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Reck (rĕk), v. i. To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of. [Archaic]
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Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. Chaucer.
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I reck not though I end my life to-day. Shak.
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Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. M. Arnold.
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Reckless, a. [AS. recceleás, rēceleás.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.
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2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
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It made the king as reckless as them diligent. Sir P. Sidney.
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Syn. -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash.
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-- Recklessly, adv. -- Recklessness, n.
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Reckling (rĕklĭng), a. Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n. A weak child or animal. Tennyson.
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Reckon (rĕk'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned (rĕk'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rehhanōn (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See , v. t.]
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1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
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The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18.
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I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.
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2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
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He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37.
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For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton.
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3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
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Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9.
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Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne.
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4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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Syn. -- To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See , .
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Reckon, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. Shak.
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2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
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“Parfay,” sayst thou, “sometime he reckon shall.” Chaucer.
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Coloq. To reckon for , to answer for; to pay the account for. “If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.” Bp. Sanderson. -- Coloq. To reckon on Coloq. To reckon upon , to count or depend on; to include as a factor within one's considerations. -- Coloq. To reckon with , (a) to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. (b) to include as a factor in one's plans or calculations; to anticipate. (c) to deal with; to handle; as, I have to reckon with raising three children as well as doing my job.
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After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. Matt. xxv. 19.
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-- Coloq. To reckon without one's host , to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously.
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Reckoner (rĕk'nẽr), n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
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Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
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Reckoning, 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) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Sir P. Sidney.
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4. (Navigation) (a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under ); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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Coloq. To be out of her reckoning , to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship. -- Coloq. day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions.
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Reclaim (rēklām), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
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A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
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Reclaim (r�klām), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed (r�klāmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.] [F. réclamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See .] 1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. Chaucer.
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2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. Dryden.
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3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals. “An eagle well reclaimed.” Dryden.
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4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
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5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
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It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind. Rogers.
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6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
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Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. Sir E. Hoby.
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7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Syn. -- To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
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Reclaim (r�klām), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
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Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. Waterland.
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At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. Bain.
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2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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They, hardened more by what might most reclaim,
Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy. Milton.
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3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] Spenser.
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Reclaim, n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]
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Reclaimable (r�klāmȧb'l), a. That may be reclaimed.
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Reclaimant (r�klām�nt), n. [Cf. F. réclamant, p. pr.] One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts. Waterland.
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Reclaimer (r�klāmẽr), n. One who reclaims.
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Reclaimless, a. That can not be reclaimed.
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Reclamation (rĕklȧmāshŭn), n. [F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. See .] 1. The act or process of reclaiming.
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2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
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I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency. Landor.
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Reclasp (rēklȧsp), v. i. To clasp or unite again.
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Reclinant (r�klīn�nt), a. [L. reclinans, p. pr. See .] Bending or leaning backward.
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Reclinate (rĕklĭn�t), 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.
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Reclination (rĕklĭnāshŭn), n. [Cf. F. réclinaison.] 1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
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2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.
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3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.
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Recline (r�klīn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined (r�klīnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline. See , to incline.] To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
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The mother
Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
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Recline, v. i. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
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2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
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Recline, a. [L. reclinis. See , v. t.] Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. [R.]
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They sat, recline
On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.
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Reclined (r�klīnd), a. (Bot.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
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Recliner (r�klīnẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, reclines.
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2. Specifically: An armchair with a back that can be adjusted to lean backward, and a footrest that can be moved up to support the legs, or folded under the chair when the person is sitting up; the back and footrest are often geared so that they move together, allowing the chair to be conveniently adjusted either for sitting up or for lying back; also called a reclining chair.
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Reclining, a. (Bot.) (a) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. (b) Recumbent.
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Coloq. Reclining dial , a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
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Reclose (rēklōz), v. t. To close again. Pope.
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Reclothe (rēklōth), v. t. To clothe again.
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Reclude (r�klūd), v. t. [L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re- again, back, un- + claudere to shut.] To open; to unclose. [R.] Harvey.
