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ip, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.

To commission again; to give a new commission to. Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned. Marshall.

To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak.

To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.

A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called f…

Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.

, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. Civil service reform. See under Civil. -- Reform acts (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. -- Reform school, a school established by a sta…

Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [Eng.]

of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system…

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. Shak.

Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.

Hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.

ty or from any form of religious faith. James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. Macaulay.

Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

s xvi. 2. -- To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Shak.

A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.