Reciter
Re‐cit″er (–sīt″ẽr), n. One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Reck
Reck (rĕk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Recked (rĕkt) (obs. imp.Roughte); p. pr. & vb. n.Recking.] [AS. reccan, rēcan, to care for; akin to OS. rōkian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel. ræ...
Reck (2)
Reck (rĕk), v. i. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; — often followed by of.Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. Chaucer.I reck not though I end my life to-d...
Reckless
Reck″less, a. [AS. recceleás, rēceleás.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.It made the king as...
Reckling
Reck″ling (–lĭng), a. Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. — n. A weak child or animal. Tennyson.
Reckon
Reck″on (rĕk″'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reckoned (–'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhanōn...
Reckon (2)
Reck″on, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak.2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and st...
Reckoner
Reck″on‐er (–ẽr), n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
Reckoning
Reck″on‐ing, n. 1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. Sandys. (b) Adjustmen...
Reclaim
Re‐claim″ (rē‐klām″), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.A tract of land snatched from an element perpetually reclaimin...
Reclaim (2)
Re‐claim″ (rē̍‐klām″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reclaimed (–klāmd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Reclaiming.] [F. réclamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to...
Reclaim (3)
Re‐claim″ (rē̍‐klām″), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catho...
Reclaim (4)
Re‐claim″, n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
Reclaimable
Re‐claim″a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. That may be reclaimed.
Reclaimant
Re‐claim″ant (–ant), n. [Cf. F. réclamant, p. pr.] One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts. Waterland.
Reclaimer
Re‐claim″er (–ẽr), n. One who reclaims.
Reclaimless
Re‐claim″less, a. That can not be reclaimed.
Reclamation
Rec′la‐ma″tion (rĕk′lȧ‐mā″shŭn), n. [F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.] 1. The act or process of reclaiming.2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.I would ...
Reclasp
Re‐clasp″ (rē‐klȧsp″), v. i. To clasp or unite again.
Reclinant
Re‐clin″ant (rē̍‐klīn″ant), a. [L. reclinans, p. pr. See Recline.] Bending or leaning backward.
Reclinate
Rec″li‐nate (rĕk″lĭ‐nā̍t), a. [L. reclinatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
Reclination
Rec′li‐na″tion (rĕk′lĭ‐nā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. réclinaison.] 1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial m...
Recline
Re‐cline″ (rē̍‐klīn″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reclined (–klīnd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See Incline, Lean to incline.] ...
Recline (2)
Re‐cline″, v. i. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
Recline (3)
Re‐cline″, a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.] Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.They sat, reclineOn the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.
Reclined
Re‐clined″ (rē̍‐klīnd″), a.(Bot.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
Recliner
Re‐clin″er (rē̍‐klīn″ẽr), n. One who, or that which, reclines.