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A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.

Recitative.

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.

To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. [Archaic] This son of mine not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.

Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.

Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n.

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison.

One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.

The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically:

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.

That may be reclaimed.

One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.

One who reclaims.

That can not be reclaimed.

The act or process of reclaiming.

To clasp or unite again.

Bending or leaning backward.

Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.

The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.