Webster's Dictionary 1913

1216

Recoil

Re‐coil″ (rē̍‐koil″), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Recoiled (–koild″); p. pr. & vb. n.Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word w...

1217

Recoil (2)

Re‐coil″, v. t. To draw or go back. Spenser.

1218

Recoil (3)

Re‐coil″, n. 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 formal...

1219

Recoiler

Re‐coil″er (–ẽr), n. One who, or that which, recoils.

1220

Recoilingly

Re‐coil″ing‐ly, adv. In the manner of a recoil.

1221

Recoilment

Re‐coil″ment, n. [Cf. F. reculement.] Recoil.

1222

Recoin

Re‐coin″ (rē‐koin″), v. t. To coin anew or again.

1223

Recoinage

Re‐coin″age (–ā̍j), n. 1. The act of coining anew.2. That which is coined anew.

1224

Recollect

Rec′ol‐lect″ (rĕk′ŏl‐lĕkt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n.Recollecting.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. Recollet.] 1. T...

1225

Recollect (2)

Rec″ol‐lect (rĕk″ŏl‐lĕkt), n. [See Recollet.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, — an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.

1226

Recollection

Rec′ol‐lec″tion (r?k′?l‐l?k″sh?n), n. [Cf. F. récollection.] 1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, o...

1227

Recollective

Rec′ol‐lect″ive (–l?k″t?v), a. Having the power of recollecting. J. Foster.

1228

Recollet

Rec″ol‐let (r?k″?l‐l?t; F. r?′k?′l?″), n. [F. récollet, fr. L. recollectus, p. p. of recolligere to gather again, to gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious co...

1229

Recolonization

Re‐col′o‐ni‐za″tion (r?‐k?l′?‐n?‐z?″sh?n), n. A second or renewed colonization.

1230

Recolonize

Re‐col″o‐nize (r?‐k?l″?‐n?z), v. t. To colonize again.

1231

Recombination

Re‐com′bi‐na″tion (r?‐k?m′b?‐n?″sh?n), n. Combination a second or additional time.

1232

Recombine

Re′com‐bine″ (r?′k?m‐b?n″), v. t. To combine again.

1233

Recomfort

Re‐com″fort (r?‐k?m″f?rt), v. t. [Pref. re- + comfort: cf. F. réconforter.] To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to. Bacon.Gan her recomfort from so sad affri...

1234

Recomfortless

Re‐com″fort‐less, a. Without comfort.

1235

Recomforture

Re‐com″for‐ture (–f?r‐t?r;135), n. The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. Shak.

1236

Recommence

Re′com‐mence″ (r?′k?m‐m?ns″), v. i. 1. To commence or begin again. Howell.2. To begin anew to be; to act again as.He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier. Johnson.

1237

Recommence (2)

Re′com‐mence″, v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.] To commence again or anew.

1238

Recommencement

Re′com‐mence″ment (–ment), n. A commencement made anew.

1239

Recommend

Rec′om‐mend″ (r?k′?m‐m?nd″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n.Recommending.] [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.] 1. To commend to the favorable notice of an...

1240

Recommendable

Rec′om‐mend″a‐ble (–?‐b'l), a. [Cf. F. recommandable.] Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable. Glanvill. — Rec′om‐mend″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Rec′om‐mend″a‐bly, adv.

1241

Recommendation

Rec′om‐men‐da″tion (r?k′?m‐m?n‐d?″sh?n), n. [Cf. F. recommandation.] 1. The act of recommending.2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to...

1242

Recommendative

Rec′om‐mend″a‐tive (–m?nd″?‐t?v), n. That which recommends; a recommendation.