| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| recarry | verb t. | To carry back. |
| receded | imp. & past participle | of Recede |
| receipt | noun | The act of receiving; reception., Reception, as an act of hospitality., Capability of receiving; capacity., Place of receiving., Hence, a recess; a retired place., A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake., A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid., That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; — usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars., To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff., To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill., To give a receipt, as for money paid. |
| receive | verb t. | To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter., Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace., To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to., To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one’s house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc., To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in., To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage., To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen., To bat back (the ball) when served., To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays., To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. |
| recency | noun | The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc. |
| recense | verb t. | To review; to revise. |
| rechase | verb t. | To chase again; to chase or drive back. |
| recheat | noun | A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game., To blow the recheat. |
| recipes | plural | of Recipe |
| recital | noun | The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony., A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration., That which is recited; a story; a narration., A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; — distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital., The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. |
| recited | imp. & past participle | of Recite |
| reciter | noun | One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation. |
| recking | present participle & vb. noun | of Reck |
| reclaim | verb t. | To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of., To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call., To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting., 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., 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., To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform., To correct; to reform; — said of things., To exclaim against; to gainsay., To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions., To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform., To draw back; to give way., The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. |
| reclasp | verb i. | To clasp or unite again. |
| recline | verb t. | To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand., To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall., To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch., Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. |
| reclose | verb t. | To close again. |
| reclude | verb t. | To open; to unclose. |
| recluse | adjective | Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life., 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., The place where a recluse dwells., To shut up; to seclude. |
| recouch | verb i. | To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. |
| recount | verb t. | To count or reckon again., A counting again, as of votes., To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one’s blessings. |
| recoupe | verb t. | To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction., To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one’s losses in the share market., To reimburse; to indemnify; — often used reflexively and in the passive. |
| recover | verb t. | To cover again., To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain., To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time., To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal., To overcome; to get the better of, — as a state of mind or body., To rescue; to deliver., To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to., To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant., To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; — often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright., To make one’s way; to come; to arrive., To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit., Recovery. |
| recross | verb t. | To cross a second time. |
| recruit | verb t. | To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits., Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate., To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men., To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures., To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops., A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement., Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. |
| rectify | verb t. | To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders., To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine., To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added. |
| rection | noun | See Government, n., 7. |
| rectory | noun | The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes., A rector’s mansion; a parsonage house. |
| rectrix | noun | A governess; a rectoress., One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird. |
| recurve | verb t. | To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down. |