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Recluse (r�klūs), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See .] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life
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In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse. J. Philips.
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Recluse, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See , a.] 1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
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2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.
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Recluse, v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
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Reclusely, adv. In a recluse or solitary manner.
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Recluseness, n. Quality or state of being recluse.
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Reclusion (r�klūzhŭn), n. [LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion.] A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
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Reclusive (r�klūsĭv), a. 1. Affording retirement from society. “Some reclusive and religious life.” Shak.
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2. Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{1}; not sociable; -- of people.
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Reclusory (r�klūs�r�), n. [LL. reclusorium.] The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
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Recoct (r�kŏkt), v. t. [L. recoctus, p. p. of recoquere to cook or boil over again. See , and 4th .] To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Recoction (r�kŏkshŭn), n. A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
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Recognition (rĕkŏgnĭshŭn), n. [L. recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See .] The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
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The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker.
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Recognitor (r�kŏgnĭtẽr), n. [LL.] (Law) One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone.
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Recognitory (r�kŏgnĭt�r�), a. Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition. Lamb.
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Recognizability (rĕkŏgnīzȧbĭlĭt�), n. The quality or condition of being recognizable.
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Recognizable (rĕkŏgnīzȧb'l or r�kŏgnĭzȧb'l; 277), a. Capable of being recognized. [Written also recognisable.] -- Recognizably, adv.
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Recognizance (r�kŏgnĭz�ns or r�kŏnĭ-), n. [F. reconnaissance, OF. recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to recognize, F. reconnaître, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re- re- + cognoscere to know. See , , and cf. , .] [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.
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☞ Among lawyers the g in this and the related words (except recognize) is usually silent.
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2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
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That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her. Shak.
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3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
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Recognization (r�kŏgnĭzāshŭn), n. Recognition. [R.]
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Recognize (rĕkŏgnīz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recognized (rĕkŏgnīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recognizing (rĕkŏgnīzĭng).] [From ; see , and cf. .] [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.
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Speak, vassal; recognize thy sovereign queen. Harte.
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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.
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3. To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
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4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
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5. To review; to reëxamine. [Obs.] South.
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6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] R. Monro.
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Syn. -- To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See .
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Recognize, v. i. (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars. [Written also recognise.]
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☞ In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often accented.
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Recognizee (r�kŏgnĭzē or r�kŏnĭzē), n. (Law) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [Written also recognisee.] Blackstone.
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Recognizer (rĕkŏgnīzẽr), n. One who recognizes; a recognizor. [Written also recogniser.]
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Recognizor (r�kŏgnĭzôr or r�kŏnĭzôr), n. (Law) One who enters into a recognizance. [Written also recognisor.] Blackstone.
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Recognosce (rĕkŏgnŏs), v. t. [L. recognoscere. See .] To recognize. [R. & Obs.] Boyle.
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Recoil (r�koil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled (r�koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
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1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton.
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The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey.
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2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak.
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3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] “To your bowers recoil.” Spenser.
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Recoil (r�koil), v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Recoil, n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
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2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
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The recoil from formalism is skepticism. F. W. Robertson.
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3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
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Coloq. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Coloq. Recoil escapement . See the Note under .
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Recoiler (r�koilẽr), n. One who, or that which, recoils.
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Recoilingly, adv. In the manner of a recoil.
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Recoilment, n. [Cf. F. reculement.] Recoil. [R.]
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Recoin (rēkoin), v. t. To coin anew or again.
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Recoinage (rēkoin�j), n. 1. The act of coining anew.
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2. That which is coined anew.
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Re-collect (rēkŏllĕkt), v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.
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God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. Barrow.
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Recollect (rĕkŏllĕkt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recollected; p. pr. & vb. n. Recollecting.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. .]
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1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
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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.
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The Tyrian queen . . .
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;
Then recollected stood. Dryden.
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Recollect (rĕkŏllĕkt), n. [See .] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also Recollet.] Addis & Arnold.
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