Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RECTIFICATION

RECTIFICA'TION, noun1. The act or operation of correcting, amending or setting right that which is wrong or erroneous; as the retification of errors, mistakes or abuses.2. In ch...

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RECTIFIED

REC'TIFIED, participle passive Corrected; set or made right; refined by repeated distiliation or sublimation.

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RECTIFIER

REC'TIFIER, noun1. One that corrects or amends.2. One who refines a substance by repeated distiliation.3. An instrument that shows the variations of the compass, and rectifies t...

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RECTIFY

REC'TIFY, verb transitive [Latin rectus, right, and facio, to make.]1. To make right; to correct that which is wrong, erroneous or false; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistak...

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RECTIFYING

REC'TIFYING, participle present tense Correcting; amending; refining by repeated distiliation or sublimation.

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RECTILINEAL

RECTILIN'EAL,RECTILIN'EAR, adjective [Latin rectus, right, and linea, line.]Right lined; consisting of a right line or of right lines; straight; as a rectilinear figure or cours...

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RECTILINEAR

RECTILIN'EAR, a. [L. rectus, right, and linea, line.]Right lined; consisting of a right line or of right lines; straight; as a rectilinear figure or course; a rectilinear side o...

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RECTILINEOUS

RECTILIN'EOUS, adjective Rectilinear. obsolete

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RECTITUDE

REC'TITUDE, noun [Latin rectus, right, straight.]In morality, rightness of principle or practice; uprightness of mind; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for ...

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RECTOR

REC'TOR, noun [Latin rector from rego, rectum, to rule.]1. A ruler or governor.God is the supreme rector of the world.[This application of the word is unusual.]2. A clergyman wh...

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RECTORAL

REC'TORAL,RECTO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to a rector.

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RECTORIAL

RECTO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to a rector.

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RECTORSHIP

REC'TORSHIP, noun The office or rank of a rector.

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RECTORY

REC'TORY, noun1. A parish church, parsonage or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes and glebes.2. A rector's mansion or parsonage house.

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RECTRESS

REC'TRESS,REC'TRIX, noun [Latin rectrix.] A governess.

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RECTUM

REC'TUM, noun [Latin] In anatomy, the third and last of the large intestines.

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RECUBATION

RECUBA'TION, noun [Latin recubo; re and cubo, to lie down.]The act of lying or leaning. [Little used.]

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RECULE

RECU'LE, verb intransitive To recoil. [Not used. See Recoil.]

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RECUMB

RECUMB', verb intransitive [Latin recumbo; re and cumbo, to lie down.] To lean; to recline; to repose.

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RECUMBENCE

RECUMB'ENCE, noun [from Latin recumbens.] The act of reposing or resting in confidence.

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RECUMBENCY

RECUMB'ENCY, noun1. The posture of leaning, reclining or lying.2. Rest; repose; idle state.

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RECUMBENT

RECUMB'ENT, adjective [Latin recumbens.]1. Leaning; reclining; as the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals.2. Reposing; inactive; idle.

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RECUPERATION

RECUPERA'TION, noun [Latin recuperatio.] Recovery, as of any thing lost.

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RECUPERATIVE

RECU'PERATIVE,RECU'PERATORY, adjective Tending to recovery; pertaining to recovery.

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RECUPERATORY

RECU'PERATORY, a. Tending to recovery; pertaining to recovery.

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RECUR

RECUR', verb intransitive [Latin recurro; re and curro, to run.]1. To return to the thought or mind.When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in th...

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RECURE

RECU'RE, verb transitive [re and cure.] To cure; to recover. [Not in use.]RECU'RE, noun Cure; recovery. [Not in use.]