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48,361 words match “RE”

RECOUPMENT n.
The act of recouping.
RECOURSE n. 5 definitions
A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudina…
RECOURSEFUL a.
Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.] Drayton.
RECOVER v. 12 definitions
To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain. David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. 1. Sam. xxx. 18.
RECOVERABLE a.
Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable. A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. S…
RECOVERANCE n.
Recovery. [Obs.]
RECOVEREE n.
The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
RECOVERER n.
One who recovers.
RECOVEROR n.
The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton.
RECOVERY n. 5 definitions
The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
RECREANCE n.
Recreancy.
RECREANCY n.
The quality or state of being recreant.
RECREANT a. 3 definitions
, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight." Spenser.
RECREATE v. 2 definitions
To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify. Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than an…
RECREATION n.
The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
RECREATIVE a.
Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. Let the music of them be recreative. Bacon. --- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv. -- Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.
RECREMENT n. 3 definitions
Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
RECREMENTAL a.
Recrementitious.
RECREMENTITIAL a.
Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement,2 (b). "Recrementitial fluids." Dunglison.
RECREMENTITIOUS a.
Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross. Boyle.
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