȧ*bĭl"ĭ*tȳ)
noun The quality or condition of being recognizable.
Recognizable Rec"og·ni`za·ble (rĕk"ŏg*nī`zȧ*b'l or re*kŏg"nĭ-; 277)
adjective Capable of being recognized. [ Written also
recognisable .] --
Rec"og*ni`za*bly ,
adverb
Recognizance Re·cog"ni·zance (re*kŏg"nĭ*z
a ns or re*kŏn"ĭ-)
noun [ French
reconnaissance , Old French
recognoissance , from
recognoissant , present participle of
recognoistre to recognize, French
reconnaître , from Latin
recognoscere ; prefix
re- re- +
cognoscere to know. See
Cognizance ,
Know , and confer
Recognize ,
Reconnoissance .] [ Written also
recognisance .]
1. (Law) (a) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond , being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. (b) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. Cowell. » Among lawyers the
g in this and the related words (except
recognize ) is usually silent.
2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her.
Shak. 3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
Recognization Re·cog`ni·za"tion (-zā"shŭn)
noun Recognition. [ R.]
Recognize Rec"og·nize (rĕk"ŏg*nīz)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Recognized (- nīzd);
present participle & verbal noun Recognizing (- nī`zĭng).] [ From
Recognizance ; see
Cognition , and confer
Reconnoiter .] [ Written also
recognise .]
1. To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of. Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen.
Harte. 2. To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul. 3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like. 4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial. 5. To review; to reëxamine. [ Obsolete]
South. 6. To reconnoiter. [ Obsolete]
R. Monro. Syn. -- To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See
Acknowledge .
Recognize Rec"og·nize intransitive verb (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [ Written also
recognise .] » In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.
Recognizee Re·cog`ni·zee" (re*kŏg`nĭ*zē" or re*kŏn`ĭ*zē")
noun (Law) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [ Written also
recognisee .]
Blackstone.
Recognizer Rec"og·ni`zer (rĕk"ŏg*nī`zẽr)
noun One who recognizes; a recognizor. [ Written also
recogniser .]
Recognizor Re·cog`ni·zor" (re*kŏg`nĭ*zôr" or re*kŏn`ĭ*zôr")
noun (Law) One who enters into a recognizance. [ Written also
recognisor .]
Blackstone.
Recognosce Rec"og·nosce (rĕk"ŏg*nŏs)
transitive verb [ Latin
recognoscere . See
Recognizance .]
To recognize. [ R. & Obsolete]
Boyle.
Recoil Re·coil" (re*koil")
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Recoiled (-koild");
present participle & verbal noun Recoiling .] [ Middle English
recoilen , French
reculer , from Latin prefix
re- re- +
culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by
accoil .]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil .
Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
De Quincey. 2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak. 3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [ Obsolete] "To your bowers
recoil ."
Spenser.
Recoil Re·coil" transitive verb To draw or go back. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Recoil Re·coil" noun 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism.
F. W. Robertson. 3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery) ,
an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. --
Recoil escapement .
See the Note under Escapement .
Recoiler Re·coil"er (-ẽr)
noun One who, or that which, recoils.
Recoilingly Re·coil"ing·ly adverb In the manner of a recoil.
Recoilment Re·coil"ment noun [ Confer French
reculement .]
Recoil. [ R.]
Recoin Re·coin" (rē*koin")
transitive verb To coin anew or again.
Recoinage Re·coin"age (-aj)
noun 1. The act of coining anew. 2. That which is coined anew.
Recollect Rec`ol·lect" (rĕk`ŏl*lĕkt")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Recollected ;
present participle & verbal noun Recollecting .] [ Prefix
re- +
collect : confer Latin
recolligere ,
recollectum , to collect. Confer
Recollet .]
1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood.
Dryden.
Recollect Rec"ol·lect (rĕk"ŏl*lĕkt)
noun [ See
Recollet .]
(Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [ Written also
Recollet .]
Addis & Arnold.
Recollection Rec`ol·lec"tion noun [ Confer French
récollection .]
1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection . 3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest
recollections ."
Macaulay. 4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [ Archaic]
From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .
Robertson. Syn. -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See
Memory .
Recollective Rec`ol·lect"ive adjective Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster.
Recollet Rec"ol·let noun [ French
récollet , from Latin
recollectus , past participle of
recolligere to gather again, to gather up; New Latin , to collect one's self, esp. for religious contemplation.]
(Eccl.) Same as Recollect , noun
Recolonization Re·col`o·ni·za"tion noun A second or renewed colonization.
Recolonize Re·col"o·nize transitive verb To colonize again.
Recombination Re·com`bi·na"tion noun Combination a second or additional time.
Recombine Re`com·bine" transitive verb To combine again.
Recomfort Re·com"fort transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
comfort : confer French
réconforter .]
To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to. Bacon. Gan her recomfort from so sad affright.
Spenser.
Recomfortless Re·com"fort·less adjective Without comfort. [ Obsolete]
Recomforture Re·com"for·ture noun The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Recommence Re`com·mence" intransitive verb 1. To commence or begin again. Howell. 2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [ Archaic.]
He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
Johnson.
Recommence Re`com·mence" transitive verb [ Prefix
re- +
commence : confer French
recommencer .]
To commence again or anew.
Recommencement Re`com·mence"ment (-m
e nt)
noun A commencement made anew.
Recommend Rec`om·mend" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Recommended ;
present participle & verbal noun Recommending .] [ Prefix
re- +
commend : confer French
recommander .]
1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body. Mæcenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity.
Dryden. 2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. A decent boldness ever meets with friends,
Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends .
Pope. 3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend. Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
Acts xv. 40.
Recommendable Rec`om·mend"a·ble adjective [ Confer French
recommandable .]
Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable. Glanvill. --
Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Rec`om*mend"a*bly ,
adverb
Recommendation Rec`om·men·da"tion noun [ Confer French
recommandation .]
1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations . 3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [ R.]
The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient.
Sir T. North.
Recommendative Rec`om·mend"a·tive noun That which recommends; a recommendation. [ Obsolete]
Recommendatory Rec`om·mend"a·to·ry adjective Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
Recommender Rec`om·mend"er noun One who recommends.
Recommission Re`com·mis"sion transitive verb To commission again; to give a new commission to. Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned .
Marshall.
Recommit Re`com·mit" transitive verb To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
Recommitment Re`com·mit"ment noun A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
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