Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RECITING

RECI'TING, participle present tense Rehearsing; telling; repeating narrating.

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RECK

RECK, verb intransitive [Latin rego. See Rack and Reckon.]To care; to mind; to rate at much; as we say, to reckon much of; followed by of. obsoleteThou's but a lazy loorde, and ...

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RECKLESS

RECK'LESS, adjective Careless; heedless; mindless.I made the king reckless as them diligent.

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RECKLESSNESS

RECK'LESSNESS, noun Heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.[These words, formerly disused, have been recently revived.]

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RECKON

RECKON, verb transitive rek'n. [Latin rego, rectus, whence regnum, regno, Eng. to reign and right.]1. To count; to number; that is, to tell the particulars.The priest shall reck...

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RECKONED

RECKONED, participle passive rek'nd. Counted; numbered; esteemed; reputed; computed; set or assigned to in account.

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RECKONER

RECKONER, noun rek'ner. One who reckons or computes.RECKONERs without their host must reckon twice.

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RECKONING

RECKONING, participle present tense rek'ning. Counting; computing; esteeming; reputing; stating an account mutually.RECK'ONING, noun1. The act of counting or computing; calculat...

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RECKONING-BOOK

RECK'ONING-BOOK, noun a book in which money received and expended is entered.

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RECLAIM

RECLA'IM, verb transitive [Latin reclama. re and clamo, to call. See Claim.]1. To claim back; to demand to have returned. The vender may reclaim the goods.2. To call back from e...

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RECLAIMABLE

RECLA'IMABLE, adjective That may be reclaimed, reformed or tamed.

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RECLAIMANT

RECLA'IMANT, noun One that opposes, contradicts or remonstrates against.

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RECLAIMED

RECLA'IMED, participle passive Recalled from a vicious life; reformed; tamed; domesticated; recovered.

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RECLAIMING

RECLA'IMING, participle present tense Recalling to a regular course of life; reforming; recovering; taking; demanding.

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RECLAMATION

RECLAMA'TION, noun1. Recovery.2. Demand; challenge of something to be restored; claim made.

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RECLINATE

REC'LINATE, adjective [Latin reclinatus. See recline.]In botany, reclined, as a leaf; bend downwards, so that the point of the leaf is lower than the base.A reclinate stem is on...

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RECLINATION

RECLINA'TION, noun That act of leaning or reclining.

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RECLINE

RECLI'NE, verb transitive [Latin reclino; re and clino, to lean.]To lean back; to lean to one side or sideways; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, ...

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RECLINED

RECLI'NED, participle passive Inclined back or sideways.

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RECLINING

RECLI'NING, participle present tense Leaning back or sideways; resting; lying.

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RECLOSE

RECLO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [re and close.] To close or shut again.

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RECLOSED

RECLO'SED, participle passive Closed again.

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RECLOSING

RECLO'SING, participle present tense Closing again.

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RECLUDE

RECLU'DE, verb transitive [Latin recludo; re and claudo, cludo.] To open. [Little used.]

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RECLUSE

RECLU'SE, adjectiveShut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; as a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.I all the live-long day consume in m...

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RECLUSELY

RECLU'SELY, adverb In retirement or seclusion from society.

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RECLUSENESS

RECLU'SENESS, noun Retirement; seclusion from society